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Financial Issues and Grants

The PhD programme publishes the financial issues, budget and doctoral grants.

PhD financial issues

Defense Board expenses: The PhD program and the Doctoral School can cover partially or totally the expenses associated with the PhD defense board. In instances where the expenses exceed the regulated limits, alternative funding sources must be sought to cover the excess amounts.

PhD Program budget:

Annually, the Network Engineering Department approves the budget, from Chapter 2, for the PhD program.

The following items are covered:

• Printed copies of the PhD documents.
• NErD workshop: PhD awards ( https://entel.upc.edu/ca/nerd )
• Complementary expenses for PhD boards.
• Invited speakers.
• Dissemination activities, such as promotional videos.

For procedures and detailed information contact [email protected]. 

Grants and Scholarship

The PhD students are invited to consider the following grants and scholarship offers:

Doctoral grants

Holders of a master's degree, or students in the last year of studies of a master's degree, can apply for admission. If admitted, the original official degree certificates will be necessary for the enrolment and registration at FME UPC.

The doctoral studies in Applied Mathematics are addressed to students with good abstract reasoning, interest in problem solving, strong work habits and a liking for mathematics. A scientific background is required, with basic mathematical foundations. For this reason, a degree in mathematics, statistics, physics, engineering, economics, computer science, or related areas, is a requirement.

The master's degree in Advanced Mathematics and Mathematical Engineering (MAMME) of the UPC, or a similar master's degree, gives direct acces to the research part of the doctoral studies in Applied Mathematics. Otherwise, depending on the background of the student, the  Academic Committee of the program may ask the student to take some bridging courses as complementary training. The bridging courses mainly consist on modules in MAMME, or modules from other masters related with the student's thesis.

Applicants who meet one of the following conditions are eligible for admission (see  Royal Decree 99/2011  for legal details):

Holders of an official degree awarded by a university in Spain or any other country in the EHEA who have completed a minimum of 300 ECTS credits, of which at least 60 must be at the master's degree level. This includes holders of official Spanish pre-EHEA degrees. The degree must correspond to Level 3 in the  Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education (MECES) .

Holders of a degree awarded in a foreign education system. In this case, homologation is not required, but the UPC must verify that the degree certifies a level of training equivalent to an official Spanish master's degree and qualifies the holder for admission to doctoral studies in the country where it was awarded. This does not imply the homologation of your degree and is solely for the purposes of admission to doctoral studies.   (2)

Holders of a Spanish doctoral qualification issued under previous university regulations.

Holders of the Diploma of Advanced Studies, in accordance with Royal Decree 778/1998.

Holders of the Diploma of Research Proficiency, in accordance with Royal Decree 185/1985.

Holders of an official university qualification who, having gained a trainee post in the entrance examination for specialised medical training posts, have successfully passed at least two years of training on a programme leading to an official degree in a health-sciences specialisation.

Admission criteria

The admission is decided by the Academic Committee , taking into account the academic records, the CV and the statement of interest of the candidate. The comission may also ask for a personal interview, reference letters or a tentative topic for the thesis.

Application

The application must be done through the APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO UPC STUDIES . In this application you should upload

CV scan of the degree certificates (not necessary for UPC degrees) academic transcripts

In case of holding international studies, you have to attach the equivalence to the University Spanish system . 

Also write in our application 

a short statement of interest, stating also if you already have a grant of scholarship for your PhD, the area of research where you would like to work and, and the name of a potential advisor (in case that you have had a previous contact). Here you could find information concering researchers at UPC, or close research centers .

The final assignment of the Thesis Director must be made by the Academic Committee of the program after the admission of the doctoral candidate.

For detailed information about the requirements , administrative procedure for admission and fees you can visit the website of the UPC Doctoral School

International students legal procedures

Prior to arrival: VISA

Non-EU foreign students must come to Spain on a student visa. A tourist visa has no validity beyond its expiry date. Students who come to Spain on a tourist visa will be forced to return to their country of origin to apply for another visa if they wish to extend their stay. VISA TYPE:

• Short stay: valid for 6 months (awarded when studies of under 6 months are intended). Non-renewable.
• Long stay: valid for 3 months, although student cards may enable students to renew their visa over the period of study.

Upon arrival

Visa renewal.

Upon arrival, international students must head for the International Mobility Office* in Barcelona for guidance and specific information on how to ensure their academic stay is legal:

• EU students must be registered as foreigners.
• Non-EU students must renew their long-stay three-month visa, if applicable. Students on a long-stay three-month visa must start the visa-renewal process in under 30 days from arrival, or their stay may be illegal.

All international students must have a tax  identification number (NIE) and insurance.

This number identifies you.   It usually takes at least two months  to issue a NIE.  So don’t leave getting your NIE to the last minute!

For further information on the process of applying for a NIE, contact the International Mobility Office.

International Mobility Office

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Grants and financial aid for master's degree students

As a master's degree student you can apply for Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport (MECD) grants to cover credits enrolled for the first time and if your income and academic performance make you eligible. You can also apply for EQUITAT grants from Catalonian government, if you are a student of a qualifying master's degree.

• Find out more about the grants and financial aid that the UPC and other public and private organisations offer (Spanish)

How to know if you are elegible for a MECD grant?

Use the simulator to find out whether you are eligible for an MECD grant. The simulator is intended to be a rough guide only, as many variables need to be considered. The simulator can help you to find out whether: You are eligible for an MECD grant because you meet the financial and academic requirements. If you are eligible, apply for the grant through the Ministry's online service (spanish) . You are not eligible for an MECD grant because you do not meet the financial and academic requirements. If you are not eligible, you will have to pay enrolment fees. Consult the option for paying in two or three instalments offered by the UPC or the monthly payment of the loan from the Agency for the Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR).

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Postgraduate course in Quantum Engineering

• Start 05/11/2024
• Duration 5 months
• Delivery Blended learning
• Fee €4,100
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Training Content

Learning methodology, teaching team, associates entities, career opportunities, request information or admission.

