Miguel Morales-Sandoval, Phd

Dr. Miguel Morales-Sandoval is a mexican Computer Science researcher. In 2002, he received the B.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Puebla, Faculty of Computer Science. His M.Sc. and PhD degrees in Computer Science were obtained in 2004 and 2008 respectively from the National Institute for Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (INAOE), in the Computer Science Department. From august 2008 to august 2012 he was with the Polytechnic University of Victoria in Tamaulipas, Mexico as a professor-researcher in the Information Technology Department. During september 2012 to august 2014 he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (Cinvestav) campus Tamaulipas (formely named Information Technology Lab - LTI). Later, he continued in Cinvestav Tamaulipas from september 2014 to october 2016 as a visiting professor. In november 2016, he won the contest for full-time professor-researcher in Cinvestav Tamaulipas. From January 2018 to September 2020, he was the Academic Coordinator in Cinvestav Tamaulipas and the head of the Graduate Programs (Master and PhD) in Engineering and Computational Technologies.

Since june 2023, he is full-time researcher in the Computer Science department of the National Institute for Astrophisics, Optics, and Electronics (INAOE) in Puebla, Mexico. Currently, he is the academic representative of the Master of Science in Information Security Technologies, one of the eight graduate programs at INAOE.

His research areas include:

Cryptography (special interest on Curve-based cryptography)
Cryptographic algorithms and protocols for embedded systems and the Internet of Things
Data security in constrained devices and in the Cloud
Blockchain
Data security in Data Science
Real-world cryptography applications
Embedded system design with Hardware Description Languages and FPGAs
Software Engineering

Dr. Morales-Sandoval was the leader of the research project "Development of novel algorithms and their hardware/software architectures for lighweight cryptography", supported by the funding program SEP-CONACyT Ciencia Básica, Fondo de Investigación para la Educación, from 2018 to 2021.

In 2018, 2019, and 2020, Dr. Morales-Sandoval led the project " Encuentro Estatal de Jóvenes Talento en Tecnologías de Información, TopTamaulipas, TamCoder, y TamMath". For the 2018 and 2020 editions, the project obtained financial support by CONACYT through the funding program Fomento a las vocaciones científicas. The 2020 edition was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2020, Dr. Morales-Sandoval joined the project "Plataforma tecnológica para la gestión, aseguramiento, intercambio y preservación de grandes volúmenes de datos en salud y construcción de un repositorio nacional de servicios de análisis de datos de salud", led by Dr. Jose Luis Gonzalez Compean. The contribution of Dr. Morales in this project is in the development of cryptographic algorithms for securing medical data. This project was developed in the context of Conacyt PRONACEs, of mexican national research project Investigación e Incidencia de Ciencia de Datos en Salud.

Computer Science and Computer Engineering Chair of International Conference on Electrical Engineering, Computing Science and Automatic Control (CCE 2021 and CCE 2022), held in Mexico City.

Organizer of Jornadas de Divulgación, intended to promote science communication to society in Mexico. 2021

National Researcher Level 2 in the Conacyt National System of Researchers (SNI).

Member of the Mexican Academy of Science (ACM), since 2021.

Adherent member of the Mexican Academy of Computing (Academia Mexicana de Computación AC), since 2016.

Member and collaborator in the Mexican Thematic Network of Software Engineering (Red Temática Mexicana de Ingeniería de Software - REDMIS), since 2021.

Member and collaborator in the Mexican Computer Science Society (Sociedad Mexicana de Ciencias de la Computación - SMCC).

Curriculum Vitae