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Mission // Vision

Xarxa RDI-IA

Its mission is to provide the Catalan AI ecosystem with mechanisms for technology transfer and for the valorization of knowledge generated at universities and research centers.

Through the different valorisation initiatives offered by the Xarxa, the aim is to consolidate the Catalan AI ecosystem, with the vision of positioning it as a hub for research and innovation in Southern Europe, articulating the interaction between scientific actors and establishing links with the business sector, generating socio-economic impact.

To achieve this, the Xarxa proposes four lines of action for its members:

Pathfinder
Program

Consultancy and assessment services for early-stage solutions. Aimed at technologies with a TRL 1-3, the Pathfinder programme offers valuation coupons to support these to have a first approach to the market.

Innovation
Lab

The Innovation Lab is aimed at technologies in a mature stage (TRL 4-6) that have achieved an initial validation in the laboratory. This support, by means of consultancy and valuation coupons, aims to increase the strategies of each technology for its arrival on the market.

Venture
Builder

This line of action is aimed at the creation of new science-based companies. The Xarxa will offer an acceleration mechanism for those technologies that intend to become a new company and will support them until that moment.

Talent
Factory

The Xarxa RDI-IA offers all its members, research staff and students, the opportunity to enter the world of entrepreneurship and innovation through training modules. The objective of this initiative is to explain the different transfer methods available and the challenge of finding practical applications for their research.

Team

Dimosthenis Karatzas

Scientific Director

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PhD in Computer Science from the University of Liverpool. He is currently the Associate Director of the Computer Vision Center and an Associate Professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. His research focuses on computer vision and machine learning, particularly in robust reading systems and document image analysis. Additionally, he has experience in technology transfer, having co-founded several spin-offs.

Víctor Rotellar

Coordinator

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Víctor currently works as Strategic Projects Coordinator at the Computer Vision Center, managing the RDI-AI Network. He holds a degree in Business Administration and Management from IQS (Ramon Llull) and has completed training in sales at ESADE, entrepreneurship at ISDI, and AI technology at UAB. He also has prior experience in sales, strategy, and business management. With an entrepreneurial profile, he has co-founded several startups and worked within the venture builder ecosystem.

His interest in innovation, artificial intelligence, and Deep-Tech project development led him to join a center like the CVC. His main motivation is to drive technology transfer at both national and international levels.

Andrea Millán

Project Manager

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Graduated in Business Administration and Management with a specialization in finance from the University of Barcelona, Andrea is currently developing her professional career as a research project manager at the Computer Vision Center. With prior experience in the financial sector, her genuine interest in new technologies and innovation, along with her focus on developing creative solutions, have been the key pillars that led her to enter this field.

Xavi Galvez

MarCom Manager

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A Journalism graduate, he currently works in the Marketing and Communication Department at the Computer Vision Center, where he combines his communication experience and interest in technology with the goal of promoting the Xarxa RDI-IA.

Aurora García

MarCom Manager

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With a degree in Audiovisual Communication, she currently works in the Marketing and Communication Department at the Computer Vision Center. Passionate about design, she is responsible for the more creative side of the center’s communication.

Eduard Otero

Health Innovation Project Manager

Gemma Galver

Innovation Analyst

Groups and institutions

Groups that are part of the Xarxa and their institutions

  • BSC – High Performance Artificial Intelligence
  • BSC – Integrative Computational Network Biology (INCONBI)

  • CVC – Vision-based Autonomous driving
  • CVC – Doc AI: Document Intelligence
  • CVC – Learning and Machine Perception (LAMP)
  • CVC – Multispectral Analysis and Color Vision
  • CVC – Custom Intelligent Computing Systems (CICS)

  • EURECAT – Digital Manufacturing of advanced Materials-DINAMAT

  • IRI – RAIG: Mobile Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Group
  • IRI – RobIRI: Percepció i Manipulació Robotitzada

  • UB – Artificial Intelligence and Biomedical Applications (AIBA)
  • UB – Grup d’Intel·ligència Artificial i Data Science
  • UB – WAI: Virtual Worlds, Visualization and AI Research Group

  • UPC – Intelligent Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (IDEAI)

  • UPF – Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Research Group (AI & ML)
  • UPF – GTM-Grup Tecnologies Musicals
  • UPF – BCN MEDTECH
  • UPF – Tractament Automàtic del Llenguatge Natural (TALN)
  • UPF – Intelligent, Multimodal Vision Analysis (IMVA)

  • URL – Smart Society
  • URL – Her

  • URV – Universitat Rovira i Virgili
  • URV – Tecnologies Intel·ligents per a l’Adquisició Avançada del Coneixement (ITAKA)

  • UVic – Grup de Recerca en Tractament de Dades i Senyals (DSP)

Groups and institutions

Groups that are part of the Xarxa and their institutions

Partners

The mission of the Xarxa RDI-IA is to create synergies between member research groups and the local innovation and business ecosystem. For this reason, the Xarxa has established a network of partners to facilitate this process:

Associacions:

Corporacions:

Inversors:

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