
Néstor Jorge Becerra Yoma
Full Professor
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Artificial Intelligence; Signal Processing; Human-Robot Interaction.
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Electrical Engineering, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH. Reino Unido, 1998
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Electrónica y Comunicaciones, UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE CAMPINAS. Brasil, 1993
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Ingeniero Electricista, UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE CAMPINAS. Chile, 1986
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Profesor Titular Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
FCFM
Santiago, Chile
2000 - At present
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Visiting Professor Other
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
Pittsburgh, Estados Unidos
2016 - 2017
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Profesor Full Time
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2000 - At present
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Visiting professor Full Time
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Estados Unidos
2016 - 2017
Alejandro Luzanto Tapia, MSc in Electrical Engineering, U. de Chile, graduated in 2023
Eduardo Alvarado Gutiérrez, MSc in Electrical Engineering, U. de Chile, graduated in 2023
Rodrigo Mahu Sinclair, MSc in Electrical Engineering, U. de Chile, graduated in 2023
Nicolas Eduardo Grageda Ushak, MSc in Electrical Engineering, U. de Chile, graduated in 2023
Josué Fredes Sandoval, MSc in Electrical Engineering, U. de Chile, graduated in 2023
Alejandro Diaz Albornoz, MSc in Electrical Engineering, U. de Chile, graduated in 2022
Ricardo Garcia, MSc in Electrical Engineering, U. de Chile, since 2023.
Valeria Cardoza Zúñiga, MSc in Electrical Engineering, U. de Chile, since 2024.
Simón David Andrés Repolt Lazo, MSc in Data Science, U. de Chile, since 2024.
Simón Nicolás Estrada Scheihing, MSc in Data Science, U. de Chile, since 2024.
Alejandro Diaz, MSc in Electrical Engineering, U. de Chile, since 2018 (current student).
Sohail Masood Bhatti, Postdoctoral researcher, Electrical En-gineering Department, U. de Chile, from March to November 2015.
Muhammad Salman Khan, Postdoctoral researcher, Electrical Engineering Department, U. de Chile, from January 2014 to November 2015.
Walid Gad Barakat Hussein, Postdoctoral researcher, Electrical Engineering Department, U. de Chile, from January to June 2014.
José Novoa, PhD in Electrical Engineering, U. de Chile, from 2014 to 2018.
Victor Poblete, PhD in Electrical Engineering, U. de Chile, graduated in July 2014.
Juan Pablo Arias, PhD in Electrical Engineering, U. de Chile, graduated in January 2013.
Leopoldo Benavides Berríos, BSc and MSc in Electrical Engi-neering, U. de Chile, from 2009 to 2012.
Claudio Garretón Vender, PhD in Electrical Engineering, U. de Chile, graduated in May 2011.
Juan Pablo Arias, MSc in Electrical Engineering, U. de Chile, 2011.
Carlos Busso, PhD in Electrical Engineering, U. de Chile, graduated in 2010.
Carlos Antonio Molina Sánchez, PhD in Electrical Engineer-ing, U. de Chile, graduated in November 2010.
Fernando Huenupan Quiñan, PhD in Electrical Engineering, U. de Chile, graduated in April 2010.
Claudio Garretón Vender, BSc and MSc in Electrical Engineer-ing, U. de Chile, 2007.
Carlos Antonio Molina Sánchez, BSc and MSc in Electrical Engineering, U. de Chile, 2005.
Fernando Huenupan Quiñan, MSc in Electrical Engineering, U. de Chile, 2005.
Carlos Busso, BSc and MSc in Electrical Engineering, U. de Chile, 2003.
Tarciano Facco Pegoraro, MSc in Electrical Engineering, Uni-camp, Brazil, 2000.
Francisco Pires Neto, MSc in Electrical Engineering, Makenzie University, Brazil, 2000.
ACTIVITIES REPORTED DURING THE FIRST CMRSP PROJECT
PI, Prof. Néstor Becerra Yoma
OBS- The PI participated in most of the activities but not in all of them
We started the IEEE Chile Chapter on SP. We launched a web page (http://www.ieeesps.cl), organized an IEEE SP DL tour (U.de Chile, UFRO and UACH), and a key note speaker talk at the regional conference IEEE Chilecon.
Several notes were showed in TV, or published in local newspapers, and in magazines and web sites at U.Chile, UFRO and USACH.
The UFRO team in collaboration with the PI of this project, and supported by the Anillo on SP, finished the Fondef Idea project “Plataforma de Procesamiento y Gestión de señales sísmicas para apoyar la identificación de eventos del volcán Llaima”. The idea of this project was to strengthen the research on volcanology and transfer expertise on signal processing to the Southern Andes Vulcano observatory (OVDAS, Observatorio Volcanológico de los Andes Sur).
The UFRO team in collaboration with the PI of this project, and supported by the Anillo on SP, was awarded a second Fondef Idea project to transfer the know-how obtained in the first project: “Implementación de un sistema de apoyo al monitoreo de la sismicidad del volcán Llaima”.
Several talks were given in “1000 científicos 1000 aulas”.
The following patent was presented in Chile for bubble size classification in the last day of December 2014: “Dispositivo y método para la clasificación del tamaño de burbujas en un líquido.”
A flotation column was built to enable the research group to explore the applicability of the technology protected by the patent in the mining industry (see letter from Case Cosulting). However, this technology is also applicable to other fields such as oil, food and medical industries.
Professor Millaray Curilem published an article in an internal UFRO magazine titled: “Ring Project supports the collaborative research for Signal Processing”. It was featured in a magazine entitled Extension Journal of theEngineering and Sciences Faculty at Universidad de La Frontera.
Professors Miguel Maldonado and Ismael Soto published an article in an electronic web journal at USACH: “Nuestra Universidad trabaja en pro de la cuprífera estatal mediante proyecto Anillos”, http://www.udesantiagoaldia.cl/content/nuestra-universidad-trabaja-en-pro-de-la-cuprifera-estatal-mediante-proyecto-anillos
The SP Anillo research team participated in the Explora-Conicyt Science and Technology Fair on October 6th and 7th, 2014. This project was the only current Anillo initiative to participate in this fair.
A web page was designed and a domain was created: http://www.cmrsp.cl.
A video about the center was recorded. It is available at the project web page and in vimeo.
Professor Ismael Soto presented two joint projects with the Chuquicamata copper mine: 1) Fondef: FIRST COMPETITION IN TWO STAGES 2014 IDeA and 2) CORFO LINE 2: APLIED R & D. In both cases the results will be available by December 2014.
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ISCA Distinguished Lecturer board member
International Speech Communication Association
Francia, 2013
ISCA Distinguished Lecturer board member. 2013-curr.
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Technical Chair of the international workshop IEEE Latincom 2013
IEEE Latincom 2013
Chile, 2013
Technical Chair of the international workshop IEEE Latincom 2013 in Santiago, Chile.
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Invited to attend the “ONR Cognitive Science and Human Robot Interaction Program Review”
ONR Cognitive Science and Human Robot Interaction Pro-gram Review
Estados Unidos, 2013
Invited to attend the “ONR Cognitive Science and Human Robot Interaction Program Review”, Virginia, 25-28 June, 2013, as the only professor/researcher outside USA in the workshop.
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Area Coordinator for Speech Production and Enhancement at the Technical Program Committee of Interspeech 2012
Interspeech 2012
Chile, 2012
Area Coordinator for Speech Production and Enhancement at the Technical Program Committee of Interspeech 2012, Port-land, USA. First Latin American researcher in this position.
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Associate Editor at IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing
IEEE
Chile, 2009
Associate Editor at IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing. First Latin American researcher in this position. 2009-2011.
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Invited speaker at the V Jornadas de Tecnologías del Habla
V Jornadas de Tecnologías del Habla
España, 2008
Invited speaker at the V Jornadas de Tecnologías del Habla, Bilbao, Spain. First Latin American researcher invited as a speaker at this workshop. 2008
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Co-founder and first president elected of the Iberian Language Interest Group of ISCA
International Speech Communication Association
Francia, 2007
Co-founder and first president elected of the Iberian Language Interest Group of ISCA. 2007
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Part of Organization Committee for Interspeech 2007
Interspeech 2007
Portugal, 2005
Part of Organization Committee for Interspeech 2007, Lisbon, Portugal. 2005
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Third place in national contest for patenting in Chile
SERVICIOS Y GESTION TECNOLOGICA LTDA. NEOS
Chile, 2005
Third place in national contest for patenting in Chile. 2005
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Chair of sessions in Interspeech conferences
Interspeech
Portugal, 2004
Chair of sessions in Interspeech conferences. 2004-2012
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CNPq-Brazil scholarship to pursue Ph.D.
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Brasil, 1994
CNPq-Brazil scholarship to pursue Ph.D. studies at the University of Edinburgh, UK. 1994-1998
Uncertainty in signal estimation and Stochastic Weighted Viterbi algorithm: A unified framework to address robustness in speech recognition and speaker verification |
Special Issue on Iberian Languages |

