Continuous optimization, Conic programming (SDP, SOCP), Optimal Control Theory and Applications, Natural resources modeling, Resources management, Health Management.

Ph.D. Thesis Supervision:

1) 2020-now (ongoing): Daniel Lasluisa Ph.D. Engineering Sciences, minor Mathematical Modeling: "Title pending".
2) 2018-now (ongoing): Emilio Molina Ph.D. Engineering Sciences, minor Mathematical Modeling: "Application of optimal control techniques to natural resources management".
3) 2019: Antoine Haddon. Ph.D. Engineering Sciences, minor Mathematical Modeling (Universidad de Chile): “Mathematical modeling and optimization for biogas production”. Co-advisored by A. Rapaport from Inra Montpellier, France. Actual job: Postdoctorate INRAE Narbonne, France.
4) 2019: Erica Cruz. Ph.D. Mathematics, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. “Applications of Bioeconomic Models to the developments of new fisheries harvesting strategies” Co-advisored with O. Vasilieva (U. Valle). Actual job: Part-time professor, U. Valle, Cali, Colombia.
5) 2016: Victor Riquelme Flores. Ph.D. Engineering Sciences, minor Mathematical Modeling (Universidad de Chile): “Modelación matemática para la bioremediación de recursos acuíferos”. Actual job: Postdoctorate USM, Valparaiso, Chile.
6) 2016: Alejandro Rojas. Ph.D. Engineering Sciences, minor Mathematical Modeling (Universidad de Chile): “Algunos problemas de modelamiento en bioprocesos”. Actual job: Assistent professor, U. Católica del Maule, Chile.
7) 2014: David Sossa. Ph.D. Engineering Sciences, minor Mathematical Modeling (Universidad de Chile): “Variational problems on Jordan Algebras”. Co-advisored by A. Seeger from U. Avignon, France. Actual job: Assistent professor, U. O'Higgins, Chile.
8) 2009: Julio López Cesar. (jointly advisored with Felipe Alvarez) Ph.D. Engineering Sciences, minor Mathematical Modeling, Universidad de Chile: “Contribuciones a la programación cónica de segundo orden y a la optimización matricial usando métodos de métrica variable”. Actual job: Associate professor, U. Diego Portales, Chile.

Master/Engineering Thesis:

1) 2020-now (ongoing): Javier Madariaga. Mathematical Engineering Thesis & Master in Applied Mathematics, Universidad de Chile: “Algoritmos de aprendizaje reforzado para el problema de ruteo de vehículos dinámico”.
2) 2020: Enrique Vilchez. Mathematical Engineering Thesis & Master in Applied Mathematics, Universidad de Chile: “Algoritmos de aprendizaje reforzado para el problema de ruteo de vehículos dinámico”. Actual job: Data engineering Entel Ocean, Chile.
3) 2019: Antonio Guerrero. Mathematical Engineering Thesis (Master Level), Universidad de Santiago: “Incorporación de incertidumbre a un problema de recuperación de recursos pesqueros”. Actual job: Head of actuarial office MetLife Chile.
4) 2016: Pablo Ugalde. Mathematical Engineering Thesis (Master Level), Universidad de Chile: “Estudio de problemas de optimización para la reducción de emisiones de dióxido de carbono en refinerías de petróleo”. Actual job: Postdoctorate INRIAE Narbonne, France.
5) 2011: Victor Riquelme Flores. Mathematical Engineering Thesis (Master level), Universidad de Chile: “Controles de tiempo mínimo en biorreactores secuenciales por lote: Aproximación estocástica vía HJB”. Postdoctorate USM, Valparaiso, Chile.
6) 2010: Oscar Peredo Andrade. Mathematical Engineering Thesis (Master level), Universidad de Chile: “Implementación de un algoritmo para programación semidefinida no-lineal usando computación paralela”. Actual job: Assisant Manager at VTR, Chile.
7) 2008: Jose Luis Malverde. Mathematical Engineering Thesis (Master level), Universidad de Chile: “Modelamiento matemático de la gestión de recursos pesqueros transfronterizos”. Actual job: Head of Digital Strategy en UNIFIN FINANCIERA, Mexico.

Postdoctoral fellows:

1) 2020-now (ongoing): Jorge Becerril. Postdoc at CMM, Universidad de Chile.
2) 2018-2021: Léonard von Niederhäusern. Postdoc at CMM, Universidad de Chile. Actual job: Algorithm Developer at firm Aspaara, Zurich, Swizertland.

