He is a full time professor and researcher at the Department of Computer Science, and member of the Center for Studies in Competitiveness.  He holds a Ph.D. degree in Informatics from the University of Rennes 1, France; a M.Sc. degree in Computing, from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, United Kingdom; and a B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering, with a specialization in Digital Systems, from the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM).

Levent is an economic theorist who joined the CIE in 2008 after a PhD at Rutgers University. He has worked on problems in mechanism design and choice theory. He regularly advises student research on these topics.

His recent work explores diversity in menus, autonomy, satisficing behavior and the definition of complementarity. His webpage contains links to his work.

Alberto Simpser is a professor and researcher in the Department of Political Science at ITAM, with affiliations to the Center for Economic Research (CIE) and the Center for Energy and Natural Resources (CIERN). Prior to joining ITAM in 2014, he was a faculty at the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago.

Diego Dominguez joined ITAM in 2007 after a PhD at the University of Rochester. He is interested in resource allocation problems from an axiomatic viewpoint. He chairs the Department of Economics.

Emilio joined ITAM in 2009 after a PhD at Brown University. He works on various topics in the economics of development. His personal webpage with links to his publications and ongoing work is here.

Carlos Bosch Giral studied Mathematics as an undergraduate at the National Autonomous University (UNAM) in Mexico City. He then went on to obtain a D.E.A (Diplome d’études approfondis) and PH.D. (Doctorat de 3éme cycle) in Mathematics  at the Université Claude Bernard, Lyon I in France.

Within an academic world governed by specialization, Carlos McCadden has preferred to live the integration and synthesis of different knowledges. From 1974 to 1982 he studied simultaneously the Licentiate Degrees in Economics and Social Sciences at the ITAM, and the Licentiate Degree in Philosophy at the Universidad Iberoamericana. During the academic year 1981-82 he taught at the Academic Departments of General Studies and Economics at ITAM.

He is Dean of the Division of Engineering, Head of the Digital Systems Department and full-time professor and researcher. He holds MIT Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering and computer science, as well as a B.Sc. degree in mechanical-electrical engineering from UNAM. He lectures a variety of courses related to signal propagation in the physical layer of communications networks, and conducts basic research about the presence and implications of astronomical dimension electromagnetic waves. At the same time, Dr.

Alejandro Teran serves as the Director for the Industrial Engineering Program at ITAM. He received his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, México, his M.S. in Operations Research from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management from Oklahoma State University.

His areas of interest include Engineering Education, Quality Engineering, Production Engineering and Operations Research.

Dr. Guillermo Abdel Musik is Director of the Center for Competitiveness Studies at ITAM and professor of Operations Management, Pricing Strategy and International Competitiveness. In the last 17 years he has coordinated and participated in more than 150 research and consulting projects for a wide variety of companies, governments, and international organizations. He holds a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from ITAM, a Masters in Regional Science (University of Pennsylvania), a Ph.D.