In the article “Gradually Structured Data” by Éric Tanter, associate researcher at IMFD, Stefan Malewski, PhD student, and researcher Michael Greenberg from the Stevens Institute of Technology (USA), a form of gradualness is proposed that would allow reconciling dynamic and static data structures seamlessly. Recently accepted at the ACM’s OOPSLA 2021 conference, the research has…
Seeking to promote the continued participation and empowerment of older people in the digital world, the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data (IMFD) will present the lecture series Learning to Live in the Digital World, part of the 60+ Científica tu casa program of the P. Universidad Católica. Older people have been among those most…
July, 2021.- This is the second time the International Olympiad in Informatics has been held in an online format and, despite this major challenge, Ignacio Muñoz, 17 years old, achieved a Bronze Medal for Chile, the fourth in total that our country has received in the world’s most important student competitive programming competition. Ignacio, who…
July, 2021.- Check out the most recent IMFD news here. AI and content classification: the challenge that the Judiciary and IMFD are working on A team of IMFD researchers and students is working with documentation and database specialists from the Judiciary to establish an intelligent search system for judicial rulings. More information here Plataforma Telar:…
You don’t win with Facebook alone: this is one of the conclusions that can be drawn from the study conducted by researchers from the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data (IMFD), who –in an interdisciplinary effort– analyzed the social media and ground campaign work of 80 candidacies in the 2017 parliamentary elections. The study involved…
June, 2021.- Imagine the following scenario: in an area near a wetland, sanctuary of some native species, the construction of buildings and roads is planned. With a group of people interested in the environment, you decide to file for an injunction to protect the wetland. It becomes essential to gather documentation. But, when it comes…
May, 2021.- Among more than a hundred articles, columns, and analyses based on national and international academic research, five outstanding articles by researchers from the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data (IMFD) ranked among the 20 most-read articles of Ciper Académico so far this year, contributing to the debate with informed opinions. An analysis of…
May 2021.- A new initiative, which represents the interdisciplinary spirit of the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data (IMFD), has been developed by this research center. This is Plataforma Telar, in which researchers, professionals, and students from the social sciences, computer science, and technology transfer converge. “We saw that the constituent process, being a historic…
May 2021.- In recognition of the development of science, technology, and innovation, in the Covid-19 Technology category, Test KOR was awarded by the UC Transfer and Development Office at a virtual ceremony led by the rector of Universidad Católica, Ignacio Sánchez, and the Vice-Rector for Research, Pedro Bouchon. The event, held this Thursday, May 6,…
May, 2021.- The article “When is Approximate Counting for Conjunctive Queries Tractable?”, by Marcelo Arenas, academic at U. Católica and IMFD director; Luis Alberto Croquevielle, master’s graduate from U. Católica and IMFD; Rajesh Jayaram, PhD student at Carnegie Mellon University, and Cristian Riveros, academic at U. Católica and IMFD researcher was accepted at the 53rd…
April 2021.- With a pioneering research effort considered a fundamental piece in the study of the “fake news” problem, the study “Information credibility on Twitter” was awarded at the most important international scientific conference on Web research for the impact of its work ten years after its original publication. In February 2010, following the magnitude…
“The Marriage of Univalence and Parametricity” is the title of the paper by Éric Tanter, researcher at the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data (IMFD) and professor at the Department of Computer Science (DCC), together with Inria researchers Nicolas Tabareau and Matthieu Sozeau, which was published in the Journal of the ACM (JACM), the most…
January 2021.- In a year marked by the health emergency, data management and use became especially relevant for all societies. For this reason, the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data (IMFD) set out to keep one of its spaces open to the general community, promoting debate on the importance of data in different areas. The…
February 2021.- After an extremely challenging year, on Saturday, January 30th the 9th Chilean Computer Science Olympiad (OCI) was held, the country’s leading computer programming competition, from which 12 national champions emerged: seven bronze medals, four silver, and one gold. At this event, which in 2021 was held online due to the health emergency, 87…
Santiago, January 2021.- Two regular Fondecyt projects were awarded to researchers from the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data (IMFD), in which the interdisciplinary work of the teams stands out, as well as the use of data to study topics relevant and pressing for Chilean society today. Magdalena Saldaña, researcher at the Millennium Institute Foundational…