Mario Aldape Pérez received a Ph.D. in Computer Science with honors from the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Mexico. He is currently Director of the Center for Innovation and Technological Development in Computing (CIDETEC-IPN). He earned a B.S. in Electronic Engineering with a specialization in Digital Systems from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in 2004, and an M.Sc. in Computer Engineering from IPN in 2007. Throughout his academic career, he has held several leadership and administrative positions at IPN, including Academic Subdirector and Head of the Department of Research and Scientific and Technological Innovation. His research interests include associative memories, pattern recognition, soft computing, machine learning, hardware implementation of intelligent algorithms, and artificial intelligence applications in medical and control systems. He is a member of the National System of Researchers (Level II), the Mexican Academy of Computing, and the Mexican Academy of Sciences. His distinctions include the Lázaro Cárdenas Award, the highest academic honor granted by IPN for outstanding graduate performance. ORCID: 0000-0002-1504-4714.