Mentoring of foreign students (in most of the cases it corresponded to his/her master/engineering final work or thesis):

1) 2019: Luca de Lara. Engineering Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France.
2) 2017: Pierre Orstein. Engineering Paris Tech, Paris, France.
3) 2016: Felipe Opazo. Engineering student U. Concepcion, Chile.
4) 2015: Juan Pablo Contreras. Université Paris VI, Paris, France.
5) 2015: Lucas Meyer. Engineering Paris Tech, Paris, France.
6) 2014: Loic Dognes. Engineering Paris Tech, Paris, France.
7) 2010: Erica Cruz. Master of Mathematics, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. Research stay, “Análisis de un modelo poblacional de peces pelágicos”.
8) 2009: Aurore Lavigne. Engineering AgroParis, Paris. “Recuperación sustentable de pesquerías”.
9) 2009: Pauline Dochez. Engineering Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France. Research stay April-July 2009.
10) May-June, 2008: Nicolas Chaulet. Engineering ENSTA, Paris, France.
11) May-July, 2008: Claire Nicolas. Engineering ENSTA, Paris, France.
12) December 2007- January 2008: Julio Rodríguez. Ph.D. Mathematics, U. Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile.
13) 2007-2008: José Ignacio Carrasco. Sociology, U. de Chile.
14) May-August, 2007: Joel Trigalo. Engineering ENSTA, Paris, France.
15) November 2006 – March 2007: Emmanuel Vincent. Engineering Ecole Normale Lyon, France.

TRANSFER ACTIVITIES:

Leading roles in transfer-related subjects:
• 2012–now: CMM-Resources Management lab Director, Center for Mathematical Modeling, Universidad de Chile,
In charge of the organization of a one of the five lines of CMM devoted to the application of optimization related techniques to divers problems in decision making, including projects in natural resources, bioprocesses, health management, and energy.
• 2016-2017: Scientific advisor of center CIRIC, Inria Chile.
• 2012-2016: Scientific Director of center CIRIC, Inria Chile, which in turns depends on the french center INRIA.

Transfer projects/contracts:
• 2020-2022: FONDEF ID19I10271: “Soluciones tecnológicas, basadas en técnicas matemáticas avanzadas de aprendizaje de máquinas, para aumentar la eficiencia en la gestión hospitalaria”, in English: “Technological solutions, based on advanced mathematical machine learning techniques, to increase efficiency in hospital management” (deputy director); led by Juan Peypouquet (UCH).
• August 2019-Julio 2020: Contract service with Children’s Hospital Dr. Luis Calvo Mackenna (Santiago, Chile), oriented to create informatics tools, based on Machine Learning techniques, the manage its surgery pavilions. This contract should be ended by December 2019.
• 2018-2019: Contract service with Children’s Hospital Dr. Luis Calvo Mackenna (Santiago, Chile), oriented to predict the no-show in medical consultations.
• 2012-2016: Director of Project Team BIONATURE, CIRIC of INRIA Chile. Program “Instalación de Centro de Excelencia en Chile” de CORFO.
• 2011-2013: FONDEF D09I-1023: “Recursos pedagógicos para la implementación de los Estándares de Formación Inicial de profesores de Enseñanza Básica en matemáticas” (deputy director), led by Salomé Martínez (DIM, U. Chile).
• 2011-2012: FIC (Innovation and Competitiveness Fund from Valparaiso Region (Chile)) Code BIP 30110834: "Estudio de herramientas cuantitativas innovadoras para la recuperación sustentable de la merluza común" (deputy director).
• 2007-2009: FONDEF D05I-10211: Monografías para estudiantes de pedagogía en matemáticas, led by Patricio Felmer and Salomé Martínez (DIM, U. Chile). Author (jointly with Eduardo Moreno, U. Adolfo Ibañez, Chile) of Monograph “Grafos: Principios y Algoritmos”. Chile.

