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Eric Goles Chacc | |
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Born | Eric Antonio Goles Chacc August 21, 1951 Antofagasta, Chile |
Eric Antonio Goles Chacc (born August 21, 1951, in Antofagasta, Chile) is a Chilean mathematician and computer scientist of Croatian descent. He studied mathematical engineering at the University of Chile before earning two doctorates from the University of Grenoble in France. [1] His research focuses on discrete mathematics, theoretical computer science, complex systems, and cellular automata. [2]
Goles is currently a full professor at Adolfo Ibáñez University in Chile, [3] where he founded and directs a Ph.D. program in complex systems. [4]
In 1993, Goles was awarded Chile's National Prize for Exact Sciences. [1] He also served as President of CONICYT, the Chilean equivalent of the National Science Foundation in the U.S..