The CITIC Database Laboratory of the Universidade da Coruña organized the sixteenth edition of the International Conference on Similarity Search and Applications (SISAP), which took place in A Coruña on October 9, 10 and 11. The event attracted attendees from 17 countries, making it a unique opportunity for the exchange of ideas and international collaborations in the area of similarity data management.

On October 18 and 19 CITIC organizes a conference on the practical aspects of the preparation of proposals in Horizon Europe in view of the new calls for proposals in 2024. These sessions will be attended by Marina Martínez, senior responsible for European programs at CDTI in Brussels; Sabina Guaylupo, Project Manager at FECYT and co-founder and privacy officer of the mydatamood initiative; and María Luisa Pérez Aliende, from the Autonomous University of Madrid.

The Inspira STEAM educational program is looking for mentors and centers interested in participating in the project. The registration period ends next Sunday, October 15 and can be done from the program’s intranet.

Minia Manteiga and Carlos Dafonte, the CITIC researchers involved in Gaia, the ESA mission that is producing the most detailed map of the Milky Way, have been instrumental in validating the data and in the scientific papers that will be published after the archive is opened.

The Royal Galician Academy of Sciences awards the Enrique Vidal Abascal medal to CITIC researcher Ricardo Cao, in recognition of his work in the Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science section. The medal ceremony will take place on Wednesday October at the Pazo de Fonseca, in Santiago.

The conference will be held on October 10 at CITIC and will feature guest lectures by Fabio Manca, Big Data Coordinator, Directorate for Employment and Social Affairs of the OECD and Zeltia Lado Lago, Director General of Employment Training and Guidance of the Xunta de Galicia.

On October 4 and 5, the Faculty of Law will host the II Conference “Artificial Intelligence. Gender Biases and Opportunities for Equality”, co-financed by Concello de A Coruña, CITIC, the NTTData Chair and Campus Innova.

 The project Talentos Inclusivos has just been awarded the Amtega Prize for the Best ICT Project with Social Benefits, a distinction instituted by the Official College and the Association of Telecommunications Engineers of Galicia (COETG-AETG), in collaboration with the Agency for the Technological Modernization of Galicia (Amtega).

The R Chair in Cybersecurity, directed at the UDC by CITIC researcher Carlos Dafonte, announces the V Awards for the Best Academic and Research Works in Digital Cybersecurity. The main objective of these awards is “the promotion and dissemination of teaching and research activity in the field of cybersecurity”.

The vice-rector for Science Policy, Research and Transfer Salvador Naya met at the CITIC headquarters with the new general manager of Fujitsu’s Quantum Center, Almudena Justo.