Dr. Alejandro Jofré is a Professor at the University of Chile, acting as a researcher at the Department of Mathematical Engineering. His research focuses include optimization and mathematical economics. Since April 2000, he has been Vice Director of the Centre for Mathematical Modeling and is the leader of projects related with the energy and telecommunication network such as "Rockmass Geo-Mechanical Instabilities in Cooper Mines." He is also a Professor of the PhD program on Mathematical Economics at the University Paris 1- Sorbonne and an associate member of the Center for Experimental Math, Canada. Dr. Jofré holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of Pau, France, and has published more than 30 papers.