Biography
Hello!
My name is Christian Robles. I am a MSc. Computer Science, Multimedia and Creative Technologies student at USC, expecting to graduate in May 2023. Prior to my current studies, I worked as a Software Engineer II with Microsoft from July 2017 - July 2021, and before that I completed my BSc. Computer Science at Arizona State University in May 2017.
In addition to my work or studies, I enjoy completing projects in Graphics and Multimedia. Writeups for many of these projects are available on my blog: https://blog.roblesch.page/. My projects span from recreating effects from some of my favorite music videos (https://blog.roblesch.page/2020/05/17/style-transfer.html), to more recent work implementing demonstrations of techniques from Eric Veach’s 1997 thesis Robust Monte Carlo Methods for Light Transport Simulation (https://blog.roblesch.page/2022/02/08/multiple-importance.html). I have particularly enjoyed studying ray & path tracers and most of my recent work centers on this subject, but I am highly motivated by many problems involving geometry and linear algebra.
Outside of work I am passionate about hiking, bouldering and sport climbing.
Skills
Roles
- Mastery
Technical Skills
- Basic
- Basic
Work Experience
2017 – 2021
Software Engineer II
Microsoft (Cambridge, MA)
Worked with top Enterprise Partners to ship infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, build systems, and test infrastructure targeting the Azure Cloud.
2016 – 2016
Summer Technology Analyst
Goldman Sachs (New York, NY)
Worked with Cloud Infrastructure team to develop data pipelines and dashboards for private cloud-based endpoints.
Education
2021 – 2023
MSc.
University of Southern California
Computer Science, Multimedia and Creative Technologies
End-to-end multimedia systems – content creation, compression, distribution, OpenGL, 2D and 3D transformations, shading, lighting, rasterization and texturing for scenes of 3D models.
2013 – 2017
BSc.
Arizona State University
Computer Science
Undergraduate Computer Science student with a concentration in Information Assurance. Participated in student Software Developer's Association (SoDA) activities including various hackathons.