Vladimir Araujo

I am currently a PhD student at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and KU Leuven, advised by Professors Alvaro Soto and Marie-Francine Moens.

My main research interest is Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing, specifically on extending current approaches with mechanisms inspired by human language processing.

• August 2018-Present. Researcher, MILLENNIUM INSTITUTE FOUNDATIONAL RESEARCH ON DATA (IMFD), Chile
• May 2020-Present. Lecturer, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA, Chile
• July 2021-December 2021.

  Visiting

  Researcher, WESTERN UNIVERSITY - COGNITIVE ENGINEERING LABORATORY, Canada

• March 2019-December 2021.

  Teaching

  Assistant, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA, Chile

• January 2014-December 2020. Co-Funder, AV ELECTRONICS, Ecuador
• April 2015-July 2018. Lecturer, INSTITUTO TÉCNOLOGICO CEMLAD, Ecuador
• January 2015-March 2015.

  Laboratory

  Assistant, UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA SALESIANA, Ecuador

• April 2014-December 2018. Lecturer, MASTOOSFE, Ecuador

• Present. Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE - KU LEUVEN, Chile - Belgium.

  Mention: Computer Science.

  Research Title: Prediction and Integration for Natural Language Representation 

• 2017. M.Sc. in Electronics Engineering, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA, Colombia.

  Mention: Intelligent Robotics (Cum laude).

  Thesis Title: SiREM Robotic System to Train Working Memory 

• 2015. B.Eng. in Electronics Engineering, UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA SALESIANA, Ecuador.

  Mention: Automation (Second best graduate).

  Thesis Title: Humanoid robot control in 3D space using Kinect sensor.