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Alejandro Antonio Jara Vallejos

Associate Professor

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

Bayesian nonparametric statistics; Statistical Computing; Hierarchical modelling

Science (Mathematics), KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN (KUL). Bélgica, 2008
Statistics, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2003

Associate Professor Full Time

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Mathematics

Santiago, Chile

2014 - A la fecha
Assistant Professor Full Time

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Mathematics

Santiago, Chile

2010 - 2014
Associate Professor Full Time

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas

Concepción, Chile

2008 - 2010

Associate Professor Full Time

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

2008 - 2010
Assistant Professor Full Time

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2010 - 2014
Associate Professor Full Time

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2014 - A la fecha

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Undergraduate
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- Guzman, A. 2003. Correlated genetic response of USA Holstein Bulls in the Provinces of Bio-Bio and Malleco (Chile) (Spanish). D.V.M., Universidad Mayor.
- Edelman, E. 2005. Eects of misclassication errors on the evaluation of risk factors in epidemiological studies (Spanish). D.V.M., Universidad Mayor.
- Rodrguez, M. 2005. Spatio-temporal analysis of risk of rabies in bats of Chile (Spanish). D.V.M., Universidad Mayor.

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Master
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- Barrera, Camilo. 2012. A dependent Bayesian nonparameteric extension of the two-parameter logistic model. M.Sc. in Statistics, Ponticia Universidad Católica de Chile.
- Fernández, Tamara. 2013. adaptMH: Adaptive Metropolis in R. M.Sc. in Statistics, Ponticia Universidad Católica de Chile.
- Maureira, Esteban. 2017. A class of finite random probability measures with given mean and variance. MSc in Statistics, Ponticia Universidad Católica de Chile.
- Ossa, Felipe. 2016. Nonparametric conditional density estimation for bounded responses and predictors using multivariate Bernstein polynomials. M.Sc. in Statistics, Ponticia Universidad Católica de Chile.
- Pichara, Carolina. 2010. Empirical evaluation of the power of Bayesian nonparametric methods for detecting departures of the innitesimal model (Spanish). M.Sc. in Statistics, Ponticia Universidad Católica de Chile.
- Salinas, José. 2012. Bayesian nonparametric estimation of the limiting availability (Spanish). M.Sc. in Statistics, Ponticia Universidad Católica de Chile.
- Vehrhahn, Claudia. 2010. A comparison of Adaptive Metropolis-Hastings algorithms (Spanish). M.Sc. in Statistics, Ponticia Universidad Católica de Chile.

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PhD
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- Barrientos, Andrés. 2012. (with Fernando Quintana). Theory and Applications of Dependent Nonparametric Bayesian Models for Bounded and Unbounded Responses. PhD in Statistics, Ponticia Universidad Católica de Chile.
- Iturriaga, Andrés. 2016. Some Contributions to the Bayesian Statistical Analysis of Data Supported on Riemannian Manifolds. PhD in Statistics, Ponticia Universidad Católica de Chile.
- Vehrhahn, Claudia. 2016. (with A.F. Barrientos). Bayesian Nonparametric Models for Single and Related Probability Measures Supported on Compact Spaces. PhD in Statistics, Ponticia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Best abstract in Animal Breeding and Genetics

SOCIEDAD CHILENA DE PRODUCCION ANIMAL

Chile, 2000

Abstract: Jara, A., N. Barra and V. Martnez. Strategies of genetic improvement: A simulation study on harvest weight in Coho Salmon (Spanish). XXV Annual Meeting SOCHIPA. October, 2000, Puerto Natales, Chile.
Leonard J. Savage award

The International Society for Bayesian Analysis

Estados Unidos, 2008

Winner of the 2008 Leonard J. Savage award of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) for outstanding doctoral dissertation in the category "Applied Methodology".
John M. Chambers Statistical Software Award

American Statistical Association

Chile, 2008

Winner of the 2008 John M. Chambers Statistical Software Award of the ASA Statistical Computing and Graphics Sections. R package: "DPpackage - Bayesian nonparametric and semiparametric analysis".
Selected Student paper

The International Society for Bayesian Analysis

Estados Unidos, 2004

Selected Student paper for 30-minute oral presentation at ISBA 2004 meeting. Paper: "Linear mixed models with skew-elliptical distributions: A Bayesian approach".
Invited Speaker

