Faculty member at Universidad de Chile
Electrical Engineering
Claudio A. Perez received the B.S.(EE)
(1980), the PE (EE) and the M.S. in Biomedical Engineering (1985) from
Universidad de Chile. He was a Fulbright student at the Ohio State University
where he obtained the Ph.D. (1991). In 1990 he was a Presidential Fellow and
received a Graduate Student Alumni Research Award from O.S.U. In 1991 he
received a Fellowship for Chilean scientists from Fundacion
Andes. He is member of the IEEE/SMC, IEEE/CIS, Sigma-Xi, and OSU Alumni
Association. He received funding from Fulbright Foundation through the Alumni
Initiatives Award Program for Academic Interchange for research visits between
U. of Chile and U.C., Berkeley (2002-2004). Currently he is a Professor at the
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile. His research
interests include face biometrics, man-machine interfaces and pattern
recognition. He was the Chairman at the Electrical Engineering Department
(08/2003-07/2006).