• 60% of the amount payable, to be paid within the deadline specified in the letter of admission to the programme.
• Remaining 40% to be paid up to 60 days at the latest after the starting date of the programme.
• To provide a scientific basis on quantum technologies merging knowledge from physics, information theory, computing science and telecommunications.
• To know, understand and get acquainted with quantum technologies developed by some pioneering companies on the field.
• To acquire theoretical and practical knowledge about new business models around quantum technologies.
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• Muñoz Tapia, Ramon info Graduated in Physics from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and got my PhD from the University of Barcelona (UB). He was a Fleming and Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Durham and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Granada (UGR). He is currently Associate Professor of Theoretical Physics at the UAB. He is one of the founders of the Quantum Information Group (GIQ) at the UAB and author of about seventy publications in international journals. He has been invited to carry out research at many international centers.
• Rodríguez Fonollosa, Javier info View profile in futur.upc / View profile in Linkedin PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Northeastern University of Boston. A university professor in the Department of Signal Theory and Communications at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. He has more than twenty-seven years of experience as a full-time lecturer at the UPC's Technical School of Telecommunications Engineering in Barcelona and the management of Spanish and international research projects totalling 7.5 M. Since January 2018, he has led the UPC's involvement in the QUANTUMCAT project on quantum technologies in the pillar of quantum Shannon theory.
• Sanpera Trigueros, Anna info PhD in Physical Sciences from the Universitat Autònoma Barcelona (UAB). Researcher at Oxford University (1993-96), Paris -Saclay (1997-98) and qualified professor at Leibnitz, Hannover University (1999-2004). Since 2005 ICREA - Professor in the Quantum Information group at the UAB. Currently, member of the Strategic Advisory Board in Quantum Technologies (2019-2022) of the European Community, Scientific Advisory Board of the Max Plank Institute of Science of Light, Germany (2019-2024) and of the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information in Innsbruck (Austria).
• Acin, Antonio info View profile in Linkedin ICREA (Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies) Research Professor at ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences. Degree in Physics from the Universitat de Barcelona (UB) and in Telecommunication Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). PhD in Theoretical Physics in 2001 from the UB. Post-doc in Geneva until 2003. Since 2003, leader of the Quantum Information Theory group. 4 grants from the European Research Council: 1 Starting, 1 Proof of Concept, 1 Consolidator and 1 Advanced Grant, the latter starting in 2020. AXA Chair in Quantum Information Science in 2016.
• Ahufinger, Verònica info Professor in the Department of Physics at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). Extraordinary award for doctorate and excellence from the UAB. Marie Curie researcher at Leibniz Universität, Germany (2002-04); ICREA researcher (2005-10). 73 publications (more than 3300 citations) and one book. Supervised 6 doctoral theses, 8 master's theses and 31 bachelor's theses. Coordinator of the Physics degree (2011-14) and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Science (2014-16) at the UAB; scientific collaborator of the State Research Agency (AEI) (2016-18). Since 2021, she is the coordinator of the Master in Photonics and Europhotonics at UAB.
• Calsamiglia Costa, John info View profile in Linkedin Degree in Physics from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). Postgraduate studies in theoretical physics at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). PhD at the Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP). He held postdoctoral positions in Harvard-Smithsonian Center of Astrophysics(CFA), University of Connecticut (UCONN), Ludwig Maximilians Universität München (LMU) and Universität Innsbruck, where he was an assistant professor until 2005. He returned to UAB with a Ramón y Cajal fellowship. Professor with tenure at UAB since 2010, ICREA Academy since 2021. His research interests are centred on quantum information, quantum statistical inference, non-classicality and quantum learning.
• de Riedmatten, Hugues info Master in Physics engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Techology (EPFL), PhD in Physics from the University of Geneva. Postdoctoral researcher at the California Institute of Technology. Currently, ICREA professor and group leader at ICFO. More than 20 years experience in quantum technologies, especially in quantum communication and quantum network hardware.
• Domingo Colomer, Laia info View profile in Linkedin PhD in Complex Systems from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). Master in Fundamental Principles of Data Science from the Universitat de Barcelona (UB), double degree in Physics and Mathematics from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). She is currently the head of research at Ingenii, a company dedicated to the development of artificial intelligence and quantum computing methods applied to life sciences and the environment.
• Fanizza, Marco info Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral scholar at the Quantum Information Group (GiQ) in Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. He received his PhD in Nanoscience from Scuola Normale Superiore in 2021. He is an expert in quantum statistical learning theory and quantum communication.
• Garcia Fernandez, Albert info View profile in Linkedin Grade in Telecomunications Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Master's degree in Telecomunications from the UPC. Currently, is a member of the Consell de Tecnologies Quàntiques de Catalunya, created by Generalitat de Catalunya. With over 15 years of experience in multinational companies, he is currently the engineering leader for Quantum Community and Education in IBM Quantum.
• Garcia Saez, Artur info View profile in Linkedin Engineer and PhD in Physics from the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO). Currently working at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS), leading the quantum computing group. The group research focuses on the relationship between quantum algorithms and machine learning, and the use of Supercomputers for quantum simulations. He previously conducted research on quantum information and condensed matter at the University of Barcelona and the Yang Institute of Theoretical Physics. He is one of the founders of the Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech.

PhD in Physics from the University of Salamanca. Lecturer at the Department of Quantum Physics and Astrophysics of the University of Barcelona. Member of the Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICCUB). He works in research in quantum technologies, many-body quantum physics and ultra-cold gases.

• Mitchell, Morgan info Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1999 with a thesis on the quantum optics of photon-photon interactions. He has worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris and the University of Toronto. ICREA Professor at ICFO since 2011. His research activities focus on quantum optics, quantum sensing, and quantum technologies.
• Pérez Torres, Juan info Professor at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and group leader at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO). His research interests are in the area of Photonics and Quantum engineering. It combines theory and experiments. It covers a diffuse area between Linear Optics, Nonlinear Optics and Quantum Optics. It is also a combination of basic science and photonics engineering, where answering fundamental questions might help designing new solutions to new problems, or different solutions to old problems
• Sanpera Izoard, Jaume info View profile in Linkedin Telecommunications Engineering from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Programa de Alta Dirección (PADE) from IESE Business School-University of Navarra. Master in Business Administration MIM from Esade. Currently, co-founder and CEO at Sateliot, first Satellite Telecommunications Operator that will provide global and continuous connectivity to all the elements that will make up the IoT universe. Founder and Co-founder of various companies mainly telecommunications: Eurona, Ambientum, Cidec, Technotrends, Festuc, etc. His consolidation in the Telecommunications Industry makes him a very present figure in the media, forums and other information and broadcasting platforms.
• Schindler, Joseph info Postdoctoral scholar in physics at the Quantum Information Group (GiQ) in Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Previously, he was a postdoc at the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (SCIPP) in University of California (UC) Santa Cruz. He received his PhD in theoretical physics from UC Santa Cruz in 2019, and his MA/BA in experimental physics from Wesleyan University in 2013.
• Sentís Herrera, Gael info PhD in Physics from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). He has been affiliated with the University of the Basque Country (UPV / EHU) and the Univesität Siegen (Germany). Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow from 2018 to 2020. Currently, he is a senior postdoctoral researcher at the Quantum Information Group (GIQ) at the UAB. He is an expert in quantum statistical inference, machine learning and quantum entanglement.
• Skoteiniotis, Michail info View profile in Linkedin MSc and PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Calgary, Canada. I was a post-doctoral fellow for 3.5 years at the Institute for theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck. I arrived at the Quantum Information Group of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in 2016 as a Juan de la Cierva research fellow. Since then, I have been involved in several R&D projects (Spanish and European) focusing on applications of quantum theory to statistical inference, quantum communication and computation, quantum resource theories, as well as quantum foundations.
• Stornati, Paolo info Phd in variational simulation of quantum field theories and master degree in High energy physics with focus on Montecarlo simulation. Currently, Postdoc researcher in the Quantum Optical Technologies (QOT) group in the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) in the group of Maciej Lewenstein. His scientific interests are mainly focused on quantum simulation of many body quantum theories, lattice field theory, tensor network techniques and quantum machine learning.
• Tarruell, Leticia info View profile in Linkedin PhD at Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS Paris). Post-doc at ETH Zurich. Chargée de Recherche CNRS at Institut d'Optique Bordeaux. Since 2013 leader of the Ultracold Quantum Gases experimental group at Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO), where is ICREA professor since 2022. Her research focuses on experimental quantum simulation with ultracold quantum gases. She is author of publications in high-impact journals, including 2 Nature, 2 Science, and 9 Physical Review Letters. “Novel Researcher in Experimental Physics” Award from the Royal Spanish Society of Physics 2015 and ERC Consolidator grant 2020.
• Almendros Parra, Marc info View profile in Linkedin PhD in Aerospace Science and Technology with focus on long-distance quantum communications from  Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and Telecommunications Engineering from La Salle - Universitat Ramon Llull. MBA from Esade Business School. He is the former CEO of Signadyne, an ICFO's spin-off that was acquired by Keysight in 2016. Currently, Technical Director of Keysight's Quantum Engineering Solutions group (QES). He is the co-author of a dozen papers about trapping and manipulation of single ions, and the co-inventor of two patents around Field-programmable gate array (FPGA), synchronization and real-time technologies.
• Cuevas Seguel, Alvaro info View profile in Linkedin Ph.D. in Physics from Sapienza University of Rome, (Italy), and master in Physics from the University of Concepción (Chile). During his training, he has studied fundamental quantum optics, and currently works as a postdoctoral researcher in the Optoelectronics group at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO). In this position, he develops technologies for the quantum imaging sector and for the secure telecommunications sector, both based for example on photonic entanglement.
• Lizaso Olmos, Jesus Enrique info View profile in Linkedin A graduate in Mathematics from the University of Barcelona (UB). He holds a degree in Technical Computer Engineering from the Spanish National University of Distance Education. A graduate in Medicine from the University of Navarre. He holds an MBA from IESE Business School. Holds a Doctorate in Biostatistics from the UB. A lecturer at the University of Vic and EAE Business School. Deputy CEO at Unnim Bank. Business Director at Caixa Terrassa. The founder of Blocktac, a leading company in blockchain technologies for digital identification in Food & Beverages and other fast-moving consumer goods (FMCGs). CEO of Multiverse Computing, a world leader in the application of Quantum Computing in Finance.
• Martinez Saavedra, Jose Ramon info View profile in Linkedin PhD in Photonics from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO). He is currently working at the startup Quside Technologies as vice president of innovation and director of computing activities, in both the area of high performance computing (HPC), and in the area of new technologies applied to computing
• Szombati, Daniel info View profile in Linkedin PhD in Applied Physics from the Technische Universiteit Delft in the field of induced superconductivity in 1d semiconductors. Master's degree in Physics from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. Currently, senior hardware engineer in Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech. S.L. Over 10 years of experience in experimental low temperature physics, with a majority spent studying superconducting qubits.
• Trefzger, Christian info View profile in Linkedin PhD in Physics from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), in 2010. Post-doc in Paris in the groups of Nobel laureates C. Cohen-Tannoudji and A. Aspect until 2016. Technology transfer officer at Université Libre de Bruxelles until 2017. Currently, policy officer in the European Commission. With more than 15 years of experience in driving international research and innovation in quantum, emerging and disruptive technologies, he has the ambition to make Europe a dynamic, attractive region for innovative research, business, and investments in quantum.

