Eric Antonio Goles Chacc (born August 21, 1951) is a

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and computer scientist of Croatian descent. He studied

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at the

University of Chile The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843.

before taking two

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s at the

University of Grenoble The Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA, French: meaning "''Grenoble Alps University''") is a public research university in Grenoble, France. Founded in 1339, it is the third largest university in France with about 60,000 students and over 3,000 resea ...

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. A professor at the University of Chile, he is known for his work on

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. Goles was born in

Antofagasta Antofagasta () is a port city in northern Chile, about north of Santiago. It is the capital of Antofagasta Province and Antofagasta Region. According to the 2015 census, the city has a population of 402,669. After the Spanish American wars ...

, northern Chile. In 1993 Goles was awarded Chile's National Prize for Exact Sciences. He was President of

CONICYT CONICYT is a Chilean government agency responsible for coordinating, promoting and aiding scientific research in the country. The name is an acronym of ''Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica'' meaning "National Commi ...

(the Chilean equivalent of the

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in the

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), and an advisor on

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and

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to the

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. Goles currently teaches and does research at the

Adolfo Ibáñez University The Adolfo Ibáñez University ( es, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez) (UAI) is a private research university in Santiago, Chile associated with the Adolfo Ibáñez Foundation. In 1988, in accordance with new educational legislation, a university was ...

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Goles Biography
as a Director of the Chilean Millennium Science Initiative
Fuller biography
in

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at website of CONICYT 1951 births Living people Chilean computer scientists 20th-century Chilean mathematicians 21st-century Chilean mathematicians Cellular automatists People from Antofagasta Chilean people of Croatian descent University of Chile alumni Grenoble Alpes University alumni University of Chile faculty {{mathematician-stub