Idoia Gamiz Ugarte holds a degree in Mathematics from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) with a mention in Applied Mathematics and has a Master's in Mathematical Modeling, Statistics, and Computing from the same university. She is currently pursuing her doctoral thesis in the Doctoral Program in Information and Communication Technologies in Mobile Networks at UPV/EHU. She is part of the Core Cybersecurity & DLTs research team in the DIGITAL unit within the Tecnalia Research & Innovation center, where she collaborates on national and international research projects. Her main research areas include cybersecurity, advanced cryptography, secure data exploitation, and federated learning. Some of the projects she is involved in are: TRUSTEE, APRENDE, and ESDATUR.