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The BSC-CNS will apply to host one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) will present its candidacy to host one of the pre-exascale supercomputers—with a peak velocity of 200 petaflops/s—that will be operational in the European Union at the... -
Researchers from the Department of Physics analyse rainfall records in Catalonia since 1855
María del Carmen Casas, Raúl Rodríguez and Alba Llabrés are collaborating with the Meteorological Service of Catalonia and the University of Barcelona (UB) to assess the quality of rainfall data in Catalonia since 1855. Rainfall data are essential... -
The UPC-EETAC hosts the IATA Drones Innovation Weekend
On 30-31 March, the Castelldefels School of Telecommunications and Aeroespace Engineering (EETAC) hosts the IATA Drones Innovation Weekend, where its participants will develop a proof-of-concept for the safe operation and business impact of drones... -
The UPC in Terrassa is leading the creation of new technologies for industrial wastewater treatment and reuse
INTEXTER and the MCIA research group, both of which belong to the UPC and are located on the Terrassa Campus, launched the ELDE project with the aim of creating new technologies for wastewater treatment and reuse in the paper, chemical and leather... -
UNITE!, the UPC’s bid for a benchmark European technological university
The UPC and six European partners (the Instituto Superior Técnico, the Grenoble Institute of Technology, the Politecnico di Torino, TU Darmstadt, the Royal Institute of Technology and Aalto University) have submitted a proposal called UNITE! in the... -
The UPC, among the world’s top 30 universities in Civil and Structural Engineering and Architecture and Built Environment
The UPC ranks among the world’s top 100 universities in the subjects Civil and Structural Engineering (23rd), Architecture and Built Environment (29th), Art and Design, Telecommunications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Mechanical,... -
The mechanical engineer Evert Hoek was awarded an honorary doctorate by the UPC
On 6 March the UPC conferred an honorary doctoral degree on the engineer and rock mechanics expert Evert Hoek, an outstanding figure in the field of mining engineering worldwide. The award, approved by the UPC Governing Council on 21 June 2018, was... -
Artificial intelligence will improve quality of life for Alzheimer's patients
The UPC is coordinating the European eHealth research project CaregiversPRO-MMD, in which a virtual health platform has been created to support people with Alzheimer's disease, their caregivers and health professionals. -
The UPC once again at the Mobile World Congress
Several biotechnology and 5G projects backed by the UPC, as well as a number of spin-offs from the University, were presented at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) and the 4 Years From Now (4YFN) event, which took place in Barcelona between 25 and 28... -
The motility of a unicellular aquatic organism could inspire new robotic crawlers
A team of researchers led by professor and researcher Marino Arroyo, from the UPC and the IBEC, discovered Euglena cells’ ability to crawl remarkably fast in narrow spaces. These unicellular organisms live in water and perform harmoniously... -
The UPC continues promoting technology-based companies by backing six new spin-offs
In the last few months, the UPC has launched and partnered with six new spin-offs, namely: Elem Biotech, Mitiga Solutions, NearbyComputing (these three with the Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación as a shareholder),... -
A student at the UPC’s Barcelona School of Telecommunications has discovered the first resolved triple white dwarf system ever reported
While doing his bachelor’s thesis, the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC) student Martí Perpinyà found the first resolved triple white dwarf system, based on data from the Gaia spacecraft. This is the first triple system of... -
An international project to share and reuse cancer data at a global level
Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC) is coordinating the EUCANCan project, which will foster the reuse of genomic oncology data to improve biomedical research. The project, which was launched in Barcelona on 11... -
The EIT Innovation Community in Urban Mobility is presented in Brussels
On 24 January the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) presented in Brussels the EIT Innovation Community in Urban Mobility, headquartered in Barcelona, with the UPC as one of its technology partners. -
Mohanad Harba: "Studying at the UPC is an excellent opportunity for my career."
