Rodrigo Rojas

Rodrigo Rojas Moraleda

PRESENT ADDRESS
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Departamento de informática, investigación y postgrado
Avenida España 1680, Valparaíso, Chile


CONTACT
rodrigo.rojas@postgrado.usm.cl

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EDUCATION

  • PhD Student, in Computer Science, Universidad Federico Santa María (Technical University Federico Santa María), Valparaiso, Chile, 2010-Present.

  • Civil Engineer in Information Systems, Minor in Software Engineering (six years study), Universidad Austral de Chile

  • Bachelor of Engineer Sciences in Computer Science, Minor in Information Technology (four years study), Universidad Austral de Chile


AWARDS

  • 2011-2013, CONICyT Doctoral fellowship, Chile.

  • 2010, Technical University Federico Santa Maria, Doctoral fellowship, Chile.


RESEARCH

Working Projects & Papers

  • Segmentation of IHC-stained Breast Tissues Images using SVM
    Raquel Pezoa 1, Rodrigo Rojas Moraleda1 , Luis Salinas1 , Luis Pizarro1 , Juan Reyes 1, Raúl González 2
    Center of Technological Innovation in HPC (CTI-HPC), Technical University Federico Santa Maria, Valparaíso, Chile, 2Pathology Unit, Hospital Dr. Gustavo Fricke, Viña del Mar, Chile.
    Actas de Ingeniería Clínica y Tecnología Médica GEIC-2010, ISBN 978-950-698-259-1, Paraná, Entre Rios, Argentina, October 2010.

  • Approach to the segmentation and quantification of IHC-stained Neural Tissues Images, 2011.
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.


Publications ISI

  • Confined Displacement Algorithm Determines True and Random Colocalization in Fluorescence Microscopy. Ramirez O, García A, Rojas R, Couve A & S Härtel. Journal of Microscopy, Journal compilation © 2010 Royal Microscopical Societyin press, published online: Apr 29 2010 6:11AM DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2010.03369.x.

  • Härtel, S., Rojas, R., Räth, C., Guarda, M. I., & Goicoechea, O. (2005) Identification and Classification of Di- and Triploid Erythrocytes by Multi-parameter Image Analysis: A New Method for the Quantification of Triploidization Rates in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Archivos de Medicina Veterinaria XXXVII (2), 147-154.

Scientific Software

  • Center of Technological Innovation in HPC (CTI-HPC), Technical University Federico Santa Maria, Valparaíso, Chile. Measurement of cell structures using entropy and divergence edge detection (2010 - 2011), an texture approach to differentiate structures in microscopy  images, firsts steps to an automated structures segmentation.

  • Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. Microscopy adquisition software for Basler scA780-54g cameras over Linux (2011).

  • Xperts Ltd. Desktop Laser Scanner Prototype and reconstruction software based on Partial Differential Equations , C++ Qt 4 environment software (2007) .

  • Xperts Ltd. Real Time Object Tracking in Video Sequences, starting from rigid template. C++ Qt 3 environment software (2005).
  • Centro de estudios científicos del Sur (CECS - Center for Scientific Studies) Inter-layer interpolation for confocal microscopy by digital inpainting and anisotropic diffusion (2004).
  • Technologie-Zentrum Informatik und Informationstechnik (TZI), Identification of interest points using a Wavelet based approach, Estimation of global motion Parameters, Image Matching and Generation of sprite images (2001).


CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS

Presentations

Rodrigo Rojas Moraleda, Raquel Pezoa, Luis Salinas, Luis Pizarro, Juan Reyes, Raúl González
Segmentation of IHC-stained Breast Tissues Images using SVM,
XIII Jornadas de Ingeniería Clínica y Tecnología Médica GEIC-2010, ISBN 978-950-698-259-1, Paraná, Entre Rios, Argentina, October 2010.


Rodrigo Rojas Moraleda, Susana Vargas, Maria Osorio-Reich, Alejandra Garcia, Steffen Härtel.
Grading motility in Human Sperm by an unsupervised machine learning approach.
XXIX International Conference of the Chilean Computer Society, II Chilean Workshop on Pattern Recognition, Antofagasta, Chile, November 2010.


Rodrigo Rojas Moraleda, Eric Monfroy
Import of goods process, modeled by Dynamic Composition of Web Services.
Workshop on Constraints and Applications to Web Services, Technical University Federico Santa Maria, Valparaiso, Chile, INRIA National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control, France. Valparaiso, Chile, November 2010.


Rojas, R., Guarda, M.I., & S. Härtel,
Identification and Classification of Di- and Triploid Erythrocytes by Multi-parameter Image Analysis: A New Method for the Quantification of Triploidization Rates in Rainbow Trout. Representation of reality by brain and machines. Crossed views from neurosciences and computer vision. Montevideo. Uruguay, 8-12 November, 2004.


Attended

Summer School 2011 Advance Course Mathematical Methods in Microscopic Biomedical Imaging – MMIMB.

January 3 – 19 2011, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.

Intensive Course of Mathematical Biology: Dynamics and Pattern Formation in Multicellular Systems. Themes among other: Classical model by Turing on diffusion driven instabilities and variety of pattern formations, PDE modeling and simulations for Biology, Prof. Dr. Angela Stevens, University of Heidelberg, Applied Mathematics and BioQuant. Institute for Cell Dynamics and Biotechnology, University of Chile., Santiago, Chile, October 2010.

