CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Luis Alberto Pineda Cortés

 

August, 2002

 

1.     PERSONAL REFERENCES

      Birth date:                     April 25th, 1958.

 

      Nationality:             Mexican.

 

      Civil state:                        Married  (3 daughters ages 21, 18 y 17).

 

      Current position:            Computer Science Department, Head

                                          Institute for Applied Mathematics and Systems (IIMAS)

                                          National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

                                          Tel: +52 55 56-22-36-18

                                          Fax: +52 55 56-22-36-20

                                          luis@leibniz.iimas.unam.mx

http://leibniz.iimas.unam.mx

 

      Address:                       Roland Garros # 11

                                          Frac. Junto al Rio

                                          Temixco, Morelos

                                          México, 62580

                                          Tel: +52 777 3-26-24-59

                                          Tel: +52 55 56-79-09-05

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.     EDUCATION

1986-1989             Ph. D.

                              Center for Cognitive Science

                              University of Edinburgh

 

                              Thesis: GRAFLOG: A Theory of Semantics for graphics with                                                    applications to Human‑Computer Interaction  and CAD Systems.

 

                              Supervisor: Dr. Ewan Klein

            

1983-1986             M. Sc. in Computer Science

                              Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM),                                 Campus Morelos, México.

 

                              Thesis: A General Algorithm for Polygon Comparison (in Spanish).

 

1976-1980:         Bch. in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

                              Anahuac University,

                              Mexico City

 

Thesis: Implementation of a Digital Computer: a Practical Example (in Spanish).

3.     PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE

1998- current        Titular Investigator

                              Department of Computer Science, Head

                              Coordinator of Artificial Intelligence Research

                              Coordinator of UNAM’s Computer Science Seminar

                              Institute for Applied Mathematics and Systems (IIMAS)

                                National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

                                         

1992- 1998          Principal Investigator

                              Coordinator of Intelligent Graphics Systems

                              Founder and coordinator of the doctoral program in informatics between

                              IIE and the University of Salford, UK                                                     

                              Institute for Electrical Research (IIE)

                              Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

           

1989-1992             Research Associate

                              Centre for Cognitive Science, Edcaad &

                              Human Communication Research Centre (HCRC)

                              University of Edinburgh

                              2, Buccleuch Place EH8 9LW

                              Scotland, UK.

1983-1986             Associate Investigator

                              Computer Graphics and CAD systems design and programming

                              Institute for Electrical Research

                              Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

 

1981-1983             Data Center Manager

                              NCR, México

                              Alfonso Herrera No. 76,

                              Col. San Rafael, México D.F.

                       

1979-1981             Design engineer and systems programmer

                              Puromex S.A. (Pall Corp.)

                              Tlalnepantla, Mex.

                              México.

4.     MAIN RESEARCH PROJECTS AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS

 

2001                      GOLEM: Robot navegation through visual and linguistic information. UNAM, PAPIIT IN111700 (From: August, 2000 to July, 2003, in progress).

 

1999                    Resolution of multimodal graphical and natural language references,   Conacyt 27948-A (From Dec. 1999 to Oct. 2002).

 

1998                    DIME: Intelligent Multimodal Dialogues in Spanish,  Bilateral program for the development of Computer Science between USA and Mexico NSF/Conacyt C092A, in conjunction with Dr. James Allen, Department of Computer Science, University of Rochester (From Nov. 1998 to July, 2002).

 

1996                    SIBS: System for the Basic Engineering of Electrical Substations. Graphical knowledge-base system for the automatic design of electric substations. SIBS was developed with an effort of 24 year-men, has 110,000 lines of code in AutoCAD’s AutoLisp and a 3,000 pages specification document. Responsibility: system design and project’s leader and coordinator.

 

1991                      GRAFLOG: Intelligent graphical system for the interactive definition of diagrams subject to geometrical constraints using logical representations and a symbolic inference scheme for constraint satisfaction and graphical explanation.

 

1988                      GRAFLOG: Intelligent graphical system for the interactive definition and interpretation of graphical languages using logical representations of diagrams.

 

1986                      DIGRAF: Interactive graphics system for the automatic definition of business and research graphics. Institute for Electrical Research.

 

1984                      EDATIC: Interactive graphics systems for the creation of Printed Circuit Boards (PCB’s). Institute for Electrical Research.

