Katerina Kyriakou received her Diploma and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Thessaly, Volos, in 2020 and 2023, respectively. She has worked as a Software Engineer with a focus on mobile application development, web development, and DevOps. She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Thessaly and a researcher involved in projects related to the development of data management and sharing solutions — such as the European Data Spaces — aimed at ensuring data sovereignty and governance to support data-driven innovation.