EVENT ORGANIZATION (as part of the Organizing/Scientific Committee):

• (January 13-14, 2020) Modeling, Optimization and Viability for Epidemics Control (MOVECO) workshop, Santiago, Chile. Co-chaired with Prof. Pedro Gajardo (USM, Chile).
• (January 8-11, 2020) World Congress of the Natural Resource Modeling society, Valparaíso, Chile. Co-chaired with Pedro Gajardo (USM, Chile).
• (November 5-8, 2019) French Latin-American Conference on New Trends on Applied Mathematics, Santiago, Chile. (Chair)
• (October 29, 2018) Encuentro de la Red de Centros Asociados al Modelamiento Matemático (ERCAM 2018), Santiago, Chile. (Chair)
• (October 3-5, 2018) Encuentro Latinoamericano de Estudiantes en Modelamiento, Ingeniería y Ciencias (EMIC 2018), Santiago, Chile.
• (November 15-17, 2017) Control and Optimization Conference on the Occasion of Frédéric Bonnans 60th Birthday. Palaiseau, France. Co-chaired with Soledad Aronna, Francisco Silva and Housna Zidani.
• (July 3-5, 2017) 8th French-Chilean Journeys on Optimization. Toulouse, France. Co-chaired with Jérome Bolte., Edouard Pawells, Salvador Flores and Luis Briceño.
• (April, 2017) 2nd Workshop on Optimization and Equilibrium. Concepción, Chile.
• (January 15-16, 2017) Workshop on Variational and Stochastic Analysis. Santiago, Chile.
• (September, 2016) Fourth French-Chilean Workshop on Bioprocess Modeling. Santiago, Chile. Co-chaired with Pedro Gajardo (USM, Chile), Gonzalo Ruiz (PUCV, Chile), David Jeison (UFRO, Chile).
• (January, 18-20, 2016) Jornadas de Modelamiento Matemático para la Toma de Decisiones en Evaluación y Gestión Pesquera, Valparaiso, Chile. Co-chaired with Pedro Gajardo (USM, Chile).
• (January, 2015) Third French-Chilean Workshop on Bioprocess Modeling. Valparaiso, Chile. (Chair)
• (January 7-10, 2014) 2nd International Conference Variational Analysis and Optimization. Santiago, Chile
• (January 16-17, 2012) Second French-Chilean Workshop on Bioprocess Modeling. Pucón, Chile. Co-chaired with Pedro Gajardo (USM, Chile), Gonzalo Ruiz (PUCV, Chile), David Jeison (UFRO, Chile).
• (December 1-3, 2011) VII French-Chilean Optimization Research Letters Journeys on Optimization. Perpignan, France. Co-chaired with Didier Aussel.
• (June 14-15, 2011) Apoyo a la Preparación de Profesores para enseñar Matemáticas. Chile.
• (August 24-29, 2010) The International on Continuous Optimization (ICCOPT). Santiago, Chile.
• (January 14-15 2010) First Franco-Chilean Workshop on Bioprocess Modeling, Valparaiso, Chile. Co-chaired with Pedro Gajardo (USM, Chile), Gonzalo Ruiz (PUCV, Chile), David Jeison (UFRO, Chile).
• (November 10-13, 2008) Workshop on Variational Analysis on the occasion of Rafael Correa's 60th birthday, CMM Universidad de Chile-CNRS, Santiago, Chile. (Chair)
• (November 6-19, 2008) School on Variational Analysis, CMM-DIM Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. (Chair)

VISITING POSITIONS:

• New South Wales University, Australia. Invited professor (January 2020)
• Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. Invited professor (June 2019).
• Universidad de Campinas & Universidad de Sao Paulo, Brasil. Invited professor (April 2019).
• Hanoi Pedagogical University 2, Vietnam. Invited professor (December 2018).
• Universidad de El Salvador, El Salvador. Invited professor (October 2018).
• Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. Invited professor (May 2018).
• RMIT University Melbourne, Australia. Invited professor (December 2017).
• Institute of Information Theory and Automation, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic Invited professor (several times: May 2014, September 2015, 2017).
• ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Invited professor (May 2014).
• EP BIOCORE, Inria Sophia-Antipolis, France. Invited professor (November 2014).
• Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. Invited professor (May 2014).
• Inra & Montpellier SupAgro, France. Invited professor (May 2013).
• Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. Invited professor (March 2009).

PLENARY TALKS at international conferences/workshops:

