Research Scientist at Yahoo! Research
Barcelona Area, Spain
Research Scientist at Yahoo! Research
Barcelona Area, Spain
Researcher in the areas of Web Search and Web Mining.
Information Retrieval, Link Analysis, Content Management.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; YHOO; Internet industry)
September 2006 — Present (2 years 2 months)
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; UPF; Research industry)
August 2006 — August 2008 (2 years 1 month)
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Research industry)
October 2005 — September 2006 (1 year)
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
January 2005 — September 2005 (9 months)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
June 2000 — December 2004 (4 years 7 months)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
July 1995 — March 1998 (2 years 9 months)
PhD, Computer Science, 2000 — 2004
My PhD thesis was on web crawling. My advisor was Prof. Ricardo Baeza-Yates.
Civil Engineer, Computer Science, 1994 — 2000
Supported by multiple scolarships from the Chilean government and from the University.
In 2000 I received the Ismael Valdes Valdes award from the Institute of Engineers of Chile. This is awarded to an engineering graduate having both good academic performance and leadership qualities.
In 1993 I obtained the highest national score (50 correct answers on 50 questions) in the PCE (like the SAT exam in the USA) of Physics when I applied for entering the Engineering School.