Rubén Cuevas Rumín

Rubén Cuevas Rumín is an Associate Professor in the Department of Telematics Engineering at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), where he also serves as Deputy Director of the UC3M-Santander Big Data Institute (IBiDat). He holds a PhD and MSc in Telematics Engineering from UC3M (2010, 2007), an MSc in Telecommunications Engineering from UC3M (2005), and an MSc in Network Planning and Management from Aalborg University (2006).

His research focuses on Online Advertising, Web Transparency, Privacy, Internet Measurements, and their applications in economics and sociology. Notable contributions include studies on Facebook's use of sensitive data, BitTorrent ecosystem analysis, and measurement of cultural aspects through large-scale data.

Rubén has authored over 70 publications in top venues like ACM CoNEXT, WWW, Usenix Security, and IEEE/ACM Transactions. He leads or co-leads 16 research projects funded by EU H2020/FP7, Spanish government, and private entities. His work has been featured in major media including BBC, The Financial Times, and Nature.

Awarded the Telefonica Foundation Prize for Best PhD Thesis (2010) and the 2018 Emilio Aced Research Prize for data protection research, he teaches courses in Telecommunications, Telematics, and Computer Science. Current projects include the EU-funded TESTABLE and SMOOTH initiatives, focusing on web security and GDPR compliance.