Jesús Jiménez Octavio participates in a new episode of the podcast Casting the Future to talk with Emanuel Gastón Mompó Pavesi about him joining the Department of Telematics and Computing of ICAI. Listen to it here.
Roberto Barrella and José Carlos Romero Mora present a new edition of the 2023 Energy Poverty Indicators Report in Spain of the Chair of Energy and Poverty. More information here.
According to Stanford University, Pedro Linares Llamas, Tomás Gómez San Román, Luis Rouco Rodríguez Carlos Batlle López and Javier García González are among the top 2% most influential scientists worldwide, and Seyedamir Mansouri is one of the most cited scientists in 2023. More info here.
Anne Maren Coll Franck stars on the cover of El Mundo today, alongside other young people from a new generation that is paving the way. Read the full report here.
Symone Gomes Soares Alcalá has been awarded as the researcher with the greatest impact in Exact Sciences in the Central-West Region of Brazil at the CAPES Elsevier 2024 Awards.
Jesús Jiménez Octavio is the guest editor of the special issue of the journal Applied Sciences, titled Biomechanics and Ergonomics in Prevention of Injuries. More info here.
Rafael Palacios Hielscher participated in the roundtable discussion Building and Developing Your Data Analytics and Monitoring Programs at the AI & Compliance Summit 2024, organized by Boston University. More info here.
The paper Chronic respiratory diseases as a risk factor for Herpes Zoster infection," in which Sara Lumbreras Sancho participated, has received the award for Best National Publication at the XXIV Neumomadrid Awards of the Madrid Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho delivered the inaugural lecture for the opening of the 2024/25 academic year at the María Inmaculada Diocesan Seminary in Huelva, titled Faith and Humanity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI): Potentials and Perplexities of AI in Spirituality. More information here.
José Luis Sancha Gonzalo publishes a new video about the electricity bill in September. Watch it here.
David Roch Dupré, Elisa María Aracil Fernández and Pablo Calvo Báscones analyze in The Conversation how global aging challenges economies, highlighting the SET index to measure countries' preparedness. Read it here.
Mobios Lab has partnered with Adamo Robot to develop an innovative research project focused on the application of robotics and the use of thermoregulated compressed air in the treatment of whiplash. More information here.
The open-source model openTEPES, developed by Andrés Ramos Galán and Erik Francisco Alvarez Quispe from IIT, has been used by the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge in the National Energy and Climate Plan 2023-2030.
Francisco José López Valdés and Juan Manuel Asensio Gil talk about digital dummies on the La 2 program, Vital Safety. Watch it here (starting from minute 8:40).
José Luis Sancha Gonzalo publishes a new video about the electricity bill in August. Watch it here.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho gave the talk Can AI be trusted and when?, at the annual meeting of the International Association for Christian Social Teaching, held in Saint Garde in Provence, France, and titled Finding a Place for the Wisdom of the Heart in a DigitalWorld.
The article Chronic respiratory diseases as a risk factor for Herpes Zoster infection, co-authored by Sara Lumbreras Sancho, has been awarded Best Research Article by the College of Physicians of Guadalajara. More information here.
Matteo Troncia, Miguel Ángel Ruiz Hernández, Eliana Carolina Ormeño Mejía, José Pablo Chaves Ávila and Tomás Gómez San Román have participated in the report Framework for a flexibility-centric energy and cross-sector value chain, Business Use Cases and KPIs definition - D1.2 of the project BeFlexible. Read it here.
The IIT is currently offering this predoctoral research contract:
Challenges for the electrical system of electrification of heavy road transport (Reference 24017)
José Pablo Chaves Ávila, Rafael Cossent Arín, Tomás Gómez San Román, Javier Matanza Domingo, Carlos Mateo Domingo, Néstor Rodríguez Pérez, Miguel Ángel Sánchez Fornié and Miguel Ángel Ruiz Hernández have written the report The digitalization of electrical distribution networks: indicators and investments for the Naturgy Foundation. Read it here. Watch a video here.
Luis Olmos Camacho, José Pablo Chaves Ávila, Jesús José Fernández García and David Ulrich Ziegler have participated in the technical report Business model analysis of OneNet solutions of the OneNet project. Read it here.
Pedro Linares Llamas is a co-author of the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change report Designing resilience for multi-system dynamics of future transportation. Read it here.
Comillas Magazine dedicates an article to the 40th anniversary of the IIT in its latest issue. Read it here.
On July 8 we celebrated the 40th anniversary of our institute with a tribute to its founder José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, which was attended by the third vice president of the Government and minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera. More information here.