Neural Information Processing Systems

Chile, 2009

Invited speaker for the Workshop on Bayesian nonparametrics associated with the NIPS (Neural Information Processing Systems) meeting, December 12, 2009, Whistler, Canada.
Invited Speaker, 8th Conference on Bayesian nonparametrics

The International Society for Bayesian Analysis

Estados Unidos, 2011

Invited speaker for the 8th Conference on Bayesian nonparametrics, June 26 - 30, 2011, Veracruz, Mexico.
Invited speaker, 9th Conference on Bayesian nonparametrics

The International Society for Bayesian Analysis

Estados Unidos, 2011

Invited speaker for the 9th Conference on Bayesian nonparametrics, June 10 - 14, 2013, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Invited speaker, 29th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling

Statistical Modelling Society

Holanda, 2014

Invited speaker for the 29th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling, July 14 - 18, 2014, Gottingen, Germany.
Invited speaker, 11th Conference on Bayesian nonparametrics

The International Society for Bayesian Analysis

Estados Unidos, 2017

Invited speaker for the 11th Conference on Bayesian nonparametrics, June 26 - 30, 2017, Paris, France.


Effectiveness of an Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine in Chile Jara, Alejandro; Undurraga, Eduardo; González, Cecilia; Paredes, Fabio; Fontecilla, Tomás; Jara, Gonzalo; Pizarro, Alejandra; Acevedo, Johanna; Leo, Katherinne; Leon, Francisco; Sans, Carlos; Leighton, Paulina; Pamela Suárez; García-Escorza, Heriberto; Araos, Rafael Article DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2107715, ISI, WOS. NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2021)
Effectiveness of an Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine. Reply Jara, Alejandro; Undurraga, Eduardo; Araos, Rafael Article doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2112423, ISI, WOS NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2021)
Tool for Estimating the Probability of Having COVID-19 With 1 or More Negative RT-PCR Results Jara, Alejandro; Undurraga, Eduardo; Araos, Rafael Article 10.1093/ofid/ofab382 OPEN FORUM INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2021)
Marginal Bayesian Semiparametric Modeling of Mismeasured Multivariate Interval-Censored Data Li, L; Jara, A; Garcia-Zattera, MJ; Hanson, TE Article ISI JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION (2019)
On the small sample behavior of Dirichlet process mixture models for data supported on compact intervals Wehrhahn C.; Jara A.; Barrientos A.F. Article SCOPUS Communications in Statistics: Simulation and Computation (2019)
A Bayesian semiparametric partially PH model for clustered time-to-event data Nipoti B.; Jara A.; Guindani M. Article ISI SCOPUS Scandinavian Journal of Statistics (2018)
Fully Nonparametric Regression for Bounded Data Using Dependent Bernstein Polynomials Barrientos, Andr?s F.; Jara, Alejandro; Quintana, Fernando A. Article ISI SCOPUS JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION (2017)
Posterior convergence rate of a class of Dirichlet process mixture model for compositional data Barrientos, Andrés F.; Jara, Alejandro; Wehrhahn, Claudia Article ISI SCOPUS STATISTICS PROBABILITY LETTERS (2017)
Theory and computations for the Dirichlet process and related models: An overview Jara, Alejandro Article ISI SCOPUS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPROXIMATE REASONING (2017)
A flexible AFT model for misclassified clustered interval-censored data García-Zattera, María José; Jara, Alejandro; Komárek, Arnošt Article ISI SCOPUS Biometrics (2016)
A short tutorial on Bayesian Nonparametrics Müller, P.; Xu, Y.; Jara, A. Article Journal of Statistical Research (2016)
Bayesian density estimation for compositional data using random Bernstein polynomials Barrientos, AF; Jara, A.; Quintana, FA Article ISI SCOPUS Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference (2015)