5.     LECTURING EXPERIENCE

2001          Course: Natural Language Processing, Graduate program of Computer Science and Engineering, UNAM. Semester 2001-2

 

2001          Seminar: Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Department of Computer Science, IIMAS, UNAM. August, 2000 to February, 2001.

 

2000          Course: Programming Languages, Graduate program of Computer Science and Engineering, UNAM. Semester 2000-2

 

2000          Seminar: Spanish Syntax, Department of Computer Science, IIMAS, UNAM. January to July, 2000.

 

1999          Course: Programming Languages, Graduate program of Computer Science and Engineering, UNAM. Semester 1999-2.

 

1999          Course: Theory of Computability and Logic, Graduate program of Computer Science and Engineering, UNAM. Semester 1999-1.

 

1997          Course: Theory of Computability and Logic,  Graduate program in Computer Science, ITESM, Campus Morelos. Spring term.

                       

1997          Course: Theory of Computability and Logic, Graduate program in Computer Science, CENIDET, Cuernavaca, Mor. Semestre 1997-1.

 

1996          Course: Natural Language Semantics, Graduate program in Computer Science, CENIDET, Cuernavaca, Mor. Semester, 1996-2.

 

1996          Course: Natural Language Processing, Graduate program in Computer Science, CENIDET, Cuernavaca, Mor. Summer term 1996.

                 

1996          Course: Theory of Computability and Logic, Graduate program in Computer Science, CENIDET, Cuernavaca, Mor. Semester, 1996-1.

 

1995          Course: Natural Language Processing, Graduate program in Computer Science, CENIDET, Cuernavaca, Mor. Summer term 1995.

                 

1995          Course: Theory of Computability and Logic, Graduate program in Computer Science, CENIDET, Cuernavaca, Mor. Semester, 1995-1.

 

1994          Course: Theory of Computability and Logic,  Graduate program in Computer Science, ITESM, Campus Morelos. Spring term.

 

1994          Course: Theory of Computability and Logic, Graduate program in Computer Science, CENIDET, Cuernavaca, Mor. Semester, 1994-1.

 

1993          Course: Computer Graphics, Graduate program in Computer Science, ITESM, Campus Morelos. Winter term.

 

1993          Curso: Computer Graphics, Graduate program in Computer Science, CENIDET, Cuernavaca, Mor. Semester, 1993-2.

 

1993          Course: Theory of Computability and Logic,  Graduate program in Computer Science, ITESM, Campus Morelos. Summer term.

 

1993          Course: Theory of Computability and Logic,  Graduate program in Computer Science, ITESM, Campus Morelos. Spring term.

 

1989          Tutorial Course: A semantics for graphics and its applications to CAD systems, 8 sessions of 1 ½ hrs. each, Centrum fur graphisch datanverarbeingtug, University of Darmstadt, Germany, July, 1989.

                 

1988          Tutorial course: Intelligent Interfaces for Design, IFIP TC5 Conference on CAD/CAM, Mexico City, August, 1988.

 

1983-1986       Several introductory courses at IIE:

                                    ‑ Introduction to information systems

                                    ‑ Structured programming

                                    ‑ Interactive computer graphics

                                    ‑ Lips programming

 

1982-1983       Undergraduate course at Anahuac University:   

                                    ‑Digital logic and computer design

                                    -Laboratory of digital circuits

                                    -Computer programming

                                    -Information systems

 

1983                Training course at NCR, Mexico City: Computer networks

6.     THESIS SUPERVISION

6.1     PhD’s

6.2     Masters degree’s

·        Esmerlda Urruaga Serratos, Phonetic modeling for an automatic continuous speech recognition system in Spanish, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Campus Morelos, Mex., May, 1999 (in Spanish).

·        Karla Miroslva Olmos, A model of discourse for multimodal graphical and linguistic dialogues, CENIDET, Morelos, Mex., February 1998 (in Spanish).

·        Victor Angel García Carrizal, Intepretation of technical drawings using computer vision, CENIDET, Morelos, Mex., September, 1997 (in Spanish).

·        Yasmín Hernández Pérez, Model for the Interpretation of graphical and natural language expressions using an intelligent interfaces, CENIDET, Morelos, Mex., February, 1997 (in Spanish).

