Research Areas: Heuristic and metaheuristic (GRASP, tabu search, scatter search, iterated greedy local search, variable neighborhood search) techniques for fast and high-quality solutions to hard discrete optimization problems; exact optimization schemes (B&B, B&P, B&P); discrete optimization; location science; districting; transportation and routing; scheduling.

Application Areas: Health care management; Facility location; Territory design in the service industry; Efficient use of natural resources and environment; natural gas and energy transportation systems; machine scheduling problems in manufacturing systems.

• Dissertation: Optimization of the Flowshop Scheduling Problem with Setup Times. This dissertation addresses the makespan minimization of flowshop scheduling problems with sequence-dependent setup times. The research includes the development of both approximate algorithms for practical solutions and exact optimization schemes based on branch-and-cut and branch-and-bound methods.

• Supervisor: Prof. Jonathan F. Bard.

M.S.E., Operations Research, 1991 - 1992
University of Texas at Austin

Licenciado in Mathematics, 1983 - 1988
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL)
San Nicolás de los Garza, NL, México

• Thesis: Solution of the Two-Dimensional Steady State Heat Transfer Equation by the Finite Element Method. This thesis studies both linear and quadratic finite element approximations to the heat transfer equation and its impact in real-world glass-forming processes in terms of solution quality and computational (CPU time and memory) requirements.

• Supervisors: Prof. Alfredo Alanís-Durán and Ing. Antonio López-Reyes.

Professor, 2002 - 2023
Assistant Professor, 1999 - 2002
UANL, Graduate Program in Systems Engineering, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico

Postdoctoral Research Associate, 1997 - 1999
Texas A&M U., Dept. of Industrial Engineering, College Station, Texas, USA

Teaching & Research Assistant, Assistant Instructor, 1992 - 1997
U. of Texas, Graduate Program in Operations Research & Industrial Engineering, Austin, Texas, USA

Teaching Assistant, 1986 - 1987
UANL, Department of Physics and Mathematics, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico

Instructor, 1985
Centro Galileo, Monterrey, Mexico

Systems Engineering Research Coordinator, 2008 - 2011
U.A.N.L., Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
San Nicolás de los Garza, NL, México

Systems Engineering Research Lab Administrator , 2005 - 2008
U.A.N.L., Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
San Nicolás de los Garza, NL, México

Academic Coordinator of Masters Program in Systems Engineering, 2002 - 2005
U.A.N.L., Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
San Nicolás de los Garza, NL, México

Fulbright Visiting Scholar, 2012-2013
U. of Texas, Graduate Program in Operations Research, Austin, Texas, USA
Host: Jonathan F. Bard

Visiting Scholar, 2005 - 2006
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Dept. of Stats and Operations Research, Barcelona, Spain
Host: Elena Fernández

Visiting Researcher, 1997 - 1999
U. of Houston, High Performance Computing Center and Dept. of Mathematics, Houston, Texas, USA
Host: Ridgway Scott

Visiting Scholar, 2016
U. of Texas, Graduate Program in Operations Research, Austin, Texas, USA
Host: Jonathan F. Bard

Visiting Scholar, 2015
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Dept. of Stats and Operations Research, Barcelona, Spain
Host: Elena Fernández

Visiting Scholar, 2014
U. of Texas, Graduate Program in Operations Research, Austin, Texas, USA
Host: Jonathan F. Bard

Visiting Scholar, 2013
U. of Texas, Graduate Program in Operations Research, Austin, Texas, USA
Host: Jonathan F. Bard

Visiting Scholar, 2013
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Dept. of Stats and Operations Research, Barcelona, Spain
Host: Elena Fernández

Visiting Scholar, 2013
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Center of Excellence on Sustainable Urban Freight Systems Troy, NY, USA
Host: José Holgín-Veras

Visiting Scholar, 2013
Northwestern University, Center for Sustainable Energy and Analytics Evanston, IL, USA
Host: Conrado Borraz

Visiting Scholar, 2007
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Dept. of Stats and Operations Research, Barcelona, Spain
Host: Elena Fernández

Visiting Scholar, 2004
U. of Colorado, Leeds School of Business, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Host: Manuel Laguna

• Research on glass-batch composition optimization.
  
• Implementation of linear programming code for the optimization.
  

• Research on glass-forming processes.
  
• Development of finite element-based algorithms for process simulation.
  
• Research on efficient solution of sparse matrices.
  

• SNI Fellow, Level 3, 2025 - 2029
  Highest country-wide distinction granted by the Mexican National System of Research Scientists (SNI) for scientific merit.

• SNI Fellow, Level 3, 2020 - 2024
  Highest country-wide distinction granted by the Mexican National System of Research Scientists (SNI) for scientific merit.

• SNI Fellow, Level 2, 2015 - 2019
  Second highest country-wide distinction granted by the Mexican National System of Research Scientists (SNI) for scientific merit.

• SNI Fellow, Level 2, 2010 - 2014
  Second highest country-wide distinction granted by the Mexican National System of Research Scientists (SNI) for scientific merit.

• SNI Fellow, Level 2, 2006 - 2009
  Second highest country-wide distinction granted by the Mexican National System of Research Scientists (SNI) for scientific merit.