Pucón one week symposium 2008, Ubiquitous networks for new advanced applications. Subjects Energy & Environment, Biotechnology, Remote Mining, Data Imaging, Ultra High Speed Networking, e-Science/Grids/HPC, Astronomy, Astronomy Instrumentation.

IK2001 College, members of the different disciplines meet to learn from each other and with each other. A one-week intensive course program comprises basic and special courses which introduce the fascinating theme of communication from the perspectives of neurobiology, cognitive science and neuroscience as well as artificial intelligence. The course program is complemented by poster presentations by participants, discussion groups, and evening talks on selected themes. Universität Osnabrück, Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg / Universität Bremen.
Günne at Lake Möhne Germany,


Mentions

Härtel S, Ramirez O, Garcia A, Espinosa A, Eisner V, Rojas R & A Couve Defined Displacement Algorithms in Combination with Robust Segmentation Procedures Create Structure Sensitive Random Scenarios for Statistical Evaluation of Colocalization in Confined Cellular Compartments, XXII Reunión Anual de la Sociedad de Biología Celular de Chile, October5-8 2008.

Härtel S, Ramirez O, Garcia A, Espinosa A, Eisner V, Rojas R & A Couve Defined Displacement Algorithms in Combination with Robust Segmentation Procedures Create Structure Sensitive Random Scenarios for Statistical Evaluation of Colocalization in Confined Cellular Compartments, I Congresso IBRO/LARC De Neurociências Da América Latina, Caribe E Península Ibérica, Buzios, RJ, Brasil, September 1-4, 2008

Härtel S, C. Lemus, K Palma, A Garcia, R. Rojas, L. Munoz, R. Rojas, M Concha.Time Resolved Image Processing Routines For 3d-Visualization And Analysis Of Morpho-Topological Features In Biological And Medical Sciences. Fifth AccessNova Forum: Ubiquitous Networks for New Advanced Applications, Pucón, Chile, May 19-22. 2008.

Härtel, S., Cornejo, I., Rojas, R., Barros, L.F., ‘Cross Correlation and Scaling Index Methods for the Automated Quantification of Colocalization in Fluorescence Microscopy’ XIX Reunión anual, Sociedad de Biología Celular de Chile, Pucon, 17-21 October, 2005.

Härtel, S., Zeise, E., Rojas, R., Goicoechea, O. & Diehl, H., Flow Cytometry and Quantitative Multiparameter Microscopy: Competing and Complementing Methods for the Detection of Apoptosis and for the Quantification of Triploid Erythrocytes of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). 14th Annual Clinical Applications of Cytometry, Palm Springs, CA, USA, 26-29 September, 1999.



  TEACHING

Thesis Supervisor, Design and Prototype of a Virtual Classroom. Diseño y construcción de un prototipo para un liceo virtual, Loaiza Pablo, Siegel Mauricio, prof. Alvarez Luis, prof. Rojas-Moraleda Rodrigo, Universidad Austral de Chile. Facultad de Ciencias de la Ingeniería 2004.

Thesis Supervisor, Develop an ERP system for the Meat-Processing Industry, Sistema de producción aplicado a la industria de procesamiento de carne , López-Vyhmeister Diego, prof. Solar Martín, prof. Rojas-Moraleda Rodrigo, Universidad Austral de Chile. Facultad de Ciencias de la Ingeniería, 2004.


  INTERNSHIPS

Technologie-Zentrum Informatik TZI, Universität Bremen, Germany, 2001. I Worked two months as software engineer, focused on computer based analysis of motion in video sequences. This work was partly supported by the research project DFG/AVAnTA Automatische Videoanalyse und textuelle Annotation.

Institut für Biophysiks, Universität Bremen, Germany, 1999. I Worked three months as part of my Professional Practice, developing an unsupervised approach for clustering and classification of Erythrocites cells, from digital microscope images. Funded by DAAD



PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Leadership activities

Co-founder, Xperts Ltd. 2001
Xperts Ltd. is a custom software solutions development company that creates custom software for Telecoms, Retail & Logistics, Shipyards, Transports and Food industry in a wide spectrum of solutions, among others, mobile applications, Inventory management, wharehouse systems, middleware, ERP development.

Director, of strategic planing and research Xperts Ltd.
2001-2005, Project Manager
2001-2005, Director, of Planing and Research.


CEO Xperts Ltd. 2005-2009,
Leader the company expansion in to two news national regions.
Leader efforts to offer solutions in global cloud software strategy.


Consultant

Software Designer for international trade systems, focused on retail/importers market, 2007, 2010. ABCDIN Chilean national retail.
Tuning PostgreSQL for performance in large databases, 2008, 2009, Paperless a national e-document company.



   Computer skills

Languages:

C++, Java, Delphi, Interactive data Languaje (IDL), Matlab, Jsp,Php, UML.

Software:

Oracle suits, Ms SQLServer, PostgreSQL, Tuxedo Middleware, Corba.


Extracurricular

Competition Jury, IX National week of science and technology in the school, 2003, X region of Los Lagos, a CONICyT (National Scientific Research and Technology Commission) funded activity.

Interactive charts for science clubs and labs in schools 2004, a web application to build sophisticated graphs for experiments and science activities. Supported by Explora-Conicyt, X region.

Outdoor sports, Amateur musician.