Department of Information and

Communication Technologies February 2015

Research

COGNITIVE AND INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS

Cognition and Computation and Robotics

Artificial Intelligence and Theoretical Computer Science

Natural Language Processing

Ubiquitous Computing

Information Retrieval and Data Mining

Cognitive Multimedia Technologies

AUDIOVISUAL TECHNOLOGIES

Image Processing and Computer Vision

Image Processing for Enhanced Cinematography

Sound and Music Computing

Human-Computer Interaction, Graphics and Educational Technologies

COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS

Network Technologies and Strategies

Wireless Communications

Information Theory and Coding

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICAL SYSTEMS

Computational Neuroscience

Instrumentation and Biomedical Signals

Computational Imaging and Computational Physiology

Analysis of Biomedical Data

BRAIN AND COGNITION

Language and Comparative Cognition

Multisensory Research

Speech Acquisition, Perception, Production

Reasoning and Infant Cognition http://www.upf.edu/dtic/en/recerca/research_areas.html

ICT Department – key facts (2014)

People

• Tenured Faculty: 31 • ICREA Professors: 13 • Tenure-track Faculty: 4 • Undergraduate Students: 825 • Master and Ph.D. Students: 176 ( > 60% international)

Research • Research incomes: 15.6 M€ • ERC grants: 9 • External Advisory Board

Faculty includes VP of the European Research Council (Prof. Sebastián-Gallés) or VP of Research for Europe and Latin America Yahoo! (Prof. Baeza-Yates), plus a number of recognitions as ACM, IEEE, AAAI or ECCAI Fellows (recognitions typically to 1-3% most influential researchers from the leading

professional communities)

65 FP7 projects participated and coordinated by 25 staff members (> 60% UPF EU funds) including 9 prestigious ERC Grants and the Human Brain Project

(absolute leader in Spain, with around 5% of all the funds obtained by Spanish Universities in FP7)

ICT Department - Training

Undergraduate Programs (Polytechnic School – ESUP)

• Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering • Bachelor's degree in Computer Sciences • Bachelor's degree in Telematics Engineering • Bachelor's degree in Audiovisual Systems Engineering Research Master Programs

• Interdisciplinary Master in Cognitive Systems and Interactive Media (CSIM) • Master in Sound and Music Computing (SMC) • Master in Intelligent Interactive Systems (MIIS) • Master in Computer Vision (Interuniversity master, coord. UAB) • Master in Brain and Cognition • Master in Wireless Communications (jointly UPC, starting 2015) PhD program in Information and Communication Technologies

• 2/3 PhD students are non-spanish nationals (around 140 students in total, 40 joining each year) • DTIC Seminars Recent selected awards for students

Cisco Security Grand Challenge 2014, Best European Young Researchers' Award 2013, Vodafone Mobile for Good 2013, National Commendation for Invention from the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation in 2013, BBVA Innova Challenge 2013 International Competition on Big Data, BBVA Innova Challenge MX 2014, Ashoka Fellowship

ICT Department - Training

Professional master and postgraduate studies (UPF– Barcelona School of Management)

• Master in Animation • Master in Creation of Video Games • Master in Sonology • University Master in Digital Arts • Master in ICT Strategic Management • Postgraduate studies in Interactive Instruments • Postgraduate studies in Data Visualisation… and more! http://digitalmedia.idec.upf.edu/

MOOCs

• Descodificando el álgebra • Audio Signal Processing for Music Applications (joint with Stanford) • Hands On Wireless Sensor Networks Coming soon… • 3D Graphics for the Web Programmers • Ecosistemas de innovación (with the network Cátedras de Telefónica) And supplying the supporting technology for external MOOCS as Hands-on ICT (powered by ILDE)

Companies

Spin-offs

Sample companies using results / funding our activities

Cognitive and Intelligent Systems Audiovisual Technologies

Communications and Networks Computational Biology and Medical Systems

TECNIO accreditation

Network of Tech Centers and University Research Groups dedicated to Industrial Research and technology transfer in Catalonia. It is based on cutting edge technology, business innovation and management excellence.

Knowledge transfer and outreach

Open initiatives

> 4 million users

> 40.000 daily accesses

> 200.000 uploaded sounds

Sample artistic and cultural activities

Phonos project (concerts,

grants for artistic creation)

http://phonos.upf.edu/

“Here: Bergen-Belsen,

Space of Memory”. Bergen-Belsen Memorial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1JydZqXOI8

Sample interactive and multimedia productions

2014-15 http://www.thegame-barcelonaworldrace.org/

2011 edition: ~ 50.000 players , ~ 200.000 daily visits

First online sailing game with 3D interface (Google O3D plugin) to see the boat on actual weather

conditions (waves, day / night, wind, skylines, storms) according to their position in the world

#hacklab_upf

Physical and virtual space for student-driven action (since 29/10/2014)

Peer-to-peer-learning, collaborative projects

Established groups

• Guifi.net: http://project.guifi.net/projects/upf • Hands-on Wireless Sensor Networks: http://handsonwsn.org/ • ACM-UPF 2014 Contest (programming workshop) http://www.dtic.upf.edu/~jonsson/acm/ • Open-source 3D-printed life-size robots • Hosting PyladiesBCN

Groups under preparation

• Data journalism • Collaborative and interactive storytelling • Robotics (RoboCup) • Ruby (with Ironhack) • BioHacking

Complementing other actions such as

Thank you

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