• SNI Fellow, Level 1, 2000 - 2005
  Third highest country-wide distinction granted by the Mexican National System of Research Scientists for scientific merit.

• SMIO Thesis Award, 2025
  Supervising professor of thesis: "A Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedure for a Territory Design Problem Arising in Microfinancial Institutions" by Eduardo Salazar, which won the nation-wide award to the Best Undergraduate Thesis in Mexico in operations research.

• 2025 UANL Research Award, 2025
  Most prestigious university-wide award granted by UANL to the best research work. Exact Sciences category.

• SEP-UANL Fellow, Level 7, 2025 - 2026
  University-wide distinction granted by SEP through UANL to outstanding faculty members for teaching and research.

• INFORMS Senior Member, 2025
  Distinction granted by INFORMS in recognition of sustained commitment and contributions to the INFORMS community.

• Albertis Award on Sustainable Mobility Research, 2024
  Supervising professor of thesis: "Modelos y Algoritmos de Optimización en Tiempo Real de Sistemas de Transporte Público Basados en Autobuses" by Citlali Olvera, which won the Albertis Award to the Best Doctoral Thesis on Sustainable Mobility.

• SMIO Thesis Award, 2024
  Supervising professor of thesis: "Modelos y Algoritmos de Optimización en Tiempo Real de Sistemas de Transporte Público Basados en Autobuses" by Citlali Olvera, which won the nation-wide award to the Best Doctoral Thesis in Mexico on operations research.

• Plenary Speaker, 2024
  SMIO Lecture at CLAIO, Guadalajara, Mexico.

• Fulbright Visiting Scholar Award, 2024 - 2025
  Award granted by the Fulbright Scholar Program, the US government's flagship international exchange program, for visiting scholars on sabbatical leave at USA.

• SEP-UANL Fellow, Level 7, 2024 - 2025
  University-wide distinction granted by SEP through UANL to outstanding faculty members for teaching and research.

• NL State Science Award, 2023
  Most prestigious state-wide award granted by the state of Nuevo Leon government to the best scientific contributions. Exact Sciences category.

• SMIO Thesis Award, 2023
  Supervising professor of thesis: "A Heuristic for the α-Neighbor p-Center Problem" by Ernesto Ortiz, which won the nation-wide award to the Best Undergraduate Thesis in Mexico in operations research.

• PRODEP Fellow, 2023 - 2029
  Distinction granted by the Secretary for Public Education (SEP) under its Faculty Improvement Program (PRODEP).

• SEP-UANL Fellow, Level 7, 2023 - 2024
  University-wide distinction granted by SEP through UANL to outstanding faculty members for teaching and research.

• SEP-UANL Fellow, Level 7, 2022 - 2023
  University-wide distinction granted by SEP through UANL to outstanding faculty members for teaching and research.

• SEP-UANL Fellow, Level 7, 2021 - 2022
  University-wide distinction granted by SEP through UANL to outstanding faculty members for teaching and research.

• PRODEP Fellow, 2020 - 2023
  Distinction granted by the Secretary for Public Education (SEP) under its Faculty Improvement Program (PRODEP).

• SEP-UANL Fellow, Level 7, 2020 - 2021
  University-wide distinction granted by SEP through UANL to outstanding faculty members for teaching and research.

• PC Chair, 2019
  INFORMS-ALIO Joint International Meeting, Cancun, Mexico.

• SEP-UANL Fellow, Level 7, 2019 - 2020
  University-wide distinction granted by SEP through UANL to outstanding faculty members for teaching and research.

• Plenary Speaker, 2018
  EURO Conference, Valencia, Spain.

• SEP-UANL Fellow, Level 6, 2018 - 2019
  University-wide distinction granted by SEP through UANL to outstanding faculty members for teaching and research.

• 2017 UANL Research Award, 2017
  Most prestigious university-wide award granted by UANL to the best research work. Exact Sciences category.

• PRODEP Fellow, 2017 - 2020
  Distinction granted by the Secretary for Public Education (SEP) under its Faculty Improvement Program (PRODEP).

• SEP-UANL Fellow, Level 6, 2017 - 2018
  University-wide distinction granted by SEP through UANL to outstanding faculty members for teaching and research.

• SEP-UANL Fellow, Level 6, 2016 - 2017
  University-wide distinction granted by SEP through UANL to outstanding faculty members for teaching and research.

• AmexComp Fellow, 2015 -
  Distinction granted by the Mexican Academy on Computing for scientific and research contributions on computer science.

• SEP-UANL Fellow, Level 6, 2015 - 2016
  University-wide distinction granted by SEP through UANL to outstanding faculty members for teaching and research.

• FIME-UANL Published Work, 2014
  Recognition granted by the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at UANL for book publishing.

• 2014 UANL Research Award, 2014
  Most prestigious university-wide award granted by UANL to the best research work. Exact Sciences category.

• PROMEP Fellow, 2014 - 2017
  Distinction granted by the Secretary for Public Education (SEP) under its Faculty Improvement Program (PROMEP).

• SEP-UANL Fellow, Level 6, 2014 - 2015
  University-wide distinction granted by SEP through UANL to outstanding faculty members for teaching and research.

• SEP-UANL Fellow, Level 6, 2013 - 2014
  University-wide distinction granted by SEP through UANL to outstanding faculty members for teaching and research.