On July 3, Sara Lumbreras Sancho participated in the conference Artificial intelligence and human rights of the XXIX DSI Course The challenges of artificial intelligence to the Social Doctrine of the Church, organized by the Pablo VI Foundation.
On July 1 and 2, Andrés Ramos Galán participated in the evaluation meeting of the TU Graz Research Center for Energy Economics and Energy Analytics as a member of its Scientific Advisory Board.
Roberto Barrella and José Carlos Romero Mora have written a report for the Spanish Red Cross on the impact of energy poverty on vulnerability. Watch the presentation here. More information here.
Rafael Cossent Arín gave a lecture at the Green Gas Mobility Summit, organized by Gasnam Neutral Transport, on the regulatory treatment of new fuels. More information here.
The IIT is currently offering this postdoctoral research contract:
Transparent optimization models for better energy policy (Reference 24015)
The IIT is currently offering this predoctoral research contract:
Transparent optimization models for better energy policy (Reference 24016)
The STEM Women's Chair, directed by Yolanda González Arechavala, celebrated Women's Day in Engineering by offering training in Computational Thinking to Primary teachers, in the
II Teacher Training Conference. More information here.
The IIT is currently offering this research contract:
Efficient operation of virtually coupled trains (Reference 24013)
Comillas ICAI celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Universal Energy Access Roundtable with the participation of Antonio Muñoz San Roque and José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, among others. More information here.
The IIT is currently offering this research contract:
Research on injury mitigation using computer model (Reference 24012)
Sara Lumbreras Sancho speaks at Cope about the Pope's speech at the G7 summit and the challenges the Vatican will be facing in relation to artificial intelligence. Read it here.
The IIT is currently offering this research contract:
eFORT: Making Europe Power Grid more resilient and secure (Reference 24011)
Matteo Troncia & José Pablo Chaves Ávila participat in ETIPSNET's latest publication on "Energy Communities' impact on grids", written in collaboration with ISGAN. Read it here.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho publishes an article in the newspaper La Razón about the dangers of AI. Read it here.
Javier García González, Tomás Gómez San Román and Régulo Enrique Ávila Martínez participated in the XXIII Power Systems Computation Conference of the Paris-Saclay University where they presented the papers:
"Impact of Current Limiters and Fast Voltage Boosters In Grid-Forming Vsc-Based Generators On Transient Stability", Régulo Enrique Ávila Martínez; Javier Renedo; Luis Rouco; Aurelio García Cerrada; Lukas Sigrist; Xavier Guillaud; Taoufik Qoria
"Optimal Management of A Microgrid Li-Ion Battery Considering Non-Linear Losses Using The Integer Zig-Zag Formulation", Javier García-González; Salvador Guerrero García
Sara Lumbreras Sancho gave a presentation at the XXVIII Meeting of Bishops-Theologians in Madrid A look at transhumanism from theology, titled: “The identity of the human being in the light of technology and AI.”
The IIT is currently offering this research contract:
Pobreza energética desde la perspectiva de la intervención social (Referencia 24010)
José Luis Sancha Gonzalo reviews the energy crisis of the last three years in his new video. Watch it here.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho gave a lecture on Ethics and Artificial Intelligence organized by the Transversal of Pastoral and Social Commitment of the San Valero Group. Watch it here.
The IIT is currently offering this research contract:
José Luis Sancha Gonzalo publishes a new article on consumer participation in the energy transition process. Read it here.
José Luis Sancha Gonzalo publishes a new video about the electricity bill in April. Watch it here.
The STEM Women's Chair, directed by Yolanda González Arechavala, held the III STEM Conference for Counselors, titled STEM Professionals: the job of the future. Attracting female talent as added value. More information here.
The IIT is currently offering this research contract:
Development of research models associated to sustainable finance (Reference 24008)
Matteo Troncia, Miguel Ángel Ruiz Hernández, Eliana Carolina Ormeño Mejía, Jesús José Fernández García, Nicolás Mariano Morell Dameto, Leslie Herding, Orlando Mauricio Valarezo Rivera, Shilpa Bindu, José Pablo Chaves Ávila and Tomás Gómez San Román have participated in the report Regulatory framework for fostering flexibility implementation: roles, responsibility of agents & flexibility mechanism designs D1.1 of the project BeFlexible. Read it here.
José Pablo Chaves Ávila participated in a round table at the Smart Grids INNOVA 2024 conference to contribute to the development of new lines of innovation in networks from the point of view of the university. More information here.
