AWARDS
HONORS & SERVICE (Excluding startups and mentoring activities)
- DonaTIC Professional, Issued by Generalitat de Catalunya (October 2022). Winner of the Women in Tech award (Professional category) by the Regional Government of Catalonia.
- CIO Award, Issued by Nestlé (December 2020). Received CIO Award together with colleagues from IT Innovation and IT Technical & Production organizations for the rapid deployment of augmented reality enabled access to a remote expert to Nestlé factories across the globe to ensure 24/7 operation during COVID-19 lockdown despite travel restrictions of manufacturing experts.
- High-potential Leadership Grant, Issued by Nestlé (October 2020). Selected to partake the Nestlé Leadership training at London Business School due to continued high performance.
- Executive Education Fellowship, Issued by Telefónica (January 2011). Fellowship to pursue executive education at the London Business School.
- Honorable Mention, Issued by Telefónica(January 2008). Lead member of the Connecting the Car demonstration, which received the Honorable Mention by the New Business Jury in the 2008 Telefónica Research Fair.
- Marquis' "Who's Who", Issued by Marquis (2006-2008). Featured in Marquis' books: "Who's Who in the World": 25th Silver Anniversary Edition (2008) and "Who's Who in Science and Engineering": 9th (2006-2007) and 10th (2007-2008) editions.
- Best PhD Dissertation Award, Issued by the Spanish Association of Telecom Engineers (January 2006). Best PhD in Services and Networks for developing innovative strategies to manage all-optical networks.
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Issued by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (January 2006). Fellowship to engage in post-doctoral research at Japan's National Institute of Communications Technology in Tokyo, Japan.
- Grant for Graduate Studies, Issued by Agrupació Mútua (June 2003). Grant to pursue PhD studies.
- Internship / Praktikum, Issued by Siemens (January 1998). Siemens AG Internship given to top European college students to pursue applied research in Siemens' Center for Multimedia in Munich, Germany.
- Summer Tuition Grant, Issued by Board of European Students of Technology (1996-1997). Tuition grants to attend international summer workshops.
- Scholarship due to high school academic achievement, Issued by the Spanish Ministry of Education (September 1993).
HONORS & SERVICE (Excluding startups and mentoring activities)
- Scientific Advisory Board Member for CTTC (October 2022-present). Provide actionable advice to improve the Strategic and Functional Plan of the CTTC R&D center in areas related to Artificial Intelligence, Services and Optical Networks as part of a board composed of international advisors from academia, public entities and private companies and publicly-traded companies.
- Expert for Horizon Europe for the European Commission (May 2022-present). Expert evaluator of data-related research submissions under the Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology.
- Tech Advocate for Tech London Advocates & Global Tech Advocates (July 2022-present). Participated in AI Value panel and kicked off relationship as a tech advocate.
- Member of Local Partnerships & Memberships Committee for European Women on Boards (May 2022-present). Helping strike partnerships in Spain and Switzerland that extend EWOB's mission to bring more women to executive boards.
- Global AI Ambassador for SwissCognitive (January 2022-present). SwissCognitive is a global community of business leaders and artificial intelligence (AI) experts driving the development of AI forward and turning it into a key economic booster. AI Ambassadors are recognized and trusted experts selected by Swiss Cognitive on the basis of their personal accomplishments, their belief in the smart combination of human and artificial intelligence that can drive businesses and societies forward, and their passion and commitment to sharing their knowledge and experience.
- Leadership Council Member for Ai4 - Artificial Intelligence Conferences (May 2021-present). Advisory role to support Ai4's mission to help provide a common framework for what AI means to both enterprise and the future of our globe as we transition into a new era of responsible human-machine collaboration.
- Industrial Program Co-Chair for IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (March 2017-April 2018). In charge of the call for startups with Prof. Luis Correia of Instituto Superior Técnico / Universidade Técnica de Lisboa.
- Guest Editor for the IEEE Network Special Issue on "Advances in Vehicular Communications Networks" (January 2009-January 2010).
- Track Co-Chair for IEEE 69th Vehicular Technology Conference (July 2008-May 2009).
- Technical Program Committee Member of IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Vehicular Communications (WiVeC 2008, WiVeC 2010), 2nd International Conference on Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE 2009), IEEE Workshop on Networking Intelligent Vehicles and Infrastructures (NiVi 2009), co-located with Globecom 2009, 2nd Workshop on Experimental Evaluation and Deployment Experiences on Vehicular networks (WEEDEV 2009), co-located with TRIDENTCOM 2009, 1st International Workshop on Vehicular Communication Technologies (VehiCom 2009), IARIA International Conference on Communication Theory, Reliability, and Quality of Service (CTRQ 2008, 2009), 19th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC 2008) and 13th IEEE International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium (Networks 2008).
- Local Committee Member of the 3rd IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop (SAM 2004).
- Reviewer of the OSA Journal of Optical Networking, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, IEEE Network Magazine and Elsevier Computer Networks Journal.
- Expert Reviewer of technical conferences in networking technologies, highlighting the European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC - 2005, 2006), IEEE Globecom (2006), Telecom I+D (2004-2007), URSI (2004-2007).
- Student Advisor for 2 Master Theses and 8 Research Stays (2003-2009) of students from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Universitat Ramon Llull, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Universidad Carlos III, Leonardo da Vinci Program and Telefonica I+D Undergraduate Program.