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Carlos Emilio Contreras Bolton

Profesor Asistente

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Operations Research, Combinatorial optimization, Evolutionary computing, Soft Computing

Educación

  •  Ph.D. in Biomedical, Electrical and System Engineering, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI BOLOGNA. Italia, 2018
  •  M.Sc. in Computer Science Engineering, UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE. Chile, 2013
  •  B.Sc. in Computer Science, UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE. Chile, 2010
  •  Analyst in Scientific Computing, UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE. Chile, 2011

Experiencia Académica

  •   Investigador Postdoctoral Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE

    Facultad de Ingeniería

    Santiago, Chile

    2019 - 2020

  •   Profesor por hora Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE

    Facultad de Ingeniería

    Santiago, Chile

    2012 - 2015

  •   Profesor por hora Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

    Facultad de Ingeniería

    Santiago, Chile

    2012 - 2015

  •   Profesor Asistente Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

    Facultad de Ingeniería

    Concepción, Chile

    2020 - At present

Formación de Capital Humano


- From 2020 to 2022, I have guided 6 final undergraduate works.
- From 2020 to 2022, I have guided 3 master's theses.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   PhD scholarship abroad - Beca Chile 2015

    COMISION NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACION CIENTIFICA Y TECNOLOGICA

    Chile, 2015

    Scholarship for studying the academic degree of Doctor of institutions of excellence abroad.

  •   Google Latin America Scholarship

    Google

    Estados Unidos, 2013

    Scholarships awarded based on the strength of academic background and demonstrated passion for Computer Science.


 

Article (16)

A matheuristic algorithm for the pollution and energy minimization traveling salesman problems

Cacchiani, Valentina; Contreras-Bolton, Carlos; Escobar-Falcon, Luis Miguel; Toth, Paolo

Article ISI
International Transactions in Operational Research  (2023)

A metaheuristic for the double traveling salesman problem with partial last-in-first-out loading constraints

Mardones, Blas; Gatica, Gustavo; Contreras-Bolton, Carlos

Article ISI
International Transactions in Operational Research  (2022)

Automatic Generation of Metaheuristic Algorithms

Iturra, Sergio; Contreras-Bolton, Carlos; Parada, Victor; Dorronsoro, B; Yalaoui, F; Talbi, EG; Danoy, G

Article ISI
COMMUNICATIONS IN COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE  (2022)

Low-Cost Voice Assistant Design and Testing for Older Adults

Farias-Barraza, Barbara; Reyes-Rogget, Marcelo; Lopez, Felipe A.; Lopez-Martinez, Ignacio N.; Contreras-Bolton, Carlos; Linfati, Rodrigo; Gatica, Gustavo; Saeed, K; Dvorsky, J

Article ISI
BIO-INSPIRED SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS: FROM ROBOTICS TO AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE, PT II  (2022)

An effective two-level solution approach for the prize-collecting generalized minimum spanning tree problem by iterated local search

Contreras-Bolton, Carlos; Parada, Victor

Article ISI
International Transactions in Operational Research  (2021)

Automatic design of specialized algorithms for the binary knapsack problem

Acevedo, Nicolas; Rey, Carlos; Contreras-Bolton, Carlos; Parada, Victor

Article ISI SCOPUS
EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS  (2020)

Models and algorithms for the Traveling Salesman Problem with Time-dependent Service times

Cacchiani, Valentina; Contreras-Bolton, Carlos; Toth, Paolo

Article ISI
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH  (2020)

A biased-randomized heuristic for the waste collection problem in smart cities

Gruler A.; Juan A.A.; Contreras-Bolton C.; Gatica G.

Article SCOPUS
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing  (2018)

A web application for location and vehicle routing in disaster

Gatica, Gustavo; Contreras-Bolton, Carlos; Venegas, Nicolas; Opazo, Omar; Linfati, Rodrigo; Willmer Escobar, John

Article WOS-ESCI
Iteckne  (2017)

Supporting multi-depot and stochastic waste collection management in clustered urban areas via simulation-optimization

Gruler, A.; Fikar, C.; Juan, A. A.; Hirsch, P.; Contreras-Bolton, C.

