Vés enrere New Chair of Big Data and Logistics to be directed by Daniel Serra

New Chair of Big Data and Logistics to be directed by Daniel Serra

05.05.2016

 

On 3 May, 2015, the University Pompeu Fabra and the Oesía Group signed an agreement jointly creating the Oesía-UPF Chair of Big Data and Logistics. The first director of the new position will be UPF Economics and Business professor Prof. Daniel Serra. The Chair will be tasked with promoting teaching, research, and knowledge dissemination in the fields of business analytics and logistics.

UPF Rector Jaume Casals and Oesia Group President Lluís Furnells together signed the three-year commitment, which is extendable for an additional two years. The agreement establishes a joint directive to develop different activities focusing on the areas of research, knowledge transfer, and training in big data and logistics.

The framework provides for research definition and development, production of doctoral theses, new projects, and dissemination and promotion of research activities. Further, the agreement aims to increase knowledge transfer between research and industrial exploitation, and the industrialization of research results into commercial lines, particularly through the organisation of events and production of publications. Finally, training activities will take place such as the creation of pre- and post-doctoral fellowships, work opportunities, structured programmes, and convening awards.

The UPF will contribute to Chair objectives through teaching and research, and by providing the scientific, technical, and administrative infrastructures needed to develop activities and to establish mechanisms of academic recognition.

For its part, the Oesía Group will encourage the involvement of UPF students in the company's premises and operations. Active in 23 countries, Oesía provides multinational services in the fields of information technology and engineering. The Group is a global leader in big data, cyber-security, logistics, e-health, digital processing, smart cities, tax management, avionics, optronics, simulation, signal jammers, and secure communications.

As new Chair, Prof. Daniel Serra will direct a joint committee that will include Miquel Oliver, UPF Vice Chancellor of Economic and Strategic Projects, and Marc Serra and Juan Ramón González, representatives of the Oesía Group. The committee will adopt action programmes, plan annual budgeting, and report on and evaluate activities.

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