• Fulbright Visiting Scholar Award, 2012 - 2013
  Award granted by the Fulbright Scholar Program, the US government's flagship international exchange program, for visiting scholars on sabbatical leave at USA.

• SEP-UANL Fellow, Level 6, 2012 - 2013
  University-wide distinction granted by SEP through UANL to outstanding faculty members for teaching and research.

• PROMEP Fellow, 2011 - 2014
  Distinction granted by the Secretary for Public Education (SEP) under its Faculty Improvement Program (PROMEP).

• SEP-UANL Fellow, Level 6, 2011 - 2012
  University-wide distinction granted by SEP through UANL to outstanding faculty members for teaching and research.

• FIME-UANL Technological Innovation Merit, 2010
  Recognition granted by the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at UANL for technological innovation accomplishments.

• UANL Thesis Award, 2010
  Supervising professor of thesis: "Diseño de Territorios Comerciales con Costos de Ruteo" by Juan Salazar, which won the university-wide award to the Best Master Thesis at UANL in the Natural and Exact Sciences category.

• SEP-UANL Fellow, Level 6, 2010 - 2011
  University-wide distinction granted by SEP through UANL to outstanding faculty members for teaching and research.

• FIME-UANL Research Merit, 2009
  Recognition granted by the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at UANL for research accomplishments.

• FIME-UANL Published Work, 2009
  Recognition granted by the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at UANL for book publishing.

• UANL Thesis Award, 2009
  Supervising professor of thesis: "Un Procedimiento de Búsqueda Miope Aleatorizada y Adaptativa para el Diseño Eficiente de Territorios de Atención Comercial con Requerimientos de Asignación Conjunta" by Saúl Caballero, which won the university-wide award to the Best Master Thesis at UANL in the Natural and Exact Sciences category.

• 2009 UANL Research Award, 2009
  Most prestigious university-wide award granted by UANL to the best research work. Engineering and Technology category.

• SEP-UANL Fellow, Level 5, 2009 - 2010
  University-wide distinction granted by SEP through UANL to outstanding faculty members for teaching and research.

• PROMEP Fellow, 2008 - 2011
  Distinction granted by the Secretary for Public Education (SEP) under its Faculty Improvement Program (PROMEP).

• SEP-UANL Fellow, Level 5, 2007 - 2009
  University-wide distinction granted by SEP through UANL to outstanding faculty members for teaching and research.

• AMC Fellow, 2005 -
  Distinction granted by the Mexican Academy of Sciences for scientific and research contributions.

• TECNOS Award, 2005
  Supervising professor of thesis: "Operación Eficiente de Redes de Transporte de Gas Natural mediante el Método de Gradiente Reducido Generalizado" by Humberto Flores, which won the Tecnos Award to the Best Master Thesis given by the state of Nuevo Leon Government.

• PROMEP Fellow, 2005 - 2008
  Distinction granted by the Secretary for Public Education (SEP) under its Faculty Improvement Program (PROMEP).

• Visiting Scholar Award, 2005 - 2006
  (sabbatical leave) Awarded by the Spanish Ministry for Education and Science for visiting scholars on sabbatical leave at Spanish institutions.

• SEP-UANL Fellow, Level 5, 2005 - 2007
  University-wide distinction granted by SEP through UANL to outstanding faculty members for teaching and research.

• AMC-FUMEC Young Investigator Award, 2004
  Award granted by the Mexican Academy of Sciences and the Mexico-USA Science Foundation to pursue Summer research in an American institution.

• SEP-UANL Fellow, Level 5, 2004 - 2005
  University-wide distinction granted by SEP through UANL to outstanding faculty members for teaching and research.

• SEP-UANL Fellow, Level 5, 2003 - 2004
  University-wide distinction granted by SEP through UANL to outstanding faculty members for teaching and research.

• SEP-UANL Fellow, Level 3, 2002 - 2003
  University-wide distinction granted by SEP through UANL to outstanding faculty members for teaching and research.

• SEP UANL Fellow, Level 3, 2001 - 2002
  University-wide distinction granted by SEP through UANL to outstanding faculty members for teaching and research.

• ALIO Vice-President, 2002 - 2004
  Elected by the Latin-American Association on Operations Research (ALIO).

• Young Investigator Award, 2000 - 2003
  Granted by CONACYT to fund a 3-year research project.

• 1999 UANL Research Award, 2000
  Most prestigious university-wide award granted by UANL to the best research work. Exact Sciences category.

• Host Researcher, 2000 - 2001
  CONACYT's "Catedra Patrimonial de Excelencia" Program, hosting Dr. Slava Kalashnikov from Central Economics and Mathematics Institute, Moscow, Russia.

• Invited Cluster Co-chair, 2000
  "Energy", INFORMS National Meeting, Salt Lake City.

• UANL Academic Corps Fellow, Level 2, 1999 - 2001
  Third highest university-wide distinction granted by UANL to outstanding faculty members for teaching and research.

• Invited Cluster Chair, 1998
  "Energy", INFORMS National Meeting, Seattle.

• Best Graduate Student Paper Award, 1996
  2nd Student Research Conference, U. of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA.

• David Bruton Fellowship Award, 1996 - 1997
  Granted by the U. of Texas to an outstanding doctoral student.

