This section contains an overview of the research and technology transfer projects that I have been involved with.

TECTONIC

  • Project title: Transforming the teaching methodology of the telematics laboratories of the BSc in Telecommunication Engineering degree
  • Funding agency: Institut de Ciències de l’Educació, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • Function: Principal Researcher
  • Duration: 24 months (September 2022 - September 2024)
  • Quantity: 2.500,00€
  • Purpose: Transform the teaching methodology of the “Foundations of Networks” and “Telecommunication Networks” laboratories by following a cyber-physical approach that combines assignments using both virtual and real networking equipment to allow students gain a broader and deeper understanding of how networks are designed, built and operated.

PSE4RAW

  • Project title: Path Selection Engine for Reliable and Available Wireless
  • Funding agency: Cisco Systems
  • Function: Researcher
  • Duration: 12 months (September 2021 - September 2022)
  • Quantity: 50.000,00€
  • Purpose: The project aims to develop and evaluate a PSE (Path Selection Engine) for RAW (Reliable and Available Wireless) communications.

WiLD

  • Project title: Wireless Leakage Detection System
  • Funding agency: Generalitat de Catalunya, Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (FEDER)
  • Function: Researcher
  • Duration: 12 months (January 2020 - January 2021)
  • Quantity: 20.000,00€
  • Purpose: The project aims to develop a novel water leakage detection system based on passive RFID technology that can be seamlessly integrated in vehicle manufacturing lines to detect defects.

LOOMING FACTORY

  • Project title: Looming Factory
  • Funding agency: RIS3CAT (FEDER)
  • Function: Principal Researcher
  • Duration: 36 months (January 2020 – December 2022)
  • Quantity: 168.954,10€
  • Purpose: The project aims to develop robust and low-power wireless communication technologies for distributed sensing in industrial environments.

ODA

  • Project title: Open Digital Aquaculture
  • Funding agency: European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF)
  • Function: Researcher
  • Duration: 36 months (July 2019 – November 2021)
  • Quantity: 91.828,79€
  • Purpose: The project aims to develop open hardware and software tools to enable the digitization of the aquaculture sector.

AGIOT

  • Project title: Internet of Things and data analytics to make better decisions in the precision agriculture context
  • Funding agency: Red Iberoamericana CYTED
  • Function: Researcher
  • Duration: 36 months (December 2019 - December 2022)
  • Quantity: 100.000,00€
  • Purpose: Excellence network focused on sensors, computing and communication technologies applied to precision agriculture.

SPOTS

  • Project title: Adaptación de las tecnologías 5G y alternativas futuras para soportar la digitalización de la industria
  • Funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia Innovación y Universidades
  • Function: Researcher
  • Duration: 36 months (January 2019 - December 2021)
  • Quantity: 109.142,00€
  • Purpose: The project aims to address the challenges of wireless communications specific to industrial scenarios, focusing on new technologies that are able to guarantee delay and reliability to enable real-time applications.

ALPINE

  • Project title: Validation of Low-Power Distributed Sensing Technologies
  • Funding agency: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
  • Function: Principal Researcher
  • Duration: 9 months (June 2019 – February 2020)
  • Quantity: 11.971,40€
  • Purpose: The project aims to deploy robust and low-power wireless communication technologies for distributed sensing in industrial environments.

SGR

  • Project title: SGR 2017-2019
  • Funding agency: Generalitat de Catalunya
  • Function: Researcher
  • Duration: 24 months (January 2017 - December 2019)
  • Quantity: 31.140,00€
  • Purpose: Funding to support the activities of the research groups in Catalan universities.

SINERGIA

  • Project title: Convergencia de las comunicaciones inalámbricas M2M y la 5G.
  • Funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
  • Function: Researcher
  • Duration: 36 months (January 2016 – December 2018)
  • Quantity: 104.000,00€
  • Purpose:

F-INTEROP

  • Project title: F-Interop evaluation with OpenMote-B platform using OpenWSN and Contiki-NG open source 6TiSCH stacks
  • Funding agency: F-INTEROP (H2020)
  • Function: Principal Researcher
  • Duration: 3 months (May 2018 – July 2018)
  • Quantity: 10.000,00€
  • Purpose: The project aims to evaluate a 6TiSCH testbed developed within the F-INTEROP project with the OpenMote-B hardware platform using open source stacks (i.e., OpenWSN and Contiki).

PROTOCOL

  • Project title: PROTOCOL
  • Funding agency: ACCIÓ (VALUNI16-1-0015)
  • Function: Researcher
  • Duration: 12 months (January 2017 – December 2017)
  • Quantity: 18.977,66€
  • Purpose: The project aims to facilitate the marketing of patents and utility models developed within Catalan universities and research centers.

I3MOTE

  • Project title: Intelligent Industrial Internet Mote
  • Funding company: Texas Instruments
  • Function: Researcher
  • Duration: 6 months (June 2016 – December 2016)
  • Quantity: 54.177,99€
  • Purpose: The project aims to develop an open source hardware platform to demonstrate the application of low-power sensing and wireless communication technologies in industrial environments.

MESSENGER VISUAL

  • Project title: Messenger Visual
  • Funding company: Fundació El Maresme
  • Function: Researcher
  • Duration: 12 months (January 2010 – January 2011)
  • Quantity: N/A
  • Purpose: The project aims to develop an open source pictogram-based Instant Messaging service for individuals with cognitive disability. The project is based on the XMPP project and uses the ARASAAC pictogram set.