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GENERAL INFORMATION

Name: Herbert Rudolfo Hoeger Zibauer

Place and Date of Birth: Mérida - Venezuela, September 05, 1959

Nationality: Venezuelan

ADDRESSES

 Home Address:
          La Pedregosa Alta - Km. 4,7 - Calle La Orquidea - Casa No. 1
          Mérida 5101 - Venezuela.
          Phone: +58 (0)274 2663238
 

Postal Address:
Apartado 228 - Mérida 5101 - Venezuela.
 
Work Address:

        Centro de Simulación y Modelos (CESIMO) - Universidad de Los Andes
        Edif. de Ingeniería - La Hechicera - Piso 3 - Ala Norte
        Mérida 5101- Venezuela.
        Phone: +58 (0)274 2402879
        Fax: +58 (0)274 2402872

        Centro Nacional de Cálculo Científico Universidad de Los Andes (CeCalCULA)
        Av. 4 - Edif. General Masini - Piso 3
        Mérida 5101 - Venezuela.
        Phone: +58 (0)274 2524192
        Fax: +58 (0)274 2525473


E-mail:
        hhoeger@ula.ve


Web page:
        http://webdelprofesor.ula.ve/ingenieria/hhoeger/

EDUCATION

  1. Ph.D.: Computer Science, May 1995, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. Thesis: "Integration of Distributed and Concurrent Discrete-Event Simulation" (GPA 4.0/4.0).
  2. Master of Science: Computer Science, December 1991, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa (GPA 3.89/4.0).
  3. Master of Science: Applied Statistics, April 1988, Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela. Thesis: "Computational Implementation of the Loglinear Model in Establishing the Structural Relations Between Categorical Variables" (GPA 19.58/20)
  4. Bachelor: Systems Engineering, June 1984, Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela. Graduation Project: "Automated System for the Control and Management of Periodical Publications" (GPA 17.41/20).

ACADEMIC PREPARATION

Graduate courses in: Statistical Methods, Linear Models, Statistical Inference, Sampling, Experimental Design, Multivariate Analysis, Decisions Theory, Programming Language Foundations, Advanced Computer Organization and Architecture, Database Management Systems, Computation Theory, Operating Systems and Concurrent Programming, Artificial Intelligence, Design and Analysis of Algorithms, Compiler Construction, Real Systems, Brain Theory, Denotation Semantics, Automatic Theorem Proving, System Evaluation.

AWARDS

  1. Among the 10 most visited authors in SABER-ULA between May 2007and May 2008, 2008.
  2. Among the 10 most visited electronic articles in SABER-ULA: Clusters de PCs, 2006
  3. Advisor of the best Systems Engineering Thesis, Universidad de Los Andes, 2005.
  4. National Commission for Academic Benefits (Comisión Nacional de Benéficio Académico - CONABA) Level II, 1998
  5. Researchers Stimulus Program (Programa de Estímulo al Investigador - PEI) 1997
  6. Researchers Incentive System (Sistema de Promoción al Investigador - SPI) Level I, 1995
  7. Recipient of The John Deere Foundation Scholarship (1994).
  8. Recipient of The Fundayacucho - LASPAU Scholarship (August 1990 - August 1993)
  9. Best Student of the School of Systems Engineering. Fifty years of the Faculty of Engineering of The Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela. 1982.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

  1. EELA-2 project: E-science grid facility for Europe and Latin America (www.eu-eela.eu) NA2:  Dissemination and Training coordinator, 2008 - 2010
  2. Coordinator of the Grid Computing Area, National Center for Scientific Computing Universidad de Los Andes (CeCalCULA), Mérida, Venezuela. 2003 -
  3. Visiting Professor, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, USA.
  4. Director of Operations , National Center for Scientific Computing Universidad de Los Andes (CeCalCULA), Mérida, Venezuela. 1997 -
  5. Coordinator of the Parallel Computing Area, National Center for Scientific Computing Universidad de Los Andes (CeCalCULA), Mérida, Venezuela. 1997 -
  6. Director, Simulation and Modeling Research Center (CESIMO), Universidad de Los Andes, Facultad de Ingeniería, Mérida, Venezuela. 1996 -
  7. Coordinator, South Research Laboratory, Universidad de Los Andes, Facultad de Ingenieria, Mérida, Venezuela. 1996 - 1997.
  8. Professor, Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela, 1984 - . Courses taught: Economic Engineering, Probabilities, Inference, Simulation, Computer Theory, Parallel Computing, Introduction to Computer Science, Introduction to C++, Introduction to Java, Design and Analisi of Algorithms, Advanced Operating Systems, Programming Laguages, Numerical Analysis.
  9. Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1992-1995. Courses assisted: Texture Recognition, Data Structures, Pascal, Operating Systems, Artificial Intelligence.
  10. Electronic Programmer, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela, 1982-1984.
  11. Olympic Gymnastic Coach, National Institute of Sports, Mérida, Venezuela, 1982-1983.

CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, WOORKSHOPS AND TRAINING

  1. 2nd EELA-2 Conference, November 25 to 27 2009, Choroni, Venezuela. Papers: "LAGOVirtual. A Collaborative Environment for the Large Aperture GRB Observatory" y "GridChoque: A grid environment to experiment on Spherically Symmetric General Relativistic Radiation Hydrodynamics"
  2. 7th  EELA-2 workshop.September 18th 2009. Panama City, Panama.
  3. EELA-2 User Forum. July 20 2009. Montevideo. Uruguay.
  4. 6nd EELA-2 workshop.July 20 2009..Montevideo. Uruguay.
  5. Seminario de Redes Avanzadas, May 27 2009, San José, Costa Rica. Organized by the ALICE-2/CLARA project. Invited conferencist - Talk: "La Computación Grid" y "El Proyecto EELA-2".
  6. 5nd EELA-2 workshop.MaY 15 2009..Lima. Peru.
  7. 1st EELA-2 Conference, February 25 to 27 2009, Bogota, Colombia. Paper: "Scattering Grid knowledge under EELA-2".
  8. 4nd EELA-2 workshop. December 8 2008..Quito. Ecuador.
  9. 3rd EELA-2 workshop.December 5 2008..Loja. Ecuador.
  10. 2nd EELA-2 workshop. October 6 2008..Monterey. Mexico.
  11. 3rd EELAConferencia,  December 3 to 5de 2007, Catania, Italia. Trabajo "e-Science perspectives in Venezuela".
  12. VI Jornadas Científico Técnicas, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Los Andes, October 8 to 11 2007, Mérida, Venezuela. Paper: "El Grid Académico Venezolano".
  13. VI Jornadas Científico Técnicas, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Los Andes, October 8 to 11 2007, Mérida, Venezuela. Paper: "Adaptación de Clusters de Linux para Servicios de Redes".
  14. Third EELA conference, December 3 to 5, 2007, Catania, Italy. Paper "e-Science perspectives in Venezuela".
  15. Latinamerican Conference of High Performance Computing. August 13 to 18, 2007, Santa Marta, Colombia. Invited Speaker.
  16. Fifth EELA workshop. March 29 and 30, 2007, La Plata, Argentina.
  17. Fourth EELA workshop and 9th EELA, Tutorial, March 5 to 9, 2007, Bogotá, Colombia. Coorganizer and speaker.
  18. Spanish Conference on E-Science Grid Computing, March 1 and 2, 2007, Madrid, Spain. Paper "e-Science initiatives in Venezuela".
  19. Third EELA workshop, January 11 and 12, 2007, Lima, Perú.
  20. 3er Congreso de Ingeniería en Computación, November 21 to 24, 2006, Ixtlahuaca, México, Invited speaker - Talk: "Computación Grid"
  21. First National e-Science congress, September 6 and 7, 2006, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
  22. First EELA conference, September 4 and 5, 2006, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
  23. Second Latinamerican  EELA workshop and 2nd. Latinamerican  EELA  Tutotial  , June 23 to 26, 2006, Itacuruca, Brazil.
  24. Second Latinamerican  EELA grid computing workshop, 1st. Latinamerican  EELA workshop y 1st. Latinamerican  EELA  Tutotial, 24 al 29 de abril de 2006, Mérida, Venezuela. Organizador.
  25. EELA: E-infraestructure shared between Europe and Latinamerica (http://www.eu-eela.org)Kick-off meeting, January 30 to February 2 febrero 2006 Madrid, Spain.
  26. X Convención Universitaria de Ingeniería - Vision 2005. Univesidad de San Martin de Porres, Lima, Peru. October 19 to 21, 2005. Invited Speaker - Talk: "Introducción a la Computación Grid".
