3rd edition of Master's in Smart Cities begins29/09/2015
On 28 September the 2015 - 2016 edition of the UdG's Master's in Smart Cities began. Prof Josep Lluís de la Rosa, new Director of the Master's, welcomed the students, which come from several countries. De la Rosa informed that the third edition of the master's degree will place emphasis on internationalization and innovation. Thanks to an agreement with the city of Schiedam,...
BCDS's Open Co-creation project wins grant22/09/2015
The IIiA's BCDS research group has won a grant for Open Co-creation, an R&D project which supports the collaborative creation of open, IT-based educational resources. The new project will be sponsored by the Spanish Ministry for Economy and Competitiveness (grant reference TIN2014-53082-R) and will run for three years. The project, led by BCDS's co-director Dr Ramon Fabregat, brings...
Master in Smart Cities students present projects applied to Sabadell18/09/2015
On 3 -4 September, students of the 2014 - 2015 edition of the UdG's Master's Degree in Smart Cities presented their master theses. Since Sabadell has been the sister city for this edition, the projects carried out by the students addressed needs suggested by the Sabadell City Council in areas such as energy efficiency, IT, sustainable urban mobility, culture, waste recovery and open...
eXiT participates in European project PePPer15/09/2015
The IIiA's eXiT research group participates in PePPer, a European project that seeks to develop a personalised decision support system for chronic disease management. The system, which combines case-based reasoning with predictive computer modelling, will empower patients to self-manage their diseases such as diabetes. The 3-year project will start on 1 February 2016 and has been granted...