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Researchers from the University of Concepción excel in AI-based measurement

The University of Concepción (UdeC) has achieved a significant milestone in the field of scientific research. Several of its academics are among the most distinguished in the world in their respective fields of knowledge, according to a new measurement based on artificial intelligence (AI).

The measurement is carried out by ScholarGPS, an academic analysis platform considered the most comprehensive in the world. ScholarGPS was created by academics and is freely accessible.

The results of this classification are consistent with other similar rankings, such as Research.com, QS World University Rankings, and CWTS Leiden. The ranking has two categories: 'Highly ranked scholars', which includes the top 0.05% of the world's most distinguished scientists; and 'Top scholars', which includes the top 0.5% of the world's most distinguished scientists.

Additionally, the measurement allows filtering the lists of academics by career (lifetime) and by the records of the last five years. For example, in all areas, there are four UdeC scientists: Bernabé L. Rivas, Doug Geisler, José Espinoza, and Lohengrin A. Cavieres. In the last five years, there are 6: Ramalinga Viswanathan Mangalaraja, Nathan W. C. Leigh, Cristian Gallardo-Escárate, Gabriel N. Gatica, Miquel Martorell, and Mauricio A. Urbina.

One of the scientists mentioned on this list is Professor Gabriel N. Gatica, an academic in the Department of Mathematical Engineering at the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. "From a historical perspective, and taking advantage of having more than 40 years as an academic at our university, I have been able to point out on several occasions that since the 1990s there has been a great qualitative and quantitative leap in the scientific activity of the UdeC," said Gatica. "In fact, regardless of the names involved, which may vary from one measurement to another, our institution has gone from being little known internationally in the last 30 or so years to having several disciplines today in which it stands out worldwide," added the also member of the Center for Research in Mathematical Engineering CI²MA, of the UdeC and the Center for Mathematical Modeling (CMM) of the University of Chile. "What ScholarGPS does, in a totally objective way, like other similar rankings that we have known in recent years, is to reaffirm the above," said Gatica.

A similar view was shared by Professor Lohengrin Cavieres González, an academic in the Department of Botany at the Faculty of Natural and Oceanographic Sciences. "It is always gratifying that as a result of more than 25 years of working here at the University, we have been fortunate to address questions that the community in my area has generally found interesting," said Cavieres. "I would also like it to serve as an incentive for younger people because, from what I have seen, there is another perspective in this ranking that is looking at the last five years and you can see that there are colleagues here at the University who are standing out and that is also very positive," he added and then, raised institutional challenges: "This should also draw more attention from our authorities, I am not only referring to the current ones, because it is true that the University is very important because it is where we have been allowed to develop our work, but also, sometimes, the work becomes a bit difficult and we need a little more facilities, not only that we are standing out, but in general," said the also researcher at the Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, IEB. "That is to say, that the University sits down to talk and analyze calmly and with a long-term vision, areas in which we have comparative advantages and how we do it to continue strengthening them," he explained, "because these things come when you are older and you have 'little gas in the tank' and you would like younger people to be in these rankings, without that meaning that only the rankings should move us, but, whether we like it or not, they are a way of seeing how we are contributing from the University to the development of the different disciplines". "I see my colleagues, very capable people and I am very happy to see young people who are standing out, but at the same time I see that there are many more young people who could stand out, if we could improve their conditions," said the also director of the Antarctic and Subantarctic Sciences Program, PCAS, of the VRID.

Source: UDEC

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