Elena Castilla is an assistant professor at the Department of Applied Mathematics at Rey Juan Carlos University, in Spain. She obtained her Ph.D, M.Sc. and Bachelor Degrees in Mathematics and Statistics at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and is an awardee of the Ramiro Melendreras Award (SEIO, 2021) and Vicent Caselles Award (RSME & Fundación BBVA 2022). Dr. Castilla’s research interests include information theory, categorical data analysis, composite likelihood, logistic regression models, reliability analysis and robust statistics.