• Best Graduate Student Paper Award, 1995
  1st Student Research Conference, U. of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA

• E. D. Farmer Fellowship, 1994 - 95, 1995 - 96, 1996 - 97
  Granted by the U. of Texas to an outstanding Mexican doctoral student.

• University Continuing Fellowship, 1993 - 1994
  Granted by the U. of Texas to an outstanding continuing doctoral student.

• Scholarship for Ph.D. Studies, 1993 - 1995
  Granted by the Mexican National Council of Science and Technology.

• Omega Rho International Honor Society Inductee, 1992
  Inducted by the Operations Research Society of America (now INFORMS).

• Scholarship for M.S. Studies, 1991 - 1992
  Granted by the Mexican National Council of Science and Technology.

• Top ranked Mathematics major student, 1983 - 1987
  UANL, Facultad de Ciencias Físico-Matemáticas.

• Scholarship for undergraduate studies, 1983 - 1987
  Granted by the Mexican Mathematical Society and the UANL.

• 1st place on Mathematics Contest, 1983
  Granted by the Mexican Mathematical Society and UANL to the winner of the state-wide contest for high school students in the state of Nuevo León.

• PRODEP Reviewer, 2025
  Certification granted by PRODEP evaluate applications for PRODEP Profile.

• ENRE Student Paper Award Committee Member, 2023
  Reviewer for INFORMS Energy, Natural Resurces and Environment Group (ENRE) Student Paper Award.

• PRODEP Reviewer, 2022
  Certification granted by PRODEP evaluate applications for PRODEP Profile.

• PRODEP Reviewer, 2020
  Certification granted by PRODEP evaluate applications for PRODEP Profile.

• Evaluation Committee Member, 2019
  2019 UANL Research Award, Engineering and Technology and Exact Sciences areas.

• Evaluation Committee Member, 2018
  2018 UANL Research Award, Engineering and Technology area.

• Reviewer of CONACYT-SENER Graduate Fellowship Program, 2017
  Certification granted by the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology to evaluate applications for international graduate study fellowships in the Energy Sector Program, 8th period.

• Reviewer of CONICYT-FONDECYT Program, 2017
  Certification granted by the Chilean Council for Science and Technology to evaluate applications for projects in the 2017 FONDECYT Program.

• Reviewer of CONACYT-SENER Graduate Fellowship Program, 2017
  Certification granted by the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology to evaluate applications for international graduate study fellowships in the Energy Sector Program, 7th period.

• Reviewer of CONACYT's Foreign Postdoctoral Program, 2017
  Certification granted by the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology to evaluate applications submitted for foreign postdoctoral support, 1st period.

• Evaluation Committee Member, 2017
  2017 UANL Research Award, Engineering and Technology area.

• Reviewer of CONACYT-DADC Program, 2016
  Certification granted by the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology to evaluate applications for projects in the 2017 DADC Special Support Program.

• Reviewer of CONACYT's Domestic Sabbatical Program, 2016
  Certification granted by the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology to evaluate applications submitted for domestic sabbatical support, 1st period.

• Reviewer of CONACYT's Foreign Postdoctoral Program, 2016
  Certification granted by the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology to evaluate applications submitted for foreign postdoctoral support, 1st period.

• Evaluation Committee Member, 2016
  2016 UANL Research Award, Engineering and Technology area.

• Project Evaluation Committee Member, 2015
  UANL PAICyT 2015

• Reviewer of CONACYT-DADC Program, 2016
  Certification granted by the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology to evaluate applications for projects in the 2016 DADC Special Support Program.

• Reviewer of CONACYT-I2T2 Graduate Fellowship Program, 2015
  Certification granted by the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology to evaluate applications for international graduate study fellowships in I2T2 Program, 1st period.

• Evaluation Committee Member, 2015
  2015 UANL Research Award, Engineering and Technology area.

• Reviewer of CONACYT-I2T2 Graduate Fellowship Program, 2014
  Certification granted by the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology to evaluate applications for international graduate study fellowships in I2T2 Program, 1st period.

• Reviewer of CONACYT's Graduate Fellowship Program, 2014
  Certification granted by the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology to evaluate applications for international graduate study fellowships, 1st and 2nd periods.

• Reviewer of CONACYT-FUNED Graduate Fellowship Program, 2014
  Certification granted by the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology to evaluate applications for international graduate study fellowships in FUNED Program, 1st and 3rd periods.

• Reviewer of CONACYT's National Postdoctoral Program 2nd year, 2014
  Certification granted by the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology to evaluate applications submitted for 2nd year national postdoctoral support, 2nd period.

• Evaluation Committee Member, 2014
  2014 UANL Research Award, Engineering and Technology area.

• Reviewer of CONACYT's Graduate Fellowship Program, 2013
  Certification granted by the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology to evaluate applications for international graduate study fellowships, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd periods.

• Reviewer of CONACYT's National Postdoctoral Program, 2013
  Certification granted by the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology to evaluate applications submitted for national postdoctoral support, 1st and 3rd periods.

• Project Evaluation Committee Member, 2012
  UANL PAICyT 2012-2013

• Evaluation Committee Member, 2012
  2011 UANL Research Award.

