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.
The initiative, led by the Cetaqua Water Technology Centre, aims to foster a circular economy and represent a green energy and transport model for the metropolitan area of Barcelona by powering buses with biomethane obtained from sewage sludge. The GENOCOV research group at the UAB has worked together on this project with Aigües de Barcelona (Agbar) and Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB).
A project within the framework of the Complementary Plans of the Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation, coordinated by the UAB, will develop antibiotics to eliminate infections without producing side effects in patients and leaving beneficial bacteria intact.
The Microscopy Service of the UAB has made available to the European scientific community Cryo-TEM, LSCM, Profilometry, SEM and TEM techniques and services, as part of the European NEP project.