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Leo

I’m an Associate Professor of Computer and Data Science at the Data Science Institute, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad del Desarrollo (2016-) in Santiago, Chile, a Fellow of Telefónica Research & Development, also in Santiago, and a Research Fellow of the ISI Foundation (2019-), in Turin, Italy. I got my PhD from Carleton University, in Ottawa, Canada. I did a post-doc (2004-2005) at the Human-Oriented Technology Lab at Carleton, and became a senior researcher there (2006-2008). I was an invited professor at the University of Edinburgh (2006-2008) and moved to Chile as an Assistant professor of Computer Science at Universidad de Concepción (2008-2016) before moving to UDD in Santiago. I’ve published in high-performance computing (in a somewhat previous life) and in computational social science. Currently, my research focuses on using mobile and telephony data for social good, data-driven policy and non-traditional data sources. At UDD/TEF I’ve been involved in industry and government research and development projects.

Contact: lferres@udd.cl, X/Twitter

News

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Teaching

Old computers

I have several 1980s microcomputers and I enjoy collecting and fixing them. Here's a list of the ones I have, and there's some links for each one on the work I've done on them:

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DISCLAIMER: This page uses the simplest possible HTML: no CSS, no scripts, no popups. The goal is to focus entirely on the information, not on cookie prompts, animations, or design trends. Personally, I find this simplicity both practical and aesthetically pleasing. It was written in Emacs, with no tooling involved. I've tried many setups, even org-mode (which I love), but in the end, they just add friction, especially when switching machines. Long live raw text.