Roman Rodríguez-Aguilar is a professor in the School of Economic and Business Sciences of the “Universidad Panamericana” in Mexico. His research is on large-scale mathematical optimization,
evolutionary computation, data science, statistical modeling, health economics, energy, competition,
and market regulation. He is particularly interested in topics related to artificial intelligence, digital
transformation, and Industry 4.0. He received his Ph.D. at the School of Economics at the National
Polytechnic Institute, Mexico. He also has a master's degree in Engineering from the School of
Engineering at the National University of Mexico (UNAM), a master's degree in Administration and
Public Policy in the School of Government and Public Policy at Monterrey Institute of Technology and
Higher Education, a postgraduate in applied statistics at the Research Institute in Applied Mathematics
and Systems of the UNAM and his degree in Economics at the UNAM. Prior to joining Panamericana
University, he has worked as a specialist in economics, statistics, simulation, finance, and optimization,
occupying different management positions in various public entities such as the Ministry of Energy,
Ministry of Finance, and Ministry of Health. At present, he has the second-highest country-wide
distinction granted by the Mexican National System of Research Scientists for scientific merit (SNI
Fellow, Level 2). He has co-authored research articles in science citation index journals, conference
proceedings, presentations, and book chapters.