RESEARCH PROJECTS
2018 – 2022
“Dynamic clustering using Evolving Features”
(Fondecyt project 1181036); Principal Investigator; Total project amount: USD125,000 approx.
2017 – 2019
“Digital Crime Observatory in Chile: An intelligent support system for the Chilean car insurance industry, regarding cars and accessories”
(Fondef Project ID16I10222); Principal Investigator; Total project amount: USD230,000 approx.
2014 – 2016
“Feature selection in dynamic clustering with applications to crime and business analytics”
(Fondecyt project 1140831); Principal Investigator; Total project amount: USD120,000 approx.
2013 - 2016
“PRASEDEC: Practice-driven Advance of Studies and Exchange between the University of Duisburg-Essen and the University of Chile”
Cooperation project with University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany; Co-Investigator
2013 – 2014
“Dynamic clustering, from an academic approach to a real business solution: theory and application”
Explorative Scientific Co-operation Programme between KU Leuven, Belgium and Universidad de Chile; Principal Investigator
2012 – 2013
“Development of rule-based classification models using profit maximization”
Explorative Scientific Co-operation Programme between KU Leuven, Belgium and Universidad de Chile; Principal Investigator
2011 – 2012
“Profit driven metrics for a holistic approach to evaluating Data Mining Models”
Explorative Scientific Co-operation Programme between KU Leuven, Belgium and Universidad de Chile; Principal Investigator
2010 - 2013
“Quantitative Methods in Security”
(Anillo project ACT087); Co-Investigator; Total project amount: USD230,000 approx.
2009 - 2019
(Basal project FB016); Principal co-Investigator; Annual project amount: USD2,500,000 approx.
2007 – 2017
(Millennium Institute ICM: P-05-750 004-F); Principal co-Investigator
2004 – 2006
(Fondecyt project 1040926); Principal Investigator; Total project amount: USD84,000 approx.
2005 – 2006
“Predictive Crime Model for the Metropolitan Area of Santiago”
(Fondef Project D03I1025); Co-Investigator
2004 – 2005
“Development of Management Technologies to increase the Productivity of Supply Chains in Industries of Massive Consumption: Application to Supermarkets”
(Fondef project D03I1057); Co-Investigator
2003 – 2004
“Development of Management Systems to Improve Competitiveness of Chilean Avocado: Application to Post-Harvest Technologies”
(Fondef project D02I1015); Co-Investigator
2003 – 2004
Member of the Network of Excellence EUNITE
(www.eunite.org) in the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Union
2001 – 2006
“Complex Engineering Systems” (Millennium Nucleus)
Associate Investigator
2000 – 2001
“Algorithms for Dynamic Data Mining”
(Fondecyt Project 1000865); Principal Investigator
1999 – 2002
“Automatic Identification and Prediction of Traffic States as Basis for Improved Traffic Management”
Cooperative Research between Chile and Germany”; Co-Investigator
1997 – 1998
”Theory and Methodology of Dynamic Fuzzy Data Analysis”
(Project funded by the German National Science Foundation: DFG – Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ZI 104/27-1); Principal Co-Investigator
1997 – 1998
”Use of Fuzzy Control in Traffic Control Facilities”
(Project funded by Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (German Institution for Traffic) FE03.299/1996/IRB); Co-Investigator
1996 – 1997
(Project funded by the European Commission); Co-Investigator
1993 – 1995
(Project funded by the European Commission as Brite-Euram BE 5935); Co-Investigator.
2015 - 2016
“Optimal Buying Processes associated with Transaction Costs and User Satisfaction in Chilecompra”
Chilecompra. Senior consultant.
2015
“Towards a Value-based Innovation Culture at Chilecompra´s top management”
Chilecompra. Project Director.
2015
“Crece Mujer (´women growing´)”
BancoEstado, Member of the project´s board of directors.
2013
“Models for Fraud Detection in Car Insurance”
Prose-Chile. Project Director.
2012
“Improvement of the Process of Crime Analysis”
Policía de Investigaciones de Chile
2011
“Statistical Model to Predict Prison Population”
Gendarmería de Chile
2005 – 2007
“System to Identify Profitable Credits for Banco del Desarrollo Microempresas”
Banco del Desarrollo Microempresas
2005 – 2006
“Improved System to Grant and Administer Credits”
INDAP – Instituto de Desarrollo Agropecuario
2004 – 2005
“Development of Predictive Models for an Airline”
LAN Chile
2003 –2004
“Development of a System to Detect Fraudulent Importations”
SUNAT (Peruvian Tax Department; Superintendencia nacional de Administración Tributaria), Lima, Perú; Contract TC-00-05-00-8-RG CN°0116.
2003-2005
“Development of Mathematical Models to Assign Operators at the Points-of-Sale at Metro S.A.”
Metro S.A.
2002 –2003
“Development of Churn Prediction Models using Advanced Data Analysis Techniques”
Banco de Crédito e Inversiones
2001 –2003
“Prediction of local intensity of events triggered by Rock Instabilities using Data Mining Techniques”
IM2, Codelco
1993 – 1998
Consultant at the consulting firm MIT GmbH
Aachen, Germany