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 Ignacio Ponzoni

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Educational Qualifications

 

Degrees

 

PhD in Computer Science, Universidad Nacional del Sur.

Thesis title: “Application of Graph Theory to the Development of Algorithms for Classification of Variables”. Supervisors: Dra. Nélida Brignole and Dr. Guillermo Simari.

Thesis dissertation: April-2001.

Mark: 10 (Outstanding).

 

Graduate in Computer Science, Universidad Nacional del Sur.

Graduation date: March-1996.

Academic Average: 8.63.

 

Post-doctoral stays

 

Visiting Researcher in the Department of Genomics and Bioinformatics, Principe Felipe Research Center, Valencia, Spain. From 6-June-201 until 15-July-2011. Activity: research in the development of pathway network inference methods.

 

Visiting Researcher in the Department of Genomics and Bioinformatics, Principe Felipe Research Center, Valencia, Spain. From 3-March-2009 until 5-July-2009. Activity: research in the development of pathway network inference methods.

 

Visiting Researcher in the School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Ulster, United Kingdom. From 28-August-2006 until 26-Sept-2006. Activity: research in the development of gene regulatory network inference methods.

 

Visiting Researcher in the School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Ulster, United Kingdom. From 28-February-2005 until 6-July- 2005. Activity: research in the development of gene regulatory network inference methods.

 

Current Positions

 

Scientific and Technological Researcher of CONICET

Category: Investigador Independiente (equivalent to a Senior Researcher position)

 

Profesor Asociado (equivalent to Reader position in UK Educational System)

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca, Argentina.

 

Vice-head of the Laboratory of Research and Development in Scientific Computing (LIDeCC). Lab site: http://lidecc.cs.uns.edu.ar 

 

PhD Supervision

 

Current

 

Fiorella Cravero. “Predictive Modelling of Complex Systems in Molecular Informatics: Development of Feature Selection and Extraction Methods under Uncertainty”. PhD in Computer Sciences, Universidad Nacional del Sur (Argentina). Start date: Jun-2015.

 

José Romero. “Development of Data Mining and Machine Learning Methods for the Study of Gene Expression in Plants”. PhD in Computer Sciences, Universidad Nacional del Sur (Argentina). Start date: Sep-2010.

 

 

Completed

 

Julieta S. Dussaut. “Development of Evolutionary Computing and Machine Learning Methods for the inference of Pathway Networks”. PhD in Computer Sciences, Universidad Nacional del Sur (Argentina). Thesis dissertation: March-2016. Mark: 10 (Outstanding). Thesis reviewers: Dr. Elizabeth Tapia (UNR, Argentina) and Dr. Pilar Bulacio (UNR, Argentina).

 

Cristian A. Gallo. “Development of Multiobjective Evolutionary Computing and Machine Learning Techniques for the Inference, Modelling and Simulation of Gene Regulatory Networks”. PhD in Computer Sciences, Universidad Nacional del Sur (Argentina). Thesis dissertation: March-2014. Mark: 10 (Outstanding). Thesis reviewers: Dr. Elizabeth Tapia (UNR, Argentina) and Dr. Pilar Bulacio (UNR, Argentina).

 

Axel J. Soto. “Machine learning and Scientific Computing Techniques applied to the Prediction of ADMET properties”. PhD in Computer Sciences, Universidad Nacional del Sur (Argentina). Thesis dissertation: Junio-2010. Mark: 10 (Outstanding). Thesis reviewers: Dr. Pablo Granitto (UNR, Argentina) and Dr. Diego Milone (UNL, Argentina).

 

Jessica A. Carballido. “Design of Evolutionary Algorithms for Initial Optimal Allocation of Sensor Networks in Industrial Processes”. PhD in Computer Sciences, Universidad Nacional del Sur (Argentina). Thesis dissertation: Nov-2005. Mark: 10 (Outstanding). Thesis reviewers:                Dr. Carlos Coello Coello (CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico) and Dr. Gerardo Acosta (UNICEN, Argentina).

 

Funded Research Proposals

 

PIP 2013-2015: Machine Learning and Evolutionary Computing Techniques applied to the Design of Predictive Models in Bioinformatics applied to Systems Biology and Molecular Informatics. Grant code: 112-2012-0100471CO. Project Leader: Dr. Ignacio Ponzoni. Supporting Organization: CONICET. Period: 1/11/2014 – 31/10/2017. Amount: 360.000 Argentinean pesos.

 

PIP 2010-2012: Machine Learning and Evolutionary Computing Techniques applied to the Design of Predictive Models in Bioinformatics. Applications: Gene Regulatory Networks Inference and ADMET Prediction. Grant code: 112-2009-0100322. Project Leader: Dr. Ignacio Ponzoni. Supporting Organization: CONICET. Period: 1/5/2010 – 31/10/2014. Amount: 180.000 Argentinean pesos.

 

PGI-UNS: Machine Learning and Evolutionary Computing Techniques applied to the Design of Predictive Models in Bioinformatics. Grant code: 24/ZN15. Project Leader: Dr. Ignacio Ponzoni. Supporting Organization: SGCyT, Universidad Nacional del Sur. Períod: 1/1/2008–31/12/2010. Amount: 10.000 Argentinean pesos.

 

PIP: Computational for Prediction of ADMET Properties, and Instrumentation & Simulation of Industrial Processes. Grant Code: 5930. Project Leaders: Dra. Nélida B. Brignole and Dr. Ignacio Ponzoni. Supporting Organization: CONICET. Period: 2/9/2005 – 1/9/2007. Amount: 36.000 Argentinean pesos.

 

PICT B: Parallel Processing Applied to Chemical Engineering. Grant Code: 11-12778. Project Leader: Dr. Ignacio Ponzoni. Supporting Organization: ANPCyT. Period: 6/4/2004 – 6/7/2007. Amount: 20.000 Argentinean pesos.

 

 

Editorial Work, Committee Memberships and other Professional Activities

 

President of the Directive Council of the Argentine Association for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (A2B2C). Link: www.a2b2c.org

 

Editorial Board Member of the following indexed journals:

Journal of Universal Computer Science (ISSN: 0948-695x)

Biomedical Engineering and Computational Biology (ISSN: 1179-5972)

 

Member of the following Scientific Societies:

Argentine Association for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (A2B2C) (http://www.a2b2c.org.ar)

International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) (http://www.iscb.org/)

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (http://www.acm.org/)

 

Member of the Multidisciplinary Consortium for the Improvement of Cancer Data Management (GRUPROIC), Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca. 

 

Chairman of the VI Argentine Symposium of Artificial Intelligence (ASAI 2004), XXXIII JAIIO (Argentine Conference on Computer Science and Operational Research).

 

Program Committee Member of the several International Conferences in Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computing and Bioinformatics.

 Ignacio Ponzoni