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…
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…
The paper “The Missing Link: Identifying Digital Intermediaries in E-Government” was awarded the Edgardo Catterberg Award for the best paper presented at the WAPOR Latinoamérica conference, one of the most important academic gatherings on public opinion studies in the region. The research team includes IMFD researchers Sergio Toro, director of the School of Government at…
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…
Building, understanding and controlling artificial intelligence models without needing programming knowledge: this is the goal of DashAI, the interactive, open-source tool that was selected in the FONDEF IDeA I+D 2025 competition. “These funds aim to boost the development of technologies that generate impacts on the country at a productive, economic, and social level,” explains Felipe…
Disruption and consolidation in communication research: that is the theme of the 75th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), held in Denver, United States, which features the active participation of scholars from the Facultad de Comunicaciones de la Universidad Católica and IMFD researchers, Magdalena Saldaña and Sebastián Valenzuela. The researchers will present their…
Éric Tanter, academic at the Departamento de Ciencias de la Computación de la Universidad de Chile and associate researcher at the Millennium Institute for Foundational Research on Data (IMFD), received an Inria International Chair, a program that fosters collaboration between prominent international researchers and the French research center, one of the leading science and technology…
Column published in La Tercera, by Naim Bro, academic at the School of Government, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, and IMFD researcher Last week, Plaza Italia underwent an important change: the seven lanes of the traditional roundabout were removed, giving way to an esplanade connecting Balmaceda, Forestal, and Bustamante parks. At the same time, the eternal controversy…
With more than 50 attendees, the Workshop Archives, Data and Justice: Interdisciplinary Experience in the Investigation of Colonia Dignidad was held. Organized by the Millennium Institute for Foundational Research on Data (IMFD) in collaboration with the National Institute for Human Rights (INDH), the event focused on the potential of massive data analysis of the Colonia…
ICML is one of the most important gatherings in the world for researchers dedicated to the study and advancement of machine learning, one of the essential branches of artificial intelligence. The 2025 edition will take place in Canada and will feature the participation of several papers, two of them developed by IMFD’s director, Juan Reutter,…
With a productive meeting between the IMFD Innovation area and IMFD researchers, the Millennium Institute for Foundational Research on Data (IMFD) kicked off work on the StartUp Ciencia project, awarded for 2025. The main topics addressed at the meeting were how to put the research and technological development produced by IMFD researchers at the service…
Gabriela Arriagada Bruneau is an Assistant Professor with dual affiliation at the Institute of Applied Ethics (IEA) and the Institute of Mathematical and Computational Engineering (IMC) of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and a Young Researcher at the National Center for Artificial Intelligence (CENIA). Claudia López works as an Assistant Professor at Universidad Técnica…