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szapotecas [at] inaoep.mx
Computer Science Department, Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE).
Luis Enrique Erro No. 1, Tonantzintla, Puebla, 72840, México.
Formation
PhD in Computer Science
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV-IPN).
México city, MEXICO
MSc in Electric Engineering, Computer Science
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV-IPN).
México city, MEXICO
BSc in Computer Sciences
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP).
Puebla, MEXICO
Current Activities
[May 2022—present]
Scientific Researcher A. Computer Science Department, Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE).
[IEEE-TF-DTEC Member]
Scientific Researcher. IEEE CIS Task Force on Decomposition-based Techniques in Evolutionary Computation (DTEC)
[IEEE-TF-ESCO Member]
Scientific Researcher. IEEE CIS Task Force on Evolutionary Scheduling and Combinatorial Optimisation (ESCO)
Additional Information
Previous Activities
[January 2017—April 2022]
Visiting Professor. Departamento de Matemáticas Aplicadas y Sistemas, DCNI, UAM, Unidad Cuajimalpa.
[September 2016—January 2017]
Postdoctoral Fellow. CINVESTAV-IPN. México city, México.
[October 2014—September 2016]
Assistant Professor. Faculty of Engineering. Shinshu University. Nagano, Japan.
[June 2015—December 2015]
Postdoctoral Fellow. DOLPHIN project team. INRIA Lille Nord Europe. Lille, France.
[November 2014—March 2015]
Postdoctoral Fellow. DOLPHIN project team. INRIA Lille Nord Europe. Lille, France.
[January—September 2014]
Postdoctoral Fellow. Faculty of Engineering. Shinshu University. Nagano, Japan.
[July—December 2013]
Postdoctoral Fellow. CINVESTAV-IPN. México city, México.
[April 2012]
Doctoral Visitor. Department of Informatics. Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (UTFSM). Valparaiso, Chile.
Host Researcher: Dra. Cristina Riff.
[February 2012]
Doctoral Visitor. Machine Intelligence Unit. Indian Statistical Institute (ISI). Kolkata, India.
Host Researcher: Dra. Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay.
[January—May 2011]
Doctoral Visitor. Department of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering. University of Essex. Colchester, UK, England.
Host Researcher: Prof. Qingfu Zhang.
Distinctions and Awards
Distinction: Member of the “IEEE Taskforce on Evolutionary Scheduling and Combinatorial Optimisation”. 2023–To date.
Distinction: Member of the “IEEE Taskforce on Decomposition-based Techniques in Evolutionary Computation. 2020–To date.
Distinction: Regular Member of the Mexican Computing Academy. Mexico City, Mexico. October 2021.
Distinction: Full-Time Professor with a Desirable Profile. Awarded by the Professional Development Program of the Mexican Ministry of Public Education (PRODEP-SEP). 15/12/2021–14/12/2024. Awarded based on academic merit.
Award: Best Paper Award (1st place). Multi-objective release plan rescheduling in agile software development. Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (MICAI’2021). Springer, págs. 403–414.
Award: Best Paper Award (1st place). Approximating Pareto Set Topology by Cubic Interpolation on Bi-objective Problems. International Conference on Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization (EMO’2019). Springer, pp. 386–398.
Award: Best Paper Award (1st place). On the Many-Objective Pickup and Delivery Problem: Analysis of the Performance of Three Evolutionary Algorithms. Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (MICAI’2017). Springer, pp. 69–81.
Distinction: National Researcher Level I. Awarded by the Mexican Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT). 01/2023–12/2027.
Distinction: National Researcher Level I. Awarded by the Mexican Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT). 01/2020–12/2022.
Distinction: Full-Time Professor with a Desirable Profile. Awarded by the Professional Development Program of the Mexican Ministry of Public Education (PRODEP-SEP). 23/07/2018–22/07/2021. Awarded based on academic merit.
Distinction: Leader of the Academic Team “Optimization, Complex Systems, and Brain-Computer Interfaces”. Awarded by the Professional Development Program of the Mexican Ministry of Public Education (PRODEP-SEP). 11/2017–11/2020.
Grant: Support for the Incorporation of New Full-Time Professors. Awarded by the Professional Development Program of the Mexican Ministry of Public Education (PRODEP-SEP). 07/2017–12/2018. Awarded based on academic merit.
External Researcher: Scientific Collaborator at the international laboratory “MODO: Frontiers on Massive Optimization”, Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan, 08/2017–To date.
Grant: Postdoctoral Fellowship Awarded by the Mexican Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT) México City, 09/2017–12/2017. Awarded based on academic merit.
Recognition: Assistant Professor Awarded by Shinshu University. Nagano, Japón. 06/2014–12/2016.
External Researcher: Scientific Collaborator at the “BONUS: Big Optimization aNd Ultra-Scale Computing”, INRIA Lille–Nord Europe France. Lille, France, 06/2015–To date.
Grant: Support for the Workshop“SAMCO: Surrogate-Assisted Multi-Criteria Optimization”, Lorentz Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. Awarded by Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan. 03/2016.
Recognition: Younger Researcher in the framework “Strategic Young Researcher Overseas Visits Program for Accelerating Brain Circulation” of the researcher program “Global Research on the Framework of Evolutionary Solution Search to Accelerate Innovation”. Sponsored by the “Japan Society for the Promotion of Science” (JSPS). Nagano, Japan. 06/2014.
Grant: Postdoctoral Fellowship. Awarded by Shinshu University. Nagano, Japan. 01/2014–06/2014.
Grant: Postdoctoral Fellowship. Awarded by the Mexican Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT) México City. 07/2013–12/2013. Awarded based on academic merit.
Recognition: Letter of recognition granted by the Mexican Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT) for successfully completing doctoral studies. 12/2013.
Grant: Congress Support Grant. Awarded by the Institute of Science and Technology of the Federal District, Mexico (ICyTDF). Mexico City. 0682011. Awarded based on academic merit.
Recognition: Member of the “Association for Computing Machinery” (ACM). 01/2010.
Grant. Doctoral Scholarship. Awarded by the Mexican Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT) México, DF. 2009–2012. Awarded based on academic merit.
Distinction: Member of the “Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers” (IEEE). 01/2008.
Award: National Award for Master’s Thesis. XXI National Contest of Thesis of Computer Science in Mexico (ANIEI). Monterrey, Mexico. 10/2008.
Recognition: Letter of recognition granted by the Mexican Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT) for successfully completing master's studies. 12/2007.
Grant. Master Scholarship. Awarded by the Mexican Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT) México, DF. 2005–2007. Awarded based on academic merit.
Distinction: Honorable Mention in the “ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest”. Region: Mexico-Central America. Querétaro, Mexico. 06/2003.