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Dr. Roilhi Ibarra

Roilhi Frajo Ibarra

Full-time Associated Professor (UNAM)

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Biography

Roilhi Frajo Ibarra-Hernández received the BEng degree in Electronics and Telecommunications from Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (UAZ) in 2012, the MSc in 2015, and the PhD degree in Telecommunications from the Center of Scientific Research and Higher Education of Ensenada (CICESE) in 2019.

During his doctoral studies, he undertook a research stay at the INRIA Research Center in Rennes, France, joining the PANAMA team. In 2021, he joined the TZUKU project as a postdoctoral researcher, focusing on computing methods for behavioral context analysis in rescue dogs. From 2022 to 2025, he has been a postdoctoral researcher with the Faculty of Sciences at the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (UASLP). He is currently a full-time associated professor at the Telecommunications Department of the Faculty of Engineering of the Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), specializing in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning methods for Signal Processing, 6G and Communication Systems, physical layer signal detection, and signal processing.

Research Interests

6G Communication Systems Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) Machine Learning MIMO Signal Detection Deep Learning Audio Signal Processing Cardiac Sound Classification

Education & Experience

2026 — current
Full-time Associated Professor
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

Research and teaching in the field of Telecommunications, focusing on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning methods for Signal Processing, 6G and Communication Systems, physical layer signal detection, and signal processing.

2022 — 2025
Postdoctoral Fellow
Faculty of Sciences, UASLP

Research on Machine Learning methods for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS)-assisted 6G communication systems.

2021 — 2022
Postdoctoral Researcher
CICESE (TZUKU Project)

Research in computing methods for the analysis and classification of behavioral contexts in rescue and assistance dogs.

2018
Visiting Doctoral Researcher
INRIA Rennes, France (PANAMA Team)

Signal processing methods for automatic audio classification based on sparse representations.

2015 — 2019
PhD in Telecommunications
CICESE, México
2012 — 2015
M.Sc. in Telecommunications
CICESE, México
2008 — 2012
B.Eng. in Electronics & Telecommunications
Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (UAZ)

Awards & Achievements

  • National System of Researchers

    SNI Candidate Level Award (Since 2022)

  • Fellowship

    Estancias Postdoctorales por México SEHCITI (2022-2025)

  • Fellowship

    Proyecto TZUKU Ciencia de Frontera Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2022)

  • Doctoral Visit Scholarship

    Bourse de Mobilité des Doctorants / Beca Mixta CONAHCYT (2018)