• Reviewer of CONACYT's National Postdoctoral Program, 2011
  Certification granted by the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology to evaluate applications submitted for national postdoctoral support.

• Project Evaluation Committee Member, 2011
  UANL PAICyT 2011-12

• Reviewer of CONACYT's National Postdoctoral Program, 2010
  Certification granted by the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology to evaluate applications submitted for national postdoctoral support.

• Member of CONACYT's Graduate Program Evaluation Committee, 2009
  Certification granted by the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology to evaluate proposals submitted to the National Contest of Quality Graduate Programs.

• Evaluation Committee Member, 2009
  2008 UANL Research Award.

• Member of CONACYT's Abroad Study Fellowship Modification Evaluation Committee, 2008
  Certification granted by the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology to evaluate applications for modifying graduate study fellowship, Fall and Winter periods.

• Member of CONACYT's Graduate Program Evaluation Committee, 2007
  Certification granted by the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology to evaluate proposals submitted to the National Contest of Quality Graduate Programs.

• Evaluation Committee Member, 2004
  2003 UANL Research Award.

• Project Evaluation Committee Member, 2004-2005
  UANL PAICyT, Applied Sciences Area.

• Evaluation Committee Member, 2003
  2002 UANL Research Award.

• Member of CONACYT Registry of Certified Reviewers, 2002-2005, 2005-
  Nation-wide certification granted by the Mexican National System for Scientific and Technological Evaluation to evaluate research project proposals in the Engineering area.

• Project Evaluation Committee Member, 2002-2003
  UANL PAICyT.

• Evaluation Committee Member, 2002
  2001 UANL Research Award.

• Evaluation Committee Member, 2001
  2000 UANL Research Award.

• Program Comittee Member, 2026
  21st Conference of the Spanish Association of Artificial Intelligence (CAEPIA), Jaén, Spain.

• Program Comittee Member, 2026
  16th Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC), Naples, Italy.

• Program Comittee Member, 2025
  OPTIMA, Coquimbo, Chile.

• Program Comittee Member, 2025
  XVI Spanish Conference on Metaheuristics, Evolutionary and Bioinspired Algorithms (MAEB), Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.

• Program Comittee Member, 2025
  International Workshop on Big Optimization (WBO25), Catania, Italy.

• Program Comittee Member, 2024
  International Conference on Computational Logistics (ICCL), Monterrey, Mexico.

• Program Comittee Member, 2024
  15th Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC), Lorient, France.

• Program Comittee Member, 2024
  13th International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems (ICORES), Rome, Italy.

• Program Comittee Member, 2023
  23rd IFORS Conference, Santiago, Chile.

• Program Comittee Member, 2022
  14th Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC), Ortigia-Syracuse, Italy.

• Program Comittee Member, 2021
  10th Joint ALIO/EURO International Conference on Applied Combinatorial Optimization, Viña del Mar, Chile.

• Program Comittee Member, 2020
  XIV Spanish Conference on Metaheuristics, Evolutionary and Bioinspired Algorithms (MAEB), M´laga, Spain.

• Program Comittee Member, 2020
  International Conference on Production Research (ICPR), Bahía Blanca, Argentina.

• Program Comittee Member, 2020
  XXI Panamerican Conference on Transit Engineering, Transportation, and Logistics (PANAM), Lima, Peru.

• Program Comittee Member, 2020
  IFORS Conference, Seoul, South Korea.

• Program Comittee Member, 2019
  XIII Conference of the Chilean OR Society (OPTIMA), Santa Cruz, Chile.

• Program Comittee Member, 2019
  III Colombian Conference on Operations Research (ASOCIO), Bucaramanga, Colombia.

• Program Comittee Member, 2019
  Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC), Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.

• Program Comittee Co-Chair, 2019
  ALIO-INFORMS Joint Internatioal Meeting, Cancun, Mexico.

• Program Comittee Member, 2018
  XIII Spanish Conference on Metaheuristics, Evolutionary and Bioinspired Algorithms (MAEB), Granada, Spain.

• Program Comittee Member, 2018
  19th Latin-American Conference on Operations Research (CLAIO), Lima, Peru.

• Program Comittee Member, 2018
  7th Conference of the Mexican Operations Research Society, Saltillo, Mexico.

• Program Comittee Member, 2017
  Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (MICAI), Ensenada, Mexico.

• Program Comittee Member, 2017
  OPTIMA, Viña del Mar, Chile.

• Program Comittee Member, 2017
  IFORS Conference, Quebec City, Canada.

• Program Comittee Member, 2017
  XII Spanish Conference on Metaheuristics, Evolutionary and Bioinspired Algorithms (MAEB), Barcelona, Spain.

• Program Comittee Member, 2016
  XI Spanish Conference on Metaheuristics, Evolutionary and Bioinspired Algorithms (MAEB), Salamanca, Spain.

• Program Comittee Member, 2016
  1st Inter-American Conference on Industrial Engineering (CIII), Monterrey, Mexico.

• Program Comittee Member, 2016
  18th Latin-American Conference on Operations Research (CLAIO), Santiago, Chile.

• Program Comittee Member, 2016
  XIX Panamerican Conference on Transit Engineering, Transportation, and Logistics (PANAM), Mexico City, Mexico.

