Activities
Tuesday, February 6 2024
Dia · Setmana
10:00
Second session of the International Congress on Preventing Corruption in the Public Business Sector
Description:
The second session of the International Congress on Preventing Corruption in the Public Business Sector will take place on Tuesday 6 February. The event is organised by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, the Anti-Fraud Office of Catalonia, and the Barcelona Provincial Council and will be held at 10:00 a.m. at the Provincial Council's cultural space, Pati Manning. The session will be divided into two parts: presentations in the morning and sessions in the afternoon.
The first round table in the morning will deal with the current state of compliance programmes in the public sector, and the second session will focus on criminal risks and their prevention (I): Corruption offences.
In the afternoon, the first presentation will deal with the second part of criminal risks and their prevention (II), Other crimes, and finally, the last colloquium will focus on procedural issues.
Registration is free, but compulsory, as places are limited. An attendance certificate will be given to all those attending. Deadline for registration is 29 January.
Place: Pati Manning, Barcelona (Carrer Montalegre 7)
Date: Tuesday 6, February2024 - 10:00h
11:00
Deep learning applied to brain MRI data for patient stratification and prediction of multiple sclerosis disease course, by Llucia Coll Benejam
Description:
PhD thesis defense
PhD in Bioinformatics
| PhD candidate: | Llucia Coll Benejam |
| Academic tutor: | Albert Ruiz |
| Thesis supervisors: |
Carmen Tur Deborah Pareto Xavier Lladó |
Place: Cemcat Classroom. Vall d'Hebron University Hospital.
Date: Tuesday 6, February2024 - 11:00h
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
12:00
L'administració electrònica en l'àmbit local: la secretaria municipal en l'estratègia de transformació digital, by Roger Cots Valverde
Description:
PhD thesis defense
PhD in Law
| PhD candidate: | Roger Cots Valverde |
| Academic tutor: | Judith Gifreu |
| Thesis supervisor: | Judith Gifreu |
Place: B2/118 Graduate Hall - Faculty of Law
Date: Wednesday 7, February2024 - 12:00h
Thursday, February 8, 2024
10:30
Population synthesis of Galactic pulsars with Machine learning, by Michele Ronchi
Description:
PhD thesis defense
PhD in Physics
| PhD candidate: | Michele Ronchi |
| Academic tutor: | Luis Font Guiteras |
| Thesis supervisors: |
Nanda Rea Vanessa Graber |
Place: S1-01 Alberto Lobo Conference Room. Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC-IEEC)
Date: Thursday 8, February2024 - 10:30h
12:00
The use of demographic projections to understand religious change
Description:
On Thursday 8 February at 12 noon, ISOR (Research into the Sociology of Religion) will host the first seminar of this year in the board room (Sala de juntes) of the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology. Pew Research Center researcher Conrad Hackett will speak on “The promise and the perill of using demographic projections to understand religious change”.
Place: Faculty of Political Science and Sociology (Board Room)
Date: Thursday 8, February2024 - 12:00h
17:30
Celebration of 50 years of chemistry alumni and 55 years since the founding of the Faculty of Science
Description:
This year marks the 50th anniversary since the first chemistry students graduated, and the 55th anniversary of the founding of the Faculty of Science at the UAB. To celebrate the event, an institutional ceremony will be held on Thursday 8 February at 5:30 p.m. at the Sala Josep Vendrell.
The event will be presented by Javier Lafuente, rector of the UAB; Juan Jesús Donaire, dean of the Faculty of Science; and Lluís Escriche, director of the Department of Chemistry.
A brief speech on the history of the Faculty of Science and the Department of Chemistry will be offered by former dean Jordi Bartrolí; while Rosa Maria Ortuño and Clara Viñas will each speak on their impressions as former students of the very first promotion (1969-1974) and the second cycle of the degree in Chemistry, when students from the University School of Girone enrolled (second promotion, 1970-1975). Finally, a presentation of these past few years of the Faculty of Science will be offered by current Faculty Dean Juan Jesús Donaire.
Place: Sala Josep Vendrell, Faculty of Science, UAB
Date: Thursday 8, February2024 - 17:30h