Awards and Recognition

Prizes and Awards

Google Academic Research Award, Google, 2024. Awarded for the project “Community weavers of artificial intelligence and nature-based solutions: a grassroots-participatory AI approach to urban transformations towards sustainability”, which develops participatory AI methods for urban sustainability with and for local communities.
Premio Arturo Rosenblueth, CINVESTAV-IPN, 2018. Awarded for the best doctoral thesis in computer science at CINVESTAV-IPN.

Track Chair, Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization track, GECCO 2026. GECCO is the premier conference in genetic and evolutionary computation, organized by ACM SIGEVO.
Associate Editor, Engineering Optimization, 2026–present. Engineering Optimization is a peer-reviewed international journal covering optimization methods and their applications in engineering.
SNI Level 1, National System of Researchers (SNII), 2019–2030. The SNII is Mexico’s national recognition system for research excellence, administered by CONAHCYT.
Representante de Tutores, AI area, Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación, UNAM, 2025–present. Representative of faculty advisors in the AI area of UNAM’s graduate program in computer science.
Coordinador, Licenciatura en Ciencia de Datos, IIMAS-UNAM, 2026–present. Academic coordinator of UNAM’s undergraduate program in data science, hosted at the Institute for Applied Mathematics and Systems.
Coordinador, Diplomado en IA Aplicada, DGTIC-UNAM, 2024–present. Academic coordinator of a national continuing education program in applied AI, offered through UNAM’s General Directorate of Computing and Information Technologies.