• Program Comittee Member, 2016
  20th Latin-American Summer School on Operations Research (ELAVIO), ??, Colombia.

• Program Comittee Member, 2015
  Spanish Meeting on Evolutionary Algorithms and Metaheuristics (JAEM), Albacete, Spain.

• Program Comittee Member, 2015
  19th Latin-American Summer School on Operations Research (ELAVIO), Quito, Ecuador.

• Program Comittee Member, 2015
  X Spanish Conference on Metaheuristics, Evolutionary and Bioinspired Algorithms (MAEB), Mérida, Spain.

• Conference Chair, 2014
  17th Latin-Iberian-American Conference on Operations Research (CLAIO) and 3rd Conference of the Mexican Operations Research Society, Monterrey, Mexico.

• Program Comittee Member, 2014
  5th International Conference on Computational Logistics (ICCL), Valparaios, Chile.

• Program Comittee Member, 2014
  18th Latin-American Summer School on Operations Research (ELAVIO), Areia, Brazil.

• Program Comittee Member, 2013
  IX Spanish Conference on Metaheuristics, Evolutionary and Bioinspired Algorithms (MAEB), Madrid, Spain.

• Program Comittee Member, 2013
  IV Iberian-American Meeting on Operations Research and Management Science (IOCA), Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

• Program Comittee Chair, 2012
  1st Conference of the Mexican Operations Research Society, Guadalajara, Mexico.

• Program Comittee Member, 2012
  16th Latin-American Conference on Operations Research (CLAIO), Rio do Janeiro, Brazil.

• Program Comittee Member, 2012
  16th Latin-American Summer School on Operations Research (ELAVIO), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

• Program Comittee Member, 2012
  VIII Spanish Conference on Metaheuristics, Evolutionary and Bioinspired Algorithms (MAEB), Albacete, Spain.

• Program Comittee Member, 2012
  2012 International Workshop on Hybrid Algorithms for solving Realistic Routing, Scheduling and Reliability/availability Problems (CYTED-HAROSA'12), TBA, Spain.

• Program Comittee Member, 2011
  III International Conference on Computation and Telecommunications (COMTEL'11), Lima, Peru.

• Program Comittee Member, 2010
  15th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering Theory, Applications, and Practice (IJIE), Mexico City, Mexico.

• Program Comittee Member, 2010
  II International Conference on Computation and Telecommunications (COMTEL'10), Lima, Peru.

• Program Comittee Member, 2010
  VII Spanish Conference on Metaheuristics, Evolutionary and Bioinspired Algorithms (MAEB), Valencia, Spain.

• Program Comittee Member, 2010
  II Iberian-American Meeting on Operations Research and Management Science (IOCA), Monterrey, Mexico.

• Program Comittee Member, 2010
  15th Latin-American Conference on Operations Research (CLAIO), Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• Program Comittee Member, 2009
  Workshop on Intelligent Metaheuristics for Logistics Planning, Sevilla, Spain.

• Program Comittee Member, 2009
  4th Meeting of the Iberian-American Network on Multicriteria Decision and Evaluation (REDM'09), Zapopan, Mexico.

• Program Comittee Member, 2009
  I International Conference on Computation and Telecommunications (COMTEL'09), Lima, Peru.

• Program Comittee Member, 2009
  3rd Latin-Ibero-American Workshop on Operations Research (TLAIO), Acapulco, Mexico.

• Program Comittee Member, 2009
  14th Latin-American Summer School on Operations Research (ELAVIO), El Fuerte, Mexico.

• Program Comittee Member, 2009
  VI Spanish Conference on Metaheuristics, Evolutionary and Bioinspired Algorithms (MAEB), Malaga, Spain.

• Program Comittee Member, 2008
  13th Latin-American Summer School on Operations Research (ELAVIO), Peru.

• Program Comittee Member, 2007
  3rd Meeting of the Iberian-American Network on Multicriteria Decision and Evaluation (REDM'07), Culiacan, Mexico.

• Program Comittee Member, 2007
  I Spanish Meeting on Evolutionary Algorithms and Metaheuristics (JAEM), Zaragoza, Spain.

• Program Comittee Member, 2007
  6th International Conference on Operational Research for Development (ICORD), Brazil.

• Program Comittee Member, 2007
  12th Latin-American Summer School on Operations Research (ELAVIO), Brazil.

• Program Comittee Member, 2007
  V Spanish Conference on Metaheuristics, Evolutionary and Bioinspired Algorithms (MAEB), Tenerife, Spain.

• Program Comittee Member, 2006
  13th Latin-American Conference on Operations Research (CLAIO), Montevideo, Uruguay.

• Program Comittee Member, 2006
  VI International Seminar on Systems Engineering (SIIS), Cozumel, Mexico.

• Program Comittee Member, 2005
  Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (MICAI), Mexico.

• International Scientific Program Comittee Member, 2005
  5th WSEAS International Conference on Systems Theory and Scientific Computation (ISTASC'05), Malta.

• Program Comittee Member, 2005
  Mexican International Conference on Computer Science (ENC), Mexico.

• Program Comittee Member, 2004
  12th Latin-American Conference on Operations Research (CLAIO), Cuba.

• Program Comittee Member, 2004
  Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (MICAI), Mexico.

