Rolando de la Cruz Mesía
Associate Professor
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
Peñalolén, Santiago, Chile
Biostatistics; Data science and statistical learning; Functional and longitudinal data analysis; Parametric and Nonparametric Bayesian statistics; Spatial Statistics.
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Statistics, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo. Peru, 1997
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Statistics, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2000
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Statistics, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2005
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Part Time Lecturer Part Time
Universidad de Talca
Institute of Mathematics and Physics
Talca, Chile
1999 - 1999
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Part Time Lecturer Part Time
Universidad Adolfo Ibañez
Faculty of Engineering and Sciences
Santiago, Chile
2005 - 2006
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Adjunct Assistant Professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Medicine
Santiago, Chile
2007 - 2010
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Adjunct Assistant Professor Part Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Mathematics
Santiago, Chile
2005 - 2016
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Assistant Professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Medicine
Santiago, Chile
2010 - 2014
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Postdoctoral position Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Mathematics
Santiago, Chile
2005 - 2007
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Associate Professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Medicine
Santiago, Chile
2014 - 2016
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Associate Professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO
Sciences
Valparaíso, Chile
2016 - 2018
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Associate Professor Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBANEZ
Engineering and Sciences
Santiago, Chile
2018 - 2024
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Full Professor Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBANEZ
Engineering and Sciences
Santiago, Chile
2024 - At present
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Training Pre-professional Part Time
National Institute of Statistics and Informatics
Trujillo, Peru
1996 - 1996
Students
Undergraduate students:
6. Constanza Poblete. “Desarrollo de modelo “best time to call” para IBM”. Faculty of Engineering and Sciences. Universidad Adolfo Ib áñez. Finished January 2021.
5. Daniela Barrios. “Incorporación de pizarra virtual y cuaderno inteligente reutilizable a la plataforma virtual “Aprendemos más” de gramicom”. Faculty of Engineering and Sciences. Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Finished December 2020.
4. Paula Aguirre. “Comportamiento del precio de las bencinas en Santiago, Chile”. Faculty of Engineering and Sciences. Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Finished July 2019.
3. Valeria Escárate. “Análisis multinivel del rendimiento académico en las pruebas SIMCE 2006 con información perinatal”. Institute of Statistics. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Finished December 2017.
2. Alvaro Vidal. “Técnicas estadísticas y métodos espaciales: diferencia en la ecología del paisaje entre dos zonas del Monte Carmelo Chileno”. Institute of Statistics. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Finished December 2017.
1. Carolina Naranjo. “Allelic variants of the melanocortin–3 receptor gene (MC3R) and weight loss in obesity: a randomised trial of hypo–energetic high- versus low–fat diets”. Department of Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Finished February 2009. Co–tutoring Prof. José Luis Santos
MS students:
35. Renato Cabrera. “Identificación de un Biomarcador Retiniano en un Modelo Animal Para la Enfermedad de Alzheimer Mediante la Clasificaci ?on de Datos Funcionales”. MSc in Data Science. Faculty of Engineering and Sciences, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Finished December 2023.
34. Constanza Sánchez, “Predictores en el avance de la declinaci ?on cognitiva en pacientes con demencia que ingresan al centro Kintun”. MSc in Engineering Sciences. Faculty of Engineering and Sciences, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Finished October 2022.
33. Daniela Gómez, “Búsqueda Estocástica para la Selección de Variables mediante el muestreo de Gibbs en el Modelo de Cura con Aplicación en Reincidencia Penal”. MSc in Data Science. Faculty of Engineering and Sciences, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Finished September 2022.
32. Francisca Lerou, “Longitudinal Data Discrimination under a Linear Mixed Model with Heterogeneity and Assymmetry in the Random-Effects”. MSc in Data Science. Faculty of Engineering and Sciences, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Finished September 2022.
31. Daniel Godoy, “Optimización para reducir los costos de producción en la fase de blanqueo de celulosa evitando el quality giveaway a través del uso de técnicas de machine learning”. MSc in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research. Faculty of Engineering and Sciences, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Finished September 2022.
30. Alfredo de Rodt, “Un enfoque Bayesiano para un modelo de regresión logística con atributos que provienen de un modelo no-lineal mixto con distribuciones flexibles”. MSc in Data Science. Faculty of Engineering and Sciences, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Finished August 2022.
29. Camila Cartes, “Recomendación de reglas de operación para el proceso de producción de Boxboard, utilizando herramientas de anal ??tica prescriptiva”. MSc in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research. Faculty of Engineering and Sciences, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Finished August 2022.
28. Suelem Freitas, “Análise Bayesiana dos modelos de regresao linear com erros simétricos autorregressivos e dados incompletos”. MSc in Statistics. Department of Statistics, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil. Finished August 2022. Co–tutoring Prof. Aldo M. Garay, UFP, Brazil.
