Andrés Ramos Galán, Erik Francisco Alvarez Quispe, and Francisco Labora Gómez have conducted a training seminar on the openTEPES model for the Resource Planning for Electric Power Systems group at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), led by Nidhi Santen and Karen Tapia-Ahumada, so that it can be used within their activities.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho appears on the TV magazine show Llegó la hora on 101tv Málaga to talk about faith and new technologies. Watch it here (starting at 1:33:14).
Our researcher María José Manjón Rodríguez wins the José Ramón de San Pedro Award for her thesis "Building Bridges Through Social Entrepreneurship to Tackle Energy Poverty." Congratulations! More info here.
The IIT is currently offering this predoctoral research contract:
Flexibility and Digitalisation of Electricity Distribution Networks (Ref. 25001)
José Luis Sancha Gonzalo releases a new video reviewing electricity and gas bills for 2024 and announcing updates for the new year. Watch it here.
The IIT is currently offering this predoctoral research contract:
Analysis and modelling of energy systems: electricity, natural gas and hydrogen (Ref. 24022)
Carmen Valor Martínez and Valeria Karina Moreno participate in the report "Consumer and Citizen Engagement 2023", part of the BEflexible project funded by the Horizon 2020 program of the European Commission. The report develops indicators, adaptive strategies, and smart tools to empower consumers and citizens in the European energy transition. Read it here.
The IIT is participating in EMPHATICAL, a Horizon Europe project aimed at decarbonizing the metallurgical industry by capturing CO₂ and converting it into sustainable e-methanol, with the goal of reducing 41M tons of CO₂ by 2050. More info here.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho and other experts publish in Vida Nueva Digital the dossier "The theological response to natural disasters", a reflection on the DANA, faith, and science. Read it here.
On December 10th, Professor Luis Rouco Rodríguez received the IEEE PES Chapter Outstanding Engineer Award in a ceremony held at the Technical School of Engineering of the University of Seville for his contributions to the Analysis and Control of Electric Power Systems. He was presented with the award by the president of the Spanish Chapter, Professor Oriol Gomis Bellmunt, Full Professor at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Professor Rouco delivered the lecture "The Evolution of the Stability Problem Over the Last 40 Years: A Personal Journey." In the nearly 30 years of the chapter's existence, Professor Rouco is the ninth recipient of the award. With this, three professors from Comillas ICAI have now received it. The previous awardees from Comillas ICAI were Mr. José Luis Torá Galván (now deceased) and Mr. Ignacio Pérez Arriaga.
Jesús Jiménez Octavio participates in a new episode of the Casting the Future podcast to talk with professors Jaime Pizarroso Gonzalo and @, two new faculty members from the Department of Telematics and Computing at Comillas ICAI. Listen to it here.
Jesús Jiménez Octavio participates in a