Department of Information and

Communication Technologies September 2014

Young university

UPF: A quality university created in 1990

13th position worldwide THE World University Ranking 100

under 50, 7th in Europe level and 1st in Spain

ICT Department

Created in 1999

Mission: to become one of the leading European university departments in the broad range of fields created around the convergence of ICT with biomedical

and cognitive sciences, computation and networks.

The DTIC has since its beginnings emphasized scientific excellence and internationalization as core aspects of its activities.

TRAINING Graduate, post-graduate and professional training

In-house training Career development for students, including stays at companies (practicum, thesis, etc)

RESEARCH

Tailor-made R&D projects Prototyping and proof-of-concepts of new technologies and services

Collaborative projects, industrial PhDs Trend and business analysis in changing ICT, Health, Humanities and Social Sciences

OTHER SERVICES

Access to spaces and specialized infrastructures Sponsorship, Social Responsibility

Specialized consulting Technological platforms

Direct technology transfer

Services offered

ICT Department

DTIC Figures 2013

• Tenured Faculty: 31 • ICREA Professors: 13 • Tenure-track Faculty: 4 • Undergraduate Students: 825 • Master and Ph.D. Students: 176 • Research incomes: 15.6 M€ • ERC grants: 9 • Publications: > 230 per year (Scopus) • External Advisory Board

65 FP7 projects participated and coordinated by 25 staff members (> 60% UPF EU funds) including 9 ERC

Grants and the Human Brain Project

VP European Research Council, IEEE Fellows, ACM Fellow, etc

2/3 hold PhD from an institution abroad

European Young Researchers' Award 2013

ICT Department - 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

Center of Brain and Cognition (CBC)

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 - Training

Undergraduate Programs

• 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

Starting 2015 • Master in Wireless Communications (jointly UPC) 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

62% non-spanish students on research masters (average last

4 years)

External grants available (like Excellence Grants Catalunya Caixa)

ICT Department - Training

Professional master and postgraduate studies (UPF-IDEC)

• 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 (with Stanford) • Hands On Wireless Sensor Networks

Companies

Cognitive and Intelligent Systems Audiovisual Technologies

Communications and Networks Computational Biology and Medical Systems

Cátedra Telefónica – UPF. Social Innovation in Education

Panorama actual de los Cursos Masivos Abiertos en Línea en las universidades españolas

R&D agreements and cooperation with a large number of companies,

including:

Companies

Spin-offs Coming soon…

SMEs: Some of our collaborators

Cognitive and Intelligent Systems Audiovisual Technologies

Communications and Networks Computational Biology and Medical Systems

RING: Retail Innovation

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.

Sample on Knowledge transfer

Open initiatives. Example: Freesound

> 4 million users

> 40.000 daily accesses

> 200.000 uploaded sounds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIvpXeksLdE&feature=player_embedded

Actively used by companies

Basis for additional educational, artistic and

entrepreneursial activities

Soundscape modelling

• Virtual environmens

• Videogames

• Tourism

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZiXfm7dyxc

https://locosonic.com/

Companies - students

Internships and joint thesis

90% of the ICT under-graduate students did an internship in a company before graduating (around 70 agreements with companies every academic course)

Participation in industry-driven events by students

Industrial PhD

Catch & Win: Best app WIP Jam Best in Show

App during Mobile World Congress 2014, Intel XDK

Smart packing: Cisco Spain Challenge Award 2014

Music Hack Day BCN (from companies such as Spotify,

echonest, native instruments, Starlab, Universal Music, etc)

Dyseggxia: Mobile for

Good Awards 2014

Entrepreneurship

Incubation spaces

Business model

validation

Investment forum

Support to UPF students

Spaces and wide range of training and

support services Training program

Entrepreneurship lectures

Some events we host

Seventh International Conference on

Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction http://www.tei-conf.org/13/home

2011 IEEE Winter School of Information Theory

(biennial)

Home / Collaboration in international events

Own and external training events

Professional events

http://www.isit2016.org/

http://bcbt.upf.edu/

http://new.musichackday.org/2014/barcelona/ http://opencities.net/

Other services - Interactive installations. Some examples:

Interaction Design for Educational Experiences on Palaeontology, Catalan

Institute of Palaeontology

“Here: Bergen-Belsen,

Space of Memory”. Bergen-Belsen Memorial

Activities with general public and schools on science dissemination. Examples:

Festival Minimúsica. Noa & Max. Stucked in Electronia. Animated series to foster future STEM students

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

Artistic and cultural activities

Phonos project (concerts,

grants for artistic creation)

http://phonos.upf.edu/

And much more

http://www.noamaxproject.com/

Students and teachers Festival CTI BCN

Sound Workshops http://phonos.upf.edu/tallerssonors?language=en

http://phonos.upf.edu/node/670

Festival CTI BCN

Thank you

C/ Tànger, 122-140 08018 Barcelona, Spain

http://www.upf.edu/dtic/ @dtic_upf