
Contact
📞 +56 9 40830771
📩 ihuerta.var@gmail.com
🗺️ Valparaíso - Concepción - Santiago, Chile


Main Skills
· Software Engineering
· Machine Learning
· Data Structures and Algorithms
· Combinatorial Optimization
· Data Compression
· Data Visualization
· Data Streaming
· Astroinformatics
· Neuroinformatics
· Geoinformatics
Tools
Favorite languages
Java · Python · Javascript · C++
Databases
PostgreSQL · MongoDB · Cassandra · MySQL
Web development
NodeJs · NestJs · FastAPI · React · Firebase
Python libraries
Keras · Pandas · Numpy · ScikitLearn · Seaborn · Airflow
Collaborative Work
GitLab · Github (Copilot) · Notion · Confluence · Jira · Slack · Google Suite · Overleaf
DevOps
GitLab CI · Docker · Kubernetes
Visualization & streaming
Kafka · InfluxDB · Grafana
Domain specific
QGIS · Leaflet · Alma Common Software
Design
Enterprise Architect · draw.io · Photoshop · After FX · Blender · Unity
Cloud
Google Cloud Platform
Others
Bash · MATLAB
Hello there! I am a Computer Scientist based in Valparaiso - Chile with 4 years of experience in research and software development challenges.
I am passionate about computer science and motivated by its multidisciplinary applications in fields such as astronomy, biology, and geography.
I enjoy collaborating within diverse teams both on a personal and professional level. I possess the ability to effectively plan long-term projects and adjust working methodologies to meet project timelines.
Professional Experience
2024 2 years Java developer | Advanced Center for Electrical and Electronic Engineering
🔭 Java developer of the Central Control System for ASTRI project: an initiative of the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) that intends to install nine gamma ray telescopes in the Canary Islands.
2022 4 months Researcher | UC Berkeley
📊 Independent researcher at Meta-Algorithms Research Group. UC Berkeley, California, United States. The research involved the study and implementation of a meta-solver for the asymmetric TSP using Graph Convolutional Neural Networks.
2021 1 year Full-stack developer | Unidad de Data Science
🌲 Full-stack developer in forest fire management application for CMPC. Back-end development based on microservices with the NestJS framework, Front-end in React and Leaflet extension for the development of geographic maps.
2020 8 months Python developer | Unidad de Data Science
🪵 ETL and data warehouse system developer for forestry data integration at CMPC. The project aimed to manage traceability from the arrival of the logs at a saw-mill to the dispatch of the processed plywood.
2018 4 months Developer & machine learning engineer | Digital Pro Server
📻 Development of a web platform for radio player and streaming management. Use of machine learning in streaming for speech-to-text and audio recognition tasks.
Publications
2024 Software architecture and development approach for the ASTRI Mini-Array project at the Teide Observatory. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems (JATIS 2024).
2022 Fast Algorithms for the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem using Machine Learning Selection of Algorithm’s Parameters. Proceedings of the 14th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (IC3K 2022).
2021 Improving the state-of-the-art in the Traveling Salesman Problem: An Anytime Automatic Algorithm Selection. Expert Systems With Application 2022.
2021 Group-Wise Cortical Surface Parcellation Based on Inter-Subject Fiber Clustering. Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2021).
2020 Machine learning for Knapsack, an any-time behavior approach. Expert Systems With Application 2020. Presented at the 11th International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics, Concepción, Chile.
2019 Inter-subject clustering of brain fibers from Whole-Brain Tractography. Presented at Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2020), Montreal, Canada. 1st place in the presentation contest of the XII Annual Biomedical Engineering Congress, Concepción, Chile.
Education
2020 2 years
Msc. in Computer Science | Universidad de Concepción
2019 5.5 years
Systems Engineering | Universidad de Concepción
Tutoring
2021 6 months
Tutor in “Data Science for Digital Transformation” course for CMPC. Unidad de Data Science
2021 4 months
Tutor in “Introduction to Python” course. Unidad de Data Science
Languages
🇪🇸 Native Spanish
🇬🇧 Intermediate B2 English
Interests
🎾 Tennis
🎨 Painting
🎮 Gaming
📷 Photography