Article ISI
JOURNAL OF SIMULATION  (2017)

A multi-operator genetic algorithm for the generalized minimum spanning tree problem

Contreras-Bolton, C; Gatica, G; Barra, CR; Parada V.

Article ISI SCOPUS
EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS  (2016)

A new genotype-phenotype genetic algorithm for the two-dimensional strip packing problem with rotation of 90° [Un nuevo algoritmo genético de genotipo-fenotipo para el problema de Strip Packing de dos dimensiones con rotación de 90°]

Gatica G.; Villagrán G.; Contreras-Bolton C.; Linfati R.; Escobar J.W.

Article ISI SCOPUS
Javeriana  (2016)

Automatically Produced Algorithms for the Generalized Minimum Spanning Tree Problem

Contreras-Bolton, C.; Rey, C; Ramos-Cossio S.; Rodriguez, C; Gatica, F.; Parada V.

Article ISI SCOPUS
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMMING  (2016)

Automatic Combination of Operators in a Genetic Algorithm to Solve the Traveling Salesman Problem

Contreras-Bolton, C; Parada V.

Article ISI SCOPUS
PLOS ONE  (2015)

Automatically Generated Algorithms for the Vertex Coloring Problem

Bolton CC; Gatica, G; Parada V.

Article ISI SCOPUS
PLOS ONE  (2013)

Evolutionary optimization of electric power distribution using the dandelion code

Sabattin J.; Contreras-Bolton, C; Arias M.; Parada V.

Article SCOPUS
Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering  (2012)

ConferencePaper (3)

Novel Algorithms Automatically Generated for Optimization Problems

Silva-Munoz M.; Contreras-Bolton C.; Semaan G.S.; Villanueva M.; Parada V.

ConferencePaper SCOPUS
Proceedings - International Conference of the Chilean Computer Science Society, SCCC  (2019)

An Iterated Local Search Algorithm for the Pollution Traveling Salesman Problem

Cacchiani, Valentina; Contreras-Bolton, Carlos; Escobar, John W.; Escobar-Falcon, Luis M; Linfati, Rodrigo; Toth, Paolo; Daniele, P.; Scrimali, L.

ConferencePaper
 (2018)

Automatic design of algorithms for optimization problems

Contreras-Bolton C.; Parada V.

ConferencePaper ISI SCOPUS
2015 Latin-America Congress on Computational Intelligence, LA-CCI 2015  (2016)

Proyecto (7)

Trajectory-based metaheuristic algorithms for new variants of the VRP

Linfati, Rodrigo; Contreras-Bolton, Carlos

Proyecto
 (2023)

Generación automática de algoritmos metaheurísticos para variantes del problema del vendedor viajero

Contreras-Bolton, Carlos

Proyecto
 (2020)

Beca Doctorado en el extranjero - Beca Chile 2015

PFCHA (72160389)

Proyecto
2015-2018
Inv. Responsable

Energy-Efficient and robust approaches for the scheduling of production, services, and urban transport

PCI (C13E04)

Proyecto
2013-2016
Tesista

Generación Automática de Estructuras Algorítmicas mediante la Heurística de Programación Genética, en una Máquina Optimizante de Arquitectura Paralela

Universidad de Santiago de CHile (61219-USACH)

Proyecto
2009-2011
Tesista

Instituto Sistemas Complejos de Ingeniería

FONDAP (FB016)

Proyecto
2008-2018
Tesista

Instituto Milenio Sistemas Complejos de Ingeniería

Ministerio de Economía (P-05-004-F)

Proyecto
2007-2017
Tesista

21
Carlos Contreras

Profesor Asistente

Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

8
Víctor Parada

Profesor Titular

Ingeniería Informática

Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2
Gustavo Gatica

Profesor Investigador Asistente

Departamento de Ciencias de la Ingeniería

UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

Santiago, Chile

2
Rodrigo Linfati

Profesor Asociado

Universidad del Bio-Bio

Concepción, Chile