<span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Dear CMC colleagues,</span>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">The position of
Deputy Chair for the Data Compression (DC) Working Group of the Space Link
Services area is currently vacant and needs to be filled in.</span>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">In agreement with
the procedure described in CCSDS Organization and Processes (A02.1-Y-4
cor 2, Sec 2.3.3.4), I would like to:</span>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">- invite your
respective organizations to submit candidates;</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">- inform you that
I have identified a suitable candidate for the position: Ms. Lucana Santos
(ESA).</span>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Her application
to the position has reached consensus within the DC Working Group.</span>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Hereafter is her
bio.</span>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:11pt;color:#4f4f4f;font-family:sans-serif">LUCANA
SANTOS received the telecommunication engineering degree from the University
of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in 2008, and the Ph.D. degree from the Integrated
System Design Division, IUMA, in 2014. </span>
<br><span style=" font-size:11pt;color:#4f4f4f;font-family:sans-serif">She
was a Visiting Researcher with the European Space Research and Technology
Centre, The Netherlands. </span>
<br><span style=" font-size:11pt;color:#4f4f4f;font-family:sans-serif">She
has participated actively in industrial projects in the field of hardware
architectures for hyperspectral and multispectral image compression on
GPUs and FPGAs for Thales Alenia Space España and the European Space Agency.
</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:11pt;color:#4f4f4f;font-family:sans-serif">Since
2018, she has been with the Data Systems and Microelectronics Division
at the European Space Agency. </span>
<br><span style=" font-size:11pt;color:#4f4f4f;font-family:sans-serif">She
has been an active member of the CCSDS Multispectral/Hyperspectral Data
Compression working group since the Spring Meeting 2014 (on behalf of ESA).
</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:11pt;color:#4f4f4f;font-family:sans-serif">She
has co-authored several scientific papers and has been a Reviewer of major
international journals in her research areas. </span>
<br><span style=" font-size:11pt;color:#4f4f4f;font-family:sans-serif">Her
current working areas include hardware architectures for on-board data
processing, reconfigurable architectures, and hardware/software co-design
methodologies.</span><span style=" font-size:12pt"> </span>
<br>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Kind regards,</span>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Ignacio Aguilar
Sánchez</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;color:blue;font-family:sans-serif">Space
Link Services Area Director</span>
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<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#4f4f4f;font-family:NotesEsa"><b>Ignacio
Aguilar Sánchez</b></span>
<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#4f4f4f;font-family:NotesEsa">Communication
Systems Engineer</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#4f4f4f;font-family:NotesEsa">Electrical
Engineering Department</span>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#4f4f4f;font-family:NotesEsa">European
Space Research and Technology Centre<br>
Keplerlaan 1, PO Box 299, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#4f4f4f;font-family:NotesEsa">Tel.
(31) 71 565 5695</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#4f4f4f;font-family:NotesEsa">Fax
(31) 71 565 5418</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#4f4f4f;font-family:NotesEsa">Email:
ignacio.aguilar.sanchez@esa.int<br>
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