  27. I Taller de Computacón Paralela y Distribuida. Univesidad Nacional Experimental del Tachira (UNET). San Cristobal, Tachira, Venezuela. October 03 to 07, 2005. Invited Speaker - Talk: "El Grid Europeo LCG: Plataforma para Grid Venezuela".
  28. Primer Taller Nacional de Adistramiento Grid . Mérida, Venezuela, March 31st to April 2nd 2005. Organizer.
  29. II Ciclo de Conferencias "Tendencias Actuales en Computación". Núcleo Punto Fijo de la Universidad del Zulia, Punto Fijo, Falcón, Venezuela. June 02 & 03, 2005. Invited Speaker - Talk: "Introducción a la Computación Grid".
  30. Primer Taller Nacional de Adistramiento Grid . Mérida, Venezuela, March 31st to April 2nd 2005. Organizer.
  31. First EELA Meeting (E-Infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America ), Itacuruca, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, January 07 to 10, 2005.
  32. Primer Taller Latino-Americana de Computación Grid. Mérida, Venezuela, Noviembre 15 al 20 de 2004. Organizer.
  33. Seminario Reacciun2: Aplicaciones Científicas y Educativas en Redes de Alto Rendimiento (Internet2), Caracas, Venezuela, April 29 and 30 2004, Invited Speaker.
  34. Latin-American School in High Performance Computing on Linux Clusters , Mérida, Venezuela, October 27th to November 7th 2003. Organizer.
  35. First GridLAC Meeting (Grid Latino-Americano y del Caribe) , Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, June 19 and 20 2003.
  36. First Annual IBM Advanced Computing Technology Center (ACTC) SP Scientific Applications and Optimization Meeting, San Diego, California, United States, March 1999.
  37. I Taller Latinoamericano de Paralelismo y Computación de Alto Rendimiento (EL-P-CAR), Mérida, Venezuela, November 1998. Speaker (Tutorial on parallel computing and Message Passing Interface - 8 hours) and member of the program committee.
  38. II Taller Latinoamericano de Redes de La Habana, La Habana, CUBA, September 1998. Invited speaker (Tutorial on parallel computing and Message Passing Interface - 15 hours).
  39. Taller de Programación Paralela en IRIX, CeCalCULA. Mérida, Venezuela. January 1998. Attendant and member of the program committee.
  40. IASTED International Conference on Applied Modeling and Simulation, Banff, Canada, July - August, 1997. Speaker.
  41. Training program in the management of high performance computing centers. San Diego Supercomputer Center, San Diego, California, United States, June-July 1997.
  42. Workshop on New Computing Techniques and Tools for the Science. CeCalCULA. Mérida, Venezuela, December 1996. Speaker.
  43. Workshop on Parallelism, Tuning and Management of High Performance Computing Services. CeCalCULA. Mérida, Venezuela, December 1996. Speaker and member of the program committee.
  44. I Jornadas de Investigación Basica Orientada en Exploración y Producción. INTEVEP. Caracas, Venezuela, November 1996.
  45. IASTED International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Optimization. Gold Coast, Australia, May 1996. Speaker.
  46. Supercomputing 95. San Diego, California, United States, December 1995.
  47. II Jornada Venezolana de Computación Paralela y Distribuida. Caracas, Venezuela, November 1995. Speaker.
  48. Seminario-Taller en Técnicas de Muestreo Avanzadas, CIENES, Santiago de Chile, Chile, November 1987.

