Dr. Broderick Crawford is a Professor at the Computer Science Department, Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso, Chile. He received his Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Federico Santa María Technical University, Chile, in 1988, his MBA from Universidad de Chile, Chile, in 2001, and his PhD in Computer Engineering from Federico Santa María Technical University, Chile, in 2011. Dr. Broderick Crawford's research interests include combinatorial optimization, metaheuristics, global optimization, and autonomous search. In this context, he has published more than 300 scientific papers in different international conferences and journals in computer science, operational research, and artificial intelligence. Most of these papers are based on the resolution of benchmark and real-world optimization problems.
Dr. Ricardo Soto currently serves as a Professor of Computer Engineering and the Director of the School of Computer Engineering at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso. He received the degree of Civil Engineer in Computer Science from the same school in 2003 and completed his PhD in Computer Science at the University of Nantes, France in 2009. Dr. Ricardo Soto's research interests include Metaheuristics, Autonomous Search, Machine Learning, and Constraint Programming. In this context, he has published more than 300 scientific articles in different international conferences and journals. He has also participated as a leader and co-leader in many national and international projects in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. In addition, Dr. Ricardo Soto is also a member of the Computer and Informatics Committee and an evaluator in Connection Science, Taylor & Francis magazines, etc.
