Xunta has approved the agreement with the UDC, which exceeds 560,000 euros, to co-finance the hiring of 8 people in predoctoral stage in the framework of the European program COFUND, which is developed in the CITIC.
CITIC researcher Ricardo Cao participated in the Session on Statistical Innovation in the European Statistical System, held in Madrid on Monday 23 October. This is the first of two events organized by the National Statistics Institute (INE) to coincide with the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The session was inaugurated by Elena Manzanera, the president of INE.
On Friday, October 20 took place the inauguration of the ICT City with the opening of the building of the Advanced Services Center (CSA). This project, together with the election of Coruña as the headquarters of the State Agency for the Supervision of Artificial Intelligence (AESIA) will make the city a reference in the technological field, serving as a meeting point between companies and the University of A Coruña (UDC).
In this edition, the festival will feature an opening ceremony that will take place on the evening of Friday, November 3 at the CSA of the ICT City. On the morning of Saturday 4, at the same venue, the “AI & Creation Day” congress will be held with a program of talks and academic round tables on music generated with artificial intelligence and intellectual property rights. Finally, at night the main gala will take place at Studio Follow (Polígono de A Grela).
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.
Last Friday September 29th took place the G-NIGHT, the Galician Night of Researchers, a scientific dissemination event that is held simultaneously throughout Europe.
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.
