Education

PhD in Network Engineering

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)

Mar 2024 – Present

Thesis: Protecting unstructured data for machine learning applications with formal privacy guarantees.

Supervisors: Jordi Forné*, Javier Parra-Arnau.

Research stay: University of Edinburgh - School of Informatics (May–Jul 2025) under Dr. Marc Juarez.

Funding: Joan Oró doctoral scholarship (2024 FI-1 00762), AGAUR.

MSc in Advanced Telecommunications Technologies (MATT)

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)

2022 – 2023

Specialization: Signal Processing and AV Systems

Final grade: 8.59 / 10

BSc in Telecommunications Engineering

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)

2016 – 2020

Specialization: Network Engineering

Final grade: 7.312 / 10

Research Experience

Research Assistant — SISCOM Group

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)

Feb 2023 – Mar 2024

Pre-doctoral research on data privacy topics, within the same research group and area as the current PhD.

Research Intern — Image Processing Group (DigiPatICS project)

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)

During MSc

Research on deep learning for registration of histopathological images for breast cancer detection, under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Josep Ramon Casas Pla.

Awards & Grants

Joan Oró Doctoral Scholarship

AGAUR — Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca

2024

Doctoral fellowship (ref. 2024 FI-1 00762) funding the PhD research programme.

Best Master's Thesis Award

Network Engineering Day (NErD)

Awarded for the Master's thesis on adding differential privacy guarantees in generative models.

Technical Skills

Programming Languages

Python C Java LaTeX

ML & Privacy Frameworks

PyTorch TensorFlow Opacus TensorFlow Privacy

Data & Geospatial

NumPy Pandas GeoPandas NetworkX OSMnx

Tools & Simulation

SUMO OpenStreetMap VS Code

Professional Service

Program Committee & Reviewer — PE-WASUN

2025 – Present

Committee member (WEB/Poster Chair), and reviewer for the PE-WASUN conference (2025 and 2026 editions).

Peer reviewer for the journal Computer Networks.

Organizing Committee — JNIC 2026

XI Jornadas Nacionales de Investigación en Ciberseguridad

2026

Member of the organizing committee for the national cybersecurity research conference.

Conference Presentations

Presented research at RECSI 2024 (XVIII edition) and RECSI 2026 (XIX edition) — the Spanish conference on Cryptology and Information Security.

Languages

Spanish

Native

Catalan

Native

English

C1

References

Dr. Javier Parra-Arnau

PhD Supervisor, UPC

Dr. Jordi Forné

PhD Supervisor, UPC

Dr. Mónica Aguilar Igartua

UPC

Dr. Marc Juarez

University of Edinburgh

Dr. Josep Ramon Casas Pla

UPC