Gonzalo Montes
Profesor Asociado
Departamento de Ingeniería de Minas
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile

Pablo Estevez
Profesor Titular
Departamento de Ingenieria Eléctrica
DEPTO. INGENIERÍA ELÉCTRICA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile

Alejandro Bassi
Colaborador
Fisiología y Biofísica
FACULTAD DE MEDICINA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile

Alvaro Valencia
academico jornada completa
mecanica
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE DEPTO.DE ING. MECANICA
Santiago, Chile

Patricio Loncomilla
Investigador adjunto
Advanced Mining Technology Center (AMTC)
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile

Miguel Maldonado
Research Associate
Metallurgical Engineering
Universidad de Santiago
Santiago, Chile

Jorge Vergara
Profesor asociado
Informática y Computación
Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana
Santiago, Chile

Jorge Silva
Associate Professor
Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile

Gonzalo Acuña
Profesor Titular
Ingenieria Informatica
Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Santiago, Chile

Cesar Azurdia
Associate Professor
Departamento de Ingeniería Electrica
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile

Susannah Buchan
Investigador Principal y Jefe de Linea
Oceanography
CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN OCEANOGRÁFICA EN EL PACÍFICO SUR-ORIENTAL
Concepcion, Chile

Ali Dehghanfirouzabadi
Profesor Titular
Departamento de Electricidad
Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana (UTEM)
SANTIAGO, Chile

Rafael Brahm
Profesor Asistente
Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias
Universidad Adolfo Ibánez
Santiago, Chile

Laura Mendoza
Médico sección Neumología
de Medicina
Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile

Diego Fuentealba
Profesor Asociado
Contabilidad y Auditoría
Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Santiago, Chile

Fabian Seguel
Profesor Jornada completa
Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica
Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Santiago, Chile

Rodrigo Mahu
Ingeniero investigador
Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile

Carlos Cardona
Sismólogo
Red Nacional de Vigilancia Volcánica
Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería
Temuco, Colombia

Aarón Cofré
Investigador Postdoctoral
Facultad de Ciencias
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Valparaíso , Chile

Oscar Vásquez
Ayudante de Investigación
Laboratorio de Procesamiento y Transmisión de Voz (LPTV)
Santiago, Chile