MODELING COUNTY LEVEL BREAST CANCER SURVIVAL DATA USING A COVARIATE-ADJUSTED FRAILTY PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL Zhou, HM; Hanson, T.; Jara, A.; Zhang, JJ Article ISI SCOPUS Annals of Applied Statistics (2015)
Contributed discussion on article by Finegold and Drton: Comment by Alejandro Jara Jara, A. Article SCOPUS Bayesian Analysis (2014)
A Time Series Model for Responses on the Unit Interval Jara, A.; Nieto-Barajas, LE; Quintana F. Article ISI SCOPUS Bayesian Analysis (2013)
Bayesian Nonparametric ROC Regression Modeling de Carvalho, VI; Jara, A.; Hanson, TE; de Carvalho M. Article ISI SCOPUS Bayesian Analysis (2013)
A Bayesian Semiparametric Temporally-Stratified Proportional Hazards Model with Spatial Frailties Hanson T.E.; Jara, A.; Zhao, L Article ISI SCOPUS Bayesian Analysis (2012)
BM-BC: a Bayesian method of base calling for Solexa sequence data Ji Y.; Mitra, R; Quintana F.; Jara, A.; Mueller, P; Liu, P.; Lu Y.; Liang, SD Article ISI BMC BIOINFORMATICS (2012)
Modeling of Multivariate Monotone Disease Processes in the Presence of Misclassification Garcia-Zattera M.-J.; Jara, A.; Lesaffre E.; Marshall G. Article ISI SCOPUS JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION (2012)
On the Support of MacEachern's Dependent Dirichlet Processes and Extensions Barrientos A.F.; Jaray A.; Quintana, F. A. Article ISI SCOPUS Bayesian Analysis (2012)
A class of mixtures of dependent tail-free processes Jara, A.; Hanson, TE Article ISI SCOPUS Biometrika (2011)
DPpackage: Bayesian Semi- and Nonparametric Modeling in R Jara, A.; Hanson, TE; Quintana, FA; Muller P.; Rosner, GL Article ISI SCOPUS Journal of Statistical Software (2011)
On the Bayesian Nonparametric Generalization of IRT-Type Models San Martin, E; Jara, A.; Rolin, JM; Mouchart, M Article ISI SCOPUS Psychometrika (2011)
Oral hygiene and gingival health in Flemish pre-school children Leroy R.; Jara, A.; Martens L.; Declerck, D. Article ISI SCOPUS Community Dental Health (2011)
The Polya Tree Sampler: Toward Efficient and Automatic Independent Metropolis-Hastings Proposals Hanson T.E.; Monteiro J.V.D.; Jara, A. Article ISI SCOPUS Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics (2011)
BAYESIAN SEMIPARAMETRIC INFERENCE FOR MULTIVARIATE DOUBLY-INTERVAL-CENSORED DATA Jara, A.; Lesaffre E.; De Iorio, M; Quintana F. Article ISI SCOPUS Annals of Applied Statistics (2010)
Correcting for misclassification for a monotone disease process with an application in dental research Garcia-Zattera, MJ; Mutsvari, T; Jara, A.; Declerck, D.; Lesaffre E. Article ISI SCOPUS STATISTICS IN MEDICINE (2010)
Long-term blinded placebo-controlled study of SNT-MC17/idebenone in the dystrophin deficient mdx mouse: cardiac protection and improved exercise performance Buyse, G. M.; Van der Mieren, G.; Erb, M.; D'hooge, J.; Herijgers, P.; Verbeken, E.; Jara, A.; Van Den Bergh, A.; Mertens, L.; Courdier-Fruh, I.; Barzaghi, P.; Meier, T. Article ISI European Heart Journal (2009)
Robustifying Generalized Linear Mixed Models Using a New Class of Mixtures of Multivariate Polya Trees Jara, A.; Hanson, TE; Lesaffre E. Article ISI SCOPUS Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics (2009)
Linear mixed models with skew-elliptical distributions: A Bayesian approach Jara, A.; Quintana F.; Martin, ES Article ISI SCOPUS COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS DATA ANALYSIS (2008)
Parametric Nonparametric Statistics: An Introduction to Mixtures of Finite Polya Trees Christensen R.; Hanson, T.; Jara, A. Article ISI SCOPUS AMERICAN STATISTICIAN (2008)
Parental smoking behavior and caries experience in preschool children Leroy, R.; Hoppenbrouwers, K.; Jara, A.; Declerck, D. Article Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology (2008)
A Dirichlet process mixture model for the analysis of correlated binary responses Jara, Alejandro; José García-Zattera, María; Lesaffre, Emmanuel Article Computational Statistics & Data Analysis (2007)
Applied Bayesian non- and semi-parametric inference using DPpackage Jara, A. Article Rnews (2007)
