Manuel Serna-aguilera
Research Assistant at University of Arkansas
Rogers, Arkansas, United States
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Top SchoolManuel Serna-aguilera is a PhD student and research assistant at the University of Arkansas specializing in computer vision, image processing, and deep learning for image and video analysis. With eight years of hands-on experience across academia and industry, he has applied classical CV techniques and modern deep models—ranging from YOLO-based object tracking to GAN-driven data synthesis—to practical problems like dashcam event classification and automated damage simulation for vehicles. His work bridges reproducible research and applied R&D, leveraging Python/OpenCV, YOLO, and cloud tools from prior internships to move prototypes toward usable datasets and models. Manuel also has teaching experience mentoring introductory programming labs and designing lessons for young learners, reflecting strong communication skills. Based in Rogers, Arkansas, he contributes code and project artifacts publicly on GitHub and collaborates within the CVIU lab to turn research ideas into deployable pipelines. Notably, his GAN internship explored generating labeled synthetic damage to reduce costly data collection and annotation, a pragmatic approach that informs his current PhD projects.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Spanish Language, Spanish Language at Universidad NebrijaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at University of Arkansas
Spanish, English
Github Skills (15)
mlp-classifier8
svm-classifier8
regression6
pca6
self-organizing-map6
classification6
resampling5
python5
machine-learning4
deep-learning4
pytorch4
clustering4
machine-learning-algorithms3
neural-network3
data-science3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ManuelSerna/ml-notes
Aug 2020 - Mar 2025
This repository contains some programs which helped me understand several topics in machine learning (e.g. regression, classification, resampling, trees, SVMs, clustering, neural nets, etc.).
Contributions:30 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 8 months
pythonk-meansneural-netsmlp-classifierresampling
ManuelSerna/intro_algorithms
Feb 2019 - Dec 2022
Contributions:159 commits, 133 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 11 months
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