Putting data science and artificial intelligence tools at the service of the country and historical memory: this is the goal of Nuestra MemorIA, the initiative born under the wing of the IMFD, led by Jocelyn Dunstan Escudero, IMC and DCC UC academic and IMFD and AC3E researcher, who was selected by ANID to receive funding…
In a joint effort to strengthen the role of scientific knowledge in the formulation of public policy, the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC) and the Universidad del Bío-Bío (UBB) signed a collaboration agreement formalizing the incorporation of the latter into the Vincula project, a digital platform that seeks to connect academics and researchers with…
The Center for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies (COES) and the Millennium Institute for Foundational Research on Data (IMFD) took the first step toward a new collaborative effort to develop joint research. At this meeting, held at the Facultad de Economía y Negocios of the Universidad de Chile, the main databases developed by both institutions…
Every year, the International Communication Association, ICA, holds the academic conference in which its members participate to share the latest advances in the field of communication. This year, the annual conference is being held in Denver, Colorado, and last Saturday, June 14, after three days of presentations, talks, and academic exchange, a ceremony was held…
The project “Intelligent Assistant for the Analysis of Formal Sources of Law,” through which the IMFD Innovation team proposes a tool for managing the legal sources used in Chile, was awarded the StartUp Ciencia 2025 fund, granted by ANID. “Thanks to the completion of various projects in this field, as well as our interaction with…
The award recognizes the most impactful papers presented over the past decade at the International Conference on Database Theory, whether in terms of research, methodology, conceptual contributions, or practical applications. This year’s selected paper is titled “Regular Queries on Graph Databases” and, in addition to Juan Reutter, professor at the Department of Computer Science UC,…
The 2024 edition of Highlights will take place from September 16 to 20 at the Universidad de Bordeaux (France). The talk to be given by Pablo Barceló will cover three case studies that highlight the key role of logic in improving the understanding of modern machine learning architectures. The Laboratoire Bordelais de Recherche en Informatique…
September 2024.- The hackathon was held at the Google Chile offices with the presence of the sponsors: Le Wagon, Kaggle and Google Cloud, with the aim of taking the learning and application of cloud technologies and data science to a new level in our region. The first-place winners of the hackathon were: Luis Miranda and Cristobal Vásquez, students of…
December, 2024.- With a focus on the future of computing and the need to strengthen the representation and inclusion of women and diversity in the field, the 12th edition of Chile Women in Computing 2024, the most important gathering of women in computing in Chile, was held in the auditorium of Universidad Mayor in Providencia. “This…
November, 2024.- Pablo Barceló, Marcelo Arenas, and Domingo Mery, DCC–IMC UC faculty members; along with Aidan Hogan, Gonzalo Navarro, Claudio Gutiérrez, and Ricardo Baeza-Yates, DCC UCH faculty members, and Sebastián Valenzuela, faculty member at the Facultad de Comunicaciones UC and researcher at NUDOS, were recognized in the latest edition of the “World’s Top 2% Scientists”…
October 2024 – We are pleased to announce the opening of registration for ChileWiC 2024, the XII Women in Computing Gathering. This event is a unique opportunity to share, learn, and connect with women and young people from the world of computer science and computing. Throughout the event, you will be able to attend talks…
As a way to strengthen this area, USS brought on Leopoldo Bertossi, senior researcher at the Millennium Institute for Foundational Research on Data (IMFD), who joined in July 2024 following his experience as Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Carleton University. Bertossi, who holds a PhD in Mathematics from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC), is…
The Communal Digitalization Index (IDC), developed by the Millennium Nucleus for the Study of Digital Inequalities and Opportunities (NUDOS), and in which IMFD researchers Sebastián Valenzuela, academic at the Facultad de comunicaciones UC, and Sergio Toro, director of the Escuela de Gobierno de la Universidad Mayor, participated, measured connectivity in households, its use in schools,…
The 2024 edition of Highlights will take place from September 16 to 20 at the Universidad de Bordeaux (France). The talk to be given by Pablo Barceló will cover three case studies that highlight the key role of logic in improving the understanding of modern machine learning architectures. The Laboratoire Bordelais de Recherche en Informatique…
September 2024.- The hackathon was held at Google‘s offices in Chile with the presence of the sponsors: Le Wagon, Kaggle and Google Cloud, with the aim of taking the learning and application of cloud technologies and data science to a new level in our region. The winners of first place in the hackathon were: Luis…