Gonzalo A. Ruz

Gonzalo Ruz is a Civil Electrical Engineer and Master in Engineering Sciences with a mention in Electrical Engineering from the University of Chile. He obtained his PhD in Machine Learning from Cardiff University, UK. He has over twenty years of experience in Machine Learning and Data Mining with participation in scientific and applied research projects. His Scientific projects include: new learning algorithms for Bayesian networks for data mining tasks such as classification, clustering and data visualization, swarm intelligence techniques for network reconstruction, Boolean network modeling of gene regulatory networks, dynamics in Boolean networks, neuro-fuzzy image segmentation techniques. His Applied projects: fraud detection systems using neural networks, optimization of the operation of an electronic chip-mounting machine using genetic algorithms and simulated annealing (Sony Manufacturing), job performance prediction in a call center using Bayesian networks, mineral exploration in the north of Chile using data mining.