Pattern Recognition, Big Data and Learning Analytics in Uruguay

The 20th Iberoamerican Congress on Pattern Recognition (CIARP 2015) helded (between the 9th and the 12th of November, 2015) at the Facultad de Ingeniería (Universidad de la República). The CIARP 2015 was organized by the Uruguayan IAPR Chapter, including members from Universidad de la República and Universidad Católica. Cecilia Marconi, from Ceibal Foundation gave a talk at CIARP the most important Iberoamerican conference in pattern recognition, computer vision and multimedia. CIARP 2015 was a fruitful forum for exchanging scientific results and experiences, sharing new knowledge, and promoting cooperation between researchers.

“Pattern recognition aims to make the process of learning and detection of patterns explicit, such that it can partially or entirely be implemented on computers. Automatic (machine) recognition, description, classification (grouping of patterns into pattern classes) have become important problems in a variety of engineering and scientific disciplines such as biology, psychology, medicine, marketing, computer vision, artificial intelligence, and remote sensing“. (source)

Pattern Recognition includes subject areas involving learning and recognition such as:
• Statistical, structural, syntactic pattern recognition;

• Neural networks, machine learning, data mining;

• Discrete geometry, algebraic, graph-based techniques for pattern recognition;

• Signal analysis, image coding and processing, shape and texture analysis;

• Computer vision, robotics, remote sensing;

• Document processing, text and graphics recognition, digital libraries;

• Speech recognition, music analysis, multimedia systems;

• Natural language analysis, information retrieval;

• Biometrics, biomedical pattern analysis and information systems;

• Scientific, engineering, social and economical…

Cecilia Marconi, research fellow and data scientist from Center for Research – Ceibal Foundation participated in the summit presenting some of the current research developed by the institution. This presentation is a an expanded version of the work presented in France (IARIA, 2015) plus new research projects conducted within and beyond Plan Ceibal.