§ Author · Director and founder, aGo lab

Sixto Valdés Elizalde

He directs aGo lab, a data, software and artificial intelligence laboratory. He is a computer and information engineer with a master's in software development. His research covers model interpretability and machine learning applied to social problems, and on the blog he writes about what shows up when that reaches a company: Chile's Law 21.719, technical debt, and when building beats buying.

§ Peer-reviewed publications

Valdés-Elizalde, S., Mendoza-Llanos, R., Molinillo, S., & Campos, P. G. (2025). Unveiling economic barriers to cultural consumption in Chile: insights from SHAP analysis and predictive modeling. Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración, 38(1), 53.

DOI: 10.1108/ARLA-07-2024-0147 · Scopus Q2 · Web of Science Q3 · CLADEA / Emerald · Open Access

§ Blog posts · 11

§ Active research lines

Vertical RAG and AI agents for regulatory compliance
Open statistical analysis with differential privacy
Model interpretability with SHAP

§ Academic background

Joint PhD in Economics and Business / Economics and Information Management University of Málaga and University of Bío Bío in progress
Master in Software Development University of Granada
Master of Business Administration (MBA) Universidad del Bío Bío
Computer and Information Engineer Universidad Andrés Bello
Ingeniería Comercial (business administration) Universidad del Bío Bío

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