Sebastián Sánchez Prieto is a Professor at the Department of Automatic Control, Universidad de Alcalá, Spain, affiliated with the Space Research Group (SRG-UAH). He holds a Doctorate from the same institution (1998) with a thesis on cosmic ion telescope control systems. His research focuses on space instrumentation, radiation detection systems, on-board data management, and embedded systems for space applications. He has contributed extensively to the Solar Orbiter mission, working on the Energetic Particle Detector (EPD) instrumentation and software validation. His technical expertise spans FPGA-based signal processing, RISC-V processor architectures, and model-driven engineering for space systems. Notable work includes advancing virtualization techniques for mixed-criticality space systems, digital beamforming architectures, and neural network applications in particle trajectory analysis. Publications emphasize cutting-edge topics like fault-tolerant computing in space environments, adaptive signal processing for space communications, and low-power positioning systems. He actively develops educational frameworks integrating on-board data management concepts across interdisciplinary university curricula. His contributions include over 50 peer-reviewed articles addressing hardware-software co-design, space software verification, and radiation effects mitigation. Current research explores AI-driven approaches for space instrumentation data analysis and next-generation on-board computing solutions.
