Carlos A. Escobar, PhD

Machine learning research scientist

Research Expertise

Applied and develop machine learning algorithms to solve engineering intractable problems
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Modeling and Simulation
Mechanical Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Software
Control and Systems Engineering
Computer Science Applications
Mechanics of Materials
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Health Informatics
Health Policy
Information Systems and Management
Cultural Studies
Literature and Literary Theory
History

About

Carlos obtained his PhD in Engineering Sciences with concentration in AI/ML from Tec de Monterrey. He worked as a Research Assistant at Harvard. Research Scientist at Amazon, Last Mile Delivery Technology Team, where he developed and applied algorithms to speed up customer delivery times and provide new innovations to customers. Before joining Amazon, Carlos worked for General Motors (GM) as a Senior Researcher at the Manufacturing Systems Research Lab. He conducted research in Industry 4.0 and Quality 4.0; applied and developed algorithms to drive manufacturing innovation. <br> Carlos is the author of the book “Machine Learning in Manufacturing: Quality 4.0 and the Zero Defects Vision”. His research work interest lies within the 99% percentile as compared with the cohort of researchers registered in the ResearchGate platform and it has been recognized as one of the most innovative and high impact research topics by the TecReview magazine. He was ranked in the top 3% in TEXATA, the Big Data Analytics World Championships. Carlos was recognized as the SHPE Star of Today by the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE). This award honors an engineer/scientist who has demonstrated outstanding technical excellence resulting in significant accomplishments. It also recognizes dedication, commitment, and selfless efforts to advance Hispanics in STEM careers. Carlos was in the Mexican national team of martial arts. Today he enjoys teaching his colleagues this sport. SHPE: https://www.shpe.org/events/nc2021/programs/star-awards TecReview: https://issuu.com/tecreview/docs/tec\_review-30 ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carlos\_Escobar31 Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3JfYEaUAAAAJ&hl=en

Publications

Educational experiences with Generation Z

International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM) / Jul 31, 2020

Hernandez-de-Menendez, M., Escobar Díaz, C. A., & Morales-Menendez, R. (2020). Educational experiences with Generation Z. International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM), 14(3), 847–859. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12008-020-00674-9

Competencies for Industry 4.0

International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM) / Nov 02, 2020

Hernandez-de-Menendez, M., Morales-Menendez, R., Escobar, C. A., & McGovern, M. (2020). Competencies for Industry 4.0. International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM), 14(4), 1511–1524. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12008-020-00716-2

Machine learning techniques for quality control in high conformance manufacturing environment

Advances in Mechanical Engineering / Feb 01, 2018

Escobar, C. A., & Morales-Menendez, R. (2018). Machine learning techniques for quality control in high conformance manufacturing environment. Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 10(2), 168781401875551. https://doi.org/10.1177/1687814018755519

Engineering education for smart 4.0 technology: a review

International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM) / Jul 29, 2020

Hernandez-de-Menendez, M., Escobar Díaz, C. A., & Morales-Menendez, R. (2020). Engineering education for smart 4.0 technology: a review. International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM), 14(3), 789–803. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12008-020-00672-x

Technologies for the future of learning: state of the art

International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM) / Nov 15, 2019

Hernandez-de-Menendez, M., Escobar Díaz, C., & Morales-Menendez, R. (2019). Technologies for the future of learning: state of the art. International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM), 14(2), 683–695. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12008-019-00640-0

Quality 4.0: a review of big data challenges in manufacturing

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing / Apr 11, 2021

Escobar, C. A., McGovern, M. E., & Morales-Menendez, R. (2021). Quality 4.0: a review of big data challenges in manufacturing. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 32(8), 2319–2334. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10845-021-01765-4

Big Data-Driven Manufacturing—Process-Monitoring-for-Quality Philosophy

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering / Aug 24, 2017

Abell, J. A., Chakraborty, D., Escobar, C. A., Im, K. H., Wegner, D. M., & Wincek, M. A. (2017). Big Data-Driven Manufacturing—Process-Monitoring-for-Quality Philosophy. Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 139(10). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4036833

Learning analytics: state of the art

International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM) / Jun 18, 2022

Hernández-de-Menéndez, M., Morales-Menendez, R., Escobar, C. A., & Ramírez Mendoza, R. A. (2022). Learning analytics: state of the art. International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM), 16(3), 1209–1230. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12008-022-00930-0

