Elisa Rojas Sánchez

Elisa Rojas Sánchez is a tenured professor at the University of Alcalá, affiliated with the Department of Automation within the School of Telematics Engineering. Her primary research focuses on advanced networking technologies including Software-Defined Networking (SDN), edge computing, IoT integration, and network architecture optimization. She leads the NetIS research group (Networks and Intelligent Systems), exploring innovations in programmable networks and intelligent systems for future communication infrastructures.

Her academic background includes a doctoral thesis on high-performance transparent Ethernet switch architectures. She has contributed significantly to protocols like ARP-Path and Torii-HLMAC, advancing scalable routing and fault-tolerant data center designs. Her work bridges theoretical networking research with practical implementations in 6G, industrial IoT, and cloud-edge continuum systems.

Recent publications highlight breakthroughs in data-driven protocols (e.g., BareFlow), AI-driven fault prediction in smart grids, and topology-aware resource management in dense networks. She also explores educational innovations like gamification in engineering teaching and hybrid SDN methodologies.

• Key Research Themes: SDN protocols, edge computing frameworks, IoT scalability, network resilience, AI in networking
• Notable Achievements: Developed open-source tools like NetIDE, contributed to OpenFlow standards, and pioneered multi-path routing algorithms

Her work frequently addresses real-world challenges such as latency reduction in programmable ASICs (Tofino P4), secure in-band control channels, and collaborative resource-sharing in edge environments. She actively participates in international conferences as a program chair and continues advancing the next generation of network architectures.