APPLICATION SECTORS

ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES
- Artificial intelligence
- Smart devices
- Data Science
- Data Infraestructure
- 5G / 6G
- Connectivity
- Digital Twins
- Robotics
- Virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed(MR)
- Blockchain
- Digital Services
- City Platforms
- laaS & PaaS

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
- Climate emergency
- Greenhouse gas detection
- Alimentation and agriculture
- Water and waste management
- Green spaces
- CleanTech
- New energetic models
- Energy management
- Zero Waste

MOBILITY
- Public Transport
- E-Mobility
- Micro & Shared
- Transportation networks
- Mobility as a Service (MaaS)
- Mobility's future
- Autonomous vehicles
- Drones
- Connected vehicles
- Vehicle mobility plans
- Governance
- Seamless transportation

LIVING & INCLUSION
- Cities for everybody
- Digital, social and gender inclusion
- Health
- Education
- Green Buildings

ECONOMY
- Circular economy
- Innovation ecosystems
- Industry 4.0
- Talent attraction

INFRASTRUCTURE & BUILDINGS
- Smart buildings
- Sustainable construction
- Innovative materials
- Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings (NZEB)
- Urban planifications
- BIM (Building Information Modeling)

SAFETY & SECURITY
- Cibersecurity
- Data security
- Digital rights
- Fraud detection - urban security
- Ethics of the city and security
- Risk predictions and emergency response
- Safety in critical infraestructures
RELATED PROJECTS
- The research group Barcelona Innovative Transportation (BIT) and the innovation and research laboratory of Barcelona School of Informatics (inLab FIB) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) is taking part in the project eBRT2030 (European Bus Rapid Transit of 2030: electrified, automated, connected).
- Currently, buildings are becoming smart organisms due to a wide range of distributed sensors and software programmes that provide them with a certain degree of intelligence. In this context, SUST(AI)N emerged. Participants in this project include researchers from the Instrumentation, Sensors and Interfaces Group (ISI) and the Components and Systems for Communications Research Group (CSC) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC).
- A study by the Centre for Land Valuation Policy (CPSV) at the UPC analyses the average increase in temperature and heat waves in the main cities of Spain. The average increase in temperature was 3.54°C between 1971 and 2022. Over these last 50 years, summer days have increased from 90 to 145, which represents a two-month increase in hot days. Tropical nights have gone up by 18 from an average of 45 to 63.
- The Centre of Applied Research in Hydrometeorology (CRAHI) of the UPC participates in the European project RESIST. The aim of this project is to study the use of tools to improve preparation for weather emergencies and thus to increase resilience in the face of climate change.