Yolanda González Arechavala participates in a new episode of the podcast Casting the Future about the opportunities of engineering to drive the progress of our society. Listen to it here.
Jesús Jiménez Octavio participate in a new episode of the podcast Casting the Future to talk with Emanuel Gastón Mompó Pavesi about him joining the Department of Applied Mathematics of ICAI. Listen to it here.
Álvaro Sánchez Miralles and Francisco Martín Martínez, coordinators of the European project ReDREAM, presented its main conclusions and challenges, in which Rubén Rodríguez Vilches, Miguel Ángel Sanz Bobi, Carmen Valor Martínez, Pablo Calvo Báscones, Juan Carlos del Real Romero, Roberto Barrella, Efraim Centeno Hernáez and Olga Rico Díe have also participated. More information here.
José Luis Sancha Gonzalo publishes a new video about the electricity bill in March. Watch it here.
Last Friday we celebrated the 40th anniversary of the IIT at a special event that brought together all IIT members. Thank you to the organizers and for your attendance!
David Alfaya Sánchez is interviewed at COPE radio about the AI in the education sector. Listen to it here.
Rafael Cossent Arín has participated in the 23rd National Transport Forum, a reference meeting point at a national level for the decision-makers in the transport chain. More information here.
The IIT is currently offering this research contract:
Analysis and modelling of energy systems: electricity, natural gas and hydrogen (Reference 24007)
Elisa María Aracil Fernández publishes in The Conversation a guide on artificial intelligence in teaching. Read it here.
Jesús Jiménez Octavio and Sara López de Armentia Hernández participate in a new episode of the podcast Casting the Future to talk about her incorporation as professor in ICAI. Listen to it here.
This year the IIT celebrates March 8 with the first director in its history, Asunción Paloma Cucala García, and having achieved gender parity on its board of directors, with Sara Lumbreras Sancho as deputy director. Congratulations to our colleagues and, to all, Happy Women's Day!
Last March 6 marked exactly 40 years since the founding of the IIT and we celebrated as it deserves.
Jesús Jiménez Octavio, Oibar Martínez Vílchez and Ana Baringo Morales participate in a new episode of the podcast Casting the Future to talk about their incorporation as professors in the Electrical Engineering department of ICAI. Listen to it here.
Juan Carlos del Real Romero participates in a new episode of the podcast Casting the Future to talk about digital banking. Listen to it here.
The IIT is currently offering this research contract:
Robust allocation of loads to underfrequency load-shedding schemes (ASIGNA) (Reference 24005)
José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga reviews his tireless professional career in an interview for El Pais Planeta Futuro. Read it here.
José Luis Sancha Gonzalo publishes a new video about the electricity bill in February. Watch it here.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho has participated in the new episode of the podcast Comillas Cast to talk about Neuralink. Listen here.
Yolanda González Arechavala publishes an article in The Conversation about why there are still few women in technical and scientific professions. Read it here.
In commemoration of Women and Girls in Science Day, the Women's STEM Chair, directed by Yolanda González Arechavala, organized various activities to promote STEM vocations and equality between men and women. More information here.
The IIT is currently offering this research contract:
José Luis Sancha Gonzalo publishes a new article on the possible increase in VAT in the price of electricity. Read it here.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho has participated in the 2nd Conference Theology and Current World organized by the San Pablo Higher Center for Theological Studies of the Diocese of Malaga. More information here.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho speaks for Diócesis Málaga about the "Fourth Industrial Revolution". Read it here.
Pedro Linares Llamas participates in the new episode of the podcast 1, 2, 3 Comillas. Listen to it here
Sara Lumbreras Sancho speaks on the TV show La Gran Pregunta about the impact of social networks on politics. Watch it here (from min. 32.40).
José Luis Sancha Gonzalo publishes a new video about the changes on the PVPC. Watch it here.
The new podcast about inspiring stories from Comillas, Who's there?, premieres with an interview with José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga. Listen here.
The STEM Woman Chair, directed by Yolanda González Arechavala, held the 1st STEM Training Day for Teachers. More info here.
Pedro Linares Llamas and Timo Gerres write a report for Naturgy on the Perspectives for the industrial transformation towards a green economy. Download it here or watch a summary video.
The IIT is currently offering this research contract:
Pablo Dueñas Martínez, Javier García González and Andrés Ramos Galán are currently teaching the 15th edition of the course on Computational Modeling for Clean, Reliable, and Affordable Electricity at MIT. This engaging program is proudly sponsored by the MIT Energy Initiative. Participants delve into cutting-edge analysis techniques aimed at modeling and comprehending the pivotal role of electric power systems in a carbon-constrained economy.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho taught a course on AI Ethics in Brussels within the European Leadership Program.
