Alejandro Antonio Jara Vallejos
Associate Professor
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile
Bayesian nonparametric statistics; Statistical Computing; Hierarchical modelling
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Science (Mathematics), KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN (KUL). Bélgica, 2008
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Statistics, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2003
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Associate Professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Mathematics
Santiago, Chile
2014 - A la fecha
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Assistant Professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Mathematics
Santiago, Chile
2010 - 2014
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Associate Professor Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION
Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas
Concepción, Chile
2008 - 2010
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Associate Professor Full Time
Universidad de Concepción
Concepción, Chile
2008 - 2010
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Assistant Professor Full Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2010 - 2014
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Associate Professor Full Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2014 - A la fecha
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Undergraduate
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- Guzmán, A. 2003. Correlated genetic response of USA Holstein Bulls in the Provinces of Bio-Bio and Malleco (Chile) (Spanish). D.V.M., Universidad Mayor.
- Edelman, E. 2005. Eects of misclassication errors on the evaluation of risk factors in epidemiological studies (Spanish). D.V.M., Universidad Mayor.
- Rodríguez, M. 2005. Spatio-temporal analysis of risk of rabies in bats of Chile (Spanish). D.V.M., Universidad Mayor.
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Master
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- Barrera, Camilo. 2012. A dependent Bayesian nonparameteric extension of the two-parameter logistic model. M.Sc. in Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
- Fernández, Tamara. 2013. adaptMH: Adaptive Metropolis in R. M.Sc. in Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
- Maureira, Esteban. 2017. A class of finite random probability measures with given mean and variance. MSc in Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
- Ossa, Felipe. 2016. Nonparametric conditional density estimation for bounded responses and predictors using multivariate Bernstein polynomials. M.Sc. in Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
- Pichara, Carolina. 2010. Empirical evaluation of the power of Bayesian nonparametric methods for detecting departures of the innitesimal model (Spanish). M.Sc. in Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
- Salinas, José. 2012. Bayesian nonparametric estimation of the limiting availability (Spanish). M.Sc. in Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
- Vehrhahn, Claudia. 2010. A comparison of Adaptive Metropolis-Hastings algorithms (Spanish). M.Sc. in Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
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PhD
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- Barrientos, Andrés. 2012. (with Fernando Quintana). Theory and Applications of Dependent Nonparametric Bayesian Models for Bounded and Unbounded Responses. PhD in Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
- Iturriaga, Andrés. 2016. Some Contributions to the Bayesian Statistical Analysis of Data Supported on Riemannian Manifolds. PhD in Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
- Vehrhahn, Claudia. 2016. (with A.F. Barrientos). Bayesian Nonparametric Models for Single and Related Probability Measures Supported on Compact Spaces. PhD in Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
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Best abstract in Animal Breeding and Genetics
SOCIEDAD CHILENA DE PRODUCCION ANIMAL
Chile, 2000
Abstract: Jara, A., N. Barra and V. Martnez. Strategies of genetic improvement: A simulation study on harvest weight in Coho Salmon (Spanish). XXV Annual Meeting SOCHIPA. October, 2000, Puerto Natales, Chile.
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Leonard J. Savage award
The International Society for Bayesian Analysis
Estados Unidos, 2008
Winner of the 2008 Leonard J. Savage award of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) for outstanding doctoral dissertation in the category "Applied Methodology".
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John M. Chambers Statistical Software Award
American Statistical Association
Chile, 2008
Winner of the 2008 John M. Chambers Statistical Software Award of the ASA Statistical Computing and Graphics Sections. R package: "DPpackage - Bayesian nonparametric and semiparametric analysis".
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Selected Student paper
The International Society for Bayesian Analysis
Estados Unidos, 2004
Selected Student paper for 30-minute oral presentation at ISBA 2004 meeting. Paper: "Linear mixed models with skew-elliptical distributions: A Bayesian approach".
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Invited Speaker
Neural Information Processing Systems
Chile, 2009
Invited speaker for the Workshop on Bayesian nonparametrics associated with the NIPS (Neural Information Processing Systems) meeting, December 12, 2009, Whistler, Canada.
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Invited Speaker, 8th Conference on Bayesian nonparametrics
The International Society for Bayesian Analysis
Estados Unidos, 2011
Invited speaker for the 8th Conference on Bayesian nonparametrics, June 26 - 30, 2011, Veracruz, Mexico.
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Invited speaker, 9th Conference on Bayesian nonparametrics
The International Society for Bayesian Analysis
Estados Unidos, 2011
Invited speaker for the 9th Conference on Bayesian nonparametrics, June 10 - 14, 2013, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Invited speaker, 29th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling
Statistical Modelling Society
Holanda, 2014
Invited speaker for the 29th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling, July 14 - 18, 2014, Gottingen, Germany.
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Invited speaker, 11th Conference on Bayesian nonparametrics
The International Society for Bayesian Analysis
Estados Unidos, 2017
Invited speaker for the 11th Conference on Bayesian nonparametrics, June 26 - 30, 2017, Paris, France.
Bayesian Nonparametric Data Analysis |
Bayesian nonparametric approaches for complex data: Theory and applications |
Millenium Nucleus Center for the Discovery of Structures in Complex Data |
Millennium Nucleus Center for the Discovery of Structures in Complex Data |
Bayesian nonparametric methods for related probability distributions: New developments and applications |
BAYESIAN NONPARAMETRIC METHODS FOR RELATED PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS=> NEW MODELS AND APPLICATIONS |
BAYESIAN NONPARAMETRIC MODELLING OF COMPOSITIONAL DATA |
Indoor scene and object recognition by a mobile robot using visual grammars and machine learning techniques |
INDOOR SCENE AND OBJECT RECOGNITION BY A MOBILE ROBOT USING VISUAL GRAMMARS AND MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES. |
Bayesian nonparametric methods for marginal and conditional density estimation: New developments and applications |
BAYESIAN NONPARAMETRIC METHODS FOR MARGINAL AND CONDITIONAL DENSITY ESTIMATION=> NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND APPLICATIONS |
Bayesian methods for marginal and conditional density estimation: Comparison of existing methods and new developments |
BAYESIAN METHODS FOR MARGINAL AND CONDITIONAL DENSITY ESTIMATION=>COMPARISON OF EXISTING METHODS AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS. |
CANCER GASTRICO Y HELICOBACTER PYLORI=> CORRELACION ENTRE LA FRECUENCIA DE INFECCION POR H. PYLORI, INFECCION POR CEPAS CAGA(+),FRECUENCIA DE GASTRITIS ATROFICA Y MORTALIDAD POR CANCER GASTRICO EN POBLACION CHILENA ADULTA. |
Impact of genotype by environmental interaction on selection response for milk production in USA, chilean and argentinean Holstein |
IMPACTO DE LA INTERACCION GENETICO AMBIENTAL SOBRE LA RESPUESTA A LA SELECCION PARA PRODUCCION LACTEA HOLSTEIN EN USA, CHILE Y ARGENTINA. |