Biometric applications in education

International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM) / Jul 28, 2021

Hernandez-de-Menendez, M., Morales-Menendez, R., Escobar, C. A., & Arinez, J. (2021). Biometric applications in education. International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM), 15(2–3), 365–380. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12008-021-00760-6

Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition Techniques for Information Extraction to Improve Production Control and Design Decisions

Advances in Data Mining. Applications and Theoretical Aspects / Jan 01, 2017

Escobar, C. A., & Morales-Menendez, R. (2017). Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition Techniques for Information Extraction to Improve Production Control and Design Decisions. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 286–300). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62701-4_23

Process-Monitoring-for-Quality — Big Models

Procedia Manufacturing / Jan 01, 2018

Escobar, C. A., Abell, J. A., Hernández-de-Menéndez, M., & Morales-Menendez, R. (2018). Process-Monitoring-for-Quality — Big Models. Procedia Manufacturing, 26, 1167–1179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2018.07.153

Quality 4.0 — Green, Black and Master Black Belt Curricula

Procedia Manufacturing / Jan 01, 2021

Escobar, C. A., Chakraborty, D., McGovern, M., Macias, D., & Morales-Menendez, R. (2021). Quality 4.0 — Green, Black and Master Black Belt Curricula. Procedia Manufacturing, 53, 748–759. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2021.06.085

Process-Monitoring-for-Quality—Applications

Manufacturing Letters / Apr 01, 2018

Escobar, C. A., Wincek, M. A., Chakraborty, D., & Morales-Menendez, R. (2018). Process-Monitoring-for-Quality—Applications. Manufacturing Letters, 16, 14–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mfglet.2018.02.004

Quality 4.0 – an evolution of Six Sigma DMAIC

International Journal of Lean Six Sigma / May 03, 2022

Escobar, C. A., Macias, D., McGovern, M., Hernandez-de-Menendez, M., & Morales-Menendez, R. (2022). Quality 4.0 – an evolution of Six Sigma DMAIC. International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, 13(6), 1200–1238. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijlss-05-2021-0091

Process-Monitoring-for-Quality — A Model Selection Criterion for l - Regularized Logistic Regression

Procedia Manufacturing / Jan 01, 2019

Escobar, C. A., & Morales-Menendez, R. (2019). Process-Monitoring-for-Quality — A Model Selection Criterion for l - Regularized Logistic Regression. Procedia Manufacturing, 34, 832–839. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2019.06.166

Process-Monitoring-for-Quality — A Model Selection Criterion for Support Vector Machine

Procedia Manufacturing / Jan 01, 2019

Escobar, C. A., & Morales-Menendez, R. (2019). Process-Monitoring-for-Quality — A Model Selection Criterion for Support Vector Machine. Procedia Manufacturing, 34, 1010–1017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2019.06.094

Process-monitoring-for-quality — A model selection criterion

Manufacturing Letters / Jan 01, 2018

Escobar, C. A., & Morales-Menendez, R. (2018). Process-monitoring-for-quality — A model selection criterion. Manufacturing Letters, 15, 55–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mfglet.2018.01.001

The decay of Six Sigma and the rise of Quality 4.0 in manufacturing innovation

Quality Engineering / May 18, 2023

Escobar, C. A., Macias-Arregoyta, D., & Morales-Menendez, R. (2023). The decay of Six Sigma and the rise of Quality 4.0 in manufacturing innovation. Quality Engineering, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/08982112.2023.2206679

Process-monitoring-for-quality — A machine learning-based modeling for rare event detection

Array / Sep 01, 2020

Escobar, C. A., Morales-Menendez, R., & Macias, D. (2020). Process-monitoring-for-quality — A machine learning-based modeling for rare event detection. Array, 7, 100034. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.array.2020.100034

Process-Monitoring-for-Quality - A Step Forward in the Zero Defects Vision

SAE Technical Paper Series / Apr 14, 2020

Escobar, C., Arinez, J., & Morales-Menendez, R. (2020, April 14). Process-Monitoring-for-Quality - A Step Forward in the Zero Defects Vision. SAE Technical Paper Series. https://doi.org/10.4271/2020-01-1302

Process monitoring for quality — A multiple classifier system for highly unbalanced data

