Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss, Human Vulnerability: The Role of AI in Challenging Times

Joaquín Salas is a professor in the field of Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition at Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Member of the Mexican National Research System, his research interests include the monitoring of natural systems using visual perception and aerial platforms. Salas received a Ph.D. in computer science from ITESM, México. He has been a visiting scholar at MIT, Stanford University, Duke University, Oregon State University, Xerox PARC, the Computer Vision Center, and the École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne. He has served as co-chairperson of the Mexican Conference for Pattern Recognition three times. Salas was Fulbright scholar for the US State Department. The journals Elsevier Pattern Recognition and Pattern Recognition Letters have invited him as an editor for Special Issues. For his services at the Instituto Politécnico Nacional, he received the Lázaro Cárdenas medal from the President of Mexico.