
Cristopher Adrián Hermosilla Jiménez
Profesor Asociado
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Valparaíso, Chile
Control óptimo; Análisis convexo; Cálculo de Variaciones
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Doctorat en Mathématiques Appliquées, ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE TECHNIQUES AVANCEES. Francia, 2015
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Licenciatura en ciencias de la Ingeniería, Mención Matemáticas, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2010
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Ingeniero Civil Matemático, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2011
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Postdoctoral researcher Full Time
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE
Baton Rouge, Estados Unidos
2015 - 2017
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Profesor Auxiliar Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA
Valparaíso, Chile
2017 - 2023
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Profesor Asociado Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA
Chile
2023 - At present
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Postdoctoral researcher Full Time
Louisiana State University
Estados Unidos
2015 - 2017
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Young researcher
INRIA Saclay
Francia
2011 - 2015
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Analista junior mesa de dinero
Banco BCI
Chile
2011 - 2011
Mathematical Engineering degree:
- Franco Cerda (UTFSM, co-supervised with Pedro Gajardo): Problemas Estocásticos Totalmente Convexos de Tipo Bolza en Tiempo Discreto. Defense on June 21st, 2019.
- Iván Rosas (UTFSM, co-supervised with Pedro Gajardo): Problemas de Control Óptimo Totalmente Convexos de Ecuaciones Diferenciales Parciales. Defense on August 23rd, 2019.
- Álvaro Valderrama (UTFSM, co-supervised with Carlos Valle): Búsqueda de Hiperparámetros de Redes Neuronales Convolucionales utilizando Metaheurísticas. Defense on April 15th, 2020.
- Mattia Solla (UTFSM, co-supervised with Julio Deride): Estudio sobre la evolución de subgradientes en problemas de Bolza convexos a tiempo discreto. Defense on July 31st, 2024.
- Bruno Martínez (UTFSM, co-supervised with Enrique Jelvez): Un modelo de optimización para el problema de selección de pushbacks en minería a cielo abierto. Defense on September 11th, 2024.
- Dominique Yessouroun (UTFSM): Transformación Digital en la Asignación de Espacios: Modelación e Implementación de Algoritmos de Optimización. Defense on December 23rd, 2024.
MSc in Mathematics and Mathematical Engineering degree:
-Patricio Toledo (UTFSM): A Hybrid Maximum Principle for systems with mixed and pure state: Applications to optimal control of Sweeping Processes. Defense on June 23rd, 2021.
- Bernardo Recabarren (UTFSM, co-supervised with Pedro Gajardo): Transporte óptimo para un esquema de extracción de pozo a cielo abierto. Defense on September 9th, 2022.
- Claudia Álvarez (UTFSM, co-supervised with Pedro Gajardo): Conjunto de umbrales sostenibles bajo incertidumbre. Defense on October 24th, 2022.
- Benjamín Giacomini (UTFSM): Relaciones de sensibilidad para problemas de Mayer con restricciones de estado convexas. Defense on January 10th, 2024.
- Ernesto Treumún (UTFSM): Self-dual Approximations to Fully Convex Bolza Problems. Defense on January 7th, 2025.
Research Internships:
- Thomas Guilmeau (MsC student at ENSTA Paris in 2019): Sensitivity analysis of the set of sustainable thresholds and applications to renewable resource management. May 14th to August 16th, 2019.
- Othmane Jerhaoui (PhD candidate at ENSTA Paris in 2022): Linear-quadratic optimal control problem under probability knowledge of the initial condition. March 24th to April 21st, 2022.
- Averil Prost (PhD candidate at INSA Rouen in 2023): Viscosity notions for control problems over measures. From July 1st to Decembre 22nd, 2023.
- Fernanda Urrea (PhD candidate at INSA Rouen in 2023): Analyzing necessary optimality conditions for optimal control problems in Wasserstein spaces. November 20th, 2023 to January 12th, 2024.
-Post-doctorate mentorship
- Jorge Becerril. September 2020 to July 2021. Supported by the CMM
- Emilio Molina. October to December 2024. Supported by the Postdoctoral Visiting Scholarships of the CMM.
Hidden Convexity in Sufficient Conditions for Local Optimality |
Convexity and Duality in Optimal Control |
State constrained optimal control of nonsmooth dynamical systems |
MOVECO => Modeling, Optimization and Viability for Epidemics Control |
Estudio de problemas de Control Óptimo gobernados por Procesos de Arrastre=> Teoría y Aplicaciones |
Study of stratified optimal control problems via level-sets approach=> theory and applications |
Sensitivity analysis for deterministic control design - SADCO |

Pedro Gajardo
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
DEPARTAMENTO DE MATEMATICA
UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA
Valparaiso, Chile

Cristopher Hermosilla
Profesor Asociado
Departamento de Matemática
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Valparaíso, Chile