SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS
Andrés Sebastián
RÍOS GUTIÉRREZ
Director of Postgraduate Office
Director of GED
Research Group
CONTACT
Information
asriosgu@uis.edu.co
+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 2309
GENERAL
Biography
Andrés Ríos-Gutiérrez is a mathematician with a Master’s degree and a Ph.D. in Statistical Sciences from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Bogotá Campus). He is a Professor in the School of Mathematics at the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS). His academic and research interests focus on statistical and stochastic modeling, particularly the development and application of statistical methods to epidemiological models, with applications to infectious diseases and epidemic dynamics. He is a member of the EDAD research group at UIS and the Stochastic Processes research group at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. His teaching experience includes undergraduate and graduate courses in Social Statistics, Biostatistics, Statistics I (Probability), Statistics II (Statistical Inference), Basic Programming, Statistical Modeling, Mathematical Modeling, Time Series, and Experimental Design.
EDUCATION AND
Qualifications
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Ph.D. in Statistical Sciences
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2026
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Master’s Degree in Statistical Sciences
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2019
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Mathematician
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2016
Director of Postgraduate Office
Director of
GED Research Group
CONTACT
Information
asriosgu@uis.edu.co
+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 2309
AREAS OF
Expertise
Statistical methods
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Demography
Stochastic processes
Time series
OFFICE
Hours
Tuesdays and Thursdays
8:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
UIS Campus Central, Edificio Laboratorios Livianos, Escuela de Matemáticas



Outstanding
Works
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Stochastic Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of the COVID-19 Pandemic with Explicit Behavioral Changes in Bogotá: A Case Study
Article, Infectious Disease Modelling, 2022
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Comparison of Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus at Hospital Admission and Discharge
Article, Letters in Biomathematics, 2021
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Studies on the Basic Reproduction Number in Stochastic Epidemic Models with Random Perturbations
Article, Advances in Difference Equations, 2021