Education

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science (1998). University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • M.S. in Computer Science (1994). University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • B.S. in Computer Engineering (1989). Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, México.

Employment

  • Associate Professor (2002-present). Department of Computer Science, University of Houston.
  • Joint Associate Professor (2021-Present). Department of Physics, University of Houston.

  • Adjunct Associate Professor (2020-2021). Department of Statistics, Rice University.
  • Research Staff Member (1998-2002). IBM T.J. Watson Research Center.
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor (2001). Fordham University, NY.
  • Computer Engineer (1990-1991). IBM México.

Awards, Distinctions

  • Vicepresident Astroinformatics (2017-2020). International Astrostatistics Association (IAA).
  • Excellence in Research Award (2005). Dept. of Computer Science, University of Houston.
  • Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award (2005). National Science Foundation.
  • Best Paper Award (2003). 14th European Conference on Machine Learning.
  • Invention Achievement Award (2001). IBM Research.
  • Fulbright scholarship (1991-97). University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • Valedictorian (1989). Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, México.