On November 21, the University of Valladolid (UVa) held a formal ceremony in the University Auditorium to present the Special Awards for Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctorate degrees for the 2023-2024 academic year.
In this edition, four current and former members of the Privacy Engineering Research Group (IngPriv) were honored with Extraordinary Master’s Degree Awards: Alejandro Pérez de la Fuente, from the Master’s Degree in Business Intelligence and Big Data in Secure Environments (School of Computer Engineering); Laura Carmen Heredero Sánchez, from the Master’s Degree in International Relations and Asian Studies (Faculty of Commerce); Henar Ortega Pérez, from the Master’s Degree in Business Research and Economics (Faculty of Economics and Business); and Iván Martín Colomo, from the Master’s Degree in Applied Research in Education (Faculty of Education and Social Work).
These awards recognize the talent, effort, and research dedication of its members, they are also a recognition to the School of Computer Engineering, the Faculty of Education and Social Work, the Faculty of Commerce, Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences, and the IngPriv and IM2 research groups.
Our group is delighted with these awards, which reflect the multidisciplinary nature of the Group and the App-PI project, which has addressed technical aspects of engineering related to privacy and security, as well as analyzing the impact and acceptance of mobile applications by users, without forgetting the importance of user training. App-PI is a project developed in collaboration with INCIBE in the field of citizen cybersecurity.