Leader of AI initiatives for Education at AI Nexus, area of the Institute for the Future of Education (IFE) that aims to support universities, governments, and companies on the design and evolution of AI-enhanced education, and coordinator in the Artificial Intelligence Global Education Network (AIGEN).
Gerardo Castañeda worked previously as Data Acquisition Coordinator in the IFE at Tecnologico de Monterrey, bringing support to the connection of different databases across the university in order to enable researchers to obtain curated educational data, while promoting responsible use through data governance initiatives with different stakeholders.
As researcher, he is recognized in the National Researcher System of Mexico (SNI) in Candidate level in the area of "Interdisciplinary research", having collaborated in different projects and themes during his career such as education, sustainability, and disaster risk reduction. At IFE, he is part of the RIE 360 research team for the adoption of learning analytics in Mexico, participating in collaborative efforts with networks such as Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR). Besides his work in educational research, he is also a professor of digital humanities in the School of Humanities and Education, and of finance in the School of Business, where he promotes responsible ethical thinking regarding our future possibilities with technology, re-imagining the purposes of life in face of new challenges.
