Eva LAGUNASView profile
Assistant Professor
Eva LAGUNAS is an Assistant Professor and Deputy-Head of the SIGCOM research group at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) , University of Luxembourg. Her expertise lies in Non-Terrestrial Communication Systems , focusing on radio resource management and wireless networks optimization. She holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Telecommunications Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona. Key Affiliations & Roles: Principal Investigator (PI) of the FNR CORE project VARRAY-5G (Vehicular Phase Array Antennas for 5G) PI of the CHIST-ERA project SHIELD (Secure Distributed Learning & Smart Contract Ecosystems) Co-PI in the ESA ARTES-funded NeuroSat project (Neuromorphic Processors for SatCom) Deputy-Head of SIGCOM group and active contributor to the TelecomAI-Lab (AI-driven satellite communication) Event organizer: Special Session on ML for NTN at IEEE ICMLCN 2025, Track Chair at EUCNC 2025 Research Interests: Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN), 6G integration, satellite-ground network convergence, AI-driven optimization, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS), and neuromorphic computing for onboard processing. She also leads efforts in vehicular communications and energy-efficient satellite payloads. Recent Achievements: 2025: Elected to the EURASIP Board of Directors 2024: Listed in the 100 Brilliant and Inspiring Women in 6G list 2023: Co-authored NeuroSat project's IEEE publication on neuromorphic computing for SatCom Labs & Projects: TelecomAI-Lab : Developing neuromorphic hardware (e.g., Intel Loihi2, BrainChip AKIDA) for satellite applications ESA NeuroSat : Pioneering neuromorphic processors for onboard SatCom resource management Grants & Funding: Secured Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) and CHIST-ERA grants for projects like VARRAY-5G and SHIELD, totaling over €2M in research investment.







