Esther Salamí holds a Ph.D. in Computer Architecture and Technology and an M.S. in Telecommunication Engineering from the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain. She is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Computer Architecture at UPC and a member of the ICARUS Research Group. Her research interests include unmanned aerial systems (UAS), air traffic control (ATC), image processing, and artificial intelligence. She previously contributed to the High Performance Computing Research Group at UPC, where she worked on multimedia processors and digital video applications.