REVIEWER OF THE FOLLOWING JOURNAL.

SIMULATION

PUBLICATIONS

  1. Camacho R., Chacón R., Díaz G., Guada C., Hamar V., Hoeger H., Melfo A., Núñez L.A., Pérez Y., Quintero C., Rosales M., Torrens R., LAGOVirtual. A Collaborative Environment for the Large Aperture GRB Observatory, En Memorias de la 2da Conferencia de EELA-2, R. Mayo, H. Hoeger,  L.N. Ciuffo, R. Barbera, I. Dutra, P. Gavillet, B. Marechal (Editors), CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain, pp 249-256, 2009. Available in http://www.ciemat.es/portal.do?TR=A&IDR=1&identificador=3985
  2. Camacho R., Chacón R., Díaz G., Hamar V., Hoeger H., León R.,  Núñez L.A., GridChoque: A grid environment to experiment on Spherically Symmetric General Relativistic Radiation Hydrodynamics, En Memorias de la 2da Conferencia de EELA-2, R. Mayo, H. Hoeger,  L.N. Ciuffo, R. Barbera, I. Dutra, P. Gavillet, B. Marechal (Editors), CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain, pp 333-340, 2009. Available in http://www.ciemat.es/portal.do?TR=A&IDR=1&identificador=3985
  3. Bruno, R., Hoeger, H., Lopez, M.J., Scattering Grid knowledge under EELA-2. In Proceedings of the First EELA-2 Conference, R. Mayo. H. Hoeger, H. Castro, L. Ciuffo, R. Barbera, I. Dutra, P. Gavillet, B. Marechal,  (Editors), CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain, pp 119 - 127, 2009. Available in http://www.ciemat.es/portal.do?TR=A&IDR=1&identificador=3418 
  4. Díaz, G., Hamar, V., Ruíz, N., Torrens, R., Uzcátegui, M., Flórez-López, J., Hoeger, H., Mendoza, C., Mendez, Z., Núñez, L., e-Science perspectives in Venezuela, In Proceedings of the Third EELA Conference, R. Gavela, B. Marechal, R. Barbera, L.N. Ciuffo, R. Mayo. (Editors), CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain, pp 131-139, 2007.Available in http://www.saber.ula.ve
  5. Hoeger, H., El Grid Académico Venezolano, In Proceedings of VI Jornadas Científico Técnicas de la Facultad de Ingeniería (CD-Rom), O. Camacho, M. Celis. (Editors), Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela, pp 1144-1150, 2007. In http://www.saber.ula.ve
  6. Díaz, G., Chaves, J. L., Mendoza, V., Hoeger, H., Núñez, L. Adaptación de Clusters de Linux para Servicios de Redes, In Proceedings of VI Jornadas Científico Técnicas de la Facultad de Ingeniería (CD-Rom), O. Camacho, M. Celis. (Editors), Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela, pp 1151-1160, 2007. In http://webdelprofesor.ula.ve/ingenieria/hhoeger/
  7. Chaves, J. L., Díaz, G., Hamar, V., Isea, R., Rojas, F., Ruíz, N., Torrens, R., Uzcátegui, M., Flórez-López, J., Hoeger, H., Mendoza, C., Núñez, L., e-Science initiatives in Venezuela, In Proceedings of the Spanish Conference on e-Science Grid Computing, J. Casado, R. Mayo y R. Muñoz (Editores) CIEMAT, Madrid España, pp 45 - 52, 2007. Available in http://www.saber.ula.ve
  8. Ablan, M., Dávila, M., Hoeger, H., Ramos, A., Rivas, E., Zerpa, F. Modeling Fire Risk: The Upper Caroni Watershed Case, Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Applied Modelling and Simulation, Oranjestad, Aruba, August 29-31, 2005.
  9. Núñez, L., Díaz, G., Hoeger, H., Clusters de PCs, Available in http://www.saber.ula.ve, 2002.
  10. Walkzuch, N., Hoeger, H. Using Individual Prefixes in B+ Trees , Journal of Systems and Software, vol 47, no. 1, pp 45-51, 1999.
  11. Hidrobo, F., Hoeger, H. Tutorial Introductorio de Message Passing Interface MPI. http://www.cecalc.ula.ve/documentacion/manuales_tutoriales.html.
  12. Hidrobo, F., Hoeger, H. Introducción a MPI (Message Passing Interface). CD-ROM: I Taller Latinoamericano de Paralelismo y Computacón de Alto Rendimiento (EL-P-CAR), Mérida, Venezuela, November 1998.
  13. Hoeger, H. Introducción a la computación paralela. . In http://www.saber.ula.ve, 1997
  14. Hoeger, H.R., Jones, D., Tonella, G., Distributed Discrete-Event Simulation on a Shared-Memory Environment, Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Applied Modelling and Simulation, Banff, Canada, July 27- August 01, 1997, pp. 342-345.
  15. Hoeger, H. R., Jones, D. Integrating Concurrent and Conservative Distributed Discrete-Event Simulators, SIMULATION Vol 67, No. 5, pp. 303-312, 1996.
  16. Walkzuch, N., Hoeger, H. B+ Trees with Individual Prefixes Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis: ISAS '96, Orlando-Florida, USA, July 22-26, 1996.
  17. Hoeger, H.R., Jones, D., A Conservative Distributed Concurrent Discrete-Event Simulator on a Shared Memory, Paper # 242-019 of the Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Modelling, Simulation and Optimization (in CD-ROM), Gold Coast, Australia, May 6-9, 1996.
  18. Hoeger, H.R.. Reducción en el Costo de Simulación Distribuida Conservadora en Ambientes de Memoria Compartida, A3 en Paralelo, Vol 3, No. 2, Escuela de Computación, UCV, 1995.
  19. Tonella, G; M. Acevedo; M. Ablan; C. Domingo; H. Hoeger; M. Sananes. Simulation of Ecosystems with GLIDER: A Discrete-Continuous Simulation Language in H.H.Hamza (ed.) Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference Applied Modelling and Simulation, Lugano, Switzerland, June 20-22, 1994. The Internation al Association of Science and Technoloy for Development - IASTED-ACTA Press, Cal gary, Canada. 1994 pp. 20-24.
  20. Domingo, C.; G. Tonella; H. Hoeger; M. Hernandez; M. Sananes; J. Silva. Use of Object-Oriented Programming Ideas in a New Simulation Language, in J. Schoen (ed.) Proceedings of the 1993 (25th) Summer Computer Simulation Conference, July 19-21, 1993 Boston, Mass. The Society for Computer Simulation. P.O.BOx 17900 San Diego. 1993 pp. 137-142.

LANGUAGES

Fluent in English, Spanish, and good communication skills in German.