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The doctoral programme in Network Engineering has a long history. Its origins data back to a doctoral programme in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Telematics whose main characteristic was the combination of mathematical analysis with problem-solving in the area of telecommunications and particularly communication networks. Over time, the doctoral programme took shape until the two disciplines, telematics and applied mathematics, led to two separate programmes.

In the early years after the programme was created, a large group of professionals were trained who went on to join the telecommunications schools that were created in the 1990s. Universities such as Carlos III of Madrid and the universities of Cantabria or Cartagena employ doctoral degree holders who graduated from the doctoral programme in Network Engineering.

In a second stage, doctoral degree holders from the programme have become professionals working in South American universities such as the Pontifical Bolivarian University (UPB) of Colombia, or corporate research centres such as the NEC in Heidelberg, NTT DOCOMO EuroLabs in Munich or Spanish companies such as Indra. Some doctoral degree holders participate in innovative projects such as eNeo Labs.

Two aspects are notable in the doctoral programme in Network Engineering. From 2006 to 2011, the programme was shared with the Department of Telematic Engineering at the Universidad Carlos III and it received the Quality Award (MCD2003-00134) from 2003 to 2009. The programme is expected to receive this award again in the next call.

The doctoral programme is classified within the sector of information and communications technology (according to the ANEP, the area of computing sciences and information technology).

General information

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The doctoral programme is designed for students who have taken master’s degrees in telecommunications or computer science and wish to examine a topic or area in greater depth to contribute knowledge. Although we could say that this is the ideal starting point, it is not the only one. Students with other educational backgrounds could also be accepted, although they may need to take bridging courses.

The doctoral programme is designed for people with technological interests who are creative and want to advance the state-of-the-art in the subject. This activity requires an attitude to technology that goes beyond user knowledge to reach an understanding of technology itself, which the doctoral student will know how to improve as a result. Doctoral studies have two benefits. First, they meet personal needs to understand things, and second they train the person, providing them with methodology and knowledge that they can use in their professional activity in positions that require technological creativity.

Research and development departments in companies or the creation of emerging companies are places where this knowledge could be exploited to the maximum.

The natural route into the doctoral programme is via the various master’s degrees in Telecommunications Engineering at the UPC taught by the ETSETB and the EETAC, in which case bridging courses are not required. For students from other master’s programmes, the academic committee of the doctoral programme will analyse applicants’ academic record and the area in which they will develop their thesis. Based on this information, the committee will decide whether students need to take bridging courses up to a maximum of 30 credits. As a general rule, students who hold a master’s degree in telecommunications (or an equivalent qualification) from other Spanish or European universities can access the research phase directly. Students with a master’s degree in computer science may be asked to take a bridging course in the subject area of telecommunication networks. Students who come from other master’s degrees should take additional credits so that they can gain the knowledge they need rapidly. The range of topics and approaches used to carry out the research makes it difficult to establish specific admission requirements (some theses have a high mathematics content, others are more focused on application). However, in general, knowledge of tools that can be used for performance evaluation will be assessed. Hence, applicants must be able to handle mathematical models, numerical methods, simulation tools such as ns-3, OMNET, Matlab or have knowledge of programming in Java, C++, C or Python for the construction of prototypes. Knowledge of written and spoken English is essential, as this is the language that will be used in the doctoral degree, for training, generation of publications and reports, and the exchange of knowledge with other researchers.

Output profile

Doctoral candidates who complete a doctoral degree will have acquired the following competencies, which are needed to carry out quality research ( Royal Decree 99/2011, of 28 January, which regulates official doctoral studies ):

a) A systematic understanding of the field of study and a mastery of the research skills and methods related to the field. b) An ability to conceive, design or create, put into practice and adopt a substantial process of research or creation. c) An ability to contribute to pushing back the frontiers of knowledge through original research. d) A capacity for critical analysis and an ability to assess and summarise new and complex ideas. e) An ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and with society in general as regards their fields of knowledge in the manner and languages that are typical of the international scientific community to which they belong. f) An ability to foster scientific, technological, social, artistic and cultural progress in academic and professional contexts within a knowledge-based society.

The award of a doctoral degree must equip the graduate for work in a variety of settings, especially those requiring creativity and innovation. Doctoral graduates must have at least acquired the personal skills needed to:

a) Develop in contexts in which there is little specific information. b) Find the key questions that must be answered to solve a complex problem. c) Design, create, develop and undertake original, innovative projects in their field. d) Work as part of a team and independently in an international or multidisciplinary context. e) Integrate knowledge, deal with complexity and make judgements with limited information. f) Offer criticism on and intellectually defend solutions.

Finally, with respect to competencies, doctoral students must: a) have acquired advanced knowledge at the frontier of their discipline and demonstrated, in the context of internationally recognised scientific research, a deep, detailed and well-grounded understanding of theoretical and practical issues and scientific methodology in one or more research fields; b) have made an original and significant contribution to scientific research in their field of expertise that has been recognised as such by the international scientific community; c) have demonstrated that they are capable of designing a research project that serves as a framework for carrying out a critical analysis and assessment of imprecise situations, in which they are able to apply their contributions, expertise and working method to synthesise new and complex ideas that yield a deeper knowledge of the research context in which they work; d) have developed sufficient autonomy to set up, manage and lead innovative research teams and projects and scientific collaborations (both national and international) within their subject area, in multidisciplinary contexts and, where appropriate, with a substantial element of knowledge transfer; e) have demonstrated that they are able to carry out their research activity in a socially responsible manner and with scientific integrity; f) have demonstrated, within their specific scientific context, that they are able to make cultural, social or technological advances and promote innovation in all areas within a knowledge-based society; g) have demonstrated that they are able to participate in scientific discussions at the international level in their field of expertise and disseminate the results of their research activity to audiences of all kinds.

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Duration of studies and dedication regime.

Duration The maximum period of study for full-time doctoral studies is four years, counted from the date of first enrolment in the relevant programme until the date on which the doctoral thesis is deposited. The academic committee of the doctoral programme may authorise a doctoral candidate to pursue doctoral studies on a part-time basis. In this case, the maximum period of study is seven years from the date of first enrolment in the programme until the date on which the doctoral thesis is deposited. To calculate these periods, the date of deposit is considered to be the date on which the thesis is made publicly available for review.

If a doctoral candidate has a degree of disability equal to or greater than 33%, the maximum period of study is six years for full-time students and nine years for part-time students.

For full-time doctoral candidates, the minimum period of study is two years, counted from the date of an applicant's admission to the programme until the date on which the doctoral thesis is deposited; for part-time doctoral candidates it is four years.

When there are justified grounds for doing so, and the thesis supervisor and academic tutor have given their authorisation, doctoral candidates may request that the academic committee of their doctoral programme exempt them from the requirement to complete this minimum period of study.

Temporary disability leave and leave for the birth of a child, adoption or fostering for the purposes of adoption, temporary foster care, risk during pregnancy or infant feeding, gender violence and any other situation provided for in current regulations do not count towards these periods. Students who find themselves in any of these circumstances must notify the academic committee of the doctoral programme, which must inform the Doctoral School.

Doctoral candidates may request periods of temporary withdrawal from the programme for up to a total of two years. Requests must be justified and addressed to the academic committee responsible for the programme, which will decide whether or not to grant the candidate's request.