Heliyon / Oct 01, 2021

Escobar, C. A., Macias, D., & Morales-Menendez, R. (2021). Process monitoring for quality — A multiple classifier system for highly unbalanced data. Heliyon, 7(10), e08123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08123

Process-Monitoring-for-Quality—A Model Selection Criterion for Genetic Programming

Lecture Notes in Computer Science / Jan 01, 2019

Escobar, C. A., Wegner, D. M., Gaur, A., & Morales-Menendez, R. (2019). Process-Monitoring-for-Quality—A Model Selection Criterion for Genetic Programming. In Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization (pp. 151–164). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12598-1_13

Prognosis patients with COVID-19 using deep learning

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making / Mar 26, 2022

Guadiana-Alvarez, J. L., Hussain, F., Morales-Menendez, R., Rojas-Flores, E., García-Zendejas, A., Escobar, C. A., Ramírez-Mendoza, R. A., & Wang, J. (2022). Prognosis patients with COVID-19 using deep learning. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-022-01820-x

Interpreting learning models in manufacturing processes: Towards explainable AI methods to improve trust in classifier predictions

Journal of Industrial Information Integration / Jun 01, 2023

Goldman, C. V., Baltaxe, M., Chakraborty, D., Arinez, J., & Diaz, C. E. (2023). Interpreting learning models in manufacturing processes: Towards explainable AI methods to improve trust in classifier predictions. Journal of Industrial Information Integration, 33, 100439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jii.2023.100439

Process-Monitoring-for- Quality — A Model Selection Criterion for Shallow Neural Networks

Annual Conference of the PHM Society / Sep 22, 2019

Escobar, C. A., & Morales-Menendez, R. (2019). Process-Monitoring-for- Quality — A Model Selection Criterion for Shallow Neural Networks. Annual Conference of the PHM Society, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.36001/phmconf.2019.v11i1.816

Learning with Missing Data

2020 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data) / Dec 10, 2020

Escobar, C. A., Arinez, J., Macias, D., & Morales-Menendez, R. (2020, December 10). Learning with Missing Data. 2020 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data). https://doi.org/10.1109/bigdata50022.2020.9377785

Process-monitoring-for-quality—A robust model selection criterion for the logistic regression algorithm

Manufacturing Letters / Oct 01, 2019

Escobar, C. A., & Morales-Menendez, R. (2019). Process-monitoring-for-quality—A robust model selection criterion for the logistic regression algorithm. Manufacturing Letters, 22, 6–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mfglet.2019.09.001

Discrete Event Simulation

Simulation‐Based Lean Six‐Sigma and Design for Six‐Sigma / Feb 06, 2006

Discrete Event Simulation. (2006, February 6). Simulation‐Based Lean Six‐Sigma and Design for Six‐Sigma; Wiley; Portico. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470047729.ch5

Augmentation of Body-in-White Dimensional Quality Systems through Artificial Intelligence

2021 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data) / Dec 15, 2021

Escobar, C. A., Chakraborty, D., Arinez, J., & Morales-Menendez, R. (2021, December 15). Augmentation of Body-in-White Dimensional Quality Systems through Artificial Intelligence. 2021 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data). https://doi.org/10.1109/bigdata52589.2021.9671610

Process monitoring for quality–a feature selection method for highly unbalanced binary data

International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM) / Feb 17, 2022

Escobar Diaz, C. A., Arinez, J., Macías Arregoyta, D., & Morales-Menendez, R. (2022). Process monitoring for quality–a feature selection method for highly unbalanced binary data. International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM), 16(2), 557–572. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12008-021-00817-6

Correction to: Process monitoring for quality - a feature selection method for highly unbalanced binary data

International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM) / Apr 07, 2022

Escobar Diaz, C. A., Arinez, J., Macías Arregoyta, D., & Morales-Menendez, R. (2022). Correction to: Process monitoring for quality - a feature selection method for highly unbalanced binary data. International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM), 16(2), 573–573. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12008-022-00871-8

Education

Harvard University

Masters, Management / August, 2024 (anticipated)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education

PhD, Engineering Sciences / 2019

Monterrey

New Mexico State University

Masters

Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education

Masters, Quality and Systems Engineering / 2005

Monterrey

Experience

Harvard

Amazon

General Motors

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