Anaïs Espinoso’s research on how to improve the treatment of epilepsy by analysing brain signals wins the Rin4’
Anaïs Espinoso’s research on how to improve the treatment of epilepsy by analysing brain signals wins the Rin4’
The UPF doctoral student of Information and Communication Technologies won first prize and the audience award at the eighth edition of the University’s scientific outreach competition in which researchers, in four minutes, explain their doctoral theses to a non-specialist audience.
Phase studies to analyse the brain signals of patients with epilepsy is the title of the presentation given by Anaïs Espinoso Palacín, a doctoral student of Information and Communication Technologies at UPF, with which she was proclaimed the winner of the 2023 edition of Rin4’ (Research in Four Minutes). It is a scientific outreach competition, organized by the UPF Doctoral School since 2015, which aims to promote the University’s doctoral students’ communication skills.
Thus, Anaïs Espinoso, who assured that the goal of her research was to “improve the quality of life of people with epilepsy”, won first prize in the competition, endowed with 900 euros, and will represent UPF in the final phase of “Present your thesis in 4 minutes” organized by the Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation (FCRI), with the participation of the twelve universities of Catalonia, scheduled for 22 June at CaixaFòrum Lleida.