--- ## 🎓 Education - **2023–2025**: *Master's in Applied Statistics*, Universidad del Norte - Research focus: Topic Modelling, with emphasis on **Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA)** and natural language processing. - **2022–2023**: *Specialization in Applied Statistics*, Universidad del Atlántico - **2015–2021**: *Industrial Engineering*, Universidad del Atlántico --- ## 🧠 Skills - **Programming Languages**: R, Python (Oriented to Data Analysis and visualization), VBA, SQL - **Tools**: Advanced Excel, Posit Cloud, Quarto, LaTeX, Power BI, Minitab, Statgraphics, Streamlit, PowerPoint, GitHub Pages - **Languages**: - English: Advanced (C1) - French: Intermediate (B1) - German: Basic (A2) --- ## 🔬 Ongoing Projects and Research - **June 2024 – Present** *Topic Modelling using LDA on Marshall-Olkin Bivariate Distribution studies* - **Advisor**: Dr. rer. nat. Humberto Llinás Solano - Applying Latent Dirichlet Allocation to study topic evolution in research related to the Marshall-Olkin Bivariate distribution. - **January 2025** Master's thesis: A Comprehensive Guide to Latent Dirichlet Allocation: Building a Solid Foundation with Key Statistical Concepts - A guide on LDA for identifying and analyzing latent topics in large text volumes — essential for unstructured data analysis. --- ## 📊 Consulting projects - **Coremar (Jan. 2025)** In-person course: *Introduction to Machine Learning and GLMs* - Two-day session covering theory and applications of CART, Poisson regression, and Logistic models in the port industry. - **Palermo Sociedad Portuaria (Dec. 2024)** Development of LSTM model for climate variable prediction - Built and deployed an LSTM model to forecast 3 key climate variables, and implemented an interactive dashboard. - **Gerencia de Riesgos e Ingeniería** - **Jan 2025**: *Multivariate Analysis of Workplace Accidents* Applied multivariate statistics to identify key factors in accidents in a port sector company. - **Jun 2024**: *Analysis of Occupational Safety Evaluations* Used multivariate statistics to evaluate the influence of variables in health and safety performance assessments. --- ## 🧩 Additional Training and Roles - **Sept 2025**: Lecturer in Bootcamp: *Ciencia en Acción: Datos que transforman al mundo*, Universidad del Norte. 👉 [Official Press Release](https://www.uninorte.edu.co/web/grupo-prensa/w/maestrias-desarrollan-bootcamp-para-explorar-ia-y-modelacion-de-topicos) - **March 2025**: Lecturer in workshop: *Introduction to neural networks, create and train your first network*, Universidad del Norte. - **2024–2025**: Student representative on the curriculum committee, Master's in Applied Statistics - **2022**: Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Training (130 hours), Palermo Sociedad Portuaria - **2020**: Diploma in Production and Logistics Operations (150 hours), Palermo Sociedad Portuaria

![Presentation](presentacion_2.png) **Fig 1.** Lecturer in workshop: Introduction to neural networks, create and train your first network, Universidad del Norte, Colombia. May 17th, 2025.

--- ## 🏅 Academic and Professional Recognition - **2023**: *Julio Muvdi Scholarship* for graduate studies, Universidad del Norte - **2022**: Award for Lean Six Sigma Black Belt project development – Palermo Excellence Convention - **2021**: - Honor mention for academic performance (GPA: 4.34) – Universidad del Atlántico - Honor mention for highest Saber Pro test score - **2019**: *Study Visits by Foreign Groups* Scholarship – DAAD (Germany)

![Palermo](palermo.png) **Fig 2.** Award for Lean Six Sigma Black Belt project development. Dec 13th, 2022.

--- ## 💼 Work Experience ### **Lean Solutions Group** 📍 Jan 2023 – Present **Bilingual Logistics Coordinator** - Coordination and optimization of container dispatch - Supervision of the main warehouse and scheduling with ports and depots - Document validation to ensure smooth and efficient operations ### **Palermo Sociedad Portuaria** 📍 Feb 2021 – Jan 2023 **HSE Program Manager** - Statistical data analysis to support project planning - Management of HSE budget and induction controls - Evaluation of minimum standards for suppliers and contractors - Supervision and update of legal requirements for the terminal --- ## 📇 References - **Dr. rer. nat. Humberto Llinás Solano** Coordinator of the Master’s in Applied Statistics and Full Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Universidad del Norte ✉️ hllinas@uninorte.edu.co 🔗 Google Scholar - **Dr. Candidate Liliana Centanaro Acuña** HSE Director – Palermo Sociedad Portuaria ✉️ lcentanaro@coremar.com - **Neder Alcalá Díaz** Founder – Gerencia de Riesgos e Ingeniería ✉️ proyectos@riesgoseingenieria.com.co