Albert Pla obtains PhD
25/04/2014
Albert Pla, researcher at the eXiT research group and member of the Institute of Informatics and Applications, obtained a PhD on 25 April. His dissertation was supervised by Dr Beatriz López and Dr Javier Murillo and is entitled "Multi-attributive auctions. Application to workflow management systems".
25/04/2014
Albert Pla, researcher at the eXiT research group and member of the Institute of Informatics and Applications, obtained a PhD on 25 April. His dissertation was supervised by Dr Beatriz López and Dr Javier Murillo and is entitled "Multi-attributive auctions. Application to workflow management systems". Ferran Torrent research stay at Imperial College London
23/04/2014
Ferran Torrent, member of the eXiT research group, has spent 3 months, from January to April 2014, at Imperial College London. Invited by Dr Jeremy Pitt, deputy head of ICL's Intelligent Systems and Networks group, during his research stay he carried out R&D on resource location and allocation techniques. Ferran Torrent is a PhD student at the Institute of Informatics and Applications. His...
23/04/2014
Ferran Torrent, member of the eXiT research group, has spent 3 months, from January to April 2014, at Imperial College London. Invited by Dr Jeremy Pitt, deputy head of ICL's Intelligent Systems and Networks group, during his research stay he carried out R&D on resource location and allocation techniques. Ferran Torrent is a PhD student at the Institute of Informatics and Applications. His...Roberto Petite and Andrés El-Fakdi at ACCUS meeting
07/04/2014
On 2-3 April, Roberto Petite and Andrés El-Fakdi attended a meeting of the ACCUS project in Ljubljana, Slovenia. ACCUS, an international project in the field of Smart Cities, aims to improve urban systems such as energy, traffic and outdoor lighting. Within the project, the eXiT research team of the IIiA is developing new models of energy consumption for urban buildings. During the meeting,...
07/04/2014
On 2-3 April, Roberto Petite and Andrés El-Fakdi attended a meeting of the ACCUS project in Ljubljana, Slovenia. ACCUS, an international project in the field of Smart Cities, aims to improve urban systems such as energy, traffic and outdoor lighting. Within the project, the eXiT research team of the IIiA is developing new models of energy consumption for urban buildings. During the meeting,...Starviewer's 10th anniversary
25/03/2014
The GILAB research group and the Institut de Diagnòstic per la Imatge (IDI) partnered-up in 2004 to research and develop new methods to improve medical diagnosis. Dr Imma Boada, Director of the IIiA, has lead from the beginning of the collaboration a multidisciplinary team whose goal is to simplify and optimize the processes involved in image-based medical diagnosis. The application by GILAB...
25/03/2014
The GILAB research group and the Institut de Diagnòstic per la Imatge (IDI) partnered-up in 2004 to research and develop new methods to improve medical diagnosis. Dr Imma Boada, Director of the IIiA, has lead from the beginning of the collaboration a multidisciplinary team whose goal is to simplify and optimize the processes involved in image-based medical diagnosis. The application by GILAB...eXiT at Informed and Inforsalud 2014
21/03/2014
The 2014 edition of the Jornadas de Informática Médica (Informed) and Informática de la Salud (InforS@lud) took place in Madrid on 11 - 13 March. State-of-the-art IT platforms and systems to improve healthcare and to support medical professionals were presented at the event. The eXiT research group presented its work on the integration of SNOMED-CT into a healthcare system which enables...
21/03/2014
The 2014 edition of the Jornadas de Informática Médica (Informed) and Informática de la Salud (InforS@lud) took place in Madrid on 11 - 13 March. State-of-the-art IT platforms and systems to improve healthcare and to support medical professionals were presented at the event. The eXiT research group presented its work on the integration of SNOMED-CT into a healthcare system which enables...Miguel Camelo at COMPLENET 2014
11/03/2014
Miguel Camelo, researcher of the BCDS research group, took part at COMPLENET 2014, the 5th Workshop on Complex Networks. The event took place at the University of Bologna on 12 - 14 March. He presented the paper "Efficient routing in data center with underlying Cayley Graph", cou-authored by Miguel Camelo, Dimitri Papadimitriou, Lluís Fàbrega and Pere Vilà. The paper describes a...
11/03/2014
Miguel Camelo, researcher of the BCDS research group, took part at COMPLENET 2014, the 5th Workshop on Complex Networks. The event took place at the University of Bologna on 12 - 14 March. He presented the paper "Efficient routing in data center with underlying Cayley Graph", cou-authored by Miguel Camelo, Dimitri Papadimitriou, Lluís Fàbrega and Pere Vilà. The paper describes a...Twenty patients test VITAM in Osonanot.jpg)
04/03/2014
VITAM is a videoconference tool developed by the BCDS research group of the IIiA. It works on PCs, tablets and smartphones and is specially suited for providing healthcare. Over 2014, VITAM will be used to monitor some twenty patients in the Osona county. The patients, who reside at home, will use VITAM to communicate remotely with doctors and nurses. This pilot test is a joint initiative of...
04/03/2014
VITAM is a videoconference tool developed by the BCDS research group of the IIiA. It works on PCs, tablets and smartphones and is specially suited for providing healthcare. Over 2014, VITAM will be used to monitor some twenty patients in the Osona county. The patients, who reside at home, will use VITAM to communicate remotely with doctors and nurses. This pilot test is a joint initiative of...MIREIA-TV Testnot.png)
25/02/2014
Ramon Fabregat and Víctor Torres, members of the IIiA, are taking part in MIREIA, an R&D project which seeks to develop a recommender of audio-visual contents. A beta version of the recommender is available at MIREIA-TV platform. The platform, which features 50 films, recommends films to the user based on the films she has viewed and the opinions she has expressed. Over the next week the...
