The UPC shines at the 2024 MWC
The UPC once again shone at the Mobile World Congress (MWC Barcelona) with its own stand, where it presented an AI-based application for diagnosing malaria, smart fabric with applications in healthcare, a non-invasive device for monitoring animals’ cardiovascular systems and a virtual assistant for applying for social assistance from your mobile device, to name a few.
Mar 01, 2024
The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC), through the Innovation and Technology Centre (CIT-UPC) had once again its own stand at the Mobile World Congress (MWC). The 2024 edition was hosted in the Gran Via venue of the Fira de Barcelona from 26 to 29 February. At its stand, the University showcased its technological capabilities and some of the projects and solutions developed in the fields of smart connectivity, mobility and industry, including 5G and mobile technology security.
Some of the projects exhibited during the event include:
- An AI-based app for diagnosing malaria combining a mobile application with a low-cost robotic microscope. It aims to provide a practical and effective method, particularly suitable for countries with limited resources where the disease is endemic. The project has been developed by the UPC’s Computational Biology and Complex Systems Group (BIOCOM-UPC), Image and Video Processing Group (GPI) and Database Technologies and Information Management Group (DTIM).
- Smart fabric based on a system of textile sensors that are used to monitor human body biomarkers and disease progression in a minimally invasive way. It has been developed by the Radio Frequency Identification and Flexible Electronics (RFLEX) group under the ETEXHEALTH project.
- A device for non-invasive monitoring of animals’ cardiovascular systems, which makes it easier for veterinarians and carers to take measurements in the shortest possible time and provides more information than current electrocardiography systems. It has been developed by the Instrumentation, Sensors and Interfaces Group (ISI).
- A virtual assistant for applying for social assistance from your mobile device called Gavius, designed by the UPC’s Intelligent Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (IDEAl) research centre and the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE). It aims to publicise social assistance and to provide help in applying from your mobile device. The city councils of Gavà and Mataró will be the first to implement it.
Improving mobility and industrial processes
In addition to these solutions, other UPC-branded technologies were unveiled at this edition of the MWC. In the field of mobility, the 6G-EWOC project was presented. It aims to create a 6G optical network for connected mobility enabling autonomous driving with high safety levels in the future thanks to a comprehensive real-time 3D map of the surrounding environment.
In the same vein, the FIERCE project develops and implements solutions based on the Internet of Everything to enhance mobile drone communication safety and efficiency. Another mobility project is a series of optimised routes created for on-demand transportation in the food sector.
In the industrial field, an AI-based tool was presented to improve quality control systems in manufacturing processes. Also a system for automatically generating noise maps of cities using mobile acoustic sensors and the BEACON project, which uses laser technology to map the underwater environment and allow for safer and more accurate navigation without human support.
AI-based assistance tool for police incident response
inLab FIB, the innovation and research laboratory of the UPC’s Barcelona School of Informatics (FIB), in collaboration with the Police Force of the Government of Catalonia (also known as Mossos d’Esquadra), has developed a proof of concept of an AI-based assistance tool for police response to daily incidents, which was also exhibited at the MWC.
