After two days of individual competition, two of the four students who traveled to Tsukuba, Japan, representing Chile in the International Informatics Olympiad, won two bronze medals in this worldwide event sponsored by Unesco, which they attended under the auspices of the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data. The four...
Based in the United States and syndicated as one of the most influential Chilean scientists today, physicist and expert in artificial intelligence, economics and big data, César Hidalgo, will visit our country and will give a talk that explores cross-cutting issues aimed at strengthening citizenship and democracy, in addition to the...
Experts from the areas of computing, statistics, political science and communications met at the I Workshop of the Millennium Institute of Foundational Research on Data, held in Machalí in August 2018. The meeting was attended by nearly 70 undergraduate and graduate students from the various areas of knowledge that make up the Institute's...
The Web is the most powerful means of communication and an amplifying mirror of ourselves, so it is essential to face it with awareness of the biases of the information and the tools to assess the quality of the data. Undoubtedly one of the most relevant is that of gender, a subject that...
Nerd Nite SCL is the monthly event where those passionate about cutting-edge topics in science and technology can find out about the latest advances in these areas. It has become one of the most interesting weekday events in Santiago to keep abreast of the latest trends in science and...
Every time a user performs a search, the data is stored on a server. The same happens with almost everything we share via e-mail, social networks or mobile networks. This information has reached such a volume that computer science is devoting a line of work to the study of new models that will allow us to...
The implications of data in our lives are widely known. We generate it every time we use our phones, surf the Web, or post our photos on online social networks. These in turn are used by various private companies and public institutions to improve our quality of life. But there are also...