Mauricio Araya
Investigador Titular at Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria
Valparaíso, Valparaiso Region, Chile
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Top SchoolMauricio Araya is a research-focused computer scientist and Associate Professor with 15 years of experience bridging foundational AI theory and applied data science across astroinformatics, bioinformatics and biomedical systems. He holds a PhD from Université de Lorraine where he studied decision processes under uncertainty and has progressed through research and teaching roles at Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María to his current position as Investigador Titular at AC3E. His work spans reinforcement learning, information theory and high-level control, complemented by practical expertise in real-time and operating systems as well as programming languages and networks. Mauricio combines R&D project leadership with hands-on mentorship of graduate students and postgraduate machine learning courses, actively seeking talented collaborators. A detail not immediately obvious from his title: his background includes significant international academic experience in France (INRIA, Université de Lorraine), reflecting a blend of rigorous theoretical work and cross-disciplinary applied projects.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Informatics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Informatics at Universite de LorraineMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Magister en Ciencias de la Ingeniería Informática, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Magister en Ciencias de la Ingeniería Informática at Universidad T��cnica Federico Santa Mar��aMaster, Computer Science, Master, Computer Science at Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria
Spanish, English, French
Github Skills (5)
astronomy6
python5
model-fitting4
science3
cpp1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
maray/libsdm
Mar 2014 - Jul 2017
Contributions:8 commits, 5 pushes in 3 years 5 months
ChileanVirtualObservatory/acalib
Jun 2015 - Jan 2018
Contributions:243 commits, 17 PRs, 207 pushes in 2 years 7 months
pythonastronomyastronomy-librarycomputing
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