Dr. Edmar Olivares Soria holds a Ph.D. and a Master’s degree in Music Technology with honors from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), a Master’s degree in Applied Economics (Econometrics) from UNAM, and a Bachelor’s degree in Physics and Mathematics from the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN). He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence at the Institute for Research in Applied Mathematics and Systems (IIMAS-UNAM) and an academic visiting stay at Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge. He holds the ranks of National Researcher Level I in the Sistema Nacional de Investigadoras e Investigadores (SNII) and Artistic Creator in Mexico’s National System of Art Creators (SNCA).

He serves as a Full-Time Professor in the Interactive Processes and Art-Technology-Society Research Area (PIATS) within the Department of Arts and Humanities of the Division of Social Sciences and Humanities at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Lerma, where he coordinates the Multimedia Exploration Laboratory.

His research integrates artificial intelligence, deep learning, sound processing, computer vision, and quantum computing with computational creativity, futures studies, and speculative research. He has authored three research books and numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals. As an interdisciplinary multimedia creator, his works in digital art, multichannel electroacoustic music, and immersive audio have received international recognition, including the 2026 WESA Residency Prize (South Korea), awards at the Digital Art Zurich Festival (2024, 2025), and artistic research residencies at INA GRM (France) and DXArts at the University of Washington.