Institute of Informatics and Applications
Girona, December 2010
Index (I) Setting up Goals Where we are Most significant data Structure Research fields Technology transfer
Index (II) Training Spin-offs Funding in 2009 Income via projects Income via contracts PhD theses Articles in ISI journals
Setting up
The Institute of Informatics and Applications, IIiA, is a research institute at the University of Girona established in 1996 to foster research in the field of ICT.
Goals Knowledge creation, production and development • Research studies • Development of new technologies, products and services • R&D projects funded at local, national and European level
Technology transfer • Contracts with companies • Joint R&D and Innovation projects with companies
Knowledge transfer • Master and doctoral programmes • Exchange programmes for both academic staff and students • Outreach and dissemination activities in the field of ICT
Where we are
Where we are Building Jaume Casademont, Science and Technology Park
University of Girona, Campus de Montilivi, Building P4
Most significant data 160 researchers in 7 research teams and belonging to 3 departments All research teams recognised by the Catalan Government (Quality label SGR) Almost 3 Mâ‚Ź income in 2009 3 master programmes -2 of them international- and 1 doctoral programme
Structure (I)
The IIiA is made up of 6 research groups
Structure (II)
IIiA members also teach in the following departments Dep. of Computer Architecture and Technology
Dep. of Informatics and Applied Mathematics
Dep. of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Automation
Research fields Advanced automation Control engineering and intelligent systems Management of networks and distributed systems Computer graphics and virtual reality Medical imaging Modeling, control and data mining in biomedical engineering Computer vision and robotics Scientific visualization
Technology transfer ICT
Techology Transfer ICT and HEALTH
Biomedicine
Media
Technology Transfer Engineering & Instrumentation
Technology Transfer Food Industry
Government
Training Master Programmes • MIIACS: Master in Industrial Data Processing, Automatic Control, Computing and Systems • VIBOT: Erasmus Mundus Masters in Vision & Robotics • EPCE: European Joint Master in Environmental Process Control Engineering
Doctoral Programme • Doctoral Programme in Technology
Spin-offs (I) New technologies in the field of 3D image acquisition and processing
Embedded systems for: - Energy efficiency - Web applications - Multimodal user interfaces Advanced image processing techniques for biomedical applications
Spin-offs (II) Technical marketing to improve the efficency of marketing campaigns
Advanced computer graphics libraries for computer games
AQUALANES
Underwater robotics
Funding in 2009 (I) The IIiA income in 2009 was 2.950.000â‚Ź. Income breakdown according to the type.
Funding in 2009 (II) The IIiA income in 2009 was 2.950.000 â‚Ź. Income breakdown according to the source.
Income via projects Income via competitive projects
Over the last 4 years the IIiA has been awarded 4.900.000â‚Ź in competitive grants for R&D projects.
Income via contracts Income via contracts
The income generated by the IIiA via contracts has been 1.225.000â‚Ź over the last 4 years.
PhD theses PhD theses
The IIiA has produced 32 doctoral theses over the last 4 years.
Articles in ISI journals Articles in ISI Journals
The IIiA has published 144 articles in ISI journals over the last 4 years
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