Raúl Castro-Ortega received his BS degree in computational systems from the Higher Technological Institute of Huauchinango (ITSH) in 2014. He received his MS and Ph.D. degrees in Optical Computing and Optomechatronics both from the Polytechnic University of Tulancingo (UPT) in 2015 and 2019, respectively. His current research areas include digital image processing, biometrics and pattern recognition.