Mohanad Harba is one of the 18 young refugees from Lebanon who have resumed their studies in Catalan universities in the 2018-2019 academic year thanks to the host programme for refugee students of the Generalitat of Catalonia, with the support of... -
Margaret Hamilton: “I have learned to always ask myself why and to foresee the unexpected”
The experience of programming the software that allowed the Apollo 11 mission to land on the Moon 50 years ago “was at least as exciting as the events surrounding the mission.” This is how systems engineer Margaret Hamilton described her experience... -
The UPC libraries redesign Bibliotècnica
The new version of Bibliotècnica and the UPC libraries’ websites was launched on 14 January. The design follows that of the UPC’s institutional website, is more visual and intuitive, and is responsive to mobile devices. -
The WOMEN-UP project launches a MOOC on eHealth applied to female urinary incontinence
The Female Urinary Incontinence and eHealth MOOC is a free online course on urinary incontinence in women and on the techniques and technologies available to enhance the effectiveness of medical treatments (eHealth). It will be available online from... -
The UPC participates in a European trial of a treatment to reduce mortality of cardiogenic shock
The EURO SHOCK trial includes the main cardiovascular hospitals in nine European countries. The UPC is participating in the project with CardioSense, a device that provides an early cardiovascular diagnosis in less than 60 seconds. Over 400 patients... -
The UPC’s Maritime Engineering Laboratory develops a system to protect beaches from erosion and flooding
The UPC’s Maritime Engineering Laboratory (LIM) is testing a project at the Maritime Research and Experimentation Channel to determine the feasibility of adapting sand-filled geotextile bags for use on beaches. -
European artificial intelligence leaders meet at the UPC in Barcelona to promote the use of this technology in the EU
This meeting marks the starting point of the AI4EU project, which receives €20 million euros in funding from the European Commission and has 79 partners from 21 countries, among them 60 leading research centres. The objective is to provide users... -
The UPC, a major player in the development of Industry 4.0
Of students now attending primary school, 63% will end up working in a job that does not yet exist. This disturbing fact is closely related to what is known as the fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0, which is transforming industry through a... -
The UPC launches '#looopers', a science and technology dissemination project on YouTube
The UPC is launching '#looopers', a project aimed at disseminating knowledge related to the University’s areas of work: architecture, engineering, science and technology. -
Barcelona will be the European capital of urban mobility, with the UPC as one of the key technological partners
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has chosen the MOBILus consortium, led by the city of Barcelona and co-partnered by the UPC, to develop one of its innovation communities, in the field of urban mobility. -
UPC, IED and ESADE students at CERN come up with solutions for sustainable development
The students are using CERN’s most sophisticated technologies to come up with new products and services in collaboration with Ideasquare and the Innovation Department of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN). Tracking systems that... -
NASA’s InSight probe with UPC technology on board lands successfully on Mars
On 26 November, NASA’s InSight probe landed successfully on Mars with UPC technology on board. Researchers from the UPC’s Micro and Nanotechnologies Research Group participated in the design of the wind sensor that travelled on the probe, which will... -
The UPC will advise on the creation of a new School of Architecture in Egypt
On 26 November the UPC signed a cooperation agreement to advise on the implementation of the European University in Egypt (EUE), which will be based in the new capital of Egypt. Through the Barcelona School of Architecture, the UPC will participate... -
A nanosatellite developed at the NanoSat Lab of the UPC has been placed in orbit with six experiments on board
The launch, funded by the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC), took place at 5:28 a.m. from the Sriharikota space base (India) -
The ANYWHERE project will showcase their major achievements in Brussels
The Centre of Applied Research in Hydrometeorology (CRAHI) of the UPC is coordinating the ANYWHERE project, aimed at establishing a pan-European multi-hazard platform for faster analysis and anticipation of weather-induced risks prior to event... -
Students from the UPC, ESADE and IED jointly search for solutions to mental illness in Healthcare Solutions Hackathon
A toothbrush to monitor the amount of lithium in the blood of people with bipolar disorder, a device to improve the follow-up of people with severe psychiatric disorders, or an application to help mitigate anxiety crises are some of the projects...