Francisco Ortega is a tenured Associate Professor of Computer Science at Colorado State University with 11 years of professional experience bridging academic research and applied software development. He holds a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction and specializes in 3D user input, multi-touch navigation, computer vision, GPU-accelerated non-graphics computing, and scalable data consolidation. Prior to academia he led software development at IBLUES Corporation and delivered enterprise C#/.NET systems, giving him practical experience in team leadership and legacy-to-modern migrations. His research combines usability-driven HCI experimentation with systems-level expertise in operating systems and database warehousing, enabling solutions that scale from interaction design to large dataset processing. Known for learning new technologies quickly, he maintains an updated publications list at franciscoraulortega.com and often explores unconventional GPU uses outside traditional graphics.
11 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D, Computer Science in Human Computer Interaction / Multi-Touch Navigation for 3D Data Environments, Ph.D, Computer Science in Human Computer Interaction / Multi-Touch Navigation for 3D Data Environments at Florida International University
AA, Associate in Arts, AA, Associate in Arts at Miami Dade College
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Francisco Ortega - Associate Professor Of Computer Science