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Christopher Alejandro Flores Jara

Professor

Universidad del Bío-Bío

Concepción, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


I am a researcher focused on natural language processing, machine learning, and biomedical informatics. I am currently developing algorithms for biomedical text classification using regular expressions and active learning.

Educación

  •  Electrical Engineering, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2021
  •  Electrical Engineering, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2017
  •  Electrical Engineering, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2013
  •  Biomedical Engineer, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2015

Experiencia Académica

  •   Lecturer Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

    Faculty of Engineering

    Concepción, Chile

    2020 - 2022

  •   Postdoctoral researcher (FONDECYT) Full Time

    Universidad de O'Higgins

    Institute of Engineering Sciences

    Rancagua, Chile

    2021 - 2024

  •   Postdoctoral researcher (FONDEF) Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

    Faculty of Engineering

    Concepción, Chile

    2021 - 2022

  •   Lecturer Part Time

    Universidad de O'Higgins

    Rancagua, Chile

    2022 - 2023

  •   Lecturer Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE LA SANTISIMA CONCEPCION

    Faculty of Engineering

    Concepción, Chile

    2016 - 2017

  •   Researcher support staff (FONDEF) Part Time

    Universidad de O'Higgins

    Institute of Engineering Sciences

    Rancagua, Chile

    2023 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Consultant engineer Full Time

    Servicio de Salud Araucanía Sur

    Temuco, Chile, Chile

    2015 - 2016


 

Article (9)

A Physician's Perspective on the Incorporation of Pictograms as a Supplement to Medical Instructions in Chile: A Pilot Study

Figueroa, R.; Taramasco, C.; Flores, C.; Ortiz, L.; Vasquez-Venegas, C.; Salas, P.; Zeng-Treilter, Q.

Article ISI
IRBM  (2023)

A Spatial-Spectral Classification Method Based on Deep Learning for Controlling Pelagic Fish Landings in Chile

Pezoa, Jorge E.; Ramirez, Diego A.; Godoy, Cristofher A.; Saavedra, Maria F.; Restrepo, Silvia E.; Coelho-Caro, Pablo A.; Flores, Christopher A.; Perez, Francisco G.; Torres, Sergio N.; Urbina, Mauricio A.

Article ISI
SENSORS  (2023)

An Automated Assessment of Early Math Abilities Based on Digital Games

Navarrete, Jairo A.; Ponce Pradenas, Llery; Flores, Christopher; VERSCHAE-TANNENBAUM, RODRIGO ANDRES

Article SCOPUS
 (2023)

Combining Regular Expressions and Supervised Algorithms for Clinical Text Classification

Flores, Christopher; VERSCHAE-TANNENBAUM, RODRIGO ANDRES

Article SCOPUS
Lecture Notes in Computer Science  (2023)

A Generic Semi-Supervised and Active Learning Framework for Biomedical Text Classification

Flores, Christopher; VERSCHAE-TANNENBAUM, RODRIGO ANDRES

Article SCOPUS
2016 38TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBC)  (2022)

A Feature-Based Analysis for Time-Series Classification of COVID-19 Incidence in Chile: A Case Study

Flores, Christopher; Taramasco, Carla; Elena Lagos, Maria; Rimassa, Carla; Figueroa, Rosa

Article ISI
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL  (2021)

Active Learning for Biomedical Text Classification Based on Automatically Generated Regular Expressions

Flores, Christopher A.; Figueroa, Rosa L.; Pezoa, Jorge E.

Article ISI
IEEE ACCESS  (2021)

CREGEX: A Biomedical Text Classifier Based on Automatically Generated Regular Expressions

Flores C.A.; Figueroa R.L.; Pezoa J.E.; Zeng-Treitler Q.

Article ISI SCOPUS
IEEE ACCESS  (2020)

Extracting Information from Electronic Medical Records to Identify the Obesity Status of a Patient Based on Comorbidities and Bodyweight Measures

Figueroa, Rosa L.; Flores, Christopher A.

Article ISI SCOPUS
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SYSTEMS  (2016)

ConferencePaper (3)

Coverage estimation of multicast OFDM systems based on stochastic geometry

Saavedra J.; Flores C.; Busson A.; Duhamel P.

ConferencePaper SCOPUS
4th IEEE Colombian Conference on Automatic Control: Automatic Control as Key Support of Industrial Productivity, CCAC 2019 - Proceedings  (2019)

FREGEX: A Feature Extraction Method for Biomedical Text Classification using Regular Expressions

Flores C.A.; Figueroa R.L.; Pezoa J.E.

ConferencePaper SCOPUS
Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS  (2019)

Extracting information from electronic medical records to identify obesity status of a patient based on comorbidities and bodyweight measures

Figueroa R.L.; Flores C.A.

ConferencePaper SCOPUS
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)  (2015)

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Christopher Flores

Professor

Universidad del Bío-Bío

Concepción, Chile

6
Rosa Figueroa

Profesor Asistente

Ingeniería Eléctrica

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN

concepcion, Chile

3
Jorge Pezoa

Associate Professor

Electrical Engineering

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN

Concepción, Chile

2
Carla Taramasco

Full professor

Universidad Andrés Bello

Viña del Mar, Chile

1
Carla Rimassa

Coordinadora Investigación Escuela Fonoaudiolog{a

Escuela de Fonoaudiología

Universidad de Valparaíso

San Felipe, Chile

1
Sergio Torres

Profesor Titular

Departamento Electrico

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepcion, Chile

1
Francisco Pérez

Postdoc

Ingeniería Eléctrica

Universidad de Concepción

Conncepción, Chile