The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) awarded the 2025 Luiz André Barroso Award to the IMFD researcher, recognizing his pioneering contributions to algorithms and information retrieval, as well as his leadership in the development of computing in Latin America. A new and important recognition for his scientific career was received by Ricardo Baeza-Yates, faculty member…
The SIGMOD Research Highlight award is one of the most prestigious in this field and has been given annually since 2016. The work, which involves the IMFD researcher and IMC UC academic, together with researchers from the company RelationalAI and other universities, focuses on relational databases that are currently used in complex transactions, banking systems,…
In a world where data generation is constant and massive, the ability to react to critical events within milliseconds has become a fundamental pillar for development. Many areas in which millions of data points are generated constantly and in very little time -a data stream- require tools that allow them to identify relevant events in…
For one week, Chile became a meeting point for international research in programming language design. Researchers from IMFD and academics from the Departamento de Ciencias de la Computación de la Universidad de Chile took part in the 18th meeting of the Working Group on Language Design of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). The…
“We need to train journalists capable of understanding an increasingly complex information landscape”: In March of this year, UC academic and IMFD researcher Magdalena Saldaña took over as director of the UC Department of Journalism. Her arrival marks a new chapter for the school at a particularly challenging time for the profession: growing disinformation, audiences…
On March 17, Hugo Rojas, associate researcher at Universidad Alberto Hurtado, member of the Nuestra MemorIA project, as well as faculty member of the School of Law and Liberal Arts of the Universidad Católica del Uruguay and IMFD researcher, delivered a talk titled “Human Rights Archives and Artificial Intelligence: Contributions of Nuestra MemorIA to Transitional…
Next year will mark the 42nd edition of the Logic in Computer Science (LICS) forum, organized by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). This is the world’s most important symposium on logic and computer science, which will be held in Montreal (Canada) and will have as…
IMFD researchers and academics from the Departamento de Ciencias de la Computación de la Universidad de Chile, Benjamin Bustos and Gonzalo Navarro, each were awarded a Fondecyt Regular project in the 2026 call. These works address time- and space-efficient techniques to extend worst-case optimal algorithms to complex graph and relational databases, and a multi-modal similarity…
With the participation of researchers and students of all levels, the Millennium Institute for Foundational Research on Data (IMFD) held its VIII Workshop at the Centro de Eventos Botánico in Peñalolén, Santiago. The event featured presentations on the progress and projects carried out by the center’s research lines, with an emphasis on the results and…
In an increasingly fragmented political landscape, understanding how our representatives actually vote has become a challenge for traditional political science tools. Researchers from the Millennium Institute for Foundational Research on Data (IMFD), together with specialists from Universidad Católica, Universidad Mayor, and Universidad Católica de Temuco, have developed B-Call (Bidimensional Analysis of Roll Call), an innovative…
Researcher at the Millennium Institute for Foundational Research on Data (IMFD) and academic at the Department of Computer Science of the Universidad de Chile, Andrés Abeliuk, recently was awarded a Fondecyt Iniciación en Investigación 2026 project, as part of the call organized by the Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (ANID). The initiative, titled “Hacia…
Professor Aidan Hogan, faculty member at DCC U. Chile and Deputy Director of the Millennium Institute for Foundational Research on Data (IMFD), received new recognition for his outstanding academic career after being promoted to the rank of Full Professor at Universidad de Chile, the highest rank within the academic career path. According to university regulations,…
Column by Carla Alberti and Diego Diaz in La Tercera, December 15, 2025 José Antonio Kast’s sweeping victory not only implies a change of power, but also confirms the decline of the dictatorship as the organizing axis of Chilean politics. This presidential election is the second in which the winning party is different from the…
In 2025, the Millennium Institute for Foundational Research on Data (IMFD) launched “Hablemos de Datos, los fundamentos de la inteligencia artificial” (“Let us Talk About Data, the Foundations of Artificial Intelligence”), a podcast and radio program aimed at bringing citizens closer to the core topics of data science and artificial intelligence (AI) across different areas…
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s leading scientific and educational computing society, announced today the selection of 61 new Distinguished Members for 2025. Among the professionals recognized is Pablo Barceló, a faculty member at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and researcher at the Millennium Institute for Foundational Research on Data (IMFD), honored for…