Jaime Miranda

Associate Professor, Director of the Department of Management and Information Systems

Academic Training

Ph. D. Engineering Systems, Universidad de Chile.
Master in Operations Management, Universidad de Chile.
Civil Industrial Engineer, Universidad de Chile.

Sitio web

Biography

Jaime Miranda is Associate Professor and Director of the School of Information Systems and Auditing (ESIA).

His lines of research focus on the development of solution approaches based on Business Analytics, Operations Research (OR) and Machine Learning, for decision support in complex companies and organizations.

In 2016, he was part of the finalist team for the Franz Edelman “Award for Achievement in Advanced Analytics, Operations Research, and Management Science” delivered by INFORMS. This award is considered the world’s most prestigious Award for Real Applications in Operations Research.

Professor Miranda has led two major OR scientific societies. Between 2013 and 2016 he was president of the Chilean Institute of Operations Research (ICHIO), and then, between 2017 and 2018, he was president of the Latin-Ibero-American Association of Operations Research (ALIO).

In professional terms, he has participated in technological innovation projects in various national and international companies, as well as in public organizations. Among these organizations are: Metro de Santiago, Transantiago, Walmart, Banco Central, Nestlé, Parque Arauco, Banco BCI, Banco Chile, C13, among others. In 2017, he was part of the team that developed sophisticated analytical approaches for Viacom, a leading multinational company in the television industry in the United States and Latin America.

Research Areas

Business Analitycs, Investigación de Operaciones, Inteligencia de Negocios, Data Mining

Contact

jmirandap@fen.uchile.cl

Publicaciones en Revistas con Comité Editorial

2024 / Análisis de la deserción estudiantil universitaria desde una perspectiva analítica / Revista Contabilidad y Sistemas, Universidad de Chile / - No. 24
2021 / Redefining profit metrics for boosting student retention in higher education / DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS
2020 / La gestión logística del courier en contexto de pandemia / Revista Logistec
2020 / Uplift Modeling for preventing student dropout in higher education / DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS
2020 / IOWA-SVM: A density-based weighting strategy for SVM classification via OWA operators / IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON FUZZY SYSTEMS / - No. 9
2019 / Innovation potential with ict in Chile, application of an ontological framework for a systematic study / INTERCIENCIA / - No. 10
2019 / Data Analyticsy sistemas computacionales: elementos claves para la mejora del rendimiento de un operador del Transantiago / Revista Contabilidad y Sistemas, Universidad de Chile / - No. 1
2019 / Nuevos modos de conexión con redes globales de innovación: el caso de Chile [New modes for connecting with global innovation networks: The case of Chile] / Perfiles Latinoamericanos / - No. 54
2019 / The CIO Gap and Mismatch / IT Professional / - No. 2
2018 / Metro Uses a Simulation-Optimization Approach to Improve Fare-Collection Shift Scheduling / INTERFACES / - No. 6
2018 / Redefining support vector machines with the ordered weighted average / KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS
2017 / Operations Research Transforms the Scheduling of Chilean Soccer Leagues and South American World Cup Qualifiers / INTERFACES / - No. 1
2017 / An integer programming approach to curriculum-based examination timetabling / ANNALS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH / - No. 2
2014 / Information Systems for Organizational Agility: Action Research on Resource Scheduling at the Universidad de Chile / The Journal for Information Professionals / - No. 4
2012 / Start-ups success using public funds: university versus industry sponsorship. / Multidisciplinary business review (Print) / - No. 1
2012 / udpSkeduler: A Web architecture based decision support system for course and classroom scheduling / DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS / - No. 2
2010 / eClasSkeduler: A Course Scheduling System for the Executive Education Unit at the Universidad de Chile / INTERFACES / - No. 3
2010 / A model updating strategy for predicting time series with seasonal patterns / APPLIED SOFT COMPUTING / - No. 1
2009 / TO BI OR NOT TO BI: ¿Qué hay que considerar para que el Business Intelligence pueda realmente mejorar la calidad de mis decisiones? / - No. 4
2008 / Sistema de Gestión de Personal para el Canal de Ventas de Metro S.A / Revista Ingeniería de Sistemas
2008 / Programación de horarios de clases y asignación de salas para la facultad de ingeniería de la Universidad Diego Portales mediante un enfoque de programación entera / Revista Ingeniería de Sistemas
2007 / Scheduling the Chilean Soccer League by Integer Programming / Interfaces / - No. 6
2006 / A Forecasting Methodology Using Support Vector Regression and Dynamic Feature Selection / Journal of Information & Knowledge Management / - No. 4
2005 / Linear Penalization Support Vector Machines for Feature Selection / LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE / - No. 3776

Capítulos de libros

2019 / Student desertion: What is and how can it be detected on time?

Academic/Professional meeting Proceedings

2024 / Análisis de la deserción estudiantil universitaria desde una perspectiva analítica / Revista Contabilidad y Sistemas, Universidad de Chile / - No. 24
2019 / Data Analyticsy sistemas computacionales: elementos claves para la mejora del rendimiento de un operador del Transantiago / Revista Contabilidad y Sistemas, Universidad de Chile / - No. 1
2015 / Una mirada analítica de la administración de las actividades en una universidad y del uso de su infraestructura
2012 / Start-ups success using public funds: university versus industry sponsorship. / Multidisciplinary business review (Print) / - No. 1
2011 / eClasSkeduler 2.0: A Course Scheduling System for the Executive Education Unit at the Universidad de Chile
2011 / Predicción de Fugas de Clientes en una Entidad Financiera mediante un Enfoque Analítico
2010 / Role of information systems in organizational agility: The case of eClasSkeduler at Universidad de Chile
2008 / Sistema de Gestión de Personal para el Canal de Ventas de Metro S.A / Revista Ingeniería de Sistemas
2008 / Programación de horarios de clases y asignación de salas para la facultad de ingeniería de la Universidad Diego Portales mediante un enfoque de programación entera / Revista Ingeniería de Sistemas
2005 / A hybrid forecasting methodology using feature selection and support vector regression

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Academic/Professional meeting Presentations