Health and society
Clinical data, biostatistics and syndemic models to study disease in context.
COMPUTATIONAL METHODS · ICAT / UNAMComputing to
Computing to
understand life.
Models, data and images to study health, the environment and cultural heritage.
At BioComLab, we develop algorithms and tools that connect scientific questions with computational solutions, from clinical records to reconstructing the world in 3D.
01 — VISUALIZE TO UNDERSTANDVision · Modeling · Simulation
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From the structure of an image
to the relationships within data.
Interdisciplinary researchICAT · UNAMUNITA · Nuevo LeónIn collaboration with scientific, clinical and cultural heritage communities.
01 / THE LABORATORYOne scientific question.
One scientific question.
Many ways to approach it.
Founded in 2015, BioComLab brings physics and computing to questions in health, environmental science and archaeology.
Imaging and geometry
Computer vision, 3D reconstruction and shape analysis to measure what we observe.
Environment and territory
Remote sensing, spatial modeling and simulation to explore natural and population processes.
Digital heritage
Non-invasive analysis tools, morphometry and virtual reality applied to archaeology.
02 / IN DEVELOPMENT
Projects that connect disciplines.
Objectives, methods and tools in our current research.
HealthOn Azure
LupusLatam
A multicenter registry to study lupus in Latin America. Organizes clinical instruments and longitudinal follow-up with country-specific versions.
EnvironmentResearch and development
Coral Reef
Study benthic habitats in satellite imagery using deep learning segmentation and evaluate how well models generalize across regions.
MethodsResearch and development
Octrees and GPU computing
Develop and compare GPU-accelerated spatial structures as a basis for simulation, neighborhood searches and point cloud processing.
03 / RESEARCH OUTPUT
Knowledge to share.
Articles, book chapters and conference contributions, with links to publications and source records.
2026
2026
Article
Delay in Referral, Diagnosis, and Treatment in Pediatric Patients With Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Systematic Review
JCR-JOURNAL OF CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY
2026
Conference paper
Application of Neural Network Training for Lighting Estimation in Augmented Reality
International Conference On Artificial Intelligence, Computer, Data Sciences, And Applications, Acdsa 2026
04 / EDUCATION AND COMMUNITYOur laboratory
Our laboratory
also grows through teaching.
Theses, courses and research internships help us develop our methods. Discover the topics and work of those who have contributed.
Alumni and theses16Deposited theses with institutional links
in this catalogue
in this catalogue
2007–2026Documented teaching experience
UNAM + Saint-CyrEducation and research internships
LABORATORY DIRECTOR
Alfonso Gastélum Strozzi
A physicist with a master's degree in Medical Physics and a PhD in Computer Science. An ICAT researcher affiliated with UNITA, working in computer vision, simulation and data analysis.
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