Assistant Professor
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Assistant Professor
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biography
Education
research focus
Professional association
selected publications
  • [1] I. Gómez-Méndez and E. Joly, "Regression with missing data, a comparison study of techniques based on random forests," Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, vol. 93, no. 12, pp. 1924–1949, 2023. doi: 10.1080/00949655.2022.2163646.
  • [2] I. Gómez-Méndez and C. Amornbunchornvej, "Income, education, and other poverty-related variables: A journey through Bayesian hierarchical models," Heliyon, vol. 10, no. 6, art. no. e27968, Mar. 2024. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27968.
  • [3] I. Gómez-Méndez and E. Joly, "On the consistency of a random forest algorithm in the presence of missing entries," Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 400–434, 2024. doi: 10.1080/10485252.2023.2219783.
  • [4] I. Gómez-Méndez and C. Amornbunchornvej, "Regional and spatial dependence of poverty factors in Thailand, and its use in Bayesian hierarchical regression analysis," Statistical Journal of the IAOS, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 322–337, 2026.
  • [5] I. Gómez-Méndez, "Random Forests and Autoencoders with Missing Data," Ph.D. dissertation, Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas (CIMAT), Guanajuato, Mexico, 2021.
  • Machine learning (random forests, neural networks, support vector machines, recommender systems, etc.)
  • Statistics (in-ference, regression, Bayesian statistics, multivariate analysis, etc.)

Computing Skills

  • Programming Languages: Python, Julia, R
  • Data Visualization: Plotly, Tableau, Shiny
  • Deep Learning: TensorFlow
  • Big Data: PySpark
  • Bayesian Analysis: PyMC
  • Other Data Analysis: SPSS, Google Analytics
  • Other Languages: SQL, HTML, CSS, LATEX

  • 2021: Doctor of Philosophy in Probability and Statistics, Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas (Center for Research in Mathematics, CIMAT), Mexico
  • 2016: Master of Science in Probability and Statistics, Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas (Center for Research in Mathematics, CIMAT), Mexico
  • 2014: Bachelor of Engineering in Mathematics, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (National Polytechnique Institute, IPN), Mexico