Extension of studies If a doctoral candidate has not applied to deposit their thesis before the expiry of the deadlines specified in the previous section, the academic committee of the doctoral programme may, at the request of the doctoral candidate, authorise an extension of this deadline of one year under the conditions specified for the doctoral programme in question.

Dismissal from the doctoral programme A doctoral candidate may be dismissed from a doctoral programme for the following reasons:

• The doctoral candidate submitting a justified application to withdraw from the programme.
• The doctoral candidate not having completed their annual enrolment or applied for a temporary interruption.
• The doctoral candidate not having formalised annual enrolment on the day after the end of the authorisation to temporarily interrupt or withdraw from the programme.
• The doctoral candidate receiving a negative reassessment after the deadline set by the academic committee of the doctoral programme to remedy the deficiencies that led to a previous negative assessment.
• The doctoral candidate having been the subject of disciplinary proceedings leading to their suspension or permanent exclusion from the UPC.
• A refusal to authorise the extensions applied for, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.3 of these regulations.
• The doctoral candidate not having submitted the research plan in the period established in Section 8.2 of these regulations.
• The maximum period of study for the doctoral degree having ended, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.4 of these regulations.

Dismissal from the programme means that the doctoral candidate cannot continue studying at the UPC and that their academic record will be closed. This notwithstanding, they may apply to the academic committee of the programme for readmission, and the committee must reevaluate the candidate in accordance with the criteria established in the regulations.

A doctoral candidate who has been dismissed due to having exceeded the time limit for completing doctoral studies or due to an unsatisfactory assessment may not be Academic Regulations for Doctoral Studies Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Page 17 of 33 admitted to the same doctoral programme until at least two years have elapsed from the date of dismissal, as provided for in sections 3.4 and 9.2 of these regulations.

Legal framework

• Royal Decree 99/2011, of 28 January, which regulates official doctoral studies (consolidated version)
• Academic regulations for doctoral studies (CG/2023/09/08)

Organization

• Aguilar Igartua, Mónica
• Bazán Guillén, Alberto
• Calveras Auge, Anna
• de Andrade Jardim, Marilet
• Gorricho Moreno, Juan Luis
• Martin Escalona, Israel
• Soriano Ibañez, Miquel
• Department of Network Engineering (PROMOTORA)

Agreements with other institutions

There are various joint supervision agreements with European and international universities, for example, with Uruguay, Mexico and Lebanon, among other countries, and projects such as 5GAuRA, which is part of the H2020 Marie Curie Programme.

In addition, verbal agreements have been made with European universities for short-term visits of our doctoral students. As a result, doctoral students have been able to carry out research visits of at least three months in the universities or technology schools of Amsterdam, Grenoble, Glasgow, Milan, Louvain and China (Changsha), among other places.

Joint supervision is also carried out with the Telecommunications Technology Centre of Catalonia (CTTC) in the area of wireless technology, fixed networks and security.

Access, admission and registration

Access requirements.

As a rule, applicants must hold a Spanish bachelor's degree or equivalent and a Spanish master's degree or equivalent, provided they have completed a minimum of 300 ECTS credits on the two degrees ( Royal Decree 43/2015, of 2 February ).

Applicants who meet one or more of the following conditions are also eligible for admission:

a) Holders of official Spanish degrees or equivalent Spanish qualifications, provided they have passed 300 ECTS credits in total and they can prove they have reached Level 3 in the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education. b) Holders of degrees awarded in foreign education systems in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), which do not require homologation, who can prove that they have reached Level 7 in the European Qualifications Framework, provided the degree makes the holder eligible for admission to doctoral studies in the country in which it was awarded. c) Holders of degrees awarded in a country that does not belong to the EHEA, which do not require homologation, on the condition that the University is able to verify that the degree is of a level equivalent to that of official university master's degrees in Spain and that it makes the holder eligible for admission to doctoral studies in the country in which it was awarded. d) Holders of another doctoral degree. e) Holders of an official university qualification who, having been awarded a post as a trainee in the entrance examination for specialised medical training, have successfully completed at least two years of training leading to an official degree in a health sciences specialisation.

Note 1: Regulations for access to doctoral studies for individuals with degrees in bachelor's, engineering, or architecture under the system prior to the implementation of the EHEA (CG 47/02 2014).

Note 2: Agreement number 64/2014 of the Governing Council approving the procedure and criteria for assessing the academic requirements for admission to doctoral studies with non-homologated foreign degrees (CG 25/03 2014).

Admission criteria and merits assessment

Ultimately, admission to the doctoral programme will be regulated by the academic committee of the doctoral programme. As described in Section 8 of this document, this body is directed by the coordinator of the doctoral programme, assisted by a committee comprised of lecturers who participate in the programme who are put forward by the research groups. If the ex officio members of the committee consider it necessary, they may propose other lecturers who represent relevant research areas. The composition of the academic committee of the doctoral programme should be approved by the board of the Department.

The function of the academic committee is to ensure the quality of the doctoral programme by participating in the processes of admission, monitoring, evaluation and assessment. If there is no proposal of a thesis supervisor, the academic committee is responsible for assigning one. Based on the applicants’ thesis topic preferences, the member of the academic committee who is most closely associated with this area will propose a supervisor. If the person responsible for this area cannot meet the requirement, another area will be sought and the request will be repeated. If a supervisor cannot be found after consulting all members of the academic committee, the application cannot be accepted.

If a thesis supervisor is available, applicants are then assessed on the following aspects, with a score of 0 to 10 given for each one and the following weightings:

• Academic record and academic background (30%). • Research experience (10%). • Language knowledge (10%). • Other relevant aspects described in the CV that are not considered in the three previous points (5%). • Evaluation by the doctoral thesis supervisor (30%). • Evaluation by the academic committee of the doctoral programme (15%).

Students will be accepted if they have a score of 7 points or over. In all cases, applicants will be notified of the decision, and will be given a report on the overall and partial evaluations. So that the decision is not personalised, the supervisor’s and academic committee director’s evaluations will be averaged, and this will be the score that is announced.

Along with admission, the academic committee will provide enrolment recommendations if bridging courses are required. The recommended credits (up to a maximum of 30) for bridging courses correspond to subjects in the area of telematics that can be taken in the shortest time possible.

Training complements

The academic committee for the programme may require that doctoral students pass specific bridging courses. In this case, it will monitor the bridging courses that are taken and establish suitable criteria to limit their duration.

The bridging courses will be on research training, but doctoral students will never be asked to enrol for a number equal to or above 60 ECTS. The academic regulations of doctoral studies state that bridging courses may also be cross-disciplinary. However, this point is likely to be amended so that bridging courses are only associated with research credits, particularly when an applicant enters the doctoral programme with a bachelor’s degree worth 300 ECTS.

Considering the doctoral student activity report (DAD), the academic committee of the programme could propose additional measures to those established in the regulations that lead to the withdrawal of doctoral students who do not meet the established criteria.

The natural route into the doctoral programme is via a master’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering at the UPC, in which case it is not necessary to complete bridging courses. For students from other master’s degree programmes, the academic committee of the doctoral programme will analyse the applicant’s academic record and decide the area in which they will prepare their thesis, as well as whether it is necessary to complete bridging courses, up to a maximum of 30 credits.

Currently, bridging courses are offered in the framework of master’s degrees in Telecommunications Engineering at the UPC taught by the ETSETB and the EETAC (https://eetac.upc.edu/en/study/masters-degrees/masteam, https://matt.masters.upc.edu/).

Below are some of the subjects that are currently offered on these master’s degrees:

Enrolment period for new doctoral students

Students enrolling in the doctoral programme for the first time must do so by the deadline specified in the admission decision.

Unless otherwise expressly indicated, enrolments corresponding to admission decisions issued from the second half of April on must be completed within the ordinary enrolment period for the current academic year.

More information at the registration section for new doctoral students

Enrolment period

Ordinary period for second and successive enrolments: first half of October.

More information at the general registration section

Monitoring and evaluation of the doctoral student

Procedure for the preparation and defense of the research plan.

Doctoral candidates must submit a research plan, which will be included in their doctoral student activity report, before the end of the first year. The plan may be improved over the course of the doctoral degree. It must be endorsed by the tutor and the supervisor, and it must include the method that is to be followed and the aims of the research.

