Co-founder and scientific director of Rob Surgical (Bitrack robot), Dr. Amat is the 1st entrepreneur of CataloniaBioHT who receives this recognition. Congratulations! Josep Amat (Barcelona, ​​1940) has a long career dedicated to research in the field of surgical robotics. He is the author of multiple patents and books. Josep taught until 2010 as a professor at the ETSEIB, ​​and at the Faculty of Computer Science of Barcelona. He has been Emeritus Professor at the UPC ever since.

Mercè Ginjaume (UPC) participates on the 22nd July 2020, at the webinar on occupational radiation protection organized by the IAEA: Artificial intelligence & virtual reality: How to enhance radiation protection of workers and the future of workplace safety. She is presenting the main results and change of paradigm of the H2020 research project, Personal Online Dosimetry Using Computational Methods (PODIUM).

During the exceptional state due to the sars-cov-2 outbreak, the teachers and students of the Scientific Python class from the Master’s Degree in Automatic Control And Robotics of 2020 are proposing a joint project to help into the research of the disease. The goals of this project are: a) To build a chatbot capable of gathering voluntary data from patients and carers.b) To organize, curate and analysis this data on a AI system, c) return useful data to users. Teachers: Alexandre Perera, Manel Velasco.

The third edition of COSUR will take place at Barcelona, this 2020, the days 4-26 September and 1- 2 October. The school aims to introduce students to the multidisciplinary environment of research in surgery with particular attention to the control algorithms used in robotic surgery and the impact of the cognitive factor in directing the control. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from well-known speakers and to work together on group projects in a positive and friendly atmosphere.

On Monday, the 15th of June the exhibition “GAME PLAY video game culture” is reopened at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB). We remind you that in the exhibition you will find one of the #seriousgames developed by the CREB UPC – Research Centre for Biomedical Engineering team of the The Dani Tost, Núria Bonet Codina and Ariel von Barnekow in collaboration with the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona team of Dra. Carmen Gomar Sancho and @Mayte Mata. Enjoy it and let us know your opinion! Remember: until August 30th. Tuesday to Sunday from 11 to 20h.