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Xiaoou Li

Professor | Director of Data Science Laboratory

Departamento de Computación, Cinvestav-IPN (National Polytechnic Institute), Av IPN 2508, Mexico City, 07360, Mexico

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Professional Affiliations & Recognition

Level 3, Mexico National System of Researchers (SNII) (Since 2001).
Regular Member, Mexican Academy of Sciences (AMC) (Since 2008).
50 Women in Robotics You Need to Know About (2022).
Three Remarkable Women with Top-Flight Track Records, IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (2018).
Senior Member, IEEE (Since 2007).
Board Member, Mexican Artificial Intelligence Society (SMIA) (2023-present).

Education

Ph.D. in Automatic Control, Northeastern University, P. R. China, 1995.
Thesis: Object oriented colored Petri nets model and its application in flexible manufacturing systems
B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics, Northeastern University, P. R. China, 1991.

Research Overview

As the Director of the Data Science Laboratory at Cinvestav since 2006, Dr. Li leads a pioneering research program in Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Machine Learning. Her work focuses on the theoretical integration of Neural Networks and Petri Nets. Her research develops robust AI frameworks capable of solving complex challenges in sustainable and cyber-physical systems.