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January, 2023.- Six research projects by researchers from the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data (IMFD) were awarded funding through the Fondecyt funds for 2023. This funding is provided by the Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo, ANID, to promote scientific-technological research in various areas of knowledge, through the funding of excellence research projects aimed…

January 2023.- As part of the “Corfo Conecta” program, run by the Production Development Corporation (Corfo), this entity visited the offices of the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data (IMFD) at the Centro de Innovación UC, seeking to introduce various companies to the IMFD Innovation and Technology Transfer area. The program, an initiative of Corfo’s…

December 2022.- Naim Bro, Assistant Professor at the School of Government of Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, has recently joined the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data (IMFD) as a Young Researcher. The academic specializes in the study of dynamics associated with political elites and social stratification, from the perspective of computational social sciences, highlighting his work…

January 2023.- A new recognition for his research work was received by Gonzalo Navarro, academic at the Departamento de Ciencias de la Computación de la Universidad de Chile and researcher at the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data (IMFD), who was distinguished as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the leading professional…

January 2023.- With an invitation to view our reality from the perspective of data, the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data (IMFD) held the “Introduction to Data Science Without a Computer Workshop” with teachers from different schools in the central zone of the country. “The goal of this activity is to teach that data science…

December 2022.- The IMFD Research Seminars aim to promote knowledge of the different work topics among the different teams and researchers of the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data (IMFD). Since late 2021, they have been held monthly in hybrid format on the first Wednesday of each month, covering different topics ranging from natural language…

December, 2022.- Consolidating the relevance of role models and collaboration within the community of women working in computing, computer science and other STEM fields, the tenth Chile Women in Computing (ChileWiC) gathering was held with a large turnout and great enthusiasm from participants, at the San Joaquín campus of Pontificia Universidad Católica. “We are very…

December, 2022.- Jocelyn Dunstan, researcher at the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data (IMFD) and faculty member at the Department of Computer Science of the Universidad Católica (DCC UC) and at the Institute of Engineering and Computational Mathematics UC (IMC UC), received the Adelina Gutiérrez Award for Scientific Excellence for Young Women Researchers, in the…

December 2023.- The Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data (IMFD) received the renewal of its funding, following the mid-term evaluation carried out during the second half of this year. “As a team we have a great commitment to the project, which was reflected in the results of this evaluation,” highlights Juan Reutter, deputy director of…

December 2022.- As part of the School Research and Innovation Project “Protagonists of Science 2022” of Explora Región Metropolitana Sur Poniente, seven students and a teacher from Complejo Educacional Maipú visited the offices of the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data (IMFD), to share their learnings and get to know the space where researchers work…

**December 2022.-** The last seminar of the year featured the new young IMFD researcher, **José Fuentes, faculty member at the Engineering Faculty of the Universidad de Concepción**. The meeting took place at the Institute’s offices located on the fourth floor of the UC Innovation building. On this occasion, the academic presented his research **”Compact planar…

December 2022.- Talking about, sharing and showcasing the work of women in the field of computing and computer science is the goal of the new podcast from the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data (IMFD), “#EllasPrograman.” The Gender X-Ray study by the Ministry of Science shows that only one in four people who enroll in…

November 2022.- The academic from the Departamento de Ciencia de la Computación de la Universidad Católica and the Instituto de Ingeniería Matemática y Computacional UC, Jocelyn Dunstan, has recently joined the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data (IMFD) as a Young Researcher. The academic joined IMFD because it “represents the opportunity to collaborate with researchers…

November, 2022.- As part of the Jornadas Chilenas de Computación, the study “Disinformation in Chile” was presented, conducted by IMFD researchers Sebastián Valenzuela, faculty member at the Faculty of Communications of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Marcelo Mendoza, faculty member at the Departamento de Ciencia de la Computación UC. The study, funded by…

November 2022.- In recognition of his research work and contributions in the field of engineering, the DCC U. Chile faculty member and researcher at the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data (IMFD), Felipe Bravo Márquez, was recognized with the “TWAS LACREP Young Scientists Award 2022.” This distinction was awarded to him by The World Academy…