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I’m a Full Professor at the Department of Computer Science, University of Concepción. I hold Bachelors degrees in Astronomy and Computer Science from the University of Chile and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the same institution. |
| My research interests include machine learning, computer vision, data-science, astroinformatics, and bioinformatics. My work is focused on developing new algorithms for massive observational data. I have worked with data from a wide variety of astronomical instruments such as ALMA, SDSS, HST, ZTF, and the LSST among others. I’m the P.I. of ALeRCE, a Chilean-led Community Broker for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory and its Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST).
I’m currently member of the Millenium Institute of Astrophysics and the Millenium Nucleus for Galaxies, where I’m developing new machine learning and computer vision algorithms for the next generation of telescopes. I’m the founder and director of the Data Science Unit at University of Concepción, where we apply state-of-the-art data science tools to real-world problems in society. Prospective PhD Students I consider new PhD students with a strong background in computer science, math, and statistics almost every year. Students that would like to create the next generation of machine (deep) learning tools are encouraged to apply to the PhD in Computer Science or the PhD in Artificial Intelligence programs. More details about my research interests here. |
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