Maryam Hamad (Graduate Student Member, IEEE) received the B.E. degree in computer systems engineering (CSE) from Palestine Technical University-Kadoorie (PTUK), Palestine, in 2018, covered by an excellence scholarship. She is currently pursuing the fully granted Ph.D. degree with the Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Portugal. During her degree, she spent one semester as an Exchange Student with Middle East Technical University (METU) with ERASMUS+ Program, Turkey. She completed her professional internship in information science and technology with IAESTE Program as a Researcher with the Multimedia Signal Processing Group, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal, where she is also a Researcher. Her current research interests involve immersive visual technologies, such as light field imaging, digital image processing, and computer vision. She is a member of the IEEE Women in Engineering Society, the IEEE Signal Processing Society, and the IEEE Young Professionals Group.