Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Publications
Extra-Curricular Activities
Awards
Presentations
Timeline
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Jorge Alejandro Amador Herrera

Jorge Alejandro Amador Herrera

Abu Dhabi

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Computational Sciences Group

KAUST
01.2021 - Current
  • Accurate and efficient simulations for scientific and visual computing
  • Developed multi-physics scheme describing local weather phenomena

Research Intern

CERN
09.2023 - 10.2024
  • Collaboration at the CMS detector
  • Improved visualization techniques and generative models for anomaly detection in collision events

Research Intern

Adobe Systems
05.2023 - 12.2023
  • Physically-based hair simulation and deformable SDF
  • Developed framework for real-time simulation and editing of digital hair assets

Extreme Computing Research Center

KAUST
08.2019 - 12.2021
  • Modeling of fluid-solid systems, efficient algorithms for linear systems, and quantum algorithms
  • Developed a quantum multigrid routine for advection-convection problems

Data Analyst

PETROIntelligence
01.2018 - 04.2019
  • Heuristic techniques, econometric and statistical paradigms for handling and interpreting data related to the petroleum industry

Modified Metadynamics Algorithm

Cellular Physiology Institute, UNAM
01.2018 - 10.2018
  • Efficient sampling in molecular dynamics
  • Developed a modified metadynamics algorithm for accelerated sampling in molecular dynamic simulations

Model for Scheduling Problem

Mathematics Department, College of Science, UNAM
12.2017 - 09.2018
  • Metaheuristic methods for scheduling problems
  • Development and implementation of model for the schedules at the College of Science, UNAM

Quantum Game Theory

College of Science, UNAM
08.2017 - 12.2017
  • Integration of quantum strategies in game theory
  • Developed algorithm describing the quantum prisoner's dilemma

Linear Programming in Solid State Physics

College of Science, UNAM
02.2017 - 05.2017
  • Developed model for optimization of additive eigenvalue problems

Associated Student

Physics Institute, UNAM
09.2016 - 02.2017
  • Cosmology, quantum field theory, and dark matter
  • Developed model of one loop contributions of dark matter to the mechanism of baryogenesis

Induction Workshop

College of Science and Humanities, South Campus, UNAM
06.2013 - 06.2016
  • Co-created a program to teach undergraduate level mathematics courses to last year high school students who were pursuing a bachelor in science
  • This program is currently implemented in almost every high school of UNAM

Education

Ph.D. - Applied Mathematics And Computational Science

King Abdullah University of Science And Technology
04.2001 -

Master of Science - Applied Mathematics And Computational Science

King Abdullah University of Science And Technology
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics

National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Science - Physics

National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
04.2001 -

Skills

  • C

  • PyTorch

  • TensorFlow

  • CUDA

  • OpenGL

  • Python

  • GROMACS

  • R

  • SQL

Publications

  • Perm: A Parametric Representation for Multi-Style 3D Hair Modeling, ICLR 2025
  • Thunderstruck: Visually Simulating Electrical Storms, TVCG (submitted), 2025
  • Digital Salon: An AI and Physics-Driven Tool for 3D Hair Grooming and Simulation, In SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Real-Time Live!, 2024
  • Cyclogenesis: Simulating Hurricanes and Tornadoes, ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH), 2024
  • Dcgrid: An adaptive grid structure for memory-constrained fluid simulation on the gpu, Proceedings of the ACM on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, 2022
  • Weatherscapes: Nowcasting Heat and Water Continuity, ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia), 2021
  • Scheduling problem in the Faculty of Sciences: Model and Solutions, Bachelor Thesis, 2018
  • Comparative Study of Different Accelerated Sampling Methodologies used in Molecular Dynamics, Bachelor Thesis, 2016

Extra-Curricular Activities

President of the ACM Student Chapter at KAUST, 2021 - 2024

Awards

  • CEMSE Dean's List Award, 2022
  • Second Place, Scicomm Video Competition, 2021
  • Third Place, Falling Walls competition, 2020
  • KAUST Fellowship, 2019 - Present
  • CONACYT Fellowship, 2017 - 2018
  • Finalist, physics competition 'Theoretical Summer Internship', UNAM, 2016
  • President of Poll Workers. Presidential Election in Mexico, 2016
  • TELMEX Foundation Scholarship, 2013 - 2016
  • UNAM Scholarship, 2013
  • Award for creating 'Induction Workshop for Students at CCH', 2013 - 2016
  • Academic excellence award, UNAM, 2013
  • Finalist, mathematics competition 'Differential and Integral Calculus', UNAM, 2012
  • First place, essay competition 'Youth and Human Rights', UNAM, 2012
  • Second place, mathematics competition 'Odd Couples', UNAM, 2012

Presentations

  • Physically-Based Simulation for Generative AI Models, Academic Presentation, MBZUAI, UAE, 02/24
  • Quantum Linear Solvers, Seminar Talk, Modelling and Simulation G-CSC, Austria, 08/22
  • Physically-based Local Weather Simulation, Academic Presentation, SPARK FX, Canada, 03/22
  • Weatherscapes: Nowcasting Heat and Water Continuity, Paper Presentation, SIGGRAPH Asia, Japan, 12/21
  • Quantum Algorithms for Multigrid, Seminar Talk, Modelling and Simulation G-CSC, Austria, 08/21
  • Comparative Study of Different Accelerated Sampling Methodologies used in Molecular Dynamics, Poster Presentation, LXI National Congress of Physics, Mexico, 10/18
  • Implementation of Adaptive Parameters and Direct Energetic Ponderations in Metadynamics, Poster Presentation, LX National Congress of Physics, Mexico, 10/17
  • Quantum Games and Quantum Strategies, Poster Presentation, Workshop of Game Theory, Network Theory and Linear Programming, UNAM, Mexico, 09/17
  • Eigenvalue Problem in Solid State Physics via Linear Programming, Seminar Talk, Workshop of Game Theory, Network Theory and Linear Programming, UNAM, Mexico, 05/17

Timeline

Research Intern

CERN
09.2023 - 10.2024

Research Intern

Adobe Systems
05.2023 - 12.2023

Computational Sciences Group

KAUST
01.2021 - Current

Extreme Computing Research Center

KAUST
08.2019 - 12.2021

Data Analyst

PETROIntelligence
01.2018 - 04.2019

Modified Metadynamics Algorithm

Cellular Physiology Institute, UNAM
01.2018 - 10.2018

Model for Scheduling Problem

Mathematics Department, College of Science, UNAM
12.2017 - 09.2018

Quantum Game Theory

College of Science, UNAM
08.2017 - 12.2017

Linear Programming in Solid State Physics

College of Science, UNAM
02.2017 - 05.2017

Associated Student

Physics Institute, UNAM
09.2016 - 02.2017

Induction Workshop

College of Science and Humanities, South Campus, UNAM
06.2013 - 06.2016

Ph.D. - Applied Mathematics And Computational Science

King Abdullah University of Science And Technology
04.2001 -

Master of Science - Applied Mathematics And Computational Science

King Abdullah University of Science And Technology
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics

National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Science - Physics

National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
04.2001 -
Jorge Alejandro Amador Herrera