R. PARRA-MICHEL was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1973. He received the B.Sc. degree in electronics and communications from the University of Guadalajara, in 1996, the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering specializing in communications from CINVESTAV-IPN, Guadalajara, in 1998, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering specialized in digital signal processing for communications from CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City, in 2003. He has collaborated with several companies and institutions either in academic or technology projects, such as Siemens, Lucent, Mabe, Mixbaal, Hewlett-Packard, and Intel. He is currently the Director of Guadalajara Unit, CINVESTAV-IPN, and the Head of the Wireless Communication Group. His research interests include modeling, simulation, estimation and equalization of communication channels, digital implementation of DSP algorithms for communication systems and on-chip networks.