Biography

I am a Master’s student at the University of Chile, interested in Software Engineering, Machine Learning and Data Science. My Master’s thesis is about developing a set of theoretical and practical tools to allow us to extract an approximation, as a human-readable logical formula, of the function a GNN (Graph Neural Network) represents, and use that formula as an explanation of the GNN.

My experience consists mostly of research on uses of Machine Learning on source code and research on Graph Neural Networks, I have also implemented various prototypes for freelance and research projects. This ranges from EDA and feature and data engineering, to software development and data visualization. I also have experience in teaching as a TA for several courses in University, ranging from advanced programming methodology classes to data mining and deep learning. Currently I am working as a TA for the following courses: Deep Learning, Introductory Data Mining and Data Science Project.

When not in front of my computer I am reading, studying Japanese Kanji, or building mechanical keyboards. I also love rhythm games.

Currently I am working as a Backend Engineer at Cornershop.

Interests

  • Machine Learning
  • Deep Learning
  • Structured Representation Learning
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Recommendation Systems

Education

  • B.Eng.Sc. in Computer Science, 2018

    University of Chile

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Backend Engineer

Cornershop

Dec 2020 – Present Santiago, Chile
Shopping tech area - Performance. Capacity team.
 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant

Intelligent Software Construction Laboratory (ISCLab)

Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 Santiago, Chile
Research on applying machine learning to source code.
 
 
 
 
 

Data Science Intern

We Techs

Jul 2018 – Dec 2018 Santiago, Chile
Was part of a team in charge of migrating the company’s services from a relational schema to a ELK stack, then adding intelligence to the company’s data. Specifically in charge of the ElasticSearch configuration and data analytics. Data processing and apply machine learning algorithms to improve company’s control protocols.
 
 
 
 
 

Research Intern

Inria Chile

Jul 2017 – Jul 2017 Santiago, Chile
Within the context of AI-assisted educational video game with ethic and moral themes:

  • Compile bibliography related to automatic consistent narrative generation, and adapt and implement several techniques of narrative generation.
  • Design of a proposal for the integration of automatic generated ethical and moral conflicts, through related narratives, to the video game.
 
 
 
 
 

Intern

NIC Chile Research Labs

Dec 2016 – Jan 2017 Santiago, Chile
Improve task efficiency inside the lab:

  • Install and configure HTC (High-throughput computing) software to automate tasks inside the laboratory.
  • Evaluate the installed software on several environments inside the laboratory to quantify the positive impact of using it.

Teaching

CC5206 - Introduction to Data mining

Head Teaching Assistant

Spring 2019 – Spring 2020 (3 semesters) University of Chile
  • Coordination and management of Teaching Assistants and course activities.
  • Laboratory activity preparation.
  • Course covers Linear Models, Decision Trees, Clustering, Model Evaluation and standard Data Mining Pipelines.

CC6204 - Deep Learning

Teaching Assistant

Spring 2019 – Spring 2020 (2 semesters) University of Chile
  • Office hours to assist students with their course projects.
  • Grading of homeworks and projects.
  • Design and development of an automated assignment correction system.
  • Course covers Basic Tensorial Calculus, Feedforward, Recurrent and Convolutional Neural Networks, Activation Functions, Losses and Theory.

CC5214 - Data Science Project

Teaching Assistant

Spring 2020 University of Chile
  • Support students with their projects.
  • Course consists of working with real companies and clients to experience real-world data science projects, from EDA to deployment.

CC3002 - Design and Programming Methodologies

Head Teaching Assistant

Fall 2017 – Spring 2019 (6 semesters) University of Chile
  • Recitation classes (theoretical and practical) and design of homework material.
  • Management of teaching aides for test, exam and homework grading.
  • Course covers Object Oriented Programming and Design Patterns, as well as design guidelines and Intermediate Java programming.

CC5114 - Neural Networks and Genetic Programming

Teaching Assistant

Spring 2018 – Spring 2019 (2 semesters) University of Chile
  • Office hours to assist students with their course projects.
  • Management of teaching aides for homework grading.
  • Course covers introductory Neural Networks, then changes to Evolutionary Algorithms, Neuroevolution (like NEAT), Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming.

CC66M - Evolutionary algorithms

Teaching Assistant

Spring 2019 University of Chile
Course required for the professional Artificial Intelligence diploma:

  • Homework design and grading.
  • Assist students in the laboratory sessions.
  • Course covers introductory Evolutionary and Genetic Algorithms. Also has an introduction to Reinforcement Learning using Q-learning.

Recent Publications

The Logical Expressiveness of Graph Neural Networks

The ability of graph neural networks (GNNs) for distinguishing nodes in graphs has been recently characterized in terms of the …

Logical Expressiveness of Graph Neural Networks

The ability of graph neural networks (GNNs) for distinguishing nodes in graphs has been recently characterized in terms of the …

Skills

Language skills

  • Spanish: Native
  • English: Fluent
  • Japanese: Fluent/Business (JLPT N2 )

Technologies

Python, Java, Pytorch, Scikit Learn, Git, Linux, Django

Community

Committees

  • Member of the Academic Evaluation Committee, 2018 - 2020

Service

  • External Reviewer, SANER’2019 (IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering) ERA Track

Workshops

  • Co-Instructor at the Artificial Intelligence Workshop, organized by OpenBeauchef. May, Aug 2019.

Recent & Upcoming Talks

Advanced Python: the most pretentious title you will hear today (In Spanish)

Aprende tópicos avanzados de Python como herencia multi-clase, super clases virtuales y metaclases.