27. Ayleen Jabre. “Desarrollo de dashboard para el apoyo a la gestión de proyectos”. MSc in Business Analytics. School of Business, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Finished December 2021.
26. Felipe Rojas, “Modelo estadístico predictivo para la propagación del covid- 19 en Chile”. MSc en Industrial Engineering and Operations Research. Faculty of Engineering and Sciences, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Finished March 2021.
25. Nicolás Abuhadba Espinosa and Alan Moya Bastías. "Entrega Permanencia Definitiva “PeDe” del Departamento de Extranjería y Migración. Gobierno de Chile". Master in Data Science. Faculty of Engineering and Sciences, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Finished May, 2020.
24. Claudio Cisternas, Sergio Mella and Gonzalo Fernández. "Modelo Predictivo de Venta Diaria-Mensual para Clínica Vespucio". Master in Data Science. Faculty of Engineering and Sciences, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Finished March, 2020.
23. Fabián Palma. "Modelos de Comportamiento para la Gestión del Riesgo de Crédito". Master in Data Science. Faculty of Engineering and Sciences, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Finished January, 2020.
22. Andrés Reino. "Desarrollo de una aplicación web interactiva en R usando 'Shiny' para el análisis de la red social Twitter". MSc in Statistics. Institute of Statistics. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Finished December, 2017.
21. María Antonieta Jara. "Construcción de modelos de clasificación para muestras desbalanceadas con técnicas de remuestreo". MSc in Statistics. Institute of Statistics. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Finished December, 2017.
20. Christian Araya. "Técnicas de Clasificación para Datos Longitudinales no Gaussianos". MSc in Statistics. Institute of Statistics. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Finished December, 2017.
19. Ismael Valdivia. "Modelos predictivos: Sistema de alerta temprana para apoyo estudiantil". Institute of Statistics. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Finished December, 2017.
18. Jorge Saavedra. "Análisis comparativo de herramientas de clasificación/discriminación utilizando métodos quimiométricos". MSc in Statistics. Institute of Statistics. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Finished December, 2017.
17. Rodrigo Vega. "Variabilidad jerárquica del descarte en la estrategia de muestreo de las flotas cerqueras de sardina común (Strangomera bentincki) y anchoveta (Engraulis ringens) en la zona centro-sur de Chile". MSc in Statistics. Institute of Statistics. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparíaso. Finished December, 2017.
16. Miguel Fernández. "Análisis de sobrevivencia de variable discreta aplicado a la deserción de estudiantes de la Facultad de Ingeniería de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso". MSc in Statistics. Institute of Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Finished December, 2016.
15. Catalina León. "Minería de textos y el análisis de sentimiento: Una aplicación en el caso de las AFP". MSc in Statistics. Institute of Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Finished December, 2016.
14. Cristina Cárdenas. "Aplicación de un modelo lineal mixto para determinar los factores que inciden en la matrícula de primer año: El caso de las Ingenierías en Universidades Chilenas". MSc in Statistics. Institute of Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Finished December, 2016.
13. Beatriz Miranda. "Modelos de regresión cuántil, en factores perinatales que influyen en el desarrollo cognitivo". MSc in Statistics. Department of Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Finished December, 2015.
12. Vezna Sabando. "Modelos lineales generalizados para datos de conteo, en la identificación de factores de riesgo de caries en embarazadas". MSc in Statistics. Institute of Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Finished December, 2015.
11. Perla Celis. "A general class of probability density functions with positive support and its use in survival analysis". MSc in Industrial Statistics. Department of Mathematics. Universidad de Antofagasta. Finished July 2015. Co-tutoring Prof. Héctor Gómez, UA.
10. Simón Leiva. "Exact estimation procedures in multivariate nonlinear mixed-effects models with missing response". MSc in Statistics. Department of Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Finished December 2014. Co-tutoring Prof. Cristian Meza, UV.
9. Fabiola Gesell. "Variable selection methods with applications in crime analysis". MSc in Statistics. Department of Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Finished December, 2012.
8. Alfredo Durán. "On discriminant analysis using the skew-t distribution". MSc in Statistics. Department of Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Finished December, 2012.
7. Romina Vergara. "On discriminant analysis using the skew-normal distribution". MSc in Statistics. Department of Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Finished December, 2012.
6. Ivana Camacho. "Estudio de las determinantes de la variación departamental de la mortalidad infantil en Bolivia: Un acercamiento multinivel". MSc in Epidemiology. Department of Public Health, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Finished July, 2011. Co-tutoring Prof. Paula Bedregal.
5. Denisse López. "Detection of a change-point in regression models with nonstandard assumptions". MSc in Statistics. Department of Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Finished July, 2011.
4. Carolina Naranjo. "Análisis del efecto del gen MC3R sobre la pérdida de grasa corporal y disminución del diámetro de cintura usando modelos lineales mixtos". MSc in Statistics. Department of Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Finished December, 2010. Co-tutoring Prof. José Luis Santos.
