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In an interview with Cooperativa Ciencia, Juan Reutter, director of the IMFD, discussed the 2026 Alonzo Church Award and how AI is transforming the training of programmers.
ByIgnacia Inostroza 04/09/2026

The director of the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data (IMFD) and academic at Universidad Católica (UC), Juan Reutter, spoke with Cooperativa Ciencia about the research behind the recognition awarded this month in London, and also discussed how artificial intelligence is changing the landscape for students. On July 9, the University of London, England, hosted…

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Sebastián Ferrada, IMFD researcher, on AI in the classroom: “We need to build criteria and look for alternative forms of assessment, so that grades are no longer the only measure”
ByIgnacia Inostroza 04/09/2026

Academics Sebastián Ferrada and John Atkinson analyzed the impact of artificial intelligence on work and education, highlighting that critical thinking, professional judgment, and interpersonal skills will remain fundamental in the age of automation. In a recent episode of A Bordo de La Tercera, the academic from the Iniciativa de Datos e Inteligencia Artificial (IDIA) at…

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University of Chile presented dashAI, Chilean platform that allows working without handing over data
ByIgnacia Inostroza 04/09/2026

The Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences of the Universidad de Chile, through its Data and Artificial Intelligence Initiative (IDIA), launched free, open-source software that allows users to train artificial intelligence models without needing to know how to program. The tool operates 100% locally on the user’s computer, with no mandatory cloud dependencies, positioning the…

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Research behind maqui.ai will reach the Industry Track of ISWC, the leading global conference on semantic web and knowledge graphs
ByIgnacia Inostroza 04/09/2026

The paper presents the technological architecture behind maqui.ai, the legal platform developed by the Innovation and Technology Transfer team of the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data (IMFD). The team will present the work during the conference, to be held in Italy, positioning it among the most relevant applications of 2026 in knowledge graph-based technologies….

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Is your organization really prepared to use artificial intelligence? IMFD invites you to the workshop “Know Your Data: An Essential Step for AI”
ByIgnacia Inostroza 04/09/2026

Companies, universities, public services, and social organizations generate large amounts of information every day. However, many do not know whether their datahas the quality and organization needed to take advantage of artificial intelligence tools. A free workshop by the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data (IMFD), to be held in Santiago, Viña del Mar, and…

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Three IMFD researchers were recognized by Ingeniería UC at the San Agustín Ceremony
ByIgnacia Inostroza 04/09/2026

At its annual ceremony, the UC School of Engineering honored Jocelyn Dunstan, Hans Löbel, and Juan Reutter. The recognitions included two promotions to the rank of associate professor, an award for engineering education, and a distinction for frontier research and impact. On August 14, as part of the traditional San Agustín Ceremony, the UC School…

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IMFD brought together professionals from the R&D ecosystem at the first workshop “Know your data: an essential step for AI”
ByIgnacia Inostroza 04/09/2026

The session, held at the Hub Metropolitano de Santiago, provided concrete tools for diagnosing and organizing organizations’ data before incorporating artificial intelligence into their processes. The workshop will be repeated in Viña del Mar, Concepción, and Santiago. More than 30 professionals took part in the first session of “Know Your Data: An Essential Step for…

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Researchers from Universidad de Chile and Leiden University explored new collaborations in computer science and AI
ByIgnacia Inostroza 04/09/2026

The meeting was chaired by Aidan Hogan, faculty member of the Department of Computer Science (DCC) at Universidad de Chile and Deputy Director of the IMFD, and brought together researchers from both institutions to explore new avenues for collaboration, student exchange, and joint doctoral supervision. From July 27 to 31, the Department of Computer Science…

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Study with CEP survey data tests surveys answered by artificial intelligence: They work with less accuracy in Chile than in the U.S.
ByIgnacia Inostroza 04/09/2026

The research, published in EPJ Data Science, evaluated the silicon sampling technique, which replaces real survey respondents with AI-simulated responses. In Chile, the models showed lower accuracy for women, older adults, religious people, those with lower educational levels, and lower-income groups. Large language models (LLMs), such as those behind ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude, began a…

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From the Wikipedia Edit-a-thon to Publication: 10 Chilean Scientific Institutions Now Have Published Articles
ByIgnacia Inostroza 04/09/2026

The Science and Technology Editathon 2026, organized by the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data (IMFD) together with Wikimedia Chile and with the collaboration of the Department of Computer Science of Universidad de Chile, brought together 14 institutions. Ten completed all stages of the process and already have articles published in the free encyclopedia. In…

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