Current Projects:

  • (2021-2022) Healthcare Mobility - an optimization approach. Planetary Wellbeing initiative, Universitat Pompeu Fabra. IP: Helena Ramalhinho. International team from Spain, Portugal, Brazil and South Africa.
  • (2021-2022) Waste Recycling for Planetary Wellbeing. UPF Planeraty Wellbeing grant. IP. Jésica de Armas
  • (2020-2023) Logistics Optimization of the Home Social Care Services. Industrial PhD. Funding: Barcelona City Council (Institut Municipal de Serveis Socials) and AGAUR, Generalitat de Catalunya. IP: Jésica de Armas; PhD student: Daniel Lopez Badell. 
  • (2020-2023) Mobility Optimization for Social Care Services. Industrial PhD. Funding: Barcelona City Council (Institut Municipal Persones amb Discapacitat) and AGAUR, Generalitat de Catalunya. IP: Helena Ramalhinho; PhD student: Laura Portell. 
  • (2020-2021) The social urgency of a growing elderly population: Building sustainable home care services. SR0225 La Caixa Social Research 2019. IP: Jesica de Armas. EPHoCaS (UPF)
  • (2019-2022) Logistics Optimization for the Home Health and Social Care Services. Competitive Research Project: RTI2018-095197-B-I00, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Plan Estatal De Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020, Programa Estatal De I+D+I Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad, Spain. Research director (IP): Helena Ramalhinho Lourenço and Jésica de Armas.

​Past Projects:

  • (2016-2021) Cost Action “European Network of Collaboration on Kidney Exchange Programmes”, (ENCKEP) CA15210. COST (EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020). IP: Prof. Joris van de Klundert.
  • (2020-2021) Optimise Vertical Farming. Feed the world, reduce emissions, promote healthy diets. UPF Planetary Wellbeing grant.
  • (2016-2020) Mathematical Models and Algorithm to solve Logistics Optimization Problems in SEAT-Volkswagen. Funding: Seat (Spain) and AutoUni Volkswagen (Germany). Industrial PhD Funding: SEAT.
  • (2017-2019) Research group Wireless Networks (WiNets) (GRC - Grup de Recerca Consolidat). Research Project: 2017SGR1739, AGAUR, Catalonia Government. Research director: Miquel Oliver.
  • (2016-2017) Solving Optimization Problems for e-commerce in INDITEX. Funding: OESIA and INDITEX (Spain).
  • (2014-2017) Business Analytics Models for Horizontal Cooperation in Transportation and Logistics. Research Project: TRA2013-48180-C3-2-P, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Programa Estatal de Fomento de la Investigación Científica y Técnica de Excelencia, Spain. Research director (IP): Helena Ramalhinho Lourenço.
  • (2015-2018) SmartLogistics@IB: Red Iberoamericana de Logística Inteligente en la Gestión Sostenible del Transporte en Núcleos Urbanos. Main researcher: Javier Faulin. CYTED2014-P514RT0013.
  • (2016-2017) Red de Excelencia en Transporte, Logística, y Producción Inteligente. Main researcher: Angel A. Juan. Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. TRA2015-71883-REDT.
  • (2014-2016) ComputerCOOP: Computer-based decision support for Horizontal Cooperation in Transportation and Logistics. Main researchers: Angel A. Juan & Joan M. Marques. Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. TRA2013-48180-C3-3-P.
  • (2014-2015) SMART-TRANS: Smart Cooperation in Transportation & Logistics. Research Project: CTP-AGAUR, Department of Universities, Research & Information Society of the Catalan Government. XI-CTP (2014-CTP-00001). Main researcher: Angel A. Juan.
  • (2014-2017) "Digipay4Growth: Governments, SMEs and consumers make expenditures through a digital payament system that stimulates economic growth and job creation by increasing sales and access to credits for SMEs" CIP 2007-2013 Competitivess and Innovation Framework Programme (EU) Number. 621052. Main researcher at UPF: Ester Oliveras.
  • (2014-2016) Grup de Recerca d'estadística i investigació operativa (Research group in Statistics and Operations Research). Research Project: 2014 SGR 849, AGAUR, Catalonia Government. Research director: Gabor Lugosi.
  • (2011-2014) “HAROSA@IB: Red Iberoamericana de Algoritmos, Software Libre y Computación Distribuida para la resolución de problemas de Routing, Scheduling y Disponibilidad de Sistemas”. CYTED2010-511RT0419. Main researcher: Angel A. Juan & Daniel Riera (IN3-Open University of Catalonia, Spain).
  •  (2011) iTRANS. Development of an Intelligent System of Planning, Eco-Efficient Management and Dynamic Transport Optimization. María Belén Melián Batista. TSI-020100-2011-298.
  • (2010-1013) “Quantitative decision methods for logistics and operations management” (Métodos cuantitativos de decisión en entornos logísticos y productivos). Research Project:  ECO2009-11307, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain. Research director: Daniel Serra.