Caries patterns in primary dentition in 3-, 5- and 7-year-old children: Spatial correlation and preventive consequences Vanobbergen J.; Lesaffre E.; Garcia-Zattera M.-J.; Jara, A.; Martens L.; Declerck, D. Article SCOPUS CARIES RESEARCH (2007)
CINRG pilot trial of oxatomide in steroid-na?ve Duchenne muscular dystrophy Buyse, Gunnar M.; Goemans, Nathalie; Henricson, Erik; Jara, Alejandro; van den Hauwe, Marleen; Leshner, Robert; Florence, Julaine M.; Mayhew, Jill E.; Escolar, Diana M. Article European Journal of Paediatric Neurology (2007)
Conditional independence of multivariate binary data with an application in caries research Garcia-Zattera M.-J.; Jara, A.; Lesaffre E.; Declerck, D. Article SCOPUS COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS DATA ANALYSIS (2007)
Gastric cancer is related to early Helicobacter pylori infection in a high-prevalence country Ferreccio C.; Rollan, A; Harris, PR; Serrano, C.; Gederlini, A; Margozzini P.; González C; Aguilera X.; Venegas A.; Jara, A. Article ISI SCOPUS CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS AND PREVENTION (2007)
Variables associated with longitudinally registered plaque accumulation in a cohort of Flemish schoolchildren Martens L.; Leroy R.; Jara, A.; Garcia-Zattera M.-J.; Lesaffre E.; Declerck, D. Article SCOPUS QUINTESSENCE INTERNATIONAL (2007)
Analyzing the emergence times of permanent teeth: an example of modeling the covariance matrix with interval-censored data Cecere, S.; Jara, A.; Lesaffre, E. Article Statistical Modelling (2006)
Calidad de las espirometrías en un estudio epidemiológico de terreno: Factores determinantes de la necesidad de repetir el examen en el estudio Platino-Chile Araya B, Marcela; PERTUZÉ R, JULIO; Valdivia C, Gonzalo; Batista M., Ana María; Pérez P., Rogelio; Fuentes Y., Hilda; Jara V., Alejandro; Márquez, María N.; Cifuentes S., Mónica; LISBOA B, CARMEN Article SCIELO REVISTA CHILENA DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS (2005)
Respuesta a la selección para producción láctea de toros Holstein de Estados Unidos en las provincias de Bío-Bío y Malleco, Chile Jara, A.; Guzman, A.; Pena M.; Garcia, MJ; Barria, N Article ISI SCIELO ARCHIVOS DE MEDICINA VETERINARIA (2005)
Selection response for milk production of United States Holstein bulls in the provinces of Bío-Bío and Malleco, Chile Respuesta a la selección para producción láctea de toros Holstein de Estados Unidos en las provincias de Bío-Bío y Malleco, Chile Jara, A.; Guzman, A.; Pena M.; Garcia M.J.; Barria, N Article SCOPUS ARCHIVOS DE MEDICINA VETERINARIA (2005)
Genetic parameters and trends in the Chilean multibreed dairy cattle population Elzo, MA; Jara, A.; Barria, N Article ISI SCOPUS JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE (2004)
Population-Based Prevalence and Age Distribution of Human Papillomavirus Among Women in Santiago, Chile Catterina Ferreccio; Rodrigo B. Prado; Amaranta V. Luzoro; Sandra Ll. Ampuero; Peter J.F. Snijders; Chris J.L.M. Meijer; Salvatore V. Vaccarella; Alejandro T. Jara; Klaus I. Puschel; Sylvia C. Robles; Rolando Herrero; Silvia F. Franceschi; Jose M. Ojeda Article CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS AND PREVENTION (2004)
Selection response of US holstein AI bulls for milk production in Chile and Argentina Verdugo, RA; Jara, AA; Everett, RW; Perez, NRB Article ISI SCOPUS Livestock Production Science (2004)
Estimación de la interacción genético ambiental y de la heterogeneidad de varianzas en características de producción lactea de vacas lecheras Jara, A.; Barría, N. Article Avances en Producción Animal (2002)
Estimation of segregation variance for birth weight in beef cattle Birchmeier, AN; Cantet, RJC; Fernando, RL; Morris, CA; Holgado F.; Jara, A.; Cristal, MS Article ISI Livestock Production Science (2002)
Relaciones entre el recuento de células somáticas, producción y componentes lacteos en vacas lecheras de la X región (Chile) Barría, N.; Jara, A. Article Avances en Producción Animal (2000)
Métodos Bayesianos en mejoramiento genético animal Jara, A.; Barría, N. Article Avances en Producción Animal (1999)