• NeEDS Workshop “Data and Decisions in the COVID19 times” (July, 2020). Virtual conference organized by the international association ECMI: European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry. Title: “Modeling and analysis of mitigation strategies and their effects for the COVID-19 outbreak in Chile”.
• International Workshop Variational Analysis and Related Topics (December 13-15, 2018), Hanoi, Vietnam. Title: “Stability Analysis for Parameterized Conic Programs”.
• Third International Conference on Applied Mathematics, U. El Salvador, El Salvador. Title: “Mathematical theory of chemostat”.
• Workshop MOVECO, U. Valle, Cali, Colombia (May 9-11 2018). Title: “Bioremediation of Water Resources: An optimal control approach”.
• Conference Wombat 2017 (https://www.wombat.rmitopt.org/wombat-2017/), RMIT, Melbourne, Australia (November 30 – December 3, 2017. Title: “Stability Analysis for Parameterized Conic Programs”.
• International Symposium on Optimization and Related Areas XIII ISORA (http://isora2017.imca.edu.pe/), Lima, Peru (October 11th, 2017). Title: “Bioremediation of Water Resources: An optimal control approach”.
• PARAOPT XI (http://paraoptxi.utia.cas.cz/), Prague, Czech Republic (September 19-22, 2017). Title: “Graphical Derivative and Stability Analysis for Parametrized Equilibria with Conic Constraints”.
• Second International Conference on Applied Mathematics, U. El Salvador, El Salvador. (September 5-8, 2016). Title: “Assessing fishery sustainable management and rebuilding strategies through viability theory”.
• Chile-Japon Forum, Punta Arenas (November 7 – 11, 2016). Title: “Assessing fishery sustainable management and rebuilding strategies through viability theory”.

OTHER TALKS:
Over 40 talks at conferences and department seminars including at Ecole Polytechnique (France), U. Toulouse, U. Montpellier, INRIA-France, ETH Zurich, Czech Academy of Sciences, U. Complutense Madrid, RMIT-Australia, U. Kyoto, Hanoi University, GERAD-Montreal, U. Sao Paulo, U. Campinas, U. El Salvador, U. Valle, IMCA-Perú.

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION PROJECTS:

• 2020-2021: STIC AmSud 20-STIC-05 “NEMBICA: New Methods for Biological Control of the Arboviruses” (associate researcher); led by Pierre-Alexander Bliman (France), and Ziomara (Chile).
• 2018-2020: REDES program 180032, together with the Centre for Informatics and Applied Optimization (CIAO) of Federation University and with the Optimization group of University of New South Wales, Australia (responsible).
• 2018-now (ongoing): Équipe Associé GreenCore, together with EP BIOCORE from Inria Sophia-Antipolis, France (associate researcher); led in Chile by David Jeison (PUCV).
• 2018-2019: REDES program 170059, together with center MOBIMAT, U. Valle, Colombia (associate researcher); led by Pedro Gajardo (U. Santa María).
• 2018-2020: Math AmSud project “MOVECO: Modeling, Optimization and Viability for Epidemics Control” (associate researcher); led by Michel de Lara (France), Olga Vasilieva (Colombia), and Carla Castillo (Chile).
• 2016-2017: REDES program 150011, together with MISTEA, Inra France (responsible).
• 2014-2016: Math AmSud Sparse Optimal Control of Differential Equations: Algorithms and Applications (co - IP); led by Pedro Gajardo (U. Santa María).
• 2014-2015: REDES program 130067, together with MODEMIC, Inria France (responsible).
• 2011-2012: Optimization and Viability in Mining, in French: “Optimisation et VIabilité en MINEs” OVIMINE (Action supported by the regional cooperation program STIC-AmSud), led by Michel de Lara (France), Juan Peypouquet, Pedro Gajardo (Chile) and Fabien Cornillier and Yboon García (Peru).
• 2010-2012: Programa INRIA “Equipe Associé” (associated with EPI MERE): “DYnamical Microbial and Environmental eCOSystems” DYMECOS (foreign coordinator).
• 2010-2011: Mathematical Modeling of Resources, in French: “MOdelisation MAthemátique de REssources”, MOMARE (Action supported by the regional cooperation program STIC-AmSud), led by Fabien Campillo (France), Joaquín Fontbona (Chile), Pablo Lotito (Argentina) and Eladio Ocaña. (Perú).
• 2008-2010: ECOS-CONICYT C07E03: Viable control of discrete time systems and applications. (co-investigator).
• 2008-2009: ECOLOMICRO II. INRIA-CONICYT N 0701: Modeling, control and optimization of bio-processes involved in waste-water treatment; In collaboration with project MERE, INRA-INRIA Montpellier, France (responsable).
• 2007- 2009: Mathematics, Informatics and Fisheries Management MIFIMA (Action supported by the regional cooperation program STIC-AmSud), led by Michel de Lara (France), Julio Peña (Chile) and Eladio Ocaña (Perú).
• 2006-2007 INRIA-CONICYT N 0601: Dynamical Modeling of Microbial Ecosystems ECOLOMICRO, in collaboration with project MERE, INRA-INRIA Montpellier, France (co-investigator).