Jaume
Figueras
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Collaborating Professor in Modeling and Simulation: Digital Twin
Jaume
Figueras

Jaume Figueras, born in 1974, had his degree in Computer Science in 1998. His research is in Automatic Control and Computer Simulation an Optimization. He has designed and developed CORAL, an optimal control system for sewer networks, applied at Barcelona (Spain); PLIO, an optimal control system and planner for drinking water production and distribution, applied at Santiago de Chile (Chile) and Murcia (Spain). Nowadays He participates in different industrial projects, like the power consumption optimization of tramway lines in Barcelona with TRAM and SIEMENS and the development of tooPath (http://www.toopath.com) a free web tracking system of mobile devices. He is also the local representative of OSM (http://www.openstreetmap.org) in Catalonia and participates in different FOSS projects.

Final Degree Projects directed

Main projects directed

This project aims to implement Industry 4.0-based technologies to make communications, data collection and supervision of unconnected machinery within a medical/ hospital environment.
It allows SEAT vehicles to communicate with Android and iOS mobile devices, offering access to a catalog of safety and prevention functions.
Assist port authorities in the design of a new mobility model, using simulation techniques

Main projects participated

Creation of a simulation tool for a new semi-automated card sorting centre.
To measure the total consumption and the factors that increase the energy use of the Barcelona tramway.
Pioneer in-plot reg control system that allows to calculate, determine and execute the irrigation needs of each crop.

Awards