Name: Luis Humberto Pizarro Quiroz
Date and place of birth: October 25.1977 in Valparaiso, Chile.
Marital status: Single
Address: Fritz-Dobisch-Str. 13, 4.Stock, 66111 Saarbruecken, Germany.
E-mails: pizarro@mia.uni-saarland.de
Phones: +49 176 2882 4301 (mobile), +49 681 935 2515 (home)
Education
2006 – Ph.D. student – Research Assistant
Mathematical Image Analysis Group of Prof. Joachim Weickert
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at Saarland University
Saarbrücken, Alemania.
2001 – 2003 Master of Science in Informatics Engineering
Department of Informatics, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María,
Valparaíso, Chile.
1996 – 2001 Informatics Engineering
Department of Informatics, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María,
Valparaíso, Chile.
Experience
Sep 2005 Invited Researcher
Department of Computer Science, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile,
Santiago, Chile.
• Research on Robust Automated Multiple View Inspection
Ago 2004 – Researcher
Ago 2005 IM2: Institut of Innovation in Mining and Metallurgy – Codelco, Santiago, Chile.
• Projects of innovation to improve productive processes in mining industry.
Ago 2004 – Part-time Lecturer
Dic 2004 Faculty of Science and Technology, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago, Chile.
• Pattern Recognition
Jan 2004 – Research in Informatics
Jun 2004 INRIA: Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique,
Project ICARE, Sophia – Antipolis, France.
• Robust Efficient Second Order Tracking Algorithms.
Mar 2002 – Part-time Lecturer
Nov 2003 Department of Informatics, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María,
Valparaíso, Chile.
• Computer Programming
• Digital Image Processing
• Computational Statistics
Nov 2001 – Consultant Engineer
Mar 2003 Division of Mineral Resources, Anglo American Chile S.A., Santiago, Chile.
• Development of image processing tools for mining.
Mar 2001 – Research Assistant
Nov 2003 Department of Informatics, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María,
Valparaíso, Chile.
• Fondecyt Project N° 1010101: “Robust Estimation and Filters Development in Image Processing on Remote Sensing”.
Jan 2002 – Professional Practice
Feb 2002 Division de Bussines Intelligence, IBM. S.A.C. Chile, Santiago, Chile.
• Training on data mining techniques for bank databases.
Jan 2001 – Industrial Practice
Feb 2001 Division of Mineral Resources, Anglo American Chile S.A., Santiago, Chile.
• Training on digital image processing for mining.
Mar 1999 – Assistantship Student
Nov 2000 Department of Informatics, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María,
Valparaíso, Chile.
• Networks Laboratory
• Computational Statistics Laboratory
Honors and Awards
Dic 2005 Distinction “College of Engineers of Chile”
One of the best engineers graduated in 2004.
College of Engineers of Chile, Chile.
Oct 2005 Scholarship for Doctoral Studies
DAAD: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst. Germany.
Dic 2004 Academic Distinction Federico Santa María
To the best undergraduate student in Informatics Engineering.
Academic Vice-Direction, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Chile.
Jan – Jun 2004 Scholarship for Research-Internship in Informatics
INRIA: Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique,
Project ICARE, Sophia – Antipolis, France.
CONICYT: National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research, Santiago, Chile.
Oct 2003 Second Place in Robotics Competition
Department of Electronics, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Chile.
2000 – 2003 Scholarship for Master Studies
Department of Postgraduate, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Chile.
2002 – 2003 Scholarship for Scientific Initiation
Department of Postgraduate, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Chile.
Mar 2001 Distinction to the Academic Merit
To the highest grades among all engineering students of fifth year in 2000.
Academic Vice-Direction, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Chile.
1997 – 2002 Scholarship “President of the Republic” for Undergraduates Studies
Ministry of the Interior, Republic of Chile.
1996 – 2001 Scholarship “Ministry of Education” for Undergraduates Studies
Ministry of Education, Republic of Chile.
Publications
[1] Pizarro, L., Mery, D., Delpiano, R., Carrasco, M. “Robust Automated Multiple View Inspection Based on Image Matching”. Submitted to an International Journal.
[2] Allende, H., Frery, A., Galbiati, J., Pizarro, L. “M-Estimators
with Asymmetric Influence Functions: the 
Distribution Case”. To appear in Journal of Statistical
Computation and Simulation, 2006.
[3] Pérez, N., Pizarro, L., Zaegel, J. “Supporting blasting design using artificial neural networks”.
8th International Symposium FragBlast, May. 2006, Santiago, Chile.
[4] Pérez, N., Pizarro, L., Zaegel, J. “Neural Networks in blasting process managing”,
VI Jornadas de Tronadura, May. 2005, Viña del Mar, Chile.
[5] Pizarro, L. “Robust Parameter Estimation on SAR Data Distributions”, MSc. Thesis, Depto. Informática, U. Técnica Federico Santa María, Dic. 2003, Valparaíso, Chile.
[6] Allende, H., Pizarro, L. “Robust Estimation of Roughness Parameter in SAR Amplitude Images”, In A. Sanfeliu and J. Ruiz-Shulcloper, editors, Progress in Pattern Recognition, Speech and Image Analysis – CIARP 2003, volume 2905 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 129-136. Springer, Berlin, 2003.
[7] Allende,
H., Galbiati, J., Pizarro, L. “GM-estimates for the Distribution in SAR Imagery”,
X Latin American Symposium on Remote Sensing, Oct. 2002, Cochabamba, Bolivia.
[8] Allende, H., Galbiati, J., Pizarro, L. “M-estimadores
Simétricos de la Distribución ”,
V Congreso Latinoamericano de Sociedades de Estadística, Oct. 2002, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
[9] Allende,
H., Galbiati, J., Pizarro, L. “Simulation of the Distribution in SAR Images”,
IV Congreso Nacional de Investigación de Operaciones, Oct. 2001, Curicó, Chile.
Languages
• Spanish: Native
• English: Advanced
• German: Intermmediate
• French: Basic