Conferences and Science Communication

Interview featured in El Mercurio - Chile Tecnológico highlighting how data science tools tripled oncology patient care in a pilot project at Hospital de La Florida, developed in collaboration with Universidad Católica.

Radio interview on BioBio discussing our work on improving oncology care coordination using data science and algorithmic support.

Our team participated in MMR 2025 with three talks showcasing recent advances in data-driven maintenance. The presentations covered applications in the airline industry, distributed systems, and the wine sector, highlighting our interdisciplinary approach to predictive modeling, anomaly detection, and operational optimization.

At PASC 2025, I presented our work on building a trusted and scalable data infrastructure to support the Regional Field Stations Network (RCER) at Universidad Católica. The talk introduced SAVIIA—a platform that integrates scientific and operational datasets across distributed field stations using structured governance, local orchestration tools, and cloud-based pipelines. By improving data reliability, accessibility, and integration, the initiative aims to empower researchers, foster interdisciplinary collaboration, and enhance reproducibility in field-based science.

In this presentation, I summarized our work on connecting prediction and prescription in energy management for residential microgrids, using stochastic optimization and machine learning to improve decision-making under uncertainty in systems with variable generation and storage.

Opinion piece in El País exploring how data-driven innovation can improve oncology waitlist management in Chile through digitalization, automation, and optimization.

José Peña and Rodrigo Carrasco present data-driven strategies for optimizing oncology waitlists and improving healthcare management

Transforming operations into a strategic driver through advanced analytics and innovation

Rodrigo A. Carrasco and Jocelyn Dunstan discuss the versatile applications of mathematical optimization and data science, from radio telescopes to oncology waiting lists.

In this interview we talk about operations research and its importance in a data-centered world.

In this webcast, we share ideas and insights with Maria Francisca Yañez (Microsoft) and Patricio Cofre (EY) on the Opportunities and challenges we see with the new tools in generative AI.

In this short interview (in Spanish), we talk about the importance of correctly managing data within organizations and the value it can generate.

In this program (in Spanish), we talk about how algorithms affect our lives and why we must be cautious during their design and implementation.

In this interview (in Spanish), we talk about the importance of data for decision making.

In this talk we present how operations research techniques can be used to develop decision support tools for the operating room scheduling problem.

In this talk, I give an overview of analytics, focusing on prescriptive analytics and some applications.

In this talk, I give an overview of analytics, focusing on prescriptive models and how they help us make better decisions for complex problems.

In this talk, we overview how data proliferation has pushed the development of new tools and methodologies in predictive and prescriptive analytics.

In this interview, we talk about the engineering part of some iconic science-related things, like the ALMA Telescope, the recent SpaceX trip, and the Event Horizon Telescope.

In this interview, we talk about how operations research is key to help in making better decisions and how it fosters interconnections with different domain areas.

We talk about the beginnings of operations research and its connection to making good decisions in a crisis.

Several members of our research group participated in OPTIMA 2019, the Chilean Conference on Operations Research.

In this TV program, we talk about how the work we do in operations research in astronomical observatories can help developments in other areas.