Carlos Mex-Perera holds a Ph.D. in computer security from the University of Bradford, UK, and B.E. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering. In 2003, he joined the Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico, as an assistant professor. From 2014 to 2016, he served as a consultant on the design of algorithms and protocols for industrial wireless sensor networks. From 2017 to 2019, he was an associate professor at the Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM). From 2019 to 2021, he was a lecturer in cybersecurity at Northeastern University's Khoury College of Computer Science. In 2021, he joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Department at the College of Engineering Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, USA. His research interests include AI in cybersecurity, cryptography, anomaly detection, side-channel analysis, and IoT.