José Luis Sancha Gonzalo publishes a series of 6 articles reviewing electricity and gas bills during 2023. Read them here.
Ana María Megía Macías speaks in La Razón about medical treatments with plasma. Read it here.
Luis Francisco Sánchez Merchante, Enrique Lobato Miguélez, María Ana Sáenz Nuño, David Alfaya Sánchez, Carlos Morales Polo and Rafael Palacios Hielscher presented their projects at the 4th Presentation Day of Teaching Innovation Projects. More information here.
EMT Madrid and Fundación Iberdrola renew its commitment to the Women STEM Chair, directed by Yolanda González Arechavala. More information here.
Our predoctoral researcher Miguel Angel Barruso Recuero has won the “TFM Challenge in 3 minutes” organized by the IEEE Power and Energy Society. Congratulations! More information here.
The founder of the IIT, José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, is interviewed by Comillas Magazine in its latest issue. Read it here.
Comillas and Kapsch TrafficCom AG have launched the Kaspch Chair for Sustainable and Intelligent Mobility, managed by the IIT. More information here.
In its latest issue, Comillas Magazine dedicates an article to research as a root of the University, which describes the work carried out in this regard by the IIT. Read it here.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho talks about artificial intelligence in the magazine Vida Nueva Digital. Read it here.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho book, Respuestas al transhumanismo, has been selected by La Vanguardia as one of the best books on AI. More information here.
Álvaro Jesús López López y Mario Castro Ponce talk about AI in the newspaper El Debate. Read it here.
Roberto Barrella talks about energy poverty on radio show Las tardes de RNE. Listen to it here (from min. 18.05)
Fernando de Cuadra García y Eduardo Sánchez Jacob held an interim presentation of the results of the project Rwanda Sustainable Energy for All, a collaboration between Comillas and MIT, whose objective is to develop an integrated clean cooking plan for Rwanda with geospatial information. More info here.
The IIT is currently offering this research contract:
Macro & Micro cybersecurity: from cybersecurity culture to tailored cybersecurity (Reference 23029)
Efraim Centeno Hernáez and José Carlos Romero Mora presented the Report on Energy Poverty Indicators in Spain for 2022 of the Chair of Energy and Poverty. More information here.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho participates as a speaker in the meeting of the Master in Christianity and Contemporary Culture of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Navarra, God. Science. The evidences. What is changing?. Watch it here.
The paper Assessing the Impact of Shallow Renovation on Energy Poverty: A Primary Data Study by Roberto Barrella, José Carlos Romero Mora et al., has been selected as a "Feature Paper", a recognition that the publisher MDPI grants to papers that involve several techniques or approaches, provide an outlook for future research directions and describe possible research applications. Congratulations! Read the paper here.
Paolo Mastropietro will participate in the MAI group seminar "Capacity Market Mechanism for Energy Transition: International Experience". Sign up here.
Carmen Valor Martínez publishes an article in the magazine Telos about forest bathing and climate action. Read it here.
Pedro Linares Llamas has been selected as editor-in-chief of The Energy Journal, a highly ranked international journal in Energy Economics. Congratulations! More info here.
José Luis Sancha Gonzalo publishes a new article about the zero price in the electricity market. Watch it here.
Álvaro Jesús López López and Bernardo Villazán Gil participated as a jury in the VII Hackathon for Smart Industry, organized by the Chair of Connected Industry together with Repsol. More information here.
Yolanda González Arechavala participated in the Technology Day organized by the team owned by the Daughters of Charity at the San Alfonso School in Madrid. More information here.
Yolanda González Arechavala participated in the presentation STEM Careers Participation and Gender: The Impossible Gap? of the I PartyGen Conference Looking at participation and gender in university classrooms: experiences from STEM-H, organized by the Complutense University of Madrid. More information here.
Jose Luis Sancha publishes a series of videos with a guide to check your electricity and gas bills. If you are an electricity consumer you should go to the video Part I. The video Part II is dedicated to the self-consumer bill. And if you are a gas consumer, we recommend you the video with the guide in Part III.
The Chair of Studies on Hydrogen Studies, co-directed by Rafael Cossent and Isabel Catalina Figuerola-Ferreti Garrigues presents its annual report on Hydrogen Studies 2022-2023. Read it here.
Every year, the IIT hosts dozens of international scholars. We spoke with a few of them about the value of working with us and living in Madrid. Look at the video here.
