Citizens in the ‘Smart City’: Participation, Co-production and Governance

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Conversations on Open Source Sustainability

By Javer Luis Cánovas Nowadays, Open Source Systems (OSS) has become a vital part of our society and its digital transformation. It lives in almost every device we use, ranging from mobile devices or personal[…]

Angel A. Juan joins the Council of the I-Sim Society at INFORMS, a leading professional association in operations research and data analytics  Data AnalyticsLogisticsOperations research

Angel A. Juan joins the Council of the I-Sim Society at INFORMS, a leading professional association in operations research and data analytics 

Angel A. Juan, head of the IN3’s ICSO (Internet Computing & Systems Optimization) research group and full professor at the UOC’s Faculty of Computer Science, Multimedia and Telecommunications, has been chosen to sit on the[…]

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Coronavirus and lockdown: What does a meat processing plant have in common with a rest home?

By Andrea García-Santesmases & Joan Moyà   In an interview for the morning programme on Spain’s national radio station on 20 March, Carlos Baute stated that “this virus brought the word equality: in the face[…]

Ricard Espelt: “Consumerism after COVID-19 will be more aware and responsible” ConsumerismCOVID19Sustainability

Ricard Espelt: “Consumerism after COVID-19 will be more aware and responsible”

Ricard Espelt, an expert in platform cooperativism, is a researcher with the DIMMONS (Digital Commons) research group at the UOC’s Internet Interdisciplinary Institute. In light of the health crisis linked to COVID-19, he believes that[…]

MegaM@Rt2: An scalable model-based framework for continuous development and runtime validation of complex systems Technology Studies

MegaM@Rt2: An scalable model-based framework for continuous development and runtime validation of complex systems

By Abel Gómez, researcher of the Systems, Software and Models (SOM) Research Lab at the UOC’s Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3)   In the global context, the European electronic industry faces stiff competition. Electronic systems are becoming[…]