00:03:25Introduction and Biography
00:07:37Act 1 - A Very Difficult Early Childhood and Schooling in Santiago (Chile), 1960s and 70s
00:08:42"I got Tuberculosis... 6 months in bed and 2 years treatment"
00:12:44Act 2 - Unusual Experiences as a Child, 1960s and 1970s
00:12:45An unusual school curriculum
00:16:26Appearing on TV Quiz Show when he was 17 years
00:21:37Act 3 - First Experiences (Languages, Programming, Computers), 1960s and 1970s
00:26:38Act 4 - Doing Four Simultaneous Degrees in Universidad de Chile, 1979-1986
00:26:39“I wanted to find my limits.”
00:30:33Married and with a kid: During the 4 degrees
00:34:09Act 5 - Pinochet’s Dictatorship and its effect on life, 1960s, 70s, 80s
00:37:28When he almost became an army deserter
00:40:41Religion and Career. His Mother being treated as second-class citizen because she was separated but not divorced
00:42:34Politics interfering with the University
00:45:58Did life change after 1989 referendum (end of Pinochet)
00:47:27Did the dictatorship support computing and tech?
00:52:47Act 6 - Research Stories Galore! 1980s
00:54:22PhD in Waterloo: Writing papers outside his main research area
00:55:51Accidentally seeking a political asylum in Canada! The Story
00:56:56When Ethics forces you to create a fictional author! The story of “Paul S. Amerins”.
01:00:02Act 7 - Returning to Chile after Canada PhD, 1989
01:01:40In the wrong country for startup ideas: Doing Chile Startup Ventures in e-commerce and search
01:05:23Act 8 - Moving from Academia to Yahoo (Spain) to become VP and manage multiple Yahoo labs, 2005
01:09:51Act 9 - Retrospective and Perspective
01:09:52How do you stay happy outside of work?
01:14:05Spontaneous Idea to Write the book “Modern Information Retrieval”, which became a best-seller, late 1990s
01:15:56Handling Failures and Rejections: The Story of the Distributed Search Architecture in Yahoo!
01:18:34Handling Impostor Syndrome: The Story of Chess
01:23:14Thoughts on Diversity in CS/STEM: 50% of his PhD students have been women
01:26:49Alternate Realities: Had he been born in the US...
01:29:31Thank you and Ending
