Summary
Martin Villescas is a teacher-researcher and embedded systems specialist with a decade of experience building and teaching software and hardware for industrial and academic contexts. He combines hands-on embedded development at Philips—working across 8/16/32-bit microcontrollers in C and assembly—with applied machine learning research as a PhD candidate at Eindhoven University of Technology. At Fontys ICT he mentors students on software engineering, web, robotics and smart-industry projects that bridge education and real-world automation challenges. His background in electronic engineering and a master’s in embedded systems gives him a rare mix of low-level firmware craftsmanship and higher-level ML-driven intelligent device design. Notably, he has a track record of turning student projects into practice-oriented research, emphasizing reproducible, industry-aligned outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Engineer's Degree, Electronic Engineering, Engineer's Degree, Electronic Engineering at Universidad Nacional de Colombia
M.Sc, Embedded Systems, M.Sc, Embedded Systems at Eindhoven University of Technology
Dutch, English, Spanish