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Maikel Leon | Artificial Intelligence | Research Excellence Award Published on 09/01/2026 by Invention Awards Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maikel Leon | Artificial Intelligence | Research Excellence Award University of Miami, United States Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maikel Leon is an accomplished academic and AI specialist with a Ph.D. in Computer Science focused on artificial intelligence applied to transportation from Hasselt University, Belgium, and summa cum laude degrees from the Central University of Las Villas, Cuba. Since 2015, he has been a faculty member at the Department of Business Technology, Miami Herbert Business School, University of Miami, teaching and coordinating a wide range of courses in business analytics, programming, machine learning, databases, and artificial intelligence for business. His academic career spans institutions in the United States and Cuba, reflecting strong international teaching and research experience. Dr. Leon is an active reviewer and program committee member for leading journals and conferences, including IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems and FLAIRS. He has received prestigious honors such as the Best Paper Award at the IEEE ICTAI Conference and the Cuban National Academy of Sciences Award for outstanding research. Beyond academia, he is a frequent media commentator on AI, a certified professional in generative AI and cloud technologies, and a leader in innovative teaching, entrepreneurship, and international collaboration initiatives. Citation Metrics (Scopus) 400 300 200 100 50 0 Citations 355 Documents 38 h-index 11 Citations Documents h-index View Scopus Profile Featured Publications Cognitive Mapping Variants and Their Training Algorithms – Computer Science Review, 2026 GPT-5 and Open-Weight Large Language Models: Advances in Reasoning, Transparency, and Control – Information Systems, 2026 Sentiment Analysis: From Rule-Based Lexicons to Large Language Models – Intelligent Systems with Applications, 2025 AI Safety Practices and Public Perception: Historical Analysis, Survey Insights, and a Weighted Scoring Framework – Intelligent Systems with Applications, 2025 From Lexicons to Transformers: An AI View of Sentiment Analysis – Journal of Intelligent Communication, 2025
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maikel Leon | Artificial Intelligence | Research Excellence Award University of Miami, United States Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maikel Leon is an accomplished academic and AI specialist with a Ph.D. in Computer Science focused on artificial intelligence applied to transportation from Hasselt University, Belgium, and summa cum laude degrees from the Central University of Las Villas, Cuba. Since 2015, he has been a faculty member at the Department of Business Technology, Miami Herbert Business School, University of Miami, teaching and coordinating a wide range of courses in business analytics, programming, machine learning, databases, and artificial intelligence for business. His academic career spans institutions in the United States and Cuba, reflecting strong international teaching and research experience. Dr. Leon is an active reviewer and program committee member for leading journals and conferences, including IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems and FLAIRS. He has received prestigious honors such as the Best Paper Award at the IEEE ICTAI Conference and the Cuban National Academy of Sciences Award for outstanding research. Beyond academia, he is a frequent media commentator on AI, a certified professional in generative AI and cloud technologies, and a leader in innovative teaching, entrepreneurship, and international collaboration initiatives.