Dr. Hector Perez-Meana received his M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Electro-Communications in 1986 and his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1989.  From 1989 to 1991, he was a visiting researcher at Fujitsu Laboratories. From 1991 to 1997, he was a professor in the Electrical Engineering Department of the Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico. He was the Dean of the Graduate and Research Section, IPN, from 2006 to 2010 and from 2016 to 2019, where he is currently a professor in the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Department.  He is a member of the National Researchers System of Mexico and the Mexican Academy of Science. His research interests include adaptive systems, signal and image processing, pattern recognition, and information security.