Bio: Ana Pérez-Neira (ana.perez@cttc.es) is full professor at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in the Signal Theory and Communication department. Currently, she is the Director of Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya, Spain. Her research is in signal processing for communications, focused on satellite communications. She is a recipient for the 2018 EURASIP Society Award. She has been member of the BoG (2019-2023) of the IEEE SPS and Vice-President for conferences (2021-23). She is IEEE Fellow, EURASIP Fellow, member of the Real Academy of Science and Arts of Barcelona, and of the Real Academy of Engineering. She is awarded the ICREA Academia and has the Narcis Monturiol award by the Catalan government due to her research trajectory. She has been recognized in 2025 the Salvà Campillo Award for Outstanding Personality of the 30th Night of Telecommunications and IT.