Felipe Bravo Márquez is promoted to Associate Professor at the University of Chile - Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data

IMFD and Cenia researcher, Felipe Bravo, is promoted to Associate Professor at the University of Chile. The academic of 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 Computer Science, Industrial Civil Engineer and Computer Civil Engineer 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).

According to the university regulationsAccording to university regulations, those who are promoted to this hierarchy are those who "have demonstrated that they have fulfilled the requirements set forth for permanence in the immediately preceding hierarchy and have demonstrated autonomy and mastery of their discipline". The regulations also state that the Associate Professor must "demonstrate the ability to guide undergraduate, graduate and specialized teaching programs in an innovative manner; direct and carry out original research or creative programs and works, as well as extension activities; contribute to the training of specialists in their field and perform institutional administration tasks. The creativity and leadership with which these tasks are carried out should be reflected in institutional contributions of relevance and recognition as an authority in their field at the national level".

When asked about the new challenges posed by this new hierarchy, Felipe Bravo Marquéz said: "I am very eager to contribute to the DCC, the Faculty and the University to have a relevant role in artificial intelligence and data science. Having this position recognition gives me more space to support initiatives. There are several projects in which I have a very active role and, for example, I would like to integrate more the CENIA within the University or support more the Data and Artificial Intelligence Initiative (IDIA) of the Faculty. So, broadly speaking, I aspire to be a link between the Department and the different initiatives in the area."