One of the most important challenges for the generation of computer scientists working with artificial intelligence models is deciphering the well-known “black box”: computational systems whose internal workings are not visible, and therefore, not auditable. To address this problem, Marcelo Arenas, academic at IMC and DCC UC and researcher at IMFD presented a proposal in…
Looking back on its history and the milestones that have defined its contribution to the country, the Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Universidad de Chile commemorated half a century since the creation of the Departamento de Ciencias de la Computación (DCC), a pioneering unit in training, research, and technological development that has…
Inspired by Karen Sparck Jones, the distinguished British programmer and computer scientist, the 13th Women in Computing Chile Meeting WiC 2025 will take place on Friday, November 28, 2025, at the Enrique d’Etigny auditorium of the Universidad de Chile. “Even though women have always been a fundamental part of computing since its origins and throughout…
The director of the Millennium Institute for Foundational Research on Data (IMFD), Juan Reutter, together with the executive director of the IMFD, Camila Díaz, took part in the first day of the Exchange of Experiences in Digital Health Transformation program, organized by the Ministry of Health and the World Bank, to learn about Chile’s experience…
As every year, the Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List was published, listing the most influential scientists worldwide, an international ranking prepared by a group of researchers from Stanford University. The measurement is built from all author profiles in the Scopus database, which records scientific publications and citations from nearly the entire world. The index considers…
More than 600 people gathered at the MAC, Quinta Normal venue, to take part in this second edition of the event. As part of the National Day of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation, the event invited girls, boys, young people and adults to explore how research is part of everyday life. The Millennium Institute for…
In Singapore, IMFD researcher Magdalena Saldaña, an academic at the School of Communications at Universidad Católica and currently on sabbatical leave, was invited by professor Shangyuan Wu from the National University of Singapore (NUS). At this university she gave the lectures “Latin American Journalism and Public Interest,” for professor Wu’s graduate course “Digital Journalism, Law,…
As part of the commemoration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) honored Gonzalo Navarro, a faculty member at the Department of Computer Science of the Universidad de Chile and Researcher at the Millennium Institute for Foundational Research on Data (IMFD). Earlier this month, the Association for Computing Machinery had already recognized…
As part of the commemoration of Hispanic Heritage Month by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the organization highlighted Marcelo Arenas, an academic at the Department of Computer Science and the Institute of Mathematical and Computational Engineering UC, and researcher at the Millennium Institute for Foundational Research on Data (IMFD). The Association for Computing Machinery…
Bringing the main advances in artificial intelligence closer to the academic engineering community: this is the goal with which the Innovation and Technology Transfer Division of the Millennium Institute for Foundational Research on Data (IMFD) held practical-theoretical training sessions on the fundamentals and tools of AI at the Universidad de Valparaíso, as part of the…
September 18, 2025 marks the centenary of the 1925 Constitution. It is often remembered for its legal architecture -the separation between Church and State, the strengthening of presidentialism-, but the real change occurred at another level: who entered politics. It was not just a new legal framework; it was a hinge that opened the door…
Spreading science-based content created at the institute to localities throughout the country: that is one of the goals of the new podcast and radio program Hablemos de Datos, los fundamentos de la inteligencia artificial, which the Millennium Institute for Foundational Research on Data (IMFD) has just launched, with funding from the Ciencia Pública program of…
Data privacy and knowledge graphs: the two new IMFD researchers, both from the Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Universidad de Chile, join to strengthen the main areas of work within the research lines of the Millennium Institute for Foundational Research on Data (IMFD) Sebastián Ferrada is a faculty member of the Iniciativa…
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…
The Millennium Institute for Foundational Research on Data (IMFD) had a remarkable participation at the 2025 edition of the prestigious international conference ACM SIGMOD/PODS, one of the world’s leading forums for database research. “The participation of IMFD researchers strengthens the institute’s positioning in the development of theoretical foundations, computational tools, and applications in data management…