Maria Mercedes Rodriguez Garcia serves as a Professor in the Department of Automation, Electronics, Architecture and Computer Networks Engineering at the University of Cadiz, Spain. Her research focuses on critical intersections of data privacy, blockchain security, and educational technology within the PAIDI Information and Communication Technologies framework. She earned her PhD from Universitat Rovira i Virgili in 2017 with the dissertation Semantic perturbative privacy-preserving methods for nominal data , supervised by Dr. Montserrat Batet Sanromà and Dr. David Sánchez Ruenes. Her research methodology consistently combines formal methods with practical cybersecurity applications, particularly through the TIC195 Software Process Improvement and Formal Methods group. Rodriguez Garcia’s research program demonstrates clear evolutionary progression: foundational work on semantic noise addition (2015-2017) matured into blockchain-integrated healthcare privacy systems (2021-2024), with current 2025 publications pioneering ecologically sustainable DLT tendering processes and advanced cybersecurity event detection. Her learning analytics research uniquely bridges educational integrity (fraud detection in online exams) with sequential data protection, while maintaining strong emphasis on utility-preserving privacy techniques across all domains. No scientific awards were documented in the provided materials. Her academic service includes thesis supervision as indicated by profile navigation elements, though specific student names and grant funding details remain unspecified. She actively contributes to the TIC195 research group’s mission of applying formal verification methods to software engineering challenges, with recent work emphasizing sustainable technology implementations and gender-inclusive STEM education initiatives.







