{"basics": {"name": "Carlos Luis Barn\u00e9s Infante", "label": "Graphic Designer & Computer Engineer", "email": "barnesinside@gmail.com", "phone": "+53 53369125", "url": "", "summary": "Computer Engineer and graphic designer with over 10 years of experience in design and software development. Specialised in artificial intelligence and natural language processing: he develops a text-to-speech (TTS) model for regional dialects that has earned him two national research awards, and he was a Caribbean regional finalist in the ICPC in 2023 and 2024, as well as staff in the 2025 edition. He combines engineering with university teaching and science outreach.", "location": {"address": "", "postalCode": "", "city": "Holgu\u00edn, Cuba", "countryCode": "ES", "region": ""}, "profiles": [{"network": "LinkedIn", "username": "", "url": "https://linkedin.com/in/barnes404"}, {"network": "GitHub", "username": "", "url": "https://github.com/blacknoize404"}, {"network": "Twitter", "username": "", "url": "https://twitter.com/barnesinside"}]}, "work": [{"name": "University of Holgu\u00edn", "position": "Discrete Mathematics Lecturer", "url": "", "startDate": "2026-04-07", "endDate": null, "summary": "Teaches the Discrete Mathematics course, bringing renewed teaching dynamics such as gamification into the syllabus.\nPrepares students in the mathematical foundations that underpin advanced subjects such as Artificial Intelligence.", "highlights": [], "location": "Holgu\u00edn, Cuba"}, {"name": "Dhahabi LLC", "position": "Graphic Designer", "url": "https://dhahabi.ae", "startDate": "2022-09-07", "endDate": null, "summary": "Develops the company's brand essence: corporate identity, application manual, digital art and image-generation systems.\nDesigns the corporate website and digital products, from planning and architecture to visual implementation.\nDefines the communication, marketing and social media plan, including audiovisuals and templates.", "highlights": [], "location": "Holgu\u00edn, Cuba"}, {"name": "Swachile", "position": "Market Researcher", "url": "https://swachile.com", "startDate": "2022-07-05", "endDate": "2023-05-05", "summary": "Carried out market analysis and price surveys of local businesses to support commercial decisions.\nDesigned and structured databases to organise, query and systematise the information gathered.", "highlights": [], "location": "Santiago, Chile"}, {"name": "WMC LLC", "position": "Web Developer", "url": "", "startDate": "2021-02-07", "endDate": "2021-04-07", "summary": "Designed and implemented a corporate website integrating remittance services, a travel agency, combos and insurance advisory.\nDeveloped the interfaces and architecture of each service within a unified experience.", "highlights": [], "location": "Miami, United States"}, {"name": "barnesinside", "position": "Freelance Graphic Designer & Developer", "url": "", "startDate": "2016-09-15", "endDate": null, "summary": "Designs and develops visual identities, websites and 3D experiences for clients across different sectors.\nWorks at the intersection of design and code: design systems, motion and end-to-end builds with Django, Tailwind and Three.js.\nProduces editorial and brand pieces for national clients, with support in art direction, photo retouching and layout.\nCollaborates on corporate identity and packaging design projects.\nBrings print production processes into the editorial and brand workflow.", "highlights": [], "location": "Holgu\u00edn, Cuba"}], "education": [{"institution": "University of Holgu\u00edn", "url": "https://www.uho.edu.cu", "area": "Computer Engineering", "studyType": "Master", "startDate": "2026-04-07", "endDate": null, "score": "", "courses": []}, {"institution": "University of Holgu\u00edn", "url": "https://www.uho.edu.cu", "area": "Development, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence", "studyType": "Bachelor", "startDate": "2023-09-07", "endDate": "2026-07-07", "score": "4.98", "courses": []}, {"institution": "University of Holgu\u00edn", "url": "https://www.uho.edu.cu", "area": "Artificial Intelligence", "studyType": "Course", "startDate": "2024-07-15", "endDate": "2024-09-09", "score": "5", "courses": []}], "skills": [{"name": "Python", "level": 4, "keywords": ["backend"], "icon": "atom"}, {"name": "Django", "level": 4, "keywords": ["backend"], "icon": "atom"}, {"name": "Java", "level": 4, "keywords": ["backend"], "icon": "coffee"}, {"name": "Artificial intelligence / NLP", "level": 4, "keywords": ["backend"], "icon": "brain"}, {"name": "REST APIs", "level": 3, 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"HackerRank", "url": "https://www.hackerrank.com/certificates/fe0e4a57d825"}, {"name": "Software Engineer", "date": "2026-06-01", "issuer": "HackerRank", "url": "https://www.hackerrank.com/certificates/d4ea7f7a5b8c"}, {"name": "Foundational C# with Microsoft", "date": "2026-06-01", "issuer": "freeCodeCamp", "url": "https://www.freecodecamp.org/certification/blacknoize404/foundational-c-sharp-with-microsoft"}, {"name": "EF SET English Certificate 58/100 (B2 Upper Intermediate)", "date": "2024-07-01", "issuer": "EF SET", "url": "https://cert.efset.org/GAvshj"}, {"name": "Front-End Development Libraries", "date": "2021-02-10", "issuer": "freeCodeCamp", "url": "https://www.freecodecamp.org/certification/barnesinside/front-end-development-libraries"}, {"name": "Graphic Design Techniques", "date": "2020-07-02", "issuer": "CEDES", "url": ""}, {"name": "Responsive Web Design", "date": "2020-06-15", "issuer": "freeCodeCamp", "url": 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Researcher Award", "date": "2026-06-01", "awarder": "Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment of Cuba (CITMA)", "summary": "National recognition granted by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment of Cuba for outstanding scientific contributions to the design of artificial intelligence models, natural language processing (NLP) and modular software architectures applied to computational linguistics."