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On 29th November, Gavà hosted the MAV Day 2024, the annual gathering organised by the Advanced Materials Cluster (MAV). This edition stood out with the celebration of the first-ever MAV Awards, which recognised innovative projects in the fields of innovation, sustainability, and Industry 4.0.
Among the awarded projects, the “Bones for Carbon Capture (BCC)” project from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), presented by PhD student Marc Arnau, deserves special mention. This innovative project repurposes chicken bone waste to capture CO₂ emissions and convert them into value-added chemicals, promoting a circular and sustainable economy model. The proposal received 43.6% of the votes in the Sustainability category, standing out for its transformative impact.
Other award-winning projects include the TERRA Project from the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), focused on the integration of organic photovoltaic technology in urban environments, and the “Powering the Next Generation of Smart Factories” project from FABREX, offering digital solutions for Industry 4.0.
MAV Day has become a key event for fostering collaboration between experts, businesses, and institutions in the sector, driving the development of innovative and sustainable solutions in advanced materials.
CIT UPC, as a cluster member, attended the event and participated in this knowledge exchange space, promoting connections with other key players in the sector.
For more information about MAV Day 2024 and the awarded projects, you can check the following link: MAV Day 2024 recognises innovation in advanced materials with the first edition of the MAV Awards.
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- The AgroTech research group at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – BarcelonaTech (UPC), together with its spin-off Ugiat Technologies, have driven DoblAI, an AI platform that integrates transcription, translation, subtitling and video dubbing into a single workflow. The solution, which uses deep learning technology and cloned or default voice models, is specifically designed for the journalism and communications sector.
- The AgroTech research group at UPC, in collaboration with its spin-off Ugiat Technologies, has developed uPlayer, a new multimedia player concept that enables more intuitive video navigation and viewing, intelligently enhancing the user experience, especially on YouTube and other platforms, by integrating as a plugin or advanced player.
- The Image and Video Processing Group (GPI), part of the IDEAI-UPC research group, and the Digital Culture and Creative Technologies Research Group (DiCode) from the Image Processing and Multimedia Technology Center (CITM) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – BarcelonaTech (UPC), have co-organised the AI and Music Festival (S+T+ARTS) together with Sónar+D and Betevé, to explore the creative use of artificial intelligence in music.
- The Visualisation, Virtual Reality and Graphic Interaction Research Group (ViRVIG) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) has participated in the XR4ED project, an initiative that connects the educational technology (EdTech) and Extended Reality (XR) sectors, with the aim of transforming learning and training across Europe.