• Program Comittee Member, 2004
  Mexican International Conference on Computer Science (ENC), Mexico.

• Program Comittee Member, 2004
  10th Latin-American Summer School on Operations Research (ELAVIO), Uruguay.

• Advisory Comittee Member, 2002
  Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (MICAI), Mexico.

• Program Comittee Member, 2002
  11th Latin-American Conference on Operations Research and Systems (CLAIO), Chile.

• Program Comittee Member, 2000
  10th Latin-American Conference on Operations Research and Systems (CLAIO), México City.

• Program Comittee Member, 2000
  7th INFORMS Computing Society Conference, Cancún, México.

• Editor, 2022-present
  Area Editor, 2019-2021
  Editorial Board Member, 2016-2018
  Computers & Operations Research
• Editorial Board Member, 2014-present
  Operations Research Perspectives
• Technical Committee Member, 2005-present
  Ingenierías
• Associate Editor, Area Operations Research, 2003-2017
  Advanced Decision Science (formerly Journal of Applied Mathematics and Decision Science)

• Past President, Mexican Society of Operations Research (SMIO), 2016 - 2018
• President, Mexican Society of Operations Research (SMIO), 2014 - 2016
• Vice-President, Latin-American Association on Operations Research (ALIO), 2002 - 2004
• U. of Texas Chapter President, Omega Rho Honor Society of INFORMS, 1993 - 97.

• Host Researcher, 1 undergraduate student supervised during the XXV Scientific Summer Program, July 2023.
• Host Researcher, 1 undergraduate student supervised during the XXIII Scientific Summer Program, July 2021.
• Host Researcher, 2 undergraduate students supervised during the XXII Scientific Summer Program, July 2020.
• Host Researcher, 1 undergraduate students supervised during the XXI Scientific Summer Program, July 2019.
• Reviewer, 2019 UANL Research Award, March 2019.
• Host Researcher, 1 undergraduate students supervised during the XX Scientific Summer Program, June-July 2018.
• Reviewer, 2018 UANL Research Award, May 2018.
• Reviewer, 2017 UANL Research Award, April 2017.
• Reviewer, 2016 UANL Research Award, April 2016.
• Project Reviewer, UANL PAICyT, September 2015
• Host Researcher, 2 undergraduate students supervised during the XVII Scientific Summer Program, June-July 2015.
• Reviewer, 2015 UANL Research Award, April 2015.
• Reviewer, 2013 UANL Research Award, April 2014.
• Host Researcher, 1 undergraduate student supervised during the XV Scientific Summer Program, June-July 2013.
• Project Reviewer, UANL PAICyT, September 2012
• Reviewer, 2011 UANL Research Award, April 2012.
• Project Reviewer, UANL PAICyT, March 2011
• Host Researcher, 1 undergraduate student supervised during the XII Scientific Summer Program, June-July 2010.
• Reviewer, 2008 UANL Research Award, March 2009.
• Host Researcher, 1 undergraduate student supervised during the IX Scientific Summer Program, June-July 2007.
• Host Researcher, 1 undergraduate student supervised during the VIII Scientific Summer Program, June-July 2006.
• Reviewer, 2003 UANL Research Award, March 2004.
• Project Reviewer, UANL PAICyT, January 2004
• Reviewer, 2002 UANL Research Award, March 2003.
• Host Researcher, 2 undergraduate students supervised during the IV Scientific Summer Program, July-August 2002.
• Project Reviewer, UANL PAICyT, April 2002
• Reviewer, 2001 UANL Research Award, March 2002
• Host Researcher, 1 high school student supervised during the III Scientific Summer Program, July-August 2001.
• Reviewer, 2000 UANL Research Award, March 2001.
• Host Researcher, 2 high school students supervised during the II Scientific Summer Program, July-August 2000.
• Co-founder (with Ada Álvarez and Oscar L. Chacón) of Masters Program in Systems Engineering at Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica. Approved by H. Consejo Universitario in December 1999.

• Host Researcher, 1 undergraduate student supervised during the XXVIII Scientific Summer Program, June-August 2018.
• Host Researcher, 2 undergraduate students supervised during the XXIV Scientific Summer Program, June-August 2014.
• Host Researcher, 1 undergraduate student supervised during the XXIII Scientific Summer Program, June-August 2013.
• Host Researcher, 2 undergraduate students supervised during the XXII Scientific Summer Program, June-August 2012.
• Host Researcher, 1 undergraduate student supervised during the XX Scientific Summer Program, June-August 2010.
• Host Researcher, 1 undergraduate student supervised during the XIX Scientific Summer Program, June-August 2009.
• Host Researcher, 1 undergraduate student supervised during the XVIII Scientific Summer Program, June-August 2008.
• Host Researcher, 2 undergraduate students supervised during the XVII Scientific Summer Program, June-August 2007.
• Host Researcher, 2 undergraduate students supervised during the XIV Scientific Summer Program, June-August 2004.
• Host Researcher, 2 undergraduate students supervised during the XIII Scientific Summer Program, June-August 2003.
• Host Researcher, 1 undergraduate student supervised during the XII Scientific Summer Program, June-August 2002.
• Host Researcher, 5 undergraduate students supervised during the XI Scientific Summer Program, June-August 2001.