·        Juan Carlos Bolán Gallegos, Dynamic generation of graphical presentations using relational information, CENIDET, Morelos, Mex., November, 1995 (in Spanish).

·        Elsa Gabriela Garza Ortiz, Synthesis of polyhedra from their orthogonal views: A case of study in graphical reasoning, ITESM, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mex., June 1995.

·        Morales Gamboa, Interactive blackboards for teaching mathematical concepts, ITESM, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mex., November, 1994 (in Spanish).

6.3     Bachelor’s degree

 

·        Iván Meza, The Spanish Auxiliary verb system in HPSG, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Faculty of Engineering, UNAM, Mex., February, 2002 (in Spanish).

 

·        José Antonio Massé Márquez, Constraint satisfaction for geometrical drawings through symbolic reference, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), ENEP Aragón, San Juan de Aragón, Mex., December, 1994 (in Spanish).

7.     ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

Founder and coordinator  (in conjunction with Dr. Sunil Vadera) of the Informatics Module of the Doctoral Program between the Institute for Electrical Research (IIE) and the University of Salford, UK. Through this program 4 researchers at IIE received their PhD, as follows:

 

·        Dr. Pablo Ibarguengoytia

 

·        Dr. Pablo de Buen

 

·        Dr. Andres Rodríguez

 

·        Dr. Julio Sergio Santana

8.     PUBLICATIONS

·        Luis Pineda, Diagrammatic Inference and Graphical Proof, in Logical and Computational Aspects of Model Based Reasoning, L. Magnani and N. Nersessian (eds), Kluwer-Academic, Dordrecht , Holanda, 2002.

·        L. A. Pineda, A. Massé, I. Meza, M. Salas, E. Schwarz, E. Uraga, L. Villaseñor, The Dime project, Proceedings of MICAI2002, Lectures Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 2313, Springer-Verlag, 2002.

Also in: Luis Pineda, Antonio Massé, Ivan Meza, Miguel Salas, Erik Schwarz, Esmeralda Uraga y Luis Villaseñor, El Proyecto DIME, in Proceedings of Second International Workshop on Spanish Language Processing and Language Technologies SLPLT2, University of Jaen, Spain, September, 14-15. pp. 41-46, 2001 (in Spanish).

·        Esmeralda Uraga and Luis Pineda, Automatic generation of pronunciations lexicons for Spanish, Computational Linguistics and Intelligent Text Processing, Third International Conference CICLing 2002, Alexander Gelbuck (ed.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2276, Springer-Verlag, pp. 330-339, Berlin, 2002.

·        Ivan Meza and Luis Pineda, The Spanish auxiliary verb system in HPSG, Computational Linguistics and Intelligent Text Processing, Third International Conference CICLing 2002, Alexander Gelbuck (ed.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2276, Springer-Verlag, pp. 200-209, Berlin, 2002.

·        Luis Pineda and Gabriela Garza, A Model for Multimodal Reference Resolution, Computational Linguistics 26 (2), pp: 136-192. MIT Press,  2000.

Also in Proceedings of the Workshop on Referring Phenomena in a Multimedia Context and Their Computational Treatment (ed. Elisabeth André). ACL-SIGMEDIA, Madrid, pp. 99-117. Julio, 1997 (preliminar version).

·        Luis Villaseñor, Antonio Masse and Luis Pineda, A Multimodal Dialogue Contribution Coding Scheme, Proceedings of ISLE workshop, LREC2000 Athens,  May 29-30, 2000.

·        Luis Pineda and Gabriela Garza, A Model for Multimodal Representation and Inference, in Visual Representations and Interpretations, I. Neilson and R. Paton (eds.), Springer-Verlag, pp. 375 – 386, 1999.

Also in Proceedings of the Workshop on Interpretation and Generation in Intelligent Multimodal Systems and Graphical Reasoning in Expert Systems (ed. Luis Pineda, Thomas Rist, John Lee). 4th World Congress on Expert Systems. ITESM Mexico City Campus, Mexico, March 1998 (pp. 6 - 21).

·        Luis A. Pineda, Graphical and Linguistic Dialogue for Intelligent Multimodal Systems, Expert Systems with Applications, 14(1), pp: 149-158. Pergamon 1998.

 

Also in Proceedings of the Workshop on Towards a Standard Reference Model for Intelligent Multimodal Presentation Systems, In G. P. Facinti and T. Rist (eds.), 12th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence ECAI-96, Budapest University of Economic Sciences, Hungary, August, 1996.

