UPC – Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) is a public institution of research and higher education in the fields of engineering, architecture, sciences and technology, and one of the leading technical universities in Europe. Every year, more than 6,000 bachelor’s and master’s students, more than 500 doctoral students graduate and 3,067 graduates in lifelong learning. According to QS World University Rankings in Computer Science and Information Systems subject, UPC is number one in Spain and number 79 in the World.
One target of UPC is internationalization, as it is the technical university with the highest number of international Ph.D. students and the university with the highest number of international master’s degree students in Spain. The UPC is also home to strategic research projects, being the Spanish university achieving the most H2020 funding (e.g., 55M€ only in 2020). As a leading member of international networks of excellence, the UPC also has a privileged relationship with global scientific and educational organisations: the collaboration in UNITE!, UNITECH, EUA and other networks provide a wide range of outreach.
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Av. de les Bases de Manresa, 61-73. 08242 Manresa
Tel.: 93 877 72 00
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Main team members
dr. Ilker DEMIRKOL
MERIT Project Coordinator, WP1 Leader
Main research area – Mobile Networks, Smart Networks and Services, IoT, Federated Learning
Dr. Francisco del Águila LÓPEZ
UPC contact person for WP3
Main research areas – Communication Networks, IoT, Circuits and Systems
Dr. Imma Martínez TEIXIDOR
UPC contact person for WP5
Main research area – Power Electronics, Design and Control of Power Converters
Dr. Xavier Moncunill GENIZ
UPC contact person for WP4
Main research area – Communication Circuits and Systems, RF IC Design, Low-power RF Communication Circuits, Wireless Sensor Networks
Dr. Pere Palà SCHÖNWÄLDER
Participates in WP1 and WP4
Main research area – Communication Circuits and Systems, Computer-Aided Circuit Design, Optimization techniques, Wireless Sensor Networks, low power communication receivers
Dr. Marta Tarrés PUERTAS
UPC contact person for WP6
Main research area – Geometric constraint solving programming, advanced computing, Design of hardware and software prototypes related to educational robotics, Automation software for Industry 4.0 processes
Dr. Sebastià Vila MARTA
Participates in WP1 and WP4
Main research area – Computer graphics. Geometric constraint solving. Non-relational database management systems.
Dr. Rosa GIRALT
UPC contact person for WP2
Main research area – Project Management