At least one of these annual assessments will include a public presentation and defence of the research plan and work done before a committee composed of three doctoral degree holders, which will be conducted in the manner determined by each academic committee. The examination committee awards a Pass or Fail mark. A Pass mark is a prerequisite for continuing on the doctoral programme. Doctoral candidates awarded a Fail mark must submit a new research plan for assessment by the academic committee of the doctoral programme within six months.

The committee assesses the research plan every year, in addition to all of the other activities in the doctoral student activity report. Doctoral candidates who are awarded two consecutive Fail marks for the research plan will be obliged to definitely withdraw from the programme.

If they change the subject of their thesis, they must submit a new research plan.

Formation activities

Activity: Tutorial. Hours: 288. Type: compulsory. Activity: Mobility. Hours: 480. Type: optional. Activity: Assessment based on doctoral student activity report (DAD) and research plan. Hours: 4. Type: compulsory. Activity: Training in information skills. Hours: 1.5. Type: optional. Activity: Research methodology. Hours: 12. Type: optional. Activity: Innovation and creativity. Hours: 8. Type: optional. Activity: Language and communication skills. Hours: 18. Type: optional. Activity: Courses and seminars. Hours: 18. Type: compulsory. At least six seminars will be held per year. Students should attend at least three. Activity: Specific programme workshops. Hours: 6. Type: compulsory. This doctoral programme participates in an annual workshop, which is already in its third edition. The Barcelona Forum on PhD workshop. Research in Information and Communication Technologies takes one day. Activity: Publications. Hours: 50. Type: compulsory. Description: training objective and content. The doctoral programme determines that each student must have at least one relevant JCR publication (as well as other types of publications) to complete their doctoral thesis. Publications can be completed in any phase of the three years of the doctoral degree. Activity: Other workshops. Hours: 72. Type: optional.

Procedure for assignment of tutor and thesis director

The academic committee of the doctoral programme assigns a thesis supervisor to each doctoral candidate when they are admitted or enrol for the first time, taking account of the thesis supervision commitment referred to in the admission decision.

The thesis supervisor will ensure that training activities carried out by the doctoral candidate are coherent and suitable, and that the topic of the candidate’s doctoral thesis will have an impact and make a novel contribution to knowledge in the relevant field. The thesis supervisor will also guide the doctoral candidate in planning the thesis and, if necessary, tailoring it to any other projects or activities undertaken. The thesis supervisor will generally be a UPC professor or researcher who holds a doctoral degree and has documented research experience. This includes PhD-holding staff at associated schools (as determined by the Governing Council) and UPC-affiliated research institutes (in accordance with corresponding collaboration and affiliation agreements). When thesis supervisors are UPC staff members, they also act as the doctoral candidate’s tutor.

PhD holders who do not meet these criteria (as a result of their contractual relationship or the nature of the institution to which they are attached) must be approved by the UPC Doctoral School's Standing Committee in order to participate in a doctoral programme as researchers with documented research experience.

The academic committee of the doctoral programme may approve the appointment of a PhD-holding expert who is not a UPC staff member as a candidate’s thesis supervisor. In such cases, the prior authorisation of the UPC Doctoral School's Standing Committee is required. A UPC staff member who holds a doctoral degree and has documented research experience must also be proposed to act as a co-supervisor, or as the doctoral candidate’s tutor if one has not been assigned.

A thesis supervisor may step down from this role if there are justified reasons (recognised as valid by the committee) for doing so. If this occurs, the academic committee of the doctoral programme will assign the doctoral candidate a new thesis supervisor.

Provided there are justified reasons for doing so, and after hearing any relevant input from the doctoral candidate, the academic committee of the doctoral programme may assign a new thesis supervisor at any time during the period of doctoral study.

If there are academic reasons for doing so (an interdisciplinary topic, joint or international programmes, etc.) and the academic committee of the programme gives its approval, an additional thesis supervisor may be assigned. Supervisors and co-supervisors have the same responsibilities and academic recognition.

The maximum number of supervisors of a doctoral thesis is two: a supervisor and a co-supervisor.

For theses carried out under a cotutelle agreement or as part of an Industrial Doctorate, if necessary and if the agreement foresees it this maximum number of supervisors may not apply. This notwithstanding, the maximum number of supervisors belonging to the UPC is two.

More information at the PhD theses section

The maximum period of study for full-time doctoral studies is four years, counted from the date of first enrolment in the relevant programme until the date on which the doctoral thesis is deposited. The academic committee of the doctoral programme may authorise a doctoral candidate to pursue doctoral studies on a part-time basis. In this case, the maximum period of study is seven years from the date of first enrolment in the programme until the date on which the doctoral thesis is deposited. To calculate these periods, the date of deposit is considered to be the date on which the thesis is made publicly available for review.

If a doctoral candidate has not applied to deposit their thesis before the expiry of the deadlines specified in the previous section, the academic committee of the doctoral programme may, at the request of the doctoral candidate, authorise an extension of this deadline of one year under the conditions specified for the doctoral programme in question.

Learning resources

All students who carry out their research on the doctoral programme in Network Engineering have a comfortable, suitable place to work in an office or laboratory shared with other students to promote a spirit of community. This fosters the free exchange of ideas and collaborative work. In this place, they have an individual area equipped with a desktop computer that has basic office software licences and other calculation or simulation tools installed through the UPC software repository. Students have access to all kinds of office material, a printing service, meeting rooms with projectors and video conference equipment, and other shared areas for more informal meetings that contain a fridge, microwave and coffee machine.

The Department’s management units (North Campus and Castelldefels Management and Support Units) support doctoral students in various ways. For example, they provide financial management of trips to participate in conferences or for international project meetings, and support in the defence process in the final phase of preparing the thesis.

In addition to the above, the various research lines developed in the department have specific resources that are summarised below:

Students associated with the research line Management, Pricing and Services in Next Generation Networks (MAPS, https://futur.upc.edu/176539) have access to the virtual laboratory EmanicsLab.

This laboratory is supported by a network constituted by a total of 20 nodes located in ten European universities. The MAPS groups contributes with two of these nodes. Doctoral students use the laboratory for their research activities in the field of network and service management, including systems for gathering and analysing traffic flows, monitoring and accounting systems, analysis of the stability of autonomous networks and mechanisms for resource allocation/management in virtual networks.

Doctoral students in network services research lines (SERTEL, https://futur.upc.edu/176527) can use a network drive space to create backups and several calculation servers optimised for the execution of various simulators. The SERTEL group also has a virtualisation environment made up of five high-performance servers that can be used to carry out studies on complex network infrastructure.

Students working on a doctoral thesis with the Design and Evaluation of Broadband Networks and Services (BAMPLA, https://futur.upc.edu/176385A) research group have access to various facilities for emulation and simulation (for example, OPNET), and spaces for conducting research with top-of-the-line network equipment. These spaces include the Networks and Services Laboratory, which has two private SDN/NFV clouds and slicing based on Openflow, OpenStack, ONFV and ONAP, EPON/GPON equipment, Metro Ethernet and gateways, EPON/WLAN, all connected to an SDN experimental network with continental output at 10 Gbps.

In addition to making various high-performance calculation servers available to doctoral students, the Wireless Networks Group (WNG, https://futur.upc.edu/176483) provides them with access to equipment for studying radio resource management, including spectrum analysers, oscilloscopes and high-precision power supplies for studying the energy consumption of small devices. The Group also has state-of-the-art equipment for research on wireless local area networks (WLANs) and personal area networks, including software licences and the hardware needed to provide development environments for different platforms of sensor networks. In this respect, the group has extensive fixed infrastructure, composed of dozens of nodes that can be managed remotely to configure a large number of experiments. Teaching laboratories, equipped with network analysers, switches and routers, Wi-Fi access points and simulators of private cloud environments, can be used by doctoral students when they are not being used for bachelor’s degree and master’s degree classes.

Doctoral Theses

List of authorized thesis for defense.

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List of lodged theses

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List of defended theses by year

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Theses related publications

Research projects, teaching staff and research groups, research groups.

