Loreto Bravo
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Data Science Institute Director
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Dr. Loreto Bravo is director of the Institute of Data Science, an alliance between the Faculty of Engineering of the Universidad del Desarrollo and Telefónica. She is also the director of the Masters Degree in Data Science at the same Faculty.
She obtained her engineering degree from the P. Universidad Católica de Chile, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada in 2007. She was also a post-doctoral researcher in the Database group at the University of Edinburgh (2007-2008) and a professor at the Universidad de Concepción (2008-2016). Currently her focus is on promoting the use of data as a bridge between social needs and science, promoting the development of links between companies, academia and industry. |