Marcos Santos

Observing customer's requests in the past 20 years while developing systems for research and industry led to the following general initiatives/products being implemented (please use the link to go to the associated project and see better details): A custom, ruggedized, and clean Operational System based on Open Source Debian Linux to attend to the key concepts of freedom (no recurrent activation / no third parties), trust (all source code available / no eavesdropping), and simplicity (no useless gadgets or drivers loaded). See on projects ASVP and PP200. A clean and fast desktop window manager (JAVAFX & C++ to interface with XLIB) resembling the successful Android canvas and activities management. A distraction-free, well-known look and feel and dynamic error check environment proved to raise the analyst performance effectively - See PP200 project and code in here @  MiddleStripB . An independent heavy-lift analytical core (Python - Scikit-learn and Pandas) providing services to implement AI strategies by Statistical Inference, Data Cleaning, Estimation, and Machine-learning. Note that it is real-time on the edge data processing (no fancy Tableau dashboards). Project ASVP has halved the expected analysis time (more than one hour). See ASVP A browser-based Research Server (Jupyter Notebooks) and IPython script executor on the analytical core to enable researchers to implement their theories and procedures. So no need to call for software upgrades; implementation is immediate. This server can be hosted on any Kubernetes-managed clusters living on Google Cloud or IBM Watson environments, enabling genuine research cooperation or human resources administration. A robust hardware with very low MTBF was possible using a solid foundation in hardware development resources (quality IDEs and design tools), focus on well-known CPU cores (NXP ARM Cortex), stable toolchains (open source GNU GCC/Linker), use of... --> see more on pdf resume

Design (JAVA and C) of applications and libraries to work under real-time, critical mission, or MISRA standard constraints, like state machines, multi-threaded executors, dedicated database entity managers, and class loaders among others. Use of the Netbeans Platform API (version 8.0) as a development foundation for new applications. Many fully functional (including hardware interface) systems to analytical instruments are serving customers today - see some of them @ https://github.com/ msantrax/Controle-F and https://github. com/msantrax/VehicleDynamics. Use of the Android API (until level 21 / Lollypop / Material) and Android Studio 3.0 as support (human interface) to analytical software (e.g.: UI /sensors I/O with NDK / native drivers on the underlying Linux / Device JTAG & Bootp procedures, etc). See project LGT8 Build and use several Unix kernels, systems, and custom device drivers since 1997. Gluelogic and SOCs using Xilinx Spartan 3E FPGA (Xilinx ISE IDE + VHDL). See projects LGT8 and Iris During the years, the goal of being proficient in the following tools was achieved : Printed circuit board PCB design (Proteus 8) – See project LGT8, Vehicle Dynamics and others CAD & CAE : SolidWorks and his interface with Electrical. - see assy & parts modeling @  - Centauro Design of microwave cavities and waveguides and RF coupling with the HFSS / Maxwell. See project DGT 100 Optical systems design with the Zeemax. -- See project Iris Simulation and math modeling with MATLAB (INRIA SciLab) - See project LGT8

Hired by a group´s subsidiary (Gamma Metrics - San Diego USA) to perform technical operations (commissioning and maintenance support of gamma neutron spectrometers) in South America, Africa, and the Middle East, where the following main jobs were successfully completed on more than 15 customer sites: Tight coordination with big industrial facilities builders (FL-Schmidt, KHD Humboldt Wedag, Krupp) as well as team management / supervision during the construction process of new production plants. Training of laboratory and technical electronics personnel. Start-up and first training of self-learning expert systems used to support the control of automatic production lines (e.g., cement raw material blending). The service trips usually had 30 days span, visiting countries like Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, Egypt, Equator, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, and South Africa. The technologies : Gamma-Neutron Spectroscopy (PGNAA - Prompt Gamma Neutron Atomic Activation) Sub-nanosecond pulse discrimination and Multi-Channel analyzers to LiF detectors. Design and stabilization software. Directions on high radioactive materials: theory, handling, and safety. Cf252 Neutron sources from Oak Ridge, Cs137. High-ton hoppers and material transport on cement plants. Industrial heavy structures build. Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometers ICP-OES from Thermo Jarrel Ash (Waltham – USA)