UPC groups:

• BAMPLA-Design and Evaluation of Broadband Networks and Services
• ISG-Information Security Group
• SISCOM-Smart Services for Information Systems and Communication Networks
• TUAREG-Turbulence and Aerodynamics in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Group
• WNG-Wireless Networks Group

Doctoral Programme teachers

• Alcober Segura, Jesus
• Alins Delgado, Juanjo
• Casademont Serra, Jordi
• Cervello Pastor, Cristina
• Cruz Llopis, Luis Javier de la
• Domingo Aladren, Maria del Carmen
• Esparza Martin, Oscar
• Fernandez Muñoz, Marcel
• Forne Muñoz, Jordi
• Garcia Villegas, Eduard
• Gomez Montenegro, Carles
• Hernandez Serrano, Juan Bautista
• Lopez Aguilera, Maria Elena
• Mata Diaz, Jorge
• Melus Moreno, Jose Luis
• Muñoz Tapia, Jose Luis
• Pallares Segarra, Esteve
• Paradells Aspas, Jose
• Parra Arnau, Javier
• Pegueroles Valles, Josep
• Piney Da Silva, Jose Ramon
• Postigo Boix, Marcos
• Remondo Bueno, David
• Rincon Rivera, David
• Sallent Ribes, Sebastian
• Serrat Fernandez, Juan
• Vidal Ferre, Rafael
• Zola, Enrica Valeria

The Validation, Monitoring, Modification and Accreditation Framework (VSMA Framework) for official degrees ties the quality assurance processes (validation, monitoring, modification and accreditation) carried out over the lifetime of a course to two objectives—the goal of establishing coherent links between these processes, and that of achieving greater efficiency in their management—all with the overarching aim of improving programmes.

• Verification Memory (Doctoral Programme) - 2013
• Verification Resolution (MECD)
• Agreement of the Council of Ministers (BOE)
• Monitoring report (Doctoral Programme) - 2018
• University monitoring report (Doctoral School) - 2018

Accreditation

• Accreditation Report (Doctoral Programme) - 2021
• Official Degree Accreditation Evaluation Report (AQU) - 2022

Registry of Universities, Centers and Degrees (RUCT)

• Registration of the Doctoral Programme in the RUCT

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Grants and Financial Aid

General information.

There are multiple ways to fund your studies at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC). Grants, scholarships, mobility grants and loans are offered by the University and other bodies.

Complete information about grants and financial aid at the UPC.

Below you will find information on specific scholarships and grants that you can apply for at the FIB. It is necessary to have applied for admission in the corresponding Master to qualify for any of them .

Allianz Technology Grants (2023-2024)

Allianz offers:

• Master in Computer Engineering: 2 grants
• Master in Innovation and Research in Computer Science: 1 grant
• Master in Data Science: 1 grant
• Master in Cybersecurity: 1 grant

Applications

Those interested in the scholarships must fill in the  online form .

Requirements for applicants

The main requirements are:

• be resident in the EU,
• be enrolled full time in the FIB's master's degree courses

31 August 2023 8 October 2023 (new deadline)

Amount of grants

The grants cover the tuition fees and taxes for the entire theoretical duration of the master's degree.

"Nacho Navarro" grants (2023-2024)

In memoriam of Prof. Nacho Navarro, the Department of Computer Architecture will award 2 grants for FIB graduates that enroll in the MIRI master in the Computer Networks and Distributed Systems or High Performance Computing specialities.

Announcement  

Have graduated from FIB (Facultat d'Informàtica de Barcelona, UPC)

15 September 2023

2 grants for the cost of 50% of the registration fees (approx. 1500 €).

More information

2023-2024 academic year resolution  (in Catalan)

Seidor grants (2023-2024)

Seidor Company awards one grant for the tuition fees of master's degree students at the FIB.

Those interested in the scholarships must fill in the online form .

Be a full-time student in a FIB’s Master for the academic year 2023-2024.

The amount of each grant is the cost of 1500 €. Seidor Company will make the payment every semester once the student proves all the requirements.

This grant is not compatible with any other masters’ studies scholarship.

NTT DATA (2023-2024)

NTT DATA awards scholarships for the enrolment fees of students on the master's degree at the FIB.

Interested parties must fill in the online form (below).

• Applicants must be graduates of the bachelor’s degree in Informatics Engineering or bachelor's degree in Data Science and Engineering, or be students in a FIB's Master at the moment of application.
• They must enrol in 30 credits on a FIB master’s degree for the 2023-2024 academic year, or be pre-enrolled in a FIB's Master in the 2022-2023.

Preference will be given to the students of the specializations Advanced Computing, Computer Networks and Distributed Systems, or Master in Data Science, or Master in Artificial Intelligence.

The financial contribution of each grant is the cost of the tuition (excluding fees and others) by academic year.

FIB Visiona - FIB grants (MEI, MIRI and MAI)

 These grants will not be offered for the academic year 2023-2024.

FIB Visiona and FIB allocate 7.500 € for study grants, specifically the enrolment rates for the first or second year of a master's degree taught at the FIB (MIRI, MEI and MAI). 

Those interested must read the requirements and fill in the online form (below).

Applicants must send the following documentation:

• Photocopy of ID card / NIE (Foreigners' Identity Number). 
• Curriculum Vitae.
• MEC (Ministry of Education) scholarship request receipt, if applicable.
• Cover letter stating the next: master's degree and course for which the grant is requested, presentation of the candidate, description of their situation (personal, social, economic, work, etc.) that may be relevant to obtaining the scholarship. Documentary evidence of the situations described will be required.

Finally, it must be pointed out whether any other scholarship has been requested for the master's degree at the FIB, especially in the case of having requested the MEC scholarship. In the event that the candidate has requested the MEC scholarship but eventually it is not granted, the FIB Visiona-FIB scholarship may be accepted.

Requirements for applicants of first-year grants

• Obtaining or being in a position to obtain a degree from the FIB at the time of application.
• Having applied for admission to a FIB master's degree for the 2020-2021 academic year.
• Being a full-time student in the master's degree in the 2020-2021 academic year.

Requirements for applicants of second-year grants

• Having passed the first year of the master (MIRI, MEI or MAI) during the 2019-2020 academic year.
• Being a full-time student in the master during the 2020-2021 academic year.

15th February 2021

The overall economic endowment for the FIB Visiona - FIB scholarships is 7,500 €. It will be allocated to the enrolment of a FIB master's degree during the academic year, distributed as it follows:

• Each beneficiary student will obtain 50% of the academic fees paid for enrolment in the fall semester, and 50% of the academic fees paid for enrolment in the spring semester of the 2020-2021 academic year. Students whose first enrolment is in the spring semester will be entitled to 50% of the academic fees for that semester.
• The total number of scholarships will be established by the value of the amount to be awarded, which cannot globally exceed the allocated figure of  7,500 €.
• The scholarships will be awarded according to the criteria of the selection process (see 'Selection process' section).

Resolution (8th of March 2021)

additional resolution (17th of May 2021)

Fundació Catalunya-La Pedrera (MAI)

The Fundació Catalunya-La Pedrera has announced the inclusion of the master's degree in Artificial Intelligence in its grant program Master d'Excel·lència for the  2019-2020  academic year.

Please, fill in the  online form  (below).

• Spanish nationality
• Full-time student
• Excellent academic record

5th July 2019

This program offers a grant of €7.500 for the master's degree in Artificial Intelligence.

Accenture - Barcelona Digital Talent grants

Accenture , within the framework of Barcelona Digital Talent , offers 5 grants for a master’s degree taught at the FIB. In addition, grants holders must complete a training stay at Accenture, which also benefits from additional financial compensation.

• Master in Informatics Engineering (MEI): 2 scholarships
• Master in Innovation and Research in Informatics (MIRI): 1 scholarship
• Master in Artificial Intelligence (MAI): 1 scholarship
• Master in Data Science (MDS): 1 scholarship

Those interested in the scholarships must fill in the online form . 

Be a full-time student in a FIB’s Master for the academic year 2021-2022.

Carry out an internship at Accenture in one of the two suggested profiles, according to the conditions specified by external academic placement. Internships are also paid on the same conditions as any educational cooperation agreement.

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The amount of each grant is the cost of all of the tuition fees per academic year. Accenture Company will make the payment every semester once the student proves all the requirements.

