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General info

First name Silvia
Last names Rodríguez Alcaraz
Nationallity Spanish
Languages Spanish (native), Galician (native), English (advanced)

Education

  • 2020-now

    Spain

    PhD in Information Technology Research
    University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
  • 2019-2020

    Spain

    MSc in High-Performance Computing
    University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
  • 2014-2019

    Spain

    BSc in Computer Science Engineering
    University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Academia experience

  • 2021 - now

    Spain

    PhD Student | FPI scholarship holder
    Singular Research Center for Intelligent Technologies (CiTIUS)
  • Fall 2024

    Switzerland

    Guest researcher
    Systems Group, ETH Zürich
  • Spring 2023

    Portugal

    Guest researcher
    ESRG Group, University of Minho
  • 2020-2021

    Spain

    Research assistant
    Singular Research Center for Intelligent Technologies (CiTIUS)
  • 2019

    Spain

    Collaboration scholarship
    Singular Research Center for Intelligent Technologies (CiTIUS)

Industry experience

  • Spring 2019

    Spain

    Graduated intern
    Supercomputing Center of Galicia (CESGA)
  • Summer 2018

    Spain

    Undergraduated intern
    Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE)

Open Source Projects

  • 2019
    Flink BWA
    • Bachelor thesis
    • Distributed version of the Burrows-Wheeler Alignment using Apache Flink

Honors and Awards

  • 2023
    IACOBUS Scholarship
    European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation - Galicia-Northern Portugal (GNP-ECTC)
    • Grant for a short research stay at the Universidade do Minho (Portugal).
  • 2021
    FPI Scholarship
    Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
    • Scholarship for pursuing a PhD in the field of Computer Science at CiTIUS.
  • 2019
    Collaboration Scholarship
    Spanish Ministry of Education and Professional Training
    • Scholarship for collaborating during 8 months in reseach activities at the Department of Electronics and Computing of the University of Santiago de Compostela.
  • 2019
    Altia Award Finalist
    Altia
    • Top 5 best Bachelor Theses in Computer Science Engineering at the University of Santiago de Compostela in the 2019 Altia Premia program.

Academic Interests

  • High-Performance Computing
    • Parallel programming
    • Heterogeneous computing
    • Performance portability
    • Distributed systems

Other Interests/Hobbies

  • My greatest hobby is music. I've been playing various instruments since childhood, and currently, I enjoy practicing the electric guitar 🎸 whenever possible. In addition, I like traveling ✈️ and exploring new places and cultures. Other hobbies include photography 📷, reading 📚, watching movies/series 🎬, as well as experimenting with coding projects and exploring tech stuff 💻.