Pérez-Díaz, Jesús Arturo

Dr. Jesús Arturo Pérez Díaz completed his Bachelor¿s degree in Computer Systems Engineering in 1995, graduating with honors and obtaining the highest GPA and best student award of the 1990¿1995 class in the entire School of Engineering. As a recent graduate, he worked as Head of the Networking and Technical Support Department at the City Hall of Aguascalientes. In 2000, he earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science with a specialization in network security, graduating cum laude. At the end of 2000, he joined the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oviedo as a research professor and became a member of the European project AgentLink. During 2001, he served as the Associate Director of the School of Engineering at the University of Oviedo. Dr. Jesús Arturo Pérez Díaz holds the prestigious Cisco Systems certifications CCNA, CCNA Wireless, CCNA Security, CCNP, and CCAI. He has supervised several master¿s and doctoral theses in the areas of wireless communications and security, and has published more than 30 articles in international journals and conferences. In 2006, he was recognized by the COIMBRA group of European universities as one of the best young researchers in Latin America. Thanks to this distinction, he was selected to work at the University of Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium. In May 2007, he was honored by CIGRÉ (International Council on Large Electric Systems) as the creator of the best communication and telecommunications system for electric systems in Latin America, based on a master¿s thesis under his supervision. In October 2007, he won third place in the Intel Business Innovation Award with the project ¿TrusteME: secure mobile banking and electronic payment system.¿ In recent years, he has collaborated in the coordination of CEDITTEC (Technology Transfer and Innovation Center), where he has developed several technological solutions for various companies, including a hybrid photovoltaic solar system, a green energy management system (phases I and II), Saludmex, and Obibaby, among others, which have led to the submission of multiple patents. These projects have provided him significant industry engagement experience as well as federal funding acquisition from CONACYT, securing approximately 7 million pesos for the Cuernavaca campus. He also holds a patent titled ¿Motivational mechanomotor rehabilitation system for arms and legs, with vital signs monitoring, for patients with paraplegia, hemiplegia, and/or stroke¿ (Patent No. 344342), and has earned a certification in Patents and Trademarks from the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property. Dr. Pérez is currently a Level 1 National Researcher and a full-time research professor in the Department of Computing at the Guadalajara campus. He has more than 30 publications in Q1/Q2 journals, and his research areas include detection and mitigation of DDoS attacks and ransomware, as well as multi-factor authentication.