Dr Aland Astudillo

Biography

Dr Aland Astudillo's background is in biomedical engineering, neuroscience, and machine learning. He finished his studies in BSc. in Biomedical Engineering and MSc. Biomedical Engineering at Universidad de Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile in 2012. He contributed in projects in industry and research. Specifically, he worked in the areas of medical technology and public health in the industry space. In parallel he contributed in research in the areas of computational neuroscience and vision. He received his PhD. in Biophysics and Computational Biology in 2023 in Universidad de Valparaiso, Chile working in brain activity modelling. During his PhD he additionally contributed in projects regarding cognition and language, and the physiology of stress. He supported the Chilean Government agency during pandemics as engineer and data analyst. Later, he participated as data scientist using deep learning for breast cancer prioritisation system for mammography images. Since 2023 he has worked in NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University contributing in projects related to cognition and dementia.

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