The public and private initiative aims to catch the interest of cutting-edge businesses from this sector, train and attract specialised talent, foster research and innovation, and connect the local ecosystem with the world.
The European project NEX-LABS led by the UAB has launched several participative proposals to to set down the bases of an international cooperation combining a start-up, incubators and accelerators in Italy, Lebanon, Tunisia, Cyprus, Spain, Egypt and Jordan. The project's mission is to favour more innovation and entrepreneurship in the Mediterranean region and advance towards a sustainable ecosystem of the water, energy and food sectors.
The "Thesis in 4 Minutes" competition final, in which students present their PhD thesis in a maximum of four minutes, will take place on 17 May at 12 noon at the UAB Doctoral School. The event will be streamed live on the UAB's YouTube channel.
The 3rd edition of the competition accepts submissions until 30 September 2023. The competition is organised by the Group on Interactive Coding of Images (GICI) of the UAB in collaboration with Huawei. It is addressed to students, professionals and amateurs in the field of lossless data compression.
The CORE in Cultural Heritage network and the OpenLabs conducted a technical performance of the virtual reality exhibition entitled "InterMedit: The Mediterranean Exchange in Antiquity", presented at the Monographic Museum Puig des Molins in Ibiza on 27 April. The exhibition, which offers an immersive experience, includes some 50 pieces digitalised in 3D by the UAB, some of which are on display for the first time, with a maximum of detail, such as the statue of Asclepius of Empúries.
The UAB Research Park, with the support of Santander Universidades, launches "The Challenger Season", a competition open to the UAB community that poses a series of challenges encountered on campus and surrounding areas related to the sustainable development goals, and encourages participants to find ways to fix them.
The first challenge of the Challenger Season 2023 begins on Monday 17 April. This year's edition focuses on improving the food served on campus and is entitled "Ajuda’ns a millorar l’alimentació del campus de la UAB perquè sigui més saludable i sostenible". All members of the university community can participate in this week-long challenge by submitting their proposal. The winning idea will be able to choose from different prizes.
The Computer Vision Centre (CVC), a consortium of the Government of Catalonia and the UAB, will join the European Institute of Innovation & Technology’s (EIT) Deep Tech Talent Initiative to develop more training and courses to fast-track the careers of Deep Tech learners.
The UAB continues to lead the ranking of universities in Spain in number of patent applications submitted, according to the latest annual report issued by the European Patents Office (OEP), which includes all patents applied for in the year 2022. The University, which submitted a total of 15 applications through its Office of Assessment and Patents, is for the seventh consecutive edition, the public university in Spain with the greatest number of European patent applications. In the ranking of universities worldwide, the UAB ranks sixth.