Eric Goles (born August 1951, Antofagasto) is a Chilean mathematician and computer scientists. He studied engineering at university before taking two doctorates at the University of Grenoble in France. A professor at Universidad de Chile, he is known for his work on cellular automata. August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Global Metrics Human security Major Armed Conflicts: Total Deaths in Battle: 700,000 people Violent Deaths caused by Government (Other than War): Violent Deaths caused by other humans: Juvenile Violent Crime: Political security Nations Holding Multi-party Elections: Percentage Living under a Fully Democratic System of Governance: Free Countries: Percentage... The Republic of Chile is a country in South America occupying a long coastal strip between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean. ... A mathematician is a person whose area of study and research is mathematics. ... Computer science (informally: CS or compsci) is, in its most general sense, the study of computation and information processing, both in hardware and in software. ... Engineering is the application of science to the needs of humanity. ... A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... A doctorate is an academic degree of the highest level. ... For the football club, see Universidad de Chile (football club) Universidad de Chile (Spanish University of Chile) is one of the oldest universities in America, and the largest and most prestigious in Chile. ... A cellular automaton (plural: cellular automata) is a discrete model studied in computability theory and mathematics. ...

He was awarded the Premio Nacional de Ciencias Exactas (Chilean National Science Prize) in 1993. He is the President of CONICYT (the Chilean equivalent of the National Science Foundation in the USA), and an advisor on science and technology to the Chilean government. The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent United States government agency responsible for supporting basic science research mainly by providing research funding. ... The word Usa has more than one meaning: U.S.A. - The United States of America Usa, Oita - A city in Japan This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... For the scientific journal named Science, see Science (journal). ... Technology ( Gr. ... Politics of Chile Politics of Chile Political parties in Chile Elections in Chile: President: 1970 - 1989 - 2005 Government Chile is a republic with an elected President and a bicameral Congress. ...

External links

• Goles Biography (http://www.mideplan.cl/milenio/ingles/estructura2.htm#Eric) as a Director of the Chilean Millennium Science Initiative
• Fuller biography (http://www.conicyt.cl/~egoles/) in Spanish at website of CONICYT