Bayesian nonparametric approaches for ROC curve inference Inãcio, V.; Jara, A.; de Carvalho, M. BookSection (2015)
Fully nonparametric regression modelling of misclassified censored time-to-event data Jara, A.; García-Zattera, M.J.; Komarek, A BookSection (2015)
Surviving fully Bayesian nonparametric regression models Hanson, T.; Jara, A. BookSection (2013)
The Bayesian approach Lesaffre, E.; Komarek, A.; Jara, A. BookSection (2009)


Bayesian Nonparametric Data Analysis Müller, P.; Quintana, F. ; Jara, A.; Hanson, T. BookWhole (2015)


Bayesian nonparametric approaches for complex data: Theory and applications Jara, Alejandro Proyecto (2018)
Millenium Nucleus Center for the Discovery of Structures in Complex Data Iniciativa Científica Milenio (00000) Proyecto 2018-2021 Director(a)
Millennium Nucleus Center for the Discovery of Structures in Complex Data Jara, Alejandro; Quintana, Fernando Proyecto (2018)
Bayesian nonparametric methods for related probability distributions: New developments and applications Jara, A. Proyecto (2014)
BAYESIAN NONPARAMETRIC METHODS FOR RELATED PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS=> NEW MODELS AND APPLICATIONS FONDECYT (1141193) Proyecto 2014-2018 Inv. Responsable
BAYESIAN NONPARAMETRIC MODELLING OF COMPOSITIONAL DATA FONDECYT (3130400) Proyecto 2012-2014 Inv. Patrocinante
Indoor scene and object recognition by a mobile robot using visual grammars and machine learning techniques Soto, A.; Jara, A. Proyecto (2012)
INDOOR SCENE AND OBJECT RECOGNITION BY A MOBILE ROBOT USING VISUAL GRAMMARS AND MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES. FONDECYT (1120720) Proyecto 2012-2015 Coinvestigador(a)
Bayesian nonparametric methods for marginal and conditional density estimation: New developments and applications Jara, A. Proyecto (2011)
BAYESIAN NONPARAMETRIC METHODS FOR MARGINAL AND CONDITIONAL DENSITY ESTIMATION=> NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND APPLICATIONS FONDECYT (11100144) Proyecto 2010-2013 Inv. Responsable
Bayesian methods for marginal and conditional density estimation: Comparison of existing methods and new developments Jara, Alejandro Proyecto (2009)
BAYESIAN METHODS FOR MARGINAL AND CONDITIONAL DENSITY ESTIMATION=>COMPARISON OF EXISTING METHODS AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS. FONDECYT (3095003) Proyecto 2008-2010 Inv. Responsable
CANCER GASTRICO Y HELICOBACTER PYLORI=> CORRELACION ENTRE LA FRECUENCIA DE INFECCION POR H. PYLORI, INFECCION POR CEPAS CAGA(+),FRECUENCIA DE GASTRITIS ATROFICA Y MORTALIDAD POR CANCER GASTRICO EN POBLACION CHILENA ADULTA. FONDECYT (1040823) Proyecto 2004-2006 Personal técnico y/o de apoyo
Impact of genotype by environmental interaction on selection response for milk production in USA, chilean and argentinean Holstein Barría, N.; Jara, A. Proyecto (2000)
IMPACTO DE LA INTERACCION GENETICO AMBIENTAL SOBRE LA RESPUESTA A LA SELECCION PARA PRODUCCION LACTEA HOLSTEIN EN USA, CHILE Y ARGENTINA. FONDECYT (1000794) Proyecto 2000-2003 Coinvestigador(a)