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The total number of publications indexed in Scopus generated by the Department in 2025 has reached 306 outputs (281 in 2023, 252 in 2024), 198 of them journal articles and reviews (152 in 2023, 157 in 2024). Full list.   Specifically with respect to articles and reviews: 86,86% in first quartile (82,23% in 2023, 82,16% in 2024) 51,01% in first decile (50,65% in 2023,...

Details about the course and future editions can be found here The first edition of the the Responsible AI Management RETECH has delivered meaningful and high-impact outcomes, providing professionals from diverse backgrounds a theoretical and practical framework for building responsibleAI in Catalonia, aligned with European and international regulations and grounded in best practices for...

The +RAIN Film Festival, Europe's first AI film festival, consolidates its commitment to audiovisual experimentation and a critical perspective on AI. It has featured 260 films from 46 different countries, surpassing the 2024 participation. Read more details here.

(original text in this linkedni post) The European Commission, the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) and the AI BOOST project just launched the the Frontier AI Grand Challenge, a major EU-wide initiative to build a 400B+ parameter AI model! 🇪🇺🚀

(original text) It looks like 2025 is already over, and many things have happened this year. We celebrated the 20th anniversary of Freesound with a composition contest, a sound installation, and the Freesound Day, which featured talks from people from the Freesound community (the video recordings of the Freesound Day talks are already available!). In the midst of our celebration...

(Original text) On the 28th of October of 2025, we celebrated the Freesound Day. The Freesound Day brought together members of the Freesound community for a full day of talks, listening, and exchange around sound practices connected to Freesound. Hosted at the Campus Poblenou of Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona and simultaneously open to online participants, the event featured a...

(Original text from FINDHR project)   In January 2025, the FINDHR – Fairness and Intersectional Non-Discrimination in Human Recommendation project, coordinated by Universitat Pompeu Fabra, entered its closing phase. While the project is wrapping up, its work continues to be freely available, offering tools, methods, and actionable recommendations to combat discrimination in AI-driven...

Paula Casademunt has received the best presentation award at the Statistical Atlases and Computational Modeling of the Heart (STACOM) workshop held in conjunction with the MICCAI 2025 in Daejeon, Republic of Korea, for the work "Comprehensive 4D flow MRI characterization of left atrial hemodynamic flow components in hypertension and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy". In addition to...

Part of the project Fostering Prosocial Behaviors in Children with Autism through Mixed Reality During my three-month research stay at DiLab at the University of Amsterdam, I had the opportunity to collaborate closely with the Human-Computer Interaction research team on rethinking the DragonIce full-body interactive game. The focus of my stay was to explore new design strategies that...

The objective of the unit’s second MdM programme is to launch and implement a strategic program that elevates the unit’s interdisciplinary research to a new level and makes strides into transdisciplinary research, reflecting a concern for the complex nature of societal challenges. The program fosters a coherent progression from existing strengths, especially the unit’s distinctive...

In 2024, the Department of Engineering celebrated its 25th anniversary, marking significant achievements in its vision to stay among the leading university departments in information and communication technologies. Its research quality is evident through its members receiving the Catalan, Chilean, and Spanish National Research Awards. The unit continues to excel in European research...

  The digital transformation of healthcare has led to an unprecedented growth in the volume and heterogeneity of clinical data. At the same time, aging populations and rising demands on healthcare systems require cost-effective, scalable solutions. Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a powerful tool in clinical research, enabling the extraction of complex diagnostic features from data...

With the Essentia API project, our goal is to develop a novel web API service for music audio analysis based on the outcomes of R&D in Music AI at the Music Technology Group. The funding from the María de Maeztu Innovation program is oriented to the following objectives, with the goal of advancing from TRL 4 to TRL 8: Develop our core technology: ML models and inference backend,...

The MdM SimOSpine project aims to enhance both the biomechanical realism and the clinical applicability of the SimOSpine technology. One important biomechanical development was the integration of muscles into thoracolumbar spine finite models, which shall be ongoing until September 2025. Active and passive muscle forces are being incorporated into the simulations, based on a previous PhD thesis...

Project objectives The main objective of the project was to accelerate the market transfer of a technology developed within the research group, by launching a spin-off within one year. In parallel, the aim was to increase the technology readiness level (TRL) from 5–6 to 7 through the regulatory pathway, which involves clinical trials. This progression was expected to facilitate...

PIs: Josep Blat, Coloma Ballester, Gloria Haro External Collaborators: Josep Quer, Gemma Barberà, Delfina Aliaga (LSC-Lab, Dept. of Language Sciences) and Pilar Prieto (Dept. of Language Sciences) MdM-supported staff: Marcel Granero Moya, Laia Tarrés Other collaborators: Eva Valls, Victor Ubieto, Jaume Pozo (UPF), Floris Roelofsen, Marloes Oomen, Lyke Esselink, Gomèr...

PIs involved: Josep Blat, Boris Bellalta, Giovanni Geraci, Anders Jonsson, Sergi Jordà MdM-supported staff: Ibrahim Aboushehada Description & Goals: In this project, we aim to investigate on interactive eXtended Reality systems where multiple players are able interact with the virtual environment and between them by: Developing / Extending a new set of tools...

Principal Investigator: Miguel Ángel González Ballester MdM-supported staff: Francesco Venturelli External collaborators: Alba Cervera Lierta (BSC)   Objectives: The project explores the interface between machine learning and quantum computing, particularly for the analysis of medical imaging data. We will explore variational quantum circuits as approaches for data...

PI: Narcís Parés  Researchers involved: Beste Ercan, Olga Galí, Magdalena Matyjek, Karunya Srinivasan, Roc Parés. Edge Hill University: Liam Cross, Gray Atherton. Hospital Sant Joan de Déu: María Ángeles Mairena The project aims to develop a full-body interactive Mixed Reality (MR) experience composed of two levels, specifically designed for children. The first level is...

The total number of publications indexed in Scopus generated by the Department in 2023-24 has reached 533 outputs (281 in 2023, 252 in 2024), 309 of them journal articles and reviews (152 in 2023, 157 in 2024). Full list. Specifically with respect to articles and reviews: 82,20% in first quartile (82,23% in 2023, 82,16%). 56,31% in first decile (50,65% in 2023, 61,78% in 2024). 46,6%...