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Esther Palomar

Dr. Esther Palomar received her PhD in Computer Science, awarded with the Extraordinary Doctorate Prize, from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid in 2008. She served as Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the same university, contributing to five nationally funded projects and completing two postdoctoral research stays: at INRIA (Paris) with a José Castillejo Fellowship, and at Simula Research Laboratory (Oslo) with an Yggdrasil Mobility Grant. Additionally, she was an active member of the AENOR Technical Committee for Standardization (CTN 197 – Expertise Services) from 2010 to 2012.

She joined Birmingham City University as a Reader in Cyber Security (2013–2017), where she co-designed the School's strategy for UK Research Excellence Framework (REF'2014), supervised three PhD theses until completion, and participated in three European research projects. She was awarded the PG CERT/Fellow of The Higher Education Academy under the UK Professional Standards Framework.

Between 2018 and 2024, Dr. Palomar was affiliated with the University of Alcalá through the Talent Attraction Grant from the Community of Madrid. Her project ENEFF-PILOT was recognized with the First Prize in the XIII Technology-Based Business Creation Contest, led to the registration of software IP (M-002870/2021), and was selected for the final round of the 2020 Collider Tech Transfer Program. She also led the nationally funded project PUT-DR-2TEST, in collaboration with energy communities in Murcia and Madrid, with support from Iberdrola and the EnerTIC platform, which invited her to present at the "Smart Buildings Sectoral Breakfast 2019" and the "Smart Energy Congress 2024" held at IFEMA.

Since December 2024, she has been a permanent faculty member in the Department of Computer Science and Statistics at Rey Juan Carlos University (URJC), joining ITPS in July 2025. Her current research focuses on energy monitoring and optimization, secure applications for smart cities/buildings, and data science. She holds an R3 research accreditation, has authored over 20 JCR-indexed journal articles and more than 30 peer-reviewed conference papers, and has led three research projects as Principal Investigator. Her work has been widely disseminated through institutional deployments, webinars, publications, and awards.

Research Profiles:

  • Scopus 14054398700
  • Web of Science LJL-9704-2024
  • Google Scholar
  • ORCID 0000-0001-5432-3962
  • URJC

Keywords:

Internet-of-Things, energy monitoring and optimization, smart buildings, network security, decentralised systems.