2021-2022 academic year resolution

Fundació Catalunya-La Pedrera (MIRI)

The Fundació Catalunya-La Pedrera has announced the inclusion of the master's degree in Innovation and Research in Informatics in its grant program Master's Degrees Excellence  for the  2019-2020  academic year.

Please, fill in the online form  (below).

Deadline: 5th July 2019

This program offers a grant of €10,000  for the master's degree in Innovation and Research in Informatics.

Scholarships

Arco scholarships for miri students.

ARCO  is a world-renowned research group in the areas of computer architecture and compilers for future computing systems, with a long track record of publications in collaboration with industry. Current research projects focus on the following areas:

• Cognitive computing systems
• Graphics processors

ARCO is offering a number of scholarship grants for students of the Master in Innovation and Research in Informatics. Successful candidates will join the group to carry out their Master thesis in leading edge research projects of the group related to these topics.

We are seeking bright and highly motivated students with an interest in deepening their research background in the area of computer architecture, especially in the topics listed above.

The duration of each scholarship is for 2 years for new Master students and 1 year for students in their second year of the Master.

After completing the master, selected candidates may opt for a scholarship to pursue a PhD in the ARCO research group.

Interested candidates should submit the following documents in English by Email to  [email protected]  (Prof. Antonio González -  http://people.ac.upc.edu/antonio /):

• Curriculum vitae
• Academic record (student transcript) of Bachelor degree studies

The amount of the grants is 8,000 €  per year.

CBA scholarships in AI for networking for MIRI Students

The CBA research group has recently started a specific division in the area of AI applied to Computer Networks.

In this area, the CBA group has pioneered the use of Graph Neural Networks (GNN) in networking  and developed the first GNN framework for computer networks ( github.com/knowledgedefinednetworking/ignnition ).

Recently, it has also organized the "Graph Neural Networking Challenge 2020" in collaboration with the ITU-T, which attracted 120 participants of 24 different countries ( https://bnn.upc.edu/challenge2020 ).

The CBA group is offering a number of scholarships for students of the Master in Innovation and Research in Informatics (MIRI) interested in AI and/or computer networks.

The objective of the scholarship is to gather research experience on these topics and eventually develop the Master Thesis. The scholarships will be between 1 and 2 years and will be carried in the context of a large industrial project with a major multinational technology company.

Interested candidates should submit their CV and academic record (transcript) over email to professors Pere Barlet ( [email protected] ) and Albert Cabellos ( [email protected] ).

The amount of the grants is 6,000 € per year.

The inLab FIB offers a limited number of the inLab Talent grants for master’s degree students at the Barcelona School of Informatics during the 2019-2020 academic year. These grants provide funding that is linked to students’ participation in R&D&i projects in collaboration with important ICT companies.

The collaboration will require 20 hours of work per week.

€585.50 per month.

NaNoNetworking Center in Catalunya (N3Cat) scholarship for MIRI students

The NaNoNetworking Center in Catalunya (N3Cat),

• is a multi-department research center with the ultimate goal of carrying fundamental research on communications and networking enabled by nanotechnology. Among the several domains that fall within this definition, this research center has devoted significant efforts in investigating the impact of emerging technologies in the field of chip-scale communications. As computing systems scale and become more complex and more heterogeneous, including new architectures and integration methods such as CNN accelerators or interposers in chiplet-based systems
• N3Cat aims to continue advancing in the research avenue of on-chip communications and networking.

N3Cat is offering several scholarships for students of the MIRI master, interested in communications, nanotechnology and/or computer architecture.

The goal of the scholarship is to obtain research experience in a vibrant, international, and dynamic research group. The scholarships cover 1 or 2 years, including the master thesis.

Interested candidates please submit your CV and academic transcripts to Sergi Abadal ( [email protected] ) and Albert Cabellos ( [email protected] ).

MIRI students, preferred specializations Computer Networks and Distributed Systems, Data Science or High Performance Computing

The amount of the grants is 7,000 € per year.

SANS scholarship for MIRI and MEI

SANS scholarships for the CNDS specialization

The SANS (Statistical Analysis of Networks and Systems, http://sans.ac.upc.edu ) is a research group interested on the capture and analysis of data from Internet of Things devices, applied to different areas, such as environmental monitoring, smart cities, and analysis of mobility patterns. More specifically, our current research focuses on how to guarantee data quality and accuracy in community sensor networks made of low cost monitoring equipment by means of machine learning techniques. Current research projects are focused on the following areas:

• Blind calibration of sensors.
• Machine learning techniques.
• Analysis of Mobile traffic.
• Internet of Things.
• Smart Cities applications.

We are seeking bright and highly motivated students with an interest in deepening their research background in the area of computer networks and distributed systems, especially in the topics listed above. The student will be actively involved in the activities of the research group.

Candidates should submit the following documents in English by email to  [email protected]  (Jorge García Vidal) and  [email protected]  (Jose M. Barcelo Ordinas). Please, attach the academic transcript for the undergraduate degree, a CV, and a short presentation letter.

We look for students with a good background in Computer Science, Telecommunication and Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or Physics.

The amount of the scholarship is 6,000 € per year.

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PhD grant DC-09 -Chemical Engineering- PROSAFE Doctoral Network

Universitat politècnica de catalunya (upc)- barcelonatech , spain.

Development of an improved methodology to perform QRA with specific emphasis on natural gas and other renewable and low-carbon fuel facilities.

The advertised subproject is fully funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Training Network “PROSAFE”. It will be carried out by one doctoral candidate at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (PhD supervision at Centre for Technological Risk Studies – CERTEC, Chemical Engineering Department) over a period of 36 months.

CERTEC performs research in the field of Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA) and modelling of major accidents. The research aims to develop a novel methodology to perform QRA with specific emphasis on new energy vectors. The recruited researcher will design a novel methodology to perform QRA considering the specificities of the new renewable energy vectors production, storage, and distribution. First, a historical survey of major accidents (type of accident, initial loss of containment, accidental sequences) will be performed; a statistical analysis will follow, to obtain representative values of frequencies and/or probabilities. Simultaneously, a search will be done of the values usually applied in QRA in the diverse EU State Members, related to the application of Seveso III Directive. On the other hand, the mathematical models used for calculating the effects of major accidents will be analyzed and the optimum ones will be selected. Their predictions will be checked by comparison with selected and liable data from real accidents. Finally, the selected data and models will be applied to the QRA of a given case in a sea Port facility including loading, storage, regasification, and distribution of low-carbon fuels (e.g., LNG, ammonia, hydrogen and methanol).

Training and industrial case studies for the application of QRA will take place at Port de Barcelona (Spain), while training and learning about potential of big data analytics to improve QRA will take place at NTNU (Norway).

Results of the research will include 1) Proposal of a set of values for the frequencies and probabilities usually required in quantitative risk analysis. 2) Selection of the most adequate mathematical models for new energy vectors 3) List of potential most credible hazard scenarios 4) Application to the particular case of Catalonia region, the LNG regasification plant and other fuels storage and distribution at the Port of Barcelona.

In accordance with the European Union’s funding rules for doctoral networks, applicants must NOT yet have a PhD.

An MSc degree in the following subject areas: Chemical Engineering, Chemical Processes Engineering, Safety Engineering or equivalent.

Domain knowledge (for example Thesis) in risk and safety applied to accident modelling or QRA is desirable.

Experience with CFD modelling and equation/object oriented programming. An asset but not a requirement would be familiarization with one or more of the following tools: FDS, OpenFoam, FLACS, PHAST, Python, MATLAB.

Curious and appetite for developing AI/ML competencies

Curious and appetite for solving complex problems within the process safety domain.

The applicant must not have resided or carried out her/his main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Spain for more than 12 months in the past 3 years.

The recruited researcher will have the opportunity to work as part of an international, interdisciplinary team of 12 doctoral candidates, based at universities and companies throughout Europe. She/he will be supported by interdisciplinary mentors within the PROSAFE project and will have multiple opportunities to participate in professional and personal development training. Through her/his work, she/he will gain a unique skill set comprising Quantitative Risk Assessment, Machine learning, and Artificial Intelligence applications to the Process Systems Engineering domain. She/he is expected to finish the project with a PhD thesis and to disseminate the results through patents (if applicable), publications in peer-reviewed journals, and presentations at international conferences.

