Konstantina Kanta received her Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering from National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), in 2017. Her thesis, which was carried out at the Photonics Communications Research Laboratory (PCRL), concerned an estimation of the impact of non-linear effects in the performance of coherent optical systems. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D as a member of the PCRL. Her research activities include among others the development of digital algorithms and optical circuits for 5G networks. She is an excellent speaker on English.