The KOR Rapid Olfactory Kit, from DICTUC's Center for Aromas and Flavors and processed on a web platform created by the Technology Transfer Unit of the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data, will be transformed into a self-administered test, saving time for the organizations that use it.
"When I got the Arduino kit, I felt excitement. I was afraid to open it, I didn't know if it was going to break something. But when I finished the project I felt the satisfaction of achieving something," says Isidora Lemunao, who developed a piggy bank that opens to store coins with a remote sensor. Isidora is one of...
Felipe Bravo (36), IMFD researcher and assistant professor of the Department of Computer Science at the U. of Chile, was one of the young researchers, at the national level, who were awarded a Fondecyt de Iniciación 2020. The latter seeks to promote and strengthen the development of scientific and technological research of excellence by...
"The Web of Data" is the title of the book written by DCC U. of Chile professor and Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data researcher Aidan Hogan, published by Springer, which deals more broadly with the Web of Data. "This book provides a vision of the next evolution of the...
"We wanted mainly girls and adolescent women to participate, but we were surprised by the percentage of young women's participation, close to 80% of the total. Initially we thought it would be difficult to reach the audience we were looking for...", says Jazmine Maldonado, president of Niñas Pro: an organization created and run by young women from different areas, which seeks to empower...
The development of the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data will be incorporated into the Epistemonikos Foundation platform, which seeks to bring medical evidence on this virus and its behavior to the public and the authorities.
The initiative seeks, among other objectives, to generate a user-friendly search system to explore the contents of court rulings, ensuring the anonymization of data and applying natural language processing techniques.
What are the theoretical reasons that explain why an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm makes certain decisions and not others? The subject is not trivial since, in practice, these reasons are the ones that lead this algorithm to choose one candidate over another in a process of awarding a contract....
The web application, which records the results of the Olfactory Rapid Kit (KoR) diagnostic test, delivers immediate results and allows users to manage a large amount of data, adapt it to the needs of the organization or company, and follow up.
Researchers from Plan Ceibal in Uruguay and researchers from the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data are working on the creation of an open source system to anonymize public data on a large scale.
The program has a strong interdisciplinary and applied focus: students will be able to work from the first year on real problems and will be able to take specialization courses in applied data science at the Institute of Astrophysics, the Institute of Geography, the School of Biological Sciences, and the School of Government of the Catholic University.
"Data is a renewable resource, as much as the sun and the wind". This is how European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described the value of digital information at the World Economic Forum in January 2020, where she highlighted the wealth and untapped opportunities that exist within...
Since July 2020, research associate Jorge Perez, professor of the Department of Computer Science (DCC) of the University of Chile, has been the deputy director of the unit, led by the academic Cecilia Bastarrica. Until his appointment, the academic was director of the Communications area of the DCC. Perez holds a PhD in Computer Science and...
The literature that exists in Chile was more or less conclusive: it pointed out that, in general, Evangelicals were not interested in politics. "That historically they did not get involved because it was a 'forbidden' subject. But what one begins to see in recent years, in the country, is that not only are there more evangelical politicians....
Santiago, September 2020.- Chile already has representatives for the International Olympiad of Informatics (IOI) for high school students, which will be held between September 13 and 19. Originally this competition was to be held in Singapore, but due to the Covid-19 pandemic it will be held online. The 12...