She is also part of the Information Security Group in the Department of Telematics Engineering at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) as Ph.D. candidate and research engineer. Previously Silvia worked for Google, Inc. as Operations Engineer and Enterprise Engineer. She has a passion for technology and the web and likes building open applications and services for fun and profit. When she needs to rest her eyes away from the computer screen she loves hanging out at the beach and surfing.