
Francisco Javier Vargas Parra
Assistant Professor
UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA
Valparaiso, Chile
Networked Control Systems. Stabilization under communication constraints; Autonomous vehicle platooning. String Stability. Performance limits under communication constraints; Optimal Estimation and Control. Multiagent systems.
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Licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería, UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA. Chile, 2006
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Electronic Engineering, UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA. Chile, 2009
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Electronic Engineering, UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA. Chile, 2013
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Ingeniero Civil Electrónico, UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA. Chile, 2009
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Postdoctoral Fellow Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA
Valparaiso, Chile
2013 - 2015
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Assistant Professor Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA
Valparaiso, Chile
2016 - A la fecha
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Visiting Research Student Full Time
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2011 - 2012
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Researcher Other
Advanced Center for Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Valparaiso, Chile
2016 - 2019
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Trainee Other
Endesa
Antuco, Los Angeles, Chile
2006 - 2006
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Research Assistant at the Bioinformatics Unit Other
Centro de Genomica Nutricional Agro acuícola (CGNA)
Temuco, Chile
2008 - 2008
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Technical staff (Wireless TV service evaluation) Other
Universidad de La Frontera
Temuco, Chile
2008 - 2008
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Lecturer Part Time
Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria
Valparaiso, Chile
2014 - 2015
The researcher has contributed to human capital training during the last years by supervising undergraduate and graduate thesis and also by teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses. A summary of the supervised or co-supervised thesis is presented below:
Undergraduate Thesis
13 Completed final project as supervisor
3 Ongoing final project as supervisor
4 Completed thesis as co supervisor
2 Ongoing thesis as co supervisor
Postgraduate Thesis
9 Completed MSc thesis as supervisor
2 Ongoing MSc thesis as supervisor
1 Completed PhD thesis as supervisor
In teaching, 4 different courses are lectured every year, including two mandatory courses for undergraduate students, and two courses for graduate students. Specifically,
the courses are:
Undergraduate Courses
- Linear Systems Analysis: A course where continuous and discrete time systems and signals are studied in both frequency and time domain.
- Automatic Control Lab: An experimental course where the automatic control theory is put in practice in different experimental setups, including a coupled tank system, a levitation system, and an inverted pendulum.
Postgraduate Courses
-Probability and Stochastic Processes: Here, random variables and related concepts are revisited and extended to stochastic processes. Then, optimal linear estimation and statistical inference methods are studied.
- Multivariable Control: The main properties of multi-input multi-output systems are studied and, based on such properties, different control strategies are presented considering the multivariable nature of the control problem.
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Outstanding Reviewer
Automatica, Journal by IFAC
Estados Unidos, 2014
Every year Automatica identifies around 20 individuals, from a pool of about 2000 reviewers, as outstanding reviewers. The selection is done following a nomination process that involves the Editors and Associate Editors of Automatica and is based on outstanding performance an individual has shown as a reviewer, consistently during the indicated period.
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Premio Excelencia en Docencia de Pregrado
UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA
Chile, 2023
Se le reconoce como Maestro destacado en pregrado por la docencia realizada durante el año 2022 en la Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
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Premio Excelencia en Docencia de Pregrado
UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA
Chile, 2021
Se le reconoce como Maestro destacado en pregrado por la docencia realizada durante el año 2020 en la Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Characterizing the effects of lossy links in cooperative control and parameter estimation of vehicular platoons |
Stochastic string stability for vehicular platooning with imperfect communication channels |
Desarrollo de una máquina de fatiga multiaxial para la determinación de la confiabilidad estructural de piezas y sistemas mecánicos sometidos a condiciones complejas de carga |
Plataforma experimental de vehículos autónomos a escala para el estudio de pelotones y sistemas multiagentes |
Pseudo Hamiltonian numerical methods for modeling and control of thermo-mechanical 2D structures |
CHARACTERIZING THE CAUSAL RATE-DISTORTION FUNCTION AND EXTENSIONS TO NETWORKED CONTROL PROBLEMS |
OPTIMAL ESTIMATION AND CONTROL OVER COMMUNICATION CHANNELS SUBJECT TO DATA LOSS |
Advanced Center for Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
CONTROL OF MIMO PLANTS SUBJECT TO INDIVIDUAL SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO CONSTRAINTS |
Control problems subject to concurrent communication constraints |
Modeling, optimization and control with applications to networked systems using wireless communications (Associative research project [Anillo project], ACT-53) |
Control Problems Subject to Communication Constraints |
Stabilization of Networked Control Systems Over Parallel Additive White Noise Channels Subject to Signal-to-Noise Ratio Constraints |
Centro de genómica Nutricional Agroacuícola (CGNA) |
Impact on performance of using restricted complexity models in linear control design for multivariable plants |
Desarrollo de un prototipo de móvil para discapacitados que pueda ser comandado mediante voz u otro mecanismo no convencional |

Jaime Bustos
Profesor asociado
Departamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas
Universidad de La Frontera
Temuco , Chile

SONIA SALVO
DIRECTORA DE POSTGRADO E INVESTIGACION - FICA
Matemática y Estadística
Universidad de La Frontera
Temuco, Chile

Eduardo Silva
Associate Professor
Electronic Engineering
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Valparaiso, Chile

Alejandro ROJAS
Associate Professor
Ingeniería Eléctrica
Universidad de Concepción
Concepción, Chile

Francisco Vargas
Assistant Professor
Electronic Engineering Department
UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA
Valparaiso, Chile

Gonzalo Carvajal
Assistant Professor
Electronics
Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria
Valparaiso, Chile

CARLOS MUÑOZ
Profesor Titular
Departamento Ingeniería Eléctrica
Universidad de La Frontera
Temuco, Chile

Hector Ramirez
Associate Professor
Electronic Engineering
Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria
Valparaiso, Chile

Alejandro Maass
Investigador FONDECYT Postdoctoral
Departamento de Electrónica
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Valparaíso, Chile