Bio

Media appearances >> https://padlet.com/nerea_luis1/yho8c5sarcp9 ----------------------------------- Nerea Luis graduated in Computer Science and is finishing her doctoral thesis in the PLG group (Planning & Learning Research Group) of the Carlos III University of Madrid. His line of research is multi-agent planning, sub-area of ​​artificial intelligence capable of controlling, for example, the logistics of a warehouse or the coordination of a team of robots. In 2013 he founded the science and technology event called T3chFest, which has achieved national impact. In its last edition it had more than 80 activities and almost 1700 attendees, a hackathon, a programming contest and a day for institutes. Due to its academic curriculum and its impact on the technological world, Google awarded her in 2016 with the Women Techmakers Scholarship in the European, Middle East and Africa category. Then she got another scholarship to attend the Grace Hopper Conference in the United States. She is a national reference on the 'Women in Tech' movement. Since then, her participation in events promoting Artificial Intelligence, inclusion and diversity has been remarkable. Some examples are Women Techmakers, Grace Hopper Conference, ACM WomENcourage, Informe COTEC, Codemotion, RITSI, etc. She recently co-organized the Women in Tech Short Stories project, where 23 contemporary women technologists tell their personal stories that led them to work in technology. In January 2018 she joined the COTEC Foundation as an expert in Technology, Talent and Gender, which has served as a speaker to disseminate their initiatives, ideas and knowledge in forums with a public from different sectors. She also joined the public initiative Science at Parliament, where she was able to speak in Congress about Emerging Technologies in Transport and Communications. In September 2018 she got nominated in 'Top 100 woman leaders' and she recently got the 'Innovadoras TIC' award by Fundación Cibervoluntarios.