Project researcher Prof. Ana García Armada, from project partner Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), has been named the recipient of the 2026 IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) Women’s Distinguished Career Award.
The award is designed to recognise outstanding women engineers who have made significant, long-standing contributions to the theoretical, experimental, and operational aspects of electrical and electronics engineering within vehicular technology. Prof. Ana García Armada receives this honour specifically for her leadership and technical contributions to wireless transceivers and systems.
At UC3M, Prof. Ana García Armada leads the Communications Research Group (GCOM), bringing extensive expertise in signal processing and physical-layer wireless system design. As part of the MULTIPLY-6G project, her team applies this background to advance physical-layer research and energy-efficient network design for future 6G architectures.
This recognition from IEEE VTS highlights Prof. Ana García Armada’s impact on the international research community and her key role in driving European network innovation forward.