 

·        Garza and L. A. Pineda, Synthesis of Solid Models of Polyhedra from their Orthogonal Views using Logical Representations, Expert Systems with Applications, 14 (1), pp. 91-108. Pergamon 1998.

 

·        Sergio Santana, Luis Pineda, Sunil Vadera, An Intelligent Design System for Overhead Transmission Line Towers. Proceedings of the 4th World Congress on Expert Systems (ed. F. Cantú, R. Soto, J. Liebowitz, E. Sucar). pp. 270-277. ITESM Mexico City Campus, Mexico, March 1998.

 

·        L. A. Pineda et al., SIBS: automated system for the design of the basic engineering of electrical substations (in Spanish), Proceedings of 1st. Central American Conference on Computational Systems for Civil Enfineering, Guatemala City, June, 1996.

·        S. Santana and L. A. Pineda, Producing Coordinated Natural Language and Graphical Explanations in the Context of Geometric Problem-Solving Task, in First International Workshop on Intelligence and Multimodality in Multimedia Interfaces: Research and Applications, John Lee (Ed.), HCRC, University of Edinburgh, UK., July, 1995.

 

·        L. A. Pineda, On Computational Models of Drafting and Design, Design Studies, 14 (2),  pp. 124-156. April, 1993.

 

Also in Edinburgh Architecture Research Vol. 20 1991.

 

·        L. A. Pineda, Reference, Synthesis and Constraint Satisfaction, Computer Graphics Forum, 11 (3), pp. 334-344,1992.

Also in Edinburgh Architecture Research Vol. 19, 1992.

 

·        L. A. Pineda, Sketching, Graphical Anaphora and Constraint Satisfaction, in Proceedings of the Samos Workshop on Task Based Explanation, Research Laboratory of Samos, University of the Agean Sea, Greece, 1992.

·        L. A. Pineda, A Graphical Language for a Simple Design Domain, in Intelligent CAD System III, Eurographics Seminar Series, P.J.W. ten Hagen and P.J. Veerkamp (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1991.

 

·        E Klein and L. A. Pineda, Semantics and Graphical Information in Proceedings of Human‑Computer Interaction ‑INTERACT'90, D. Diaper et. al. (editors), Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. North‑Holland, 1990.

Also in, Edinburgh Architecture Research, Vol 17, 1990.

·        A. Bijl, L.A. Pineda and John Lee, Notions of Language and Design, in Intelligent CAD II, Proceedings of the Second IFIP WG 1.2 in Intelligent CAD, Yoshikawa and T. Holden (Editors), North Holland,1990.

·        L. Pineda, On the relation between Representational and Algorithmic Knowledge in Design, in Proceedings of the Third Eurographics Workshop on ICAD. Mortefontain, France 1990.

·        L. A. Pineda and E Klein, On The Integration of Graphical and Linguistic Knowledge for CAD Systems, in Preliminary Proceedings of The Third Eurographics Workshop on Intelligent CAD Systems. Texel, the Netherlands, April 3‑7, 1989.

·        L. A. Pineda,  A Logical and Graphical Language for CAD, in Preprints of the Third IFIP WG 5.2 Workshop on Intelligent CAD. H. Yoshikawa (Ed.) Tokio, Japón, Sept. 1989.

·        L A Pineda, E Klein, J Lee, "GRAFLOG: Understanding Drawings Through Natural Language, Computer Graphics Forum, 7(2) pp. 97-103, 1988.

Also in Proceedings of EUROGRAPHICS UK 88, Sussex University. ed. M de Rutier, D. A. Duce and D. B. Arnold, April, 1988.

·        L A Pineda, A Compositional Semantics for Graphics, en Eurographics '88 Conference Proceedings, ed. D. Duce and P. Janence, Elsevier Science Publishers B. V., North‑Holland 1988.

·        L A Pineda, N Chater, GRAFLOG: Programming with Interactive Graphics and PROLOG, in New Trends in Computer Graphics, Proceedings of CG International '88, ed. N. Magnenat‑Thalmann and Daniel Thlamann. Springer‑Verlag, Heideberg, 1988.