3. Patricia Muñoz. "A comparison of two estimation methods for logistic regression model whose covariates are random effects in a nonlinear mixed-effects model". MSc in Statistics. Department of Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Finished July, 2009.
2. Alejandra Rodríguez. "Análisis discriminante para datos longitudinales basado en modelos lineales paramétricos y semiparamétricos: Un enfoque Bayesiano". MSc in Statistics. Department of Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Finished July, 2006.
1. Paula Salinas. "Análisis discriminante para datos longitudinales basado en modelos lineales paramétricos y semiparamétricos". MSc in Statistics. Department of Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Finished July, 2006.
PhD students:
2. Rafaél Torres. “On the forecasts of financial covariance/correlation matrices: a review from Econometrics, Econophysics and Machine Learning”. PhD in Complex Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Sciences, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile. Finished March 2024 (co-director: M. Villena).
1. Maritza Márquez. “New statistical challenges in flexible models for longitudinal data using P-spline, joint models and the SAEM algorithm”. PhD in Mathematics, Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile. Finished December 2022 (director: C. Meza)
Independent consultant and experienced advisor in data science, big data and machine learning in business, education, finance, industry, health, port logistic and media. Providing technical consultancy for:
1) D&S (now Walmart),
2) MIDE UC,
3) VTR,
4) Ripley,
5) Multitiendas CORONA S.A.,
6) U-Planner,
7) Empresa Portuaria de Valparaíso.
8) FEDEQUINTA,
9) FONASA,
10) CMPC,
11) Caja Los Andes.
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Mención Especial en el Area de Estadística, Premio Aranda Ordaz para tesis doctorales
Bernoulli Society
Peru, 2007
FRANCISCO ARANDA ORDAZ AWARD LARC-SLAPEM organizes every two/three years the Francisco Aranda-Ordaz Award. It is a Ph.D. thesis contest sponsored by the Bernoulli Society, created to honor the memory of Francisco Aranda-Ordaz, a distinguished young Mexican statistician who died tragically in 1991. The prize is awarded for one thesis in Probability and one thesis in Statistics written by students from Latin America regardless of the country of the university offering the degree or by students from other nationalities who received the degree from a Latin American university. The winner are invited to present their works at the CLAPEM meeting.
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David P. Byar Young Investigator Award
American Statistical Association
Estados Unidos, 2005
The David P. Byar Young Investigator Award is given annually to a new researcher in the ASA Biometrics Section who presents an original manuscript at the Joint Statistical Meetings. The award commemorates David Byar, a renowned biostatistician who made significant contributions to the development and application of statistical methods during his career at the National Cancer Institute.
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Laha Award
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Chile, 2005
IMS LAHA AWARDS With funds from a generous bequest by the late Professor Radha Govind Laha, IMS has established the Laha Awards for travel to the IMS Annual Meeting.
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Invited Speaker
Grenoble INP, Grenoble Institute of Technology
Francia, 2017
Invited Speaker for the Invited Session "Bayesian Inference for Degradation Models". 10th International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Reliability. July 3 to 6, 2017. Grenoble, France.
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Invited Speaker
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Chile, 2016
Invited speaker for the seminar Business Analytics in Finance and Industry - BAFI 2016
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Invited Speaker
Sociedad Española de Biometría
España, 2015
Invited speaker for the XV Spanish Biometric Conference and V Ibero-American Biometric Meeting. September 22 to 25, 2015. Bilbao, Spain.
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Invited Speaker
CARABINEROS DE CHILE
Chile, 2014
Invited speaker for the First International Summit on Scientific Criminal Analysis. April 21 to 27, 2014. Santiago, Chile.
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Invited Speaker
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Canada, 2012
invited speaker for the Workshop on Computational Criminology. September 19 to 21, 2012. Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
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IBS Award Fund Committee Member
International Biometric Society
Estados Unidos, 2020
The primary purpose of the Awards Fund Committee is to promote biometric activity in those areas of the world approved by the council as "lower and middle-income countries"
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Invited Speaker
UNIVERSIDAD DEL BIO-BIO
Chile, 2020
Jornadas de Ingeniería Estadística 2020.
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Invited Speaker
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA
Colombia, 2018
IV Jornada de Probabilidad y Procesos Estocásticos. Facultad de Ciencias de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia (sede Bogota). December 3 to 6, 2018. Bogotá, Colombia.
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Invited Speaker
UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBANEZ
Chile, 2019
Workshop: Reliability and Resiliency in Network Infrastructure. January 22 to 24, 2019. Santiago, Chile.
Review of the book "Introduction to Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials, 2nd Edition" by J.N.S. Matthews |
Hacia la evaluación de "Chile Crece Contigo": Resultados psicosociales del estudio piloto |
Preliminary Report of a Governmental Program on Children Psychosocial Development Care in Chile |
Systematic review: fluid biomarkers and machine learning methods to improve the diagnosis from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease |