At ALMA, internships make their own discoveries. Six young people have found a way to contribute their professional practice to the world's largest observatory. Francisco Ortiz, Valentina Rodríguez, Camilo González, Dante Zunino, Matías Ávila and Luciana Fuenzalida have contributed, either in the Atacama Desert or from Santiago. For Francisco Ortiz, this experience simply brought him to one of...
While disassembling computers as a teenager, Camila Martínez discovered a passion that brought her closer to the stars. "It was my family's technique," smiles our engineer from the ALMA Computing Department's Software team on the eve of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on February 11. This young talent was one of the women recognized by...
"I've got you the latest". That's what Francisco Fuentes used to say to his colleagues every time he came on shift, accompanied by "I had to go back to work, I didn't win the lottery". And that was his trademark: to cheer up with his humor whoever was near him. These are some of the many impressions left by...
Carlos González was just a kid when he watched his dad use his analog camera and all he wanted to do was put his eye behind the lens. "It's like a piece of clockwork. I would grab his camera and try to take pictures, as if by imitation," says our Electronics Technician I. Many years later, when he arrived...
As an observatory we have gone through several obstacles, but the cyberattack we suffered on October 29, 2022 was an experience we do not want to relive. That intrusion affected our daily operations and communications for months, and required monumental work to recover in 2023. This led to the need for a radical change in our information systems security,...
There are those who see solutions where there are problems. In this case it applies to discarded computers that generate a great burden on the environment. "We would like to reach any place where there is a need for access to information," says Francisco Caro, our Software Engineer, who is part of the Soy Puente foundation, in charge of...