Eric Goles
Eric Antonio Goles Chacc (born August 21, 1951, in Antofagasta, Chile) is a Chilean mathematician and computer scientist of Croatian descent. He studied mathematical engineering at the University of Chile before earning two doctorates from the University of Grenoble in France. His research focuses on discrete mathematics, theoretical computer science, complex systems, and cellular automata.Goles is currently a full professor at Adolfo Ibáñez University in Chile, where he founded and directs a Ph.D. program in complex systems.
In 1993, Goles was awarded Chile's National Prize for Exact Sciences. He also served as President of CONICYT, the Chilean equivalent of the National Science Foundation in the U.S.. Provided by Wikipedia