International recognition:
IEEE Senior Member since 2024 (https://www.ieee.org/)
President of the Latin American Center for Computer Studies (CLEI). Period 2021-2024 (https://www.clei.org/).
GOT ENERGY TALENT fellowship programme of the EU for postdoctoral fellows (MSCA fellowships) in the University of Alcalá, October 2020-2022
LAAS Research Fellows, Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems, CNRS, Francia, 2021- actualmente (http://bit.do/fN9ib)
President IV Latin American Doctoral Thesis Competition, San Pablo Brasil, 2018; Panamá, 2019. (http://bit.do/fPogb)
Executive Secretary of the Latin American Center for Computer Studies (CLEI). Period 2016-2020 (https://www.clei.org/).
PROMETEO Scholarship of the Ecuadorian Government to conduct a research internship at the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja and Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador, from October 2014- currently (researcher).
Scholarship Computer Intelligence Society (CIS)-IEEE to participate in the IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI) in Beijing, China, July 2014 (international competition among researchers from developing countries).
Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the XXXX Latin American Informatics Conference, CLEI 2014. Montevideo, Uruguay, September 2014
Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the XXXIX Latin American Informatics Conference, CLEI 2013. Caracas, Venezuela, October 2013
Grant as a guest researcher at the Université Paul Sabatier, March 2011-June 2011.
Member of the Technical Committee of the IEEE International Neural Networks (IEEE CIS Technical Committee on Neural Networks). January 2010 - Present (http://www.ieee-cis.org/technical/nntc/)
Award: Outstanding Student conferred by the Language and Culture Center at the University of Houston excellent English level 4 for the Fall semester 99. December 1999.
Scholarships:
-Of Excellence CONICIT-Venezuela, September 1999-December 2000, Post-Doctoral studies Houston, USA.
-Postdoctoral-for internships in France, CNRS-Cooperation Agreement CONICIT: May 1997 May 1998, May 1999.
- For Post-doctoral Internship in Italy, UNESCO-ICTP (International Centre for Theoretical Physics) September 1996.
-Of Excellence CONICIT-Venezuela, July 1991 - January 1995 for doctoral studies in France.
-Of Excellence CONICIT-Venezuela, July 1991 - January 1995 for doctoral studies in France.
Chair of various sessions at conferences, some of them: Session: "Algorithms and Computation II" 10th WSEAS International Conference on Computers, XXXII Conferencia Latinoamericana de Informática; Session "Control, Management and Applications", 11th WSEAS Intl Conf on Computers.
Award: Outstanding Achievement Award conferred by the International Institute of Informatics and Systemics by my participation in the organization of the World Multiconference on Systemic, Cybernetics and Informatics, July 1997.
Best Scientific Works:
- "Advisor of the Doctoral Thesis that won 3rd Place in the XI Latin American Doctoral Thesis Competition - CLEI, Valparaiso, Chile, October 2025, entitled: "Intelligent model for monitoring, evaluating, and recommending strategies to improve the innovation processes of MSMEs", Author: Ana Gutierrez. (https://clei.org/concurso-latinoamericano-de-tesis-de-doctorado/)
- "Advisor of the Doctoral Thesis that won 1st Place in the X Latin American Doctoral Thesis Competition - CLEI, Bahia Blanca, Argentina, August 2024, entitled: "Predictive and prescriptive modeling for the clinical management of dengue", Author: W. Hoyos. (https://clei.org/concurso-latinoamericano-de-tesis-de-doctorado/)
- "Best Poster of Work in Progress: 'Optimization of Sampling Performance in Multidimensional Space with Noise Distribution', co-authors: J. Redondo, A. Fernández, S. Diaz, M. Sapino, K. Candan, 2024 IMDEA Network Workshop, Madrid, Spain, May 2024.
- "Best Scientific Paper (Honorable Mention) in the AI for Social Impact track of the 38th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-2024), Vancouver, Canada, February 2024: 'Nowcasting Temporal Trends Using Indirect Surveys', co-authors: S. Ajitesh, J. Ramirez, S. Diaz, A. Ortega, A. Fernández, R. Lillo (https://aaai.org/about-aaai/aaai-awards/aaai-24-paper-awards)
- "Best Scientific Paper in the Systems in Practice track, at the XLIX Latin American Computer Conference (CLEI 2023), La Paz, Bolivia, October 2023: "Evaluation of the Level of Digital Transformation in MSMEs using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps based on Experts," Co-authors: J. Fuentes, W. Hoyos, E. Montoya.
- "Best Scientific Paper at the Third IEEE Ecuador Technical Chapters Meeting (ETCM 2018), Cuenca, Ecuador, October 2018: "A Novel Methodology to obtain Optimal PI Controller Gains using Multi-gene Genetic Programming for FOPTD Systems," Co-authors: D. Pozo, L. Morales, D. Maldonado.
- "Advisor of the Undergraduate Thesis that won 2nd Prize in the 4th National Competition of Special Graduation Project, from the Venezuelan Computing Society (SVC), entitled: "Recognition of Emotions in a Vehicle Driver Using the Chronicle Paradigm," Author: K. Aguilar, Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela 2017.
- Advisor of the Undergraduate Thesis that won Third Prize in the 1st National Competition of Special Graduation Projects, from the Venezuelan Computing Society (SVC), entitled: "Prototype of a Web Platform for Managing a Self-Training Process Based on Ontologies," Author: K. Moreno, Caracas, Venezuela 2014.
- Regional Technology Award. Mention for Technological Development - 2010 Edition: For the project "Digital Storyteller The Happy Prince." A concrete example of curricular integration through storytelling,” co-authors: A. Rangel, L. Chourio, M. Mazzarri, A. Brito, I. Hernández, M. Brito, Awarded October 2013.
- “Best Paper at the 9th WSEAS International Conference on E-ACTIVITIES (E-ACTIVITIES '10): “Regular Expressions Fusion using Emergent Computing,” Co-authors: R. Torres, J. Altamiranda, C. Delamarche, pp. 64-71, December 2010
- "One of the best papers presented at the 9th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics: "A Genetic Algorithm Based Clustering Algorithm", pp. 339-343, Orlando, USA, July 2005.
- "Best paper of the session: Applications of Informatics and Cybernetics in Science and Engineering at the Fourth Ibero-American Conference on Systems, Cybernetics and Informatics, CISCI 2005: "Design of a Java Compiler for Expert Systems and Fuzzy Classifier Systems", Co-authors: F. Rivas, Y. Menolascina, pp. 166-171, Orlando, USA, July 2005.
- Advisor of the Master's Thesis that won 3rd Place in the XII Latin American Master's Thesis Competition - CLEI, UNESCO, Cali, Colombia, October 2005, entitled: "Cache Memory Coherence Protocol for Distributed Systems," Author: R. Sumoza.
- Honorable Mention for the work entitled: "Definition of an Energy Function for the Random Neural to solve Optimization Problems." Award for Best Scientific and Technological Work. Mention: Mathematics. Regional Science and Technology Awards, 1999 Edition, FUNDACITE - Mérida, July 2000.
- Special recognition for the work: "A Recognition Algorithm Using the Random Neural Network," presented at the 3rd International Congress on Computer Science, Mexican Academy of Research in Computer Science, Tijuana, Mexico, November 1996.