Dr. Lourdes Martínez Villaseñor holds a degree in Computer Systems Engineering from the Tecnológico de Monterrey, State of Mexico Campus; a Master’s degree in Family Education from the IPCE at the National Institute of Education ( Universidad Panamericana ); and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Tecnológico de Monterrey, State of Mexico Campus. She is a Level D research professor in the field of artificial intelligence at the Universidad Panamericana. She holds a Level II distinction from the National System of Researchers. She served as President of the Mexican Society for Artificial Intelligence from 2023 to 2025. She won the 2023 Women Leaders in Responsible Artificial Intelligence Award in North America.
This year, she is the winner of the 2025 Trailblazer Award – Woman in AI of the Year for North America. Her main research interests are artificial intelligence applied to healthcare, user modeling, and the ethics of artificial intelligence. She has been a professor for more than 33 years and is the author of more than 65 publications in international journals and conference proceedings, two patents, and books in the field of artificial intelligence.
Member of the following major societies and committees: IEEE Senior Member; Regular Member of the Mexican Academy of Computing; President of the Mexican Society for Artificial Intelligence; Member of the Advisory Board of AMITI (Mexican Association of the Information Technology Industry); Member of the SECIHTI Committee on Research and Development in Artificial Intelligence and HPC.
Research Areas
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: To Support Healthcare