}, {"title": "Relevant Award \u2014 National Student Scientific Computing Competition 2026", "date": "2026-06-01", "awarder": "University of Informatics Sciences (UCI)", "summary": "Relevant Award for a methodology to build a TTS corpus with Cuban dialectal features. The work combines text selection, sociolinguistic speaker planning, recording protocols, preprocessing and automatic quality evaluation in a replicable pipeline that sets a standard for Spanish speech synthesis and helps preserve Cuba's dialectal diversity and cultural identity in digital environments."}, {"title": "Silver Award \u2014 UHo Programming Cup 2025", "date": "2025-01-01", "awarder": "Universidad de Holgu\u00edn (UHo)", "summary": "Second place in the University of Holgu\u00edn Programming Cup, reaffirming mastery of algorithmic problem solving in competition."}, {"title": "Caribbean Regional Finalist \u2014 ICPC 2024", "date": "2024-10-01", "awarder": "International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC)", "summary": "Caribbean regional finalist in the ICPC for the second consecutive cycle, consolidating experience in high-level algorithmic optimisation, mathematical problem solving applied to computing and the design of efficient software solutions."}, {"title": "Caribbean Regional Finalist \u2014 ICPC 2023", "date": "2023-09-01", "awarder": "International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC)", "summary": "Caribbean regional finalist in the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) after clearing the local qualifying rounds. The competition demands solving high-level problems through advanced algorithm design, microsecond-level code optimisation and efficient management of data structures under strict time constraints."}, {"title": "Gold Award \u2014 UHo Programming Cup 2023", "date": "2023-01-01", "awarder": "Universidad de Holgu\u00edn (UHo)", "summary": "First place in the University of Holgu\u00edn Programming Cup, passing tests on advanced algorithms and data structures under strict time constraints."}], "projects": [{"name": "Aigis ERP \u2014 Intelligent circular ERP", "description": "AI-powered circular ERP that automates accounting and inventory and measures the carbon footprint; gold award at the Hackathon Circular CreLab 2026.", "highlights": [], "keywords": [], "startDate": "2026-01-01", "endDate": null, "url": "", "roles": ["AI development and integration"], "entity": "M\u00e9dano", "type": "project"}, {"name": "D\u00edmelo \u2014 Advertising services platform", "description": "Web platform for advertising services with a scalable architecture and a focus on usability, awarded at university scientific conferences.", "highlights": [], "keywords": [], "startDate": "2025-06-01", "endDate": null, "url": "", "roles": ["Web development"], "entity": "", "type": "project"}, {"name": "Pingmaster \u2014 Server monitor", "description": "Cross-platform Java and JavaFX application to monitor the status of remote servers with real-time notifications.", "highlights": [], "keywords": [], "startDate": "2025-01-01", "endDate": null, "url": "", "roles": ["Desktop application development"], "entity": "", "type": "project"}, {"name": "MiniJWS \u2014 Lightweight HTTP framework in Java", "description": "Lightweight, modular HTTP server framework built from scratch in Java 25: routing, middleware, static files and Android APK reading.", "highlights": [], "keywords": [], "startDate": "2025-01-01", "endDate": null, "url": "", "roles": ["Framework development"], "entity": "", "type": "project"}, {"name": "Patriae \u2014 Cuban dialect preservation", "description": "Master's thesis and the first project in Cuba focused on reproducing the Cuban dialect with NLP and text-to-speech (TTS), built on large-scale data corpora.", "highlights": [], "keywords": [], "startDate": "2024-06-01", "endDate": null, "url": "", "roles": ["AI and NLP research"], "entity": "", "type": "project"}, {"name": "Atages \u2014 Voice trace management for SCA2 Ataxia", "description": "Voice trace management system for patients with Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2 (SCA2), key to early diagnosis of the disease.", "highlights": [], "keywords": [], "startDate": "2024-03-01", "endDate": null, "url": "", "roles": ["Research and development"], "entity": "Biomedical Data Processing Group (GPDB)", "type": "project"}, {"name": "Schedu \u2014 Academic management", "description": "Cross-platform platform that unifies school timetable information and interprets the university's traditional formats in real time.", "highlights": [], "keywords": [], "startDate": "2023-06-01", "endDate": null, "url": "", "roles": ["Cross-platform development"], "entity": "", "type": "project"}, {"name": "MathUtils \u2014 Advanced mathematics library in Java", "description": "Java library for advanced mathematical computing: algebraic expressions as first-class objects, linear algebra, geometry and statistics.", "highlights": [], "keywords": [], "startDate": "2023-01-01", "endDate": null, "url": "", "roles": ["Library development"], "entity": "", "type": "project"}, {"name": "Mi Cuenta Nauta", "description": "Secure and lightweight desktop application to manage ETECSA internet accounts with real-time sessions and a custom UI.", "highlights": [], "keywords": [], "startDate": "2018-05-01", "endDate": null, "url": "", "roles": ["Desktop development and UI/UX"], "entity": "", "type": "project"}], "meta": {"canonical": "https://jsonresume.org/schema/", "version": "1.0.0", "lastModified": "2026-11-02"}}