Traffic Simulation Lifetime Achievement premi won by Dr. Jaume Barceló
The “Traffic Simulation Lifetime Achievement Award” recognises an extended series of scientific and/or professional contributions over the course of at least 20 years. Jaume Barceló was honoured based on his contributions to the development of microscopic traffic simulation. During the official ceremony, the chairman of the Transport Research Group TRB Committee explicitly mentioned Barceló’s contributions […]
Team inLaber winner of 4 awards in the HackEPS
On November 16, 17 and 19 the HackEPS was held, a hackathon organized by the University of Lleida and sponsored by Semic, BonÀrea, Stratesys and Xtrategics, which were responsible for proposing different challenges in which the groups should work. Of all these challenges, a total of 5, inLab teams won 4 that correspond to those […]
InLabers winners of three prizes at the HackUPC
On 19, 20 and 21 October took place the fifth edition of the UPC Hack. In this edition, different prizes were awarded by each of the sponsors of the Hack UPC 2018, of which two inLabers teams took three of them. The Neighborgood team formed by Juan Salmerón, Marc Vila, Ester Lorente and Sandra Martín, who took home two […]
InLab team winner of the RailMap Challenge
The 5th and 6th of October will be held in the RAIL MAP CHALLENGE, a 24 hour hackathon organized by ATM and SmartCatalonia. It has been creating, designing and programming new ways to interact with the map of the public transport network. railway station in the metropolitan area of Barcelona. The first prize was won […]
inLab team awarded at the ZooHackathon 2018
Illegal trafficking and poaching of wild fauna and flora species has become one of the illicit activities of great concern worldwide, threatening the security, natural resources and cultural heritage of many countries and regions. Every year, 1.5 million live birds and 440,000 tons of medicinal plants are smuggled illegally and more than 100 tigers, 1,000 […]
InLab team wins Digital Health Hackathon 2018
The Digital Health Hackathon 2018, organized by Accenture and the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, took place on the 2nd and 3rd of June in the Catalan capital. The competition aimed to develop prediction algorithms capable of anticipating the likelihood that patients with neutropenia develop bacteremia. Patients subjected to certain treatments see their immune system affected […]
The Virtual Mobility Lab receives the ITS Award in Urban Traffic
During the XIV edition of the Spanish Congress about Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), celebrated from Aprils 17 to Aprils 19 in Madrid, Lídia Montero from inLab FIB and Daniel Serra from CARNET have collected the prize about ITS on the Urban Transit category. The entity that has awarded the project, Forum of New Technologies on the Transport: ITS […]
InLabers winners of the Hackathon Mobility BCN
The objective was to form interdisciplinary teams to create applications that can provide solutions to future mobility problems. The competition was planned participation in three possible categories: Social Mobility: waking up the Machines (use of information and technologies for the design of more sustainable mobility), AI for Mobility and Driving Experience (use of artificial intelligence […]
CARNET, recognized with the National Research Award in public-private partnership
The research and innovation hub Cooperative Automotive Research Network (CARNET) -driven by the UPC, Volkswagen Group Research and SEAT- and focused on the automotive and urban mobility of the future, has been recognized with the National Prize for Public-Private Partnership in Research and Innovation 2017, awarded by the Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca i […]
Ester Lorente receives the Dona TIC 2017 award
On December 14, the 12×12 Congress “The Great New Year’s Encounter” will be held. The 12 × 12 Congress is an annual event aimed at bringing together the entire ICT sector and summarizing the entire ICT year in Catalonia. In this event, the Women ICT 2017 Awards are awarded. These awards aim to give relevance to […]