Academic Background

  • Electrical Engineering, Universidad Complutense Madrid (1996-2001).
  • M.D. in Industrial Physics, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (2001-2003).
  • Ph.D. at the Department of Computing, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (2001-2005). Thesis: "Load balancing on heterogeneous clusters".
  • M.D. in Scenic Arts, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos-Instituto Alicia Alonso (2005-2007).
  • Ph.D. in Scenic Arts, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos-Instituto Alicia Alonso (2007-).

Awards and distinctions

  • Award for outstanding academic performance in Electrical Engineering, 2001.
  • ANECA accredited for Assistant Professor positions (Profesor Colaborador), 2003.
  • ACAP accredited for Doctor Assistant Professor positions (Profesor Ayudante Doctor) and for Private University Professor positions (Profesor de Universidad Privada), 2005.
  • ACAP accredited for Doctor Associate Professor positions (Profesor Contratado Doctor), 2007.
  • National Habilitation in Computer Architecture (Profesor Titular de Universidad), 2008.
  • Two CNEAI research distinctions (sexenios), periods 2004-2009 and 2010-2016.
  • Special mention in the IPPI awards (Teaching Innovation), 2014 and 2017.
  • Teaching Innovation Prize, 2019.
  • IEEE Senior Member, since 2015.
  • Ada Byron Prize finalist (Women in Technology), 2016-2019.
  • Best teaching video (Internet Day Prizes), 2016.
  • Best cybersecurity service (IT Security Prizes), 2016.

Other Activities

  • National Conferences Organization and Reviewing: ANACAP 2008 and 2009 (Program and Local Comittee), WIIND 2009 (Program and Local Comittee), SICE 2010 (Program Comittee), JCER 2012 to 2019 (Program Comittee), JNIC 2017 (General Chair), JNIC 2018 and 2019 (SCB).
  • Programme Committee: ICCES 2008, ISPDC 2008, AINA 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013, MASCOTS 2009 to 2012, ICCC 2010 and 2011, ECMS 2011 and 2012, CYCON 2012 and 2013, EPEW 2013, 2014 and 2016, Sensornets 2014, ICEIS 2021, HotCloudPerf 2018 to 2021, ITICSE 2018 to 2021, ICBC 2021.
  • Programme Co-Chair: EPEW 2015 and BRAINS 2021.
  • Journal Reviewer: The Oxford Computer Journal, Journal on Parallel and Distributed Computing, IEEE Communications Letters, Performance Evaluation, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, Computers and Security, etc.
  • Journal Editor: Journal of Next Generation Information Technology.
  • Society Memberships: IEEE Computer Society.
  • Knowledge transfer collaborating with research networks, regulators and standardization bodies: RENIC (since 2016), Science in the Parliament (since 2018), UNE CTN 320 (since 2018), Internet Governance Forum (since 2018), Internet Users Association (since 2019), OEA (since 2020).
  • Teaching Innovation Projects: Helping the computer architecture student with the MIPS64 (2007), Using simulators to learn about Cloud Computing (2010), Service Learning in CyberSecurity (2018-2019).