• Session Chair, "Metaheuristics", XI CSMIO, Cholula, Mexico, October 2023
• Cluster Co-Chair, "Metaheuristics" 23rd IFORS Conference, Santiago, Chile, July 2023.
• Program Committee Co-Chair, ALIO-INFORMS Joint International Meeting, Cancun, Mexico, June 2019.
• Area Organizer and Chair, "Scheduling, Timetabling, and Project Management", IFORS Conference, Quebec City, Canada, July 2017
• Session Chair, "Healthcare: Clinical Applications in Healthcare", XVIII CLAIO, Santiago, Chile, October 2016
• Conference Chair, Joint CLAIO/CSMIO Conference, Monterrey, Mexico, October 2014.
• Program Committee Chair, I Conference of the SMIO, Guadalajara, Mexico, October 2012.
• Cluster Coordinator and Organizer, "Optimization and Operations Research", I NAMIAM, Huatulco, Mexico, December 2010.
• Session Chair, "Facility Location I", INFORMS National Meeting, Austin, November 2010.
• Organizing Committee Member, XIV ELAVIO, El Fuerte, Mexico, August 2009.
• Session Chair, "Meta-Heuristics", XII CLAIO, Havana, Cuba, October 2004.
• Session Chair, "Energy Modeling", CORS/INFORMS Joint International Meeting, Banff, Canada, May 2004
• Session Chair, "Logistics Research and Models", 15th Annual POM Conference, Cancun, Mexico, May 2004
• Session Chair, "Simulation and Modeling", 7th WSEAS International Conference on Systems, Corfu, Greece, July 2003
• Organizing Committee Member, I FIME Simposium on Operations Research and Systems, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico, October 2003.
• Session Chair, "Modeling Systems", XI CLAIO, Concepción, Chile, October 2002.
• Session Chair, "Optimization and Mathematical Programming", IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Tucson, October 2001.
• Session Chair, "Environment and Natural Resources I", INFORMS National Meeting, San Antonio, November 2000.
• Session Chair, "Branch-and-Cut Algorithms", INFORMS National Meeting, San Antonio, November 2000.
• Session Chair, "Bilevel Programming", 10th Latin-American Conference on Operations Research and Systems, México City, September 2000.
• Cluster Co-chair, "Energy", INFORMS National Meeting, Salt Lake City, May 2000.
• Session Chair, "Applications of Operations Research in the Natural Gas Industry", 7th INFORMS Computing Society Conference, Cancún, México, January 2000.
• Session Chair, "Nonlinear Programming II", INFORMS National Meeting, Seattle, October 1998
• Cluster Chair, "Energy", INFORMS National Meeting, Seattle, October 1998.
• Organizing Committee Member, 6th International Conference on Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization, Houston, June 1998.

• Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
• Annals of Operations Research
• Applied Energy
• Applied Soft Computing
• Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering
• Computers & Operations Research
• Discrete Applied Mathematics
• Discrete Optimization
• Energy
• EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics
• European Journal of Operational Research
• Healthcare Analytics
• IIE Transactions
• INFORMS Journal on Computing
• INFORMS Transactions on Education
• Ingenierías
• Interfaces
• International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management
• International Journal of Production Research
• International Transactions in Operational Research
• Journal of Applied Mathematics and Decision Science
• Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics
• Journal of Heuristics
• Journal of Scheduling
• Journal of the Operational Research Society
• Memetic Computing
• Naval Research Logistics
• Networks
• Omega
• Optimization and Engineering
• Service Science
• Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
• The Journal of Supercomputing

• Founder and Owner, 2003-present
  IOMEX-L, Operations research in Mexico
• Owner, 2003-2022
  SCHED-L, Sequencing and scheduling research
• Founder and Owner, 2000-2023
  PISIS-L, PISIS faculty and students

• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  
• Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO)
  
  • EURO Chapter on Combinatorial Optimization (ECCO)
    
  • EURO Chapter on Metaheuristics (EU/ME)
    
  • EURO Working Group on Locational Analysis (EWGLA)
    
  • EURO Working Group on OR in Agriculture and Forest Management (ORAFM)
    
  • EURO Working Group on Stochastic Programming (EWGSP)
    
  • EURO Working Group on Vehicle Routing and Logistics Optimization (VeRoLog)
    
• Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  
  • INFORMS Computing Society
    
  • INFORMS Energy, Natural Resources and Environment Section
    
  • INFORMS Location Analysis Section
    
  • INFORMS Optimization Society
    
  • INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Section
    
• Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)
• Mathematical Programming Society
  
• Mexican Operations Research Society (SMIO)
  
• Omega Rho International Honor Society
  
• Pipeline Simulation Interest Group
  
• The Regional Science Association International (RSAI)
  
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
  
  • SIAM Activity Group on Optimization
    
• Spanish Association for Artificial Intelligence (AEPIA)
  
• Spanish Operations Research Society (SEIO)
  

Mainframes: UNIX (and compatible), VAX/VMS, IBM/VM operating systems.

Microcomputers: PC (Linux, MS-Windows, MS-DOS), Macintosh.

Optimization software: CPLEX, OSL, GRG2, GAMS, MINTO, MATLAB.

Miscellaneous: System administration of IBM RS/6000 and Sun workstations, mailing list administration, world-wide web page design and development.