CIT UPC, present at meetechSpain
April 12, 2023
New call of the Ministry of Science and Innovation for Cervera R&D transfer projects
May 3, 2023CIT UPC, present at meetechSpain
April 12, 2023New call of the Ministry of Science and Innovation for Cervera R&D transfer projects
May 3, 202327/04/2023
UPC has created a new online platform to increase the visibility of the University's scientific and technical infrastructure and services and make it easier for companies, government bodies and the scientific community to access them.
The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) has 35 laboratories that carry out research activities and bring together over 450 services with fees. It also has over 45 notable scientific infrastructures such as the Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, the Environment Centre Laboratory, and the Maritime Research and Experimentation Wave Flume (CIEM) of the Maritime Engineering Laboratory (LIM), among others. In addition, the University has over 950 lines of service in the areas of advanced materials, industry, health tech, architecture and urbanism, construction and infrastructure, mobility, agro-tech, energy, sustainability and the environment, computing and calculation, telecommunications systems, artificial intelligence and industry 4.0.
The new Technical and Scientific Services portal of the UPC, which is available in Catalan, Spanish and English, is presented as a one-stop shop so that companies, government bodies and the scientific community can consult the wide range of lines of service that are offered in different areas, the list of outstanding scientific infrastructure, and the availability and corresponding fees. The website also increases the visibility of these services. Through the website, which is updated periodically, it is easier to identify services. Requests are managed and direct contact is made with University research groups and technical staff in the various services and laboratories.
UPC is a leading university in research and knowledge transfer and a leader in raising funds for international research projects. It was the Spanish university that received most funds for the research and innovation programme Horizon Europe for the period 2021-2022. In 2021, the university received 70.2 million euros for its research, development and innovation activities. It developed 1,064 projects with companies and earned over 1.8 million euros for services.
Related Projects
- 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.