The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC) is a public institution of research and higher education in the fields of engineering, architecture, sciences and technology, and one of the leading technical universities in Europe. Every year, close to 6,000 bachelor’s and master’s students, more than 300 doctoral students and 1,600 continuing education students graduate.

UPC aims to contribute to building a sustainable and fair world through research, technology transfer and knowledge dissemination and by producing engineering, architecture, science and technology graduates who are able to think critically, work in interdisciplinary and multicultural teams, adapt to change and keep learning throughout their lives.

Please send your CV and motivation letter by e-mail, quoting the reference “PROSAFE DC09-UPC” to professors Eulalia Planas and Elsa Pastor at  [email protected] and [email protected]  

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Guillem Alenyà

Guillem Alenyà is Researcher and Director at the Institut de Robotica i Informàtica Industrial (IRI) , a joint centre of the Spanish Scientific Research Council (CSIC) and Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) . He received a PhD degree (Doctor Europeus) from UPC in 2007 with a work on mobile robot navigation using active contours, which he partly developed at the Robosoft company in France, where he was supported by a EU-FP6 Marie-Curie scholarship. He has been visitor at KIT-Karlsruhe (2007), INRIA-Grenoble (2008) and BRL-Bristol(2016). He has participated in numerous scientific and technological transfer projects involving image understanding, next-best-view, rule learning from human examples and planing execution tasks. His current research is devoted to facilitate the introduction of robots in human environments, principally in the fields of assistive robotics and garment manipulation. He is coordinator of various projects on developing enabling technologies for assistive robotics: ROB-IN about personalization and explainability, CLOE-GRAPH about high-level representation of tasks and explainability (coIP J. Borras), and principal investigator in the SeCuRoPS project, about privacy and safety in HRI, and BURG, about benchmarking and repeteability. He has been coordinator of the SIMBIOTS project on cooperative robots and HuMoUR (on human-to-robot skills transfer, co-IP F. Moreno), and principal investigator of the SOCRATES project (on quality of interaction for social robots).

Research interests & selected recent publications

Robot adaptation for assistive robotics.

• A. Andriella, C. Torras, C. Abdelnour, and G. Alenyà, “ Introducing CARESSER: A framework for in situ learning robot social assistance from expert knowledge and demonstrations ,” User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction , vol. 33, pp. 441–496, 2023.
• A. Andriella, C. Torras, and G. Alenyà, “ Short-Term Human–Robot Interaction Adaptability in Real-World Environments ,” International Journal of Social Robotics , vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 639–657, 2020.
• A. Andriella, C. Torras, and G. Alenyà, “ Cognitive System Framework for Brain-Training Exercise Based on Human-Robot Interaction ,” Cognitive Computation , vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 793–810, 2020.
• G. Canal, G. Alenyà, and C. Torras, “ Adapting robot task planning to user preferences: an assistive shoe dressing example ,” Autonomous Robots , vol. 43, no. 6, pp. 1343–1356, 2019.

Learning from Human robot interaction in tasks involving contact

• G. Canal, C. Torras, and G. Alenyà, “ Generating predicate suggestions based on the space of plans: an example of planning with preferences ,” User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction , vol. 33, pp. 333–357, 2023.
• A. Suárez, A. Andriella, C. Torras, and G. Alenyà, “ User interactions and negative examples to improve the learning of semantic rules in a cognitive exercise scenario ,” in IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems , 2023, pp. 17953–7960.
• G. Canal, C. Torras, and G. Alenyà, “ Are preferences useful for better assistance?: A Physically Assistive Robotics user study ,” ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction , vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 1–19, 2021.
• R. Jangir, G. Alenya, and C. Torras, “ Dynamic Cloth Manipulation with Deep Reinforcement Learning ,” in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation , 2020, pp. 4630–4636.

Decision making and knowledge representation in HRI

• A. Olivares-Alarcos, A. Andriella, S. Foix, and G. Alenyà, “ Robot explanatory narratives of collaborative and adaptive experiences ,” in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation , 2023, pp. 11964–11971.
• A. Olivares-Alarcos, S. Foix, S. Borgo, and G. Alenyà, “ OCRA – An ontology for collaborative robotics and adaptation ,” Computers in industry , vol. 132, p. 103627, 2022.
• S. Izquierdo, G. Canal, C. Rizzo, and G. Alenyà, “ Improved Task Planning through Failure Anticipation in Human-Robot Collaboration ,” in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation , 2022, pp. 7875–7880.
• G.Canal, G. Alenyà, and C. Torras, “ A Taxonomy of Preferences for Physically Assistive Robots ,” in IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication , 2017, pp. 292–297.

Benchmarking, vision and grasping of deformables

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• I. Garcia-Camacho, J. Borràs, B. Calli, A. Norton, and G. Alenyà, “ Household cloth object set: Fostering benchmarking in deformable object manipulation ,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters , vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 5866–5873, 2022.
• J. Borràs, G. Alenyà, and C. Torras, “ A grasping-centered analysis for cloth manipulation ,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics , vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 924–936, 2020.
• I. Garcia-Camacho, M. Lippi, M. C. Welle, H. Yin, R. Antanova, A. Varava, J. B. Sol, C. Torras, A. Marino, G. Alenyà, and D. Kragic, “ Benchmarking bimanual cloth manipulation ,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters , vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 1111–1118, 2020.

Recent projects

• ARISE is a EU-DIITIAL-EMERGING project to develop the new generation of intelligent robots.
• TRAIL is a MSCA-DN about transparency in robotics.
• DEMETER 5.0 is an AEI “Lineas Estrategicas” project where we investigate robots fof manipulation of fragile objects like cotton balls.
• ROB-IN is an AEI “Lineas Estrategicas” project about robots for continual personalized assistance and explainability.
• SeCuRoPS is a project funded by the Research Council of Norway about privacy in HRI.
• CHLOE-GRAPH is an AEI “Retos” project about high level representation of complex actions.

Current Students and collaborators

Azra Aryania (Post-doc) SeCuRoPS

• Alejandro Suarez (PhD student - FI grant) Planning system for disassembling sequences with a recycling robotic arm
• Alberto Olivares (PhD student - project grant) Reconfiguració intuïtiva de robots col·laboratius
• Irene Garcia (PhD student - project grant) Benchmarks for garment manipulation
• George Tzelepis (PhD student - project grant) Recognition and Learning of Garment Manipulation
• Silvia Izquierdo (PhD student - Vicente Lopez grant (EURECAT)) Assistive cognitive co-workers
• Bruno Lopes (PhD student - VIPEX company) AI to improve plastic molding processes
• Tamlin Love (PhD student - TRAIL DN) Fostering human-robot mutual understanding by explaining the internal beliefs

Aniol Civit (PhD student - FI Grant) Personalization and adaptation in robotic assisted tasks

Roberto Ariosa (Tech. Support) ROB-IN

• Pablo Salido (Tech. Support) PTI+

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LLuis Oliver Cervelló presents his PhD Thesis

Lluis Oliver Cervelló, who holds a FI scholarship by AGAUR (University and Research Grant Management Agency) of the Generalitat de Catalunya, presents his Doctoral thesis at EEBE.

BBT PhD student Lluis Oliver-Cervelló presented his doctoral thesis on November 3rd, with a grade of Excellent (pending to know if it is Cum Laude).

The thesis, directed by Dr. Carles Mas-Moruno, revolves around the research of Dr. Oliver-Cervelló on "Novel multifunctional biomimetic peptides for bone tissue engineering".

The Tribunal was formed by Dr.  Manuel Salmerón-Sánchez  (University of Glasgow, UK), Dr.  Amaia Cipitria  (Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Spain) and la Dr.  Ana Vallés  (Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain).

During the completion of his doctoral thesis, Dr. Lluis Oliver-Cervelló carried out two research stays, both related to the  Bio-TUNE project . In 2019, he spent three months with Dr.   Ada Cavalcanti-Adam (Growth Factor Mechanobiology group at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Germany) in order to carry out a mechanistic study on peptide molecules and cells. On the other hand, at the beginning of 2022, he made a secondment with Dr.  Siti Hawa Ngalim (Universiti Sans Malaysia) in order to delve more deeply into the same topic.