Felipe Bravo Márquez is promoted to Associate Professor at the University of Chile

ByPaula Silva
August, 2024.- IMFD and Cenia researcher Felipe Bravo is promoted to Associate Professor at the University of Chile. The academic from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Chile holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Waikato, New Zealand, and a Master of Science in Computing, Industrial Civil Engineering, and Computer Civil Engineering from the University of Chile. His research interests and expertise focus on knowledge and information acquisition from natural language, covering the areas of natural language processing (NLP), machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), and information retrieval (IR).
 
Felipe Bravo
According to the university regulations, those who "have demonstrated that they have met the requirements for remaining in the immediately preceding rank and have demonstrated autonomy and mastery of their discipline" are promoted to this rank. The regulations also establish that Associate Professors must "demonstrate the ability to innovatively guide UNDERGRADUATE, graduate, and specialization teaching programs; direct and carry out original research or creative programs and works, in addition to outreach activities; contribute to the training of specialists in their field; and perform institutional administrative tasks. The creativity and leadership with which these tasks are performed must be reflected in significant institutional contributions and recognition as an authority in their field at the national level."
 
After receiving the news, the academic said: "It is a great honor, I am very happy and grateful. It means that the university values and recognizes what I am doing in research, teaching, transfer, and outreach."
 
When asked about the new challenges posed by this new position, Felipe Bravo Marquéz stated: "I am eager to contribute to the DCC, the Faculty, and the University playing a relevant role in artificial intelligence and data science. Having this recognition gives me more space to support initiatives. There are several projects in which I play a very active role and, for example, I would like to further integrate CENIA into the University or provide more support to the Faculty's Data and Artificial Intelligence Initiative (IDIA). So, broadly speaking, I aspire to be a link between the Department and the various initiatives in the area."