Academic

Ricardo Baeza-Yates

Chilean computer scientist

Life: 1961 – present
Born: March 21, 1961
Nationality: Chile

Ricardo A. Baeza-Yates is a Chilean computer scientist specializing in algorithms, data structures, information retrieval, web search and responsible AI. Since 2025 he is a part-time Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program professor at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology of Sweden in Stockholm. He is also part-time professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona and Universidad de Chile in Santiago. He is an expert member of the Global Partnership on Artif