Jorge M. Cruz-Duarte is a Postdoctoral Researcher (since 2025) at the Equipe de Recherche Bonus, Centre Inria de l'Université de Lille. Previously, he was a Research Professor (2021–2024) in the Research Group on Advanced Artificial Intelligence at the Tecnológico de Monterrey (TEC). He is a Level I member of the CONACHyT Mexican National System of Researchers, an IEEE Senior Member, and a member of the Mexican Academy in Computer Sciences (AMEXCOMP). Jorge chairs the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society’s Task Force on Automated Algorithm Design, Configuration, and Selection (TFAADCS). He actively serves as a reviewer for several scientific journals, including Applied Soft Computing, Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, Applied Thermal Engineering, IEEE Access, and Mathematical Reviews.