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Luis Terán

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About: 

Luis Terán (1979) is currently writing a Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Fribourg (Information Systems Research Group). His main research topics consist of recommender systems, eGovernment, eDemocracy, eElection, eVoting, eCommunities, ePassports, and fuzzy classification. He obtained a Master of Science in Communication Systems at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) in 2009. He obtained a Bachelor of Science in engineer in electronics and telecommunications, Escuela Politécnica Nacional (EPN), in Quito-Ecuador in 2004. From 2004 to 2006, he headed the logistic department at TELCONET S.A., a leading enterprise in provisioning telecom services in Ecuador.

Contacts

Full Name: 
Luis Fernando Terán Tamayo
Current Position: 
Research Assistant / Phd Student
Phone: 
+41 (0)26 300 83 55
Fax: 
+41 (0)26 300 97 26
Postal Address: 
Information Systems Research Group
Department of Informatics
Boulevard de Pérolles 90
CH - 1700 Fribourg
Office: PER21 - D302

Research

Domains of Interest: 
  • eGovernment
  • eDemocracy
  • eElections
  • eVoting
  • eCommunities
  • Recommender Systems

Education

Education: 
Further Education: 
Languages: 
  • Spanish (mother tongue)
  • English (advanced)
  • French (poor)

Publications

Activities

Internal Activities: 
Memberships: 
  • IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  • ACM: Association for Computing Machinery

CV

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Leisure

Hobbies: 
  • Basketbal 
  • iPhone apps
  • Reading

History

Member for
1 year 5 weeks