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Samira Hayat is currently a member of the Lakeside Labs GmbH research team. Hayat completed her doctorate at the University of Klagenfurt and has contributed to numerous research projects aimed at the ongoing development of drones as well as the use of 5G networks for drone networks. Samira Hayat is the first researcher based in Austria to make it onto the prestigious list of \u201cRising Stars in Computer Networking and Communications\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n Samira Hayat was born in Pakistan. In 2012, she came to the University of Klagenfurt from the city of Trento in order to begin her doctoral studies in the Mobile Systems Group at the Institute of Networked and Embedded Systems. Her thesis focused on the advancement of multi-drone networks used in search and rescue missions. The paper \u201cSurvey on UAV networks for civil applications: A communications viewpoint\u201d<\/a> co-authored with Evsen Yanmaz and Raheeb Muzaffar in the context of her doctoral studies, has already been cited more than 1,000 times. After completing her thesis, she worked in the research field \u201c5G and drones\u201d as a postdoctoral researcher.<\/p>\n In 2018, Samira Hayat started her own business in this area. \u201cI am interested in new and innovative use cases involving problems that can be solved with the use of drones. In this context, I am particularly fascinated by drone networks, including those that can master tasks in a self-organised way.\u201d Her research also focuses on the social impacts that are associated with the use of new technologies. These days, Samira Hayat conducts research at Lakeside Labs GmbH in Klagenfurt.<\/p>\n