·        L A Pineda,  GRAFLOG: A Graphical and Logical Programming Language, in Applications of Computers to Engineering Design, Manufacturing and Management, ed. G Leon Lastra, J.L Encarnacao and A. G. Requicha, IFIP Elsevier Science P. North‑Holland, Amsterdam, 1988.

·        L A Pineda, J Lee and A Bijl,  GRAFLOG: A notion of Design for Intelligent CAD , in Preprints of the Second IFIP WG 5.2 Workshop on Intelligent CAD", Cambridge, UK. Sept. 1988.

9. NATIONAL PUBLICATIONS

·        Luis Villaseñor, Antonio Massé y Luis Pineda, The DIME Corpus, in Proceedings of 3rd. International Meeting on Computer Science ENC01, Volume II, C. Zozaya, M. Mejía, P. Noriega & A. Sánchez (eds.), SMCC, Aguascalientes, Ags. Mex., September, 2001.

·        L. Pineda and E.G. Garza, An Overview of a Model for Multimodal Reference Resolution, in Proceedings of Workshop on Human-Computer Interfaces, 1st International Meeting on Computer Science, ENC´97. SMIA & SMCC (eds.), 1997.

·        García Carrizal, L.A. Pineda, E. Sucar, Interpretation of orthogonal drawings of regular polyhedra, in Proceedings of Visual 97, UNAM, Mex., pp. 125-137, 1997 (in Spanish).

·        García Carrizal, L.A. Pineda, E. Sucar, Interpretation of orthogonal drawings using computer vision techniques, in Proceedings of 3CIICC´96, Technological Institute of Tijuana,  Mex., pp. 160-164. Nov., 1996 (in Spanish).

·        Garza, L. A. Pineda, A Qualitative Procedure for the Production of Solid Models of Polyhedra from their Orthogonal Views: A Case of Study in Reasoning with Analogical Representations, in Proceedings of XII National Meeting on AI, E. Sucar y E Morales, (Eds.), IIE, SMIA, Mex.,  pp. 9-18, 1995.

·        Morales, L. A. Pineda, Interactive blackboards for teaching mathematical concepts, in Proceedings of XII National Meeting on AI,  E. Sucar y E Morales, (Eds.),  IIE, SMIA, Mex., pp. 9-18, 1995 (in Spanish).

·        S. Santana, L. A. Pineda, S. Vadera, Textual and Graphical Explanations for Geometric Problem-Solving, in Proceedings of XII National Meeting on AI,  E. Sucar y E. Morales, (Eds.), IIE, SMIA, Mex.,  pp. 9-18, 1995.

·        L. A. Pineda, J. C. Santana, Intelligent multimodal systems, Ciencia y Desarrollo, Vol XXII, Num. 129,  Conacyt, Mex., July/August, 1996 (in Spanish).

·        L. A. Pineda et al., Automating the process of designing normalized drawings of electrical substations, Boletin IIE, May/June, 1995 (in Spanish).

·        L. A. Pineda, Santana, J. S., Masse, A. Geometrical constraint satisfaction: A numerical or a symbolic problem?, in Proceedings of  XI National Meeting on AI, University of Guadalajara, SMIA, Mex., pp. 105 - 123, 1994 (in Spanish).

·        L. A. Pineda, Santana, J. S. Research opportunities in multimedia, Proceedings of  XXIII Panamerican Convention of Engineers, Informatics session, Acapulco, Mex., 1994.

·        L. A. Pineda, Intensional Representations in Drafting and CAD Systems, in Proceedings of V National Meeting on  CAD/CAM, Faculty of Engineering, UNAM, Mex., 1991.

·        G León, S Santana, L A Pineda, EDATIC, in Proceedings of I National Meeting on CAD/CAM, Gerardo Leon (ed.),  IIE/CONACYT, Cuernavaca, Mex., 1984.

10. SEMINAR TALKS

·        Abstraction, Visualization and Graphical Proof, Intelligent Systems Division, Jozef Stefan Institut, Lujbljana, Slovenia, September 24th, 2001 (Seminar talk and workshop).

·        Abstraction, Visualization and Graphical Proof. Intelligent Systems Division, Information Science Institute, University of Southern California, CA., Los Angeles, USA, November 18th, 1999.

·        Spatial Deixis and Multimodal Reference Resolution. DFKI, University of Saarbrücken,  Germany, November 13th, 1998.

·        Spatial Deixis and Multimodal Reference Resolution.  ITRI, U. de Brighton, UK.  November 16th, 1998.

·        Spatial Deixis and Multimodal Reference Resolution. Centre for Cognitive Science/HCRC,  U. de Edinburgh,   November 13th, 1998.

·        Spatial Deixis and Multimodal Reference Resolution. Department of Computer Science, U. of Liverpool, U.K., November 11th, 1998.

·        Spatial Deixis and Multimodal Reference Resolution. Department of Computer Science, U. de Rochester, USA, November  6th, 1998.

·        Comment on article Automation of Diagrammatic Reasoning, in AAAI Fall Symposium on Reasoning with Diagrammatic Representation, MIT,  November, 1997.

·        A Model for Multimodal Reference Resolution. Instituto Per La Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica, Trento, Italy, July 21st, 1997.

·        A Model for Multimodal Reference Resolution. DFKI, Saarbrücken, July 17th, 1997. Germany.

·        A Model for Multimodal Reference Resolution. Depto. Computational Linguistics, University of Amsterdam, July 15th, 1997. Holland.

·        A Model for Multimodal Reference Resolution. Human Communication Research Centre (HCRC) University of Edinburgh, July 1st, 1997, Scotalnd, U.K.

·        SIBS: System for the Basic Engineering of Electrical Sub-stations. 1st Centro American Conference on Computer Systems in Civil Engineering, Guatemala City, June 1996.

11. NATIONAL INVITED TALKS

 

 

·        Abstraction, visualization and graphical proof (in Spanish). ITESM, Campus Morelos, Mex., April, 27th, 2000.

·        Abstraction, visualization and graphical proof , Palacio de Mineria, Congreso General de Cómputo Computo.99@mx, UNAM, Mex., October, 1999.

·        Spatial deixis and multimodal reference resolution, Research seminar at CIC-IPN, Mexico City, Mex., June 11th, 1999.

·        The problem of the year 2000: A call of attention to the problem of the year 2000, Faculty of Accountancy and Administration, UNAM, Mex., December 1st, 1998.

·        Spatial deixis and multimodal reference resolution, UNAM’s Computer Science Seminar, Mex., September, 1998.

·        Graphical representation and proof. Monthly Lecture of the Mexican Society for AI (SMIA), ITESM, Campus Mexico City, Mex., October, 1997.

·        The role of formal methods in knowledge representation, ITESM, Campus Morelos, Mex., September, 1996.

·        Intelligent graphical editors, 2nd International Congress in Computational Systems, Autonomous University of Tamaulipas, Tampico, Mex., April, 1996.

·        Multimodal Systems, Technical Institute of  Mizantla, Veracruz, Mex., March, 1996.

·        Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, 1st Computacional Meeting, Technical Institute of Pachuca, Hidalgo., Mex., March, 1996.

·        Intelligent interfaces and multimodal systems, ITESM, Campus Morelos, Cuernavaca, May, 1995.

·        Foundations, methods and perspectives of AI, 1st International Congress on Computational Systems, Autonomous University Tamaulipas, Tampico, Mex., April, 1995.

·        Foundations, methods and perspectives of AI, Technical Institute of Sonora, Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mex., March, 1995.

·        Intelligent graphical editors, IIE in the Autonomous University of Morelos State, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mex., February, 1995.

·        Foundations, methods and perspectives of AI, III Computacional Simposium, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, February, 1995.

·        Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, IV Congress on Electronics, Electrical and Computational Engineering, Technical Institute of Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas,  Mex., September, 1994.

·        Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, II Computational Simposium, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, February,  1994.

·        Multimodal Systems, Technical Institute of  Zacatepec, Morelos, Mex., June, 1993.

·        A computational theory of design, Metropolitan Congress for Engineering Students, AMIME, Metropolitan Section and  the College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, Mexico City, Mex., May, 1993.

·        Intensional representations for drafting and CAD systems, V CAD/CAM Meeting, Faculty of Engineering, UNAM, Mex., November, 1991.

12. ORGANIZATION OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

 

 

 

 

 

·        CICLING2000: Member of Technical Program Committee.

 

 

 

 

 

 

13. RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

 

1.      Institute Prize in Computer Science, IIMAS, UNAM, 1998 and 1999.

2.      National Investigator, level I  since 1993 to the date.

3.      National Investigator Candidate, 1986.