Talks

Talks, lectures and seminars I have given at universities, research centers and academic events. Each entry links to the slides and, when available, to the code or supporting material.

2026

From chat to agentic system: OpenRouter and spec-driven development

Workshop on moving from a chat web interface to a local agentic system with Hermes and OpenRouter, guided by AGENTS.md and SYSTEM_DESIGN.md.

Oct 13, 2026 — Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Medellín campus

From chat to agentic system: OpenRouter and spec-driven development

The measure and the gaze: data analysis in agricultural sciences

Metrics, methods and agentic systems in Colombian agricultural research, viewed through Goodhart’s law and human judgment.

Jul 28, 2026 — Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Medellín campus

The measure and the gaze: data analysis in agricultural sciences

From users to builders: agents, AI and the craft of thinking

Agents, MCP, Skills and the open AI ecosystem: how to move from users to builders and audit the new automation layer.

May 16, 2026 — Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Palmira campus

From users to builders: agents, AI and the craft of thinking

2025

Data products: from local development to cloud production

High-level introduction to taking data products from a local machine to cloud production using Git, Docker, APIs and cloud services.

Oct 30, 2025 — Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Palmira campus

Data products: from local development to cloud production

Agentic systems with artificial intelligence: transforming software development and its application in agriculture

Agentic AI systems, context engineering and coding assistants: how they transform software development and their application in agriculture.

Oct 3, 2025 — AGROSAVIA

Agentic systems with artificial intelligence: transforming software development and its application in agriculture

Agentic systems with artificial intelligence (AI): potential uses in agriculture

Foundations of modern AI, agentic systems and use cases with potential in agriculture.

Aug 20, 2025 — AGROSAVIA

Agentic systems with artificial intelligence (AI): potential uses in agriculture

Agentic systems with artificial intelligence (AI): emerging and disruptive technologies

From neural networks to agentic AI systems: foundations, ecosystems, protocols and use cases in agronomy.

Jun 28, 2025 — Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Palmira campus

Agentic systems with artificial intelligence (AI): emerging and disruptive technologies

Data analysis and emerging technologies: opportunities in the AI era

Data analysis and emerging technologies for decision making and innovation in the AI era.

Feb 8, 2025 — Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Medellín campus

Data analysis and emerging technologies: opportunities in the AI era

2024

Big data and artificial intelligence applied to animal nutrition

An overview of big data and AI in animal nutrition, with an interactive dashboard built from Feedipedia data as an applied example.

Jul 24, 2024 — AMEVEA animal nutrition seminar

Big data and artificial intelligence applied to animal nutrition

Reproducible research: an approach using programming languages

Introduction to reproducible research with R, Python, Jupyter, R Markdown and Quarto.

Jul 11, 2024 — SENA

Artificial intelligence: applications and challenges

History, key concepts, capabilities, limitations and use cases of artificial intelligence, with examples in agriculture.

Jun 5, 2024 — Universidad de Antioquia

Artificial intelligence: applications and challenges

Data and artificial intelligence (AI) for decision making

Overview of how data and AI support decision making, with tools and resources to get started.

Apr 29, 2024 — Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Palmira campus

Data and artificial intelligence (AI) for decision making

Artificial intelligence: advances and challenges

History, key concepts, scope, limitations and use cases of artificial intelligence, with examples in agriculture.

Apr 6, 2024 — Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Palmira campus

Artificial intelligence: advances and challenges

2021

Data science with R: uses in the agricultural sector (2021 edition)

2021 edition of the talk on data science with R in agriculture, emphasizing statistical modeling, machine learning and in vitro tissue culture.

Nov 20, 2021 — Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Palmira campus

Data science with R: uses in the agricultural sector (2021 edition)

2020

Data science with R: uses in the agricultural sector (plant tissue culture example)

Data science and free software with R and their applications in agriculture, with emphasis on plant tissue culture.

Nov 7, 2020 — Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Palmira campus

Data science with R: uses in the agricultural sector (plant tissue culture example)

Design and statistical analysis of experiments in cannabis

Design and statistical analysis of experiments in cannabis agronomic tests.

Nov 1, 2020 — Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Palmira campus

Web applications with R: Shiny

Introduction to building interactive web applications with Shiny in R.

Aug 1, 2020 — Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Medellín campus

Data science with R: uses in the agricultural sector

Data science, machine learning and R applied to agriculture, with an aquaculture dashboard as an example.

Jul 31, 2020 — Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Medellín campus