Events

Advanced Digital Technologies International Student Workshop

March 4 // March 8

Would you like to delve deeper into the current state of advanced digital technologies and learn about their potential future uses?

The i2CAT Foundation is organizing a five-day workshop for 15 doctoral students and early-stage postdocs who will be able to spend five days in Barcelona exploring cutting-edge research topics focused on 5G/6G, IoT, AI, immersive communications, and advanced digital technologies.

The workshop will consist of a set of demos and seminars at the i2CAT premises and a tour of some of Barcelona’s best research centres and Universities, such as UPC, ICFO, UOC, Eurecat and Leitat. Students will get an overview of the different research projects held at these institutions and visit their labs and seminars dedicated to current and future research directions.

Participation is limited to students currently enrolled in European universities outside of Spain and focusing on electrical and electronic engineering, and related knowledge areas. The workshop will cover flight costs, accommodation, and lunch.

Agenda 

Monday 04/03/2024 Welcome day

• Morning – Travel to Barcelona
• 14:00 – 15:00 Lunch at UPC Campus Nord
• 15:00 – 18:00  i2CAT – Nexus auditorium Floor -1
  • 15:00 – 15:30 Welcome session (Introduction to i2CAT, UNICO programme, Workshop Agenda)
    Speaker: Yuri Murillo (UNICO strategic program manager)
  • 15:30 – 16:30 SpaceComms Seminar
    Speaker: Joan Adrià Ruiz de Azúa (Director of the Space Communications research area)
  • 16:30 – 17:30 IoT seminar
    Speaker: Marisa Catalán (Director of the IoT research area)
  • 17:30 – 18:00 Infrastructures and Lab Tour
    Speaker: Edu Grasa (Director of Operations)
    Lab Tour guide: Oscar Moreira

Tuesday 05/03/2024 – Trip to Castelldefels

• 09:00 – 10:00 Bus travel from i2CAT to Castelldefels
• 10:00 – 12:45 ICFO
  • 10:00 – 10:05 Registration and welcome
  • 10:05 – 10:45 Overview on Quantum research at ICFO
    Speaker: Dr. Robert Sewell, Head of Academic Affairs
  • 10:45 – 11:45 Lab tour Optoelectronics
    Speaker: Prof. Dr. Valerio Pruneri
    Lab tour guides: Dr. Luis Trigo Vidarte
    Dr. Robin Camphausen
    Dr. Alvaro Moreno
  • 11:45 – 12:45 Lab tour Quantum Photonics with Solids and Atoms
    Speaker: Prof. Dr. Hugues de Riedmatten
    Lab tour guide: Dr. Soeren Wengerowsky
• 13:00 – 15:00 Lunch @ UPC Castelldefels
• 15:00 – 17:00 Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) – Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia (PMT)
  • Seminar on 5G/6G technologies and research projects
  • School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering visit
  • DroneLab visit
• 17:00 – 17:30 Bus travel from Castelldefels to i2CAT

Wednesday 06/03/2024 – Zona Franca & UPC Campus Nord

• 09:00 – 10:00 Bus travel from i2CAT to Zona Franca
• 10:00 – 12:30 Leitat – Dfactory
  • 10:00 – 10:15 Introduction to Leitat and its Digital Industry area
  • 10:15 – 10:45 IAM3DHUB seminar
  • 10:45 – 11:15 Robotics lab tour
  • 11:15 – 11:30 IoT lab tour
  • 11:30 – 11:45 DFactory infrastructure tour
• 12:00 – 13:00 Bus travel from Zona Franca to i2CAT
• 13:00 – 15:00 Lunch at UPC Campus Nord
• 15:00 – 17:00 i2CAT, Nexus auditorium Floor -1
  • 15:00 – 15:30 Immersive communications seminar
    Speaker: Mario Montagud (Senior researcher of the Media Internet research area)
  • 15:30 – 16:00 V2X communications seminar
    Speaker: Paco Vázquez (V2X research line manager of the Mobile Wireless Internet research area)
  • 16:00 – 16:30 Software Networks seminar
    Speaker: Adriana Fernández (Senior researcher of the Software Networks research area)
  • 16:30 – 17:00 European funding programmes seminar
    Speaker: Jose Miguel Sanjuan (Director of the Project Management Office)
    Georgina Padilla (Director of Research and Innovation Policy and Strategy in Europe)

Thursday 07/03/2024 – 22@ District

• 11:00 – 13:00 Eurecat 
  • Introduction to the centre and its context in the Catalan innovation ecosystem
  • Review of research lines and projects
  • Summary of the digital communications research and innovation area
  • Review of spin-offs and start-ups
  • Introduction to CIDAI and CATALONIA.AI
  • Speaker: Joan Lluis Mas (Director Digital Technologies)
• 13:00 – 15:00 Lunch at Poblenou
• 15:00 – 17:30 Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
  • 15:00 – 15:15 Registration
  • 15:15 – 15:30 Welcome
    Speaker: Prof. Dr. Xavier Vilajosana, research vice-rector
  • 15:30 – 16:00 Lab tour
  • 16:00 – 17:30 Research seminars
    AID4SO (Artificial Intelligence and Data for Society)
    KISON (Kriptography and Information Security)
    WINE (Wireless Networks)
    SOM RESEARCH LAB (Systems Software and Models)
    CoSIN3 (Complex Systems)

Friday 08/03/2024 – Closing day

• 09:00 – 11:00 i2CAT, Margaret Hamilton Room, 1st Floor
  • 09:00 – 10:00 Digital Social Innovation seminar
    Speaker: Marta Martorell (Director of the Digital Social Technologies research area)
  • 10:00 – 11:00 Workshop closing session
    Speaker: Yuri Murillo (UNICO strategic program manager)
  • Digital Social Innovation area
• 11:00 Travel back home

This initiative is part of TelecoRenta, a project funded by the Ministry of Economy and Digital Transformation of the Spanish Government within the 5G Networks Program UNICO I+D (reference number TSI-063000-2021-68). Teleco Renta aims to promote telecommunication engineering studies at different education levels to improve the incorporation of young talent (predominantly female talent) into the telecommunications ecosystem.

Find out more about the application process here.