PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Carlos Gershenson

Also known as Carlos Gershenson García, Carlos Gershenson-Garcia

Carlos Gershenson studies artificial intelligence through research on self-organizing and complex systems, including artificial life. He studied computer engineering and evolutionary and adaptive systems, earned a PhD on self-organizing systems, and held a research professorship at UNAM from 2008 to 2023. His work includes artificial-life prototypes for Mexico City transit regulation, a review of self-organization in artificial life, and a 2017 Marcos Moshinsky chair for network-topology research. As of October 2026, he is Professor of Empire Innovation at Binghamton and president of the Complex Systems Society through 2027.

Works
383
Citations
6,300
h-index
40
Badges

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 19 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1996–2007

    A thesis on self-organization

    He earns a computer-engineering degree at Fundación Arturo Rosenblueth in 2001 and an MSc in evolutionary and adaptive systems at the University of Sussex in 2002. At Vrije Universiteit Brussel, he earns a PhD summa cum laude in 2007 for a thesis on the design and control of self-organizing systems.

  2. 2007–2023

    Research professor at UNAM

    After a 2007–2008 postdoctoral fellowship at the New England Complex Systems Institute, he joins UNAM as a research professor from 2008 to 2023.

  3. 2016

    Artificial life for transit

    In 2016, he presents artificial-life prototypes for regulating Mexico City public transport and reports an agreement with Metro authorities to test one at Pino Suárez station.

  4. 2017

    A Marcos Moshinsky chair

    UNAM awards him the 2017 Marcos Moshinsky chair for a project on network topology and how street layout affects urban mobility.

  5. 2019

    Self-organization and artificial life

    He coauthors a review that maps self-organization across computational simulations, physical robots, and chemical and biological systems.

  6. 2023

    An AI appointment at Binghamton

    He joins Binghamton University’s School of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering as Professor of Empire Innovation in 2023. His research focuses on using AI to improve health outcomes and the healthcare system.

  7. 2024

    Leading the Complex Systems Society

    Members elect him president of the international Complex Systems Society, with his three-year term beginning in September 2024.

  8. As of October 2026

    Professor and society president

    As of October 2026, he is Professor of Empire Innovation at SUNY Binghamton and president of the Complex Systems Society through 2027.

Career

  1. Since 2023Binghamton UniversityProfessor of Empire Innovation
  2. 2022–2023Santa Fe Institute
  3. 2021–2023Lakeside Labs
  4. 2015–2017Northeastern University
  5. 2015–2021ITMO University
  6. 2015–2021Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  7. 2008–2023National Autonomous University of MexicoResearch professor
  8. 2007–2008New England Complex Systems InstitutePostdoctoral Fellow
  9. 2007–2023Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Education

  1. 2007Vrije Universiteit BrusselPhD
  2. 2002University of SussexMSc
  3. 2001Fundación Arturo RosenbluethComputer Engineering

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Most-cited works

  1. Wind speed forecasting for wind farms: A method based on support vector regression2015 · Renewable Energy · 381 citations
  2. Self-Organizing Traffic Lights: A Realistic Simulation2013 · Advanced information and knowledge processing · 258 citations
  3. A multinational Delphi consensus to end the COVID-19 public health threat2022 · Nature · 225 citations
  4. Design and Control of Self-organizing Systems2007 · 193 citations
  5. Complexity and Philosophy2006 · 186 citations

From OpenAlex, as of 19 October 2026.

  1. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Our estimates of where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led, from education records in cited biographies.
  2. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers rose from 2% to 32%Includes Binghamton University. We estimate where leading AI researchers worked when their most-cited papers appeared. The company share rose from 2% in 1975–1979 to 32% in 2020–2024.
  3. Google had the most people shaping AI every year from 2014 to 2025Includes Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Our estimates of which organizations employed the most people shaping AI from 1961 to 2025, with a year-by-year chart.
  4. Google has the highest combined h-index among AI organizationsIncludes Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Our estimates of combined and median h-index at AI organizations, using current affiliations and OpenAlex records.

Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. Profile for Carlos Gershenson-Garcia | Profiles | Binghamton University binghamton.edu. Checked 18 October 2026.
  2. ¿Quién es?: Carlos Gershenson García - Revista ¿Cómo ves? - Divulgación de la Ciencia, UNAM comoves.unam.mx. Checked 18 October 2026.
  3. Crea la UNAM desarrollos con técnicas de vida artificial dgcs.unam.mx. Checked 18 October 2026.
  4. Recibe Carlos Gershenson Cátedra Marcos Moshinsky 2017 c3.unam.mx. Checked 18 October 2026.
  5. Self-Organization and Artificial Life arxiv.org. Checked 18 October 2026.
  6. Gershenson to join Watson College faculty as SUNY EIP professor binghamton.edu. Checked 18 October 2026.
  7. SSIE Department celebrates successes for spring 2024 binghamton.edu. Checked 18 October 2026.
  8. Society Governance - Complex Systems Society cssociety.org. Checked 18 October 2026.