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Professor Hiram Ponce received the degrees of Master in Engineering Sciences and PhD in Computer Science from Tecnológico de Monterrey in 2010 and 2013, respectively. Since 2014 he has been working at Universidad Panamericana Campus Mexico, where he has been Full Research Professor D in the School of Engineering, as well as Coordinator of the PhD in Artificial Intelligence. He is currently Secretary of Research. He is also a member of the National System of Researchers, level 1 (by the National Council of Science and Technology). In 2014 he was recognized with the "Premio Nacional a Mejor Tesis Doctoral sobre Inteligencia Artificial" by the Sociedad Mexicana de Inteligencia Artificial. In 2017 he was the winner of the "Google Research Award". He has more than 120 publications in prestigious journals and conferences, 4 books and 9 book chapters. His research interests are artificial intelligence, robotics, mechatronics and assisted living technologies.