Alvaro Marcelo Soto Arriaza
Associate Professor
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile
Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Cognitive Robotics
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Master in Computer Science, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY. Estados Unidos, 1996
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Ingeniero Civil de Industrias, Mención Eléctrica, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 1993
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Licenciado en Ciencias de la Ingeniería, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1992
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Ph.D. in Computer Science, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY. Estados Unidos, 2002
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Associate Professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Engineering
Santiago, Chile
2002 - At present
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Profesor Asociado Full Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2002 - At present
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Ingeniero de Investigación Part Time
Dictuc S.A.
Santiago, Chile
1994 - Not Available
In terms of human capital training, currently our research group on artificial intelligence has more than 50 people among professors, postdoc, and graduate students.
Please see our website http://ialab.ing.puc.cl/
In terms of research, we pay a special effort to face AI from a multidisciplinary perspective by applying machine learning techniques to different application areas. In particular, we face research challenges to develop and scale new machine learning techniques to the case of large data problems in fields such as: bioinformatics [1], astronomy [2], food quality evaluation [3], and computer vision [4]. We strongly believe that besides scaling machine learning techniques to big data scenarios it is also highly relevant to establish a close connection to the application areas.
Our main spin-off: https://www.zippedi.com/
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Graduate Fellowship
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
Estados Unidos, 2002
Graduate Fellowship, Robotics Institute, School of Computer Science
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Graduate Tuition Award
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
Chile, 1996
Graduate Tuition Award, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Premio Nacional Avonni a la Innovación en la categoría Servicios Digitales Entel 2018
DIARIO EL MERCURIO
Chile, 2018
El Premio de Innovación Avonni es el reconocimiento honorífico más importante de Chile, que busca visibilizar los casos de éxito que están creando valor mediante la innovación en distintos rubros y categorías. Este premio fue otorgado a la empresa Zippedi, co-fundada y liderada por el profesor del Departamento de Ciencias de la Computación, Álvaro Soto. Este importante reconocimiento fue logrado por la creación del primer robot chileno con inteligencia artificial que entrega servicios a la industria del retail, siendo capaz de monitorear errores en los rótulos de los precios y detectar productos mal ubicados en las góndolas de supermercados.
An indoor mobile robot that uses a large scale visual memory and a visual ontology to recognize objects, actions, and scenes |
Visual detection of unusual events for automatic visual surveillance of the elderly |
(Collaborative ICT Research Federation), An Intelligent Tutoring System Based on Novel Sensing Modalities. |
Indoor Scene and Object Recognition by a Mobile Robot, Using Visual Grammars and Machine Learning Techniques. |
Environmentally-Adaptive Vision-Based Navigaton |
Environmentally-Adaptive Vision-Based Navigation. |
An Intelligent Tutoring System Based on Novel Sensing Modalities |
Medición de Flujos y Densidades Espaciales de Clientes en Grandes Tiendas de Retail Usando Múltiples Cámaras de Video. |
A General Methodology for Robust Automated X-Ray Testing of Complex Structures Based on Adaptive Multiple View Planning |
An indoor mobile that recognizes common places and objects in its environment using an active vision and machine learning approach |
SalmonX: automatic visual inspection in salmon productions lines using X ray |
An Indoor Mobile Robot that Recognizes Common Places and Objects in its Environment Using an Active Vision and Machine Learning Approach. |
Núcleo Milenio en Genómica Funcional de Plantas. |
SalmonX=> Inspección visual automática de filetes de salmón usando rayos X. |
A real time system based on computer vision techniques to supervise and allocate cash registers at grocery stores |
Millennium Nucleus in Functional Genome of the Plant |
A Mobile Robot Using a Decision Theoretical Planner Based on Hierarchical and Spatio-Temporal Reasoning to Adaptively Communicate Relevant Content. |
Detection of Rare Objects in Massive Astrophysical Datasets Using Innovative Knowledge Discovery Technology. |
Investigador Asociado proyecto=> Real Time Intelligent Control for Integrated Transit Systems. |
Real-time intelligent control for integrated transit systems |
A Deliberative Mobile Robot Using Bayesian Statistical Inference to Autonomously Explore and Map a Dynamic Indoor Natural Environment. |
A Robotics Lab to Support Computer Science Education, |
Analizador de características de espuma para celdas de flotación utilizando visión artificial (AceFlot). Departamento de Investigaciones Científicas. |
Flow Measurement and Customer space densities in large retail stores using multiple video cameras |
Indoor Scene and Object Recognition by a Mobile Robot, Using Visual Grammars and Machine Learning Techniques |