Dr. Ivan Derpich, Professor of the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Santiago de Chile. Industrial Civil Engineer from the University of Santiago de Chile and Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences, mention in Industrial Engineering, from the Catholic University of Chile. He has been a consultant for companies and has been Director of the Master in Industrial Engineering and Director of the Doctorate in Engineering, mention in Industrial Engineering, at the same university. Member of the Chilean Institute of Operations Research (ICHIO). He has developed research in operations research, in particular integer linear programming.