25/02/2014
Ramon Fabregat and Víctor Torres, members of the IIiA, are taking part in MIREIA, an R&D project which seeks to develop a recommender of audio-visual contents. A beta version of the recommender is available at MIREIA-TV platform. The platform, which features 50 films, recommends films to the user based on the films she has viewed and the opinions she has expressed. Over the next week the...MICELAB at ATTD 2014
19/02/2014
Josep Vehí, Remei Calm, Anna Carreras and Aleix Beneyto, researchers of the MICELAB research group, took part at ATTD 2014, the 7th International Conference on Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes. The conference, which took place in Vienna on 5 - 8 February, is the main international event in the field of diabetes-related technology. The members of the IIiA presented three...
19/02/2014
Josep Vehí, Remei Calm, Anna Carreras and Aleix Beneyto, researchers of the MICELAB research group, took part at ATTD 2014, the 7th International Conference on Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes. The conference, which took place in Vienna on 5 - 8 February, is the main international event in the field of diabetes-related technology. The members of the IIiA presented three...IIiA Research Report 2013 released
17/02/2014
The IIiA's Research Report 2013 has been released. It summarizes the activity of the members of the institute over the last year. PhD and MsC theses presented, articles published in JCR-indexed publications, grants awarded and contracts won may be found in the report. The document, available on the IIiA's website, also describes the composition, management and the income of the...
17/02/2014
The IIiA's Research Report 2013 has been released. It summarizes the activity of the members of the institute over the last year. PhD and MsC theses presented, articles published in JCR-indexed publications, grants awarded and contracts won may be found in the report. The document, available on the IIiA's website, also describes the composition, management and the income of the...The IIiA at the Science Park Forum
11/02/2014
On 6 February, The IIiA took part at the 4th edition of the Science Park Forum, the yearly meeting of companies, research centres and technological centres of Girona. Several members of the institute, Josep Lluís Marzo, Víctor Torres, Imma Boada and Mateu Sbert, presented the latest technologies regarding videoconference solutions and serious games. They also took part in the Business to...
11/02/2014
On 6 February, The IIiA took part at the 4th edition of the Science Park Forum, the yearly meeting of companies, research centres and technological centres of Girona. Several members of the institute, Josep Lluís Marzo, Víctor Torres, Imma Boada and Mateu Sbert, presented the latest technologies regarding videoconference solutions and serious games. They also took part in the Business to...Mateu Sbert research stay at Lab Cinema 3D
28/01/2014
Mateu Sbert, director of the GILAB research group, has spent 10 days, from 16 January to 26 January, at the Universidad de Chile Lab Cinema 3D, in Santiago de Chile. Invited by Victor Fajnzylber, member of the Institute of Communication and Image, during his research stay he carried out R&D on computer graphics. During his stay at the Lab he gave a talk on the activity of GILAB, with...
28/01/2014
Mateu Sbert, director of the GILAB research group, has spent 10 days, from 16 January to 26 January, at the Universidad de Chile Lab Cinema 3D, in Santiago de Chile. Invited by Victor Fajnzylber, member of the Institute of Communication and Image, during his research stay he carried out R&D on computer graphics. During his stay at the Lab he gave a talk on the activity of GILAB, with...SEPS project general assembly
23/01/2014
Sergio Herraiz and Xavier Berjaga, members of the eXiT research group, took part in the 2014 SEPS project general assembly. The event took place at the Universidad Corporativa Gas Natural Fenosa, in Madrid on 23 January. SEPS is a two-year long R&D project funded by the Spanish Ministry for Economics and Competitiveness and coordinated by Gas Natural Fenosa. The eXiT group of the IIiA, led by...
23/01/2014
Sergio Herraiz and Xavier Berjaga, members of the eXiT research group, took part in the 2014 SEPS project general assembly. The event took place at the Universidad Corporativa Gas Natural Fenosa, in Madrid on 23 January. SEPS is a two-year long R&D project funded by the Spanish Ministry for Economics and Competitiveness and coordinated by Gas Natural Fenosa. The eXiT group of the IIiA, led by...The IIiA takes part in eTourism showroom
17/01/2014
On 17 January, the IIiA took part in the eTourism showroom held by the Costa Brava Girona Tourist Board. The event took place at the board premises. Xavier Manyer, research manager of the IIiA, showed several IT products such as Girona Legends and eFLORS developed by the institute with useful applications for tourism. Girona Legends is an educational videogame that allows players to discover...
17/01/2014
On 17 January, the IIiA took part in the eTourism showroom held by the Costa Brava Girona Tourist Board. The event took place at the board premises. Xavier Manyer, research manager of the IIiA, showed several IT products such as Girona Legends and eFLORS developed by the institute with useful applications for tourism. Girona Legends is an educational videogame that allows players to discover...Dr. Weiliang Meng gives a seminar
10/01/2014
On 9 January Dr. Weiliang Meng, a researcher at the Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, gave the seminar "Geometric Processing on Models and Images". During his talk he shared several of his geometry processing methods that can be used for 3D modeling and for rendering real-world objects and scenes with realistic effects. These methods try to improve previous...
10/01/2014
On 9 January Dr. Weiliang Meng, a researcher at the Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, gave the seminar "Geometric Processing on Models and Images". During his talk he shared several of his geometry processing methods that can be used for 3D modeling and for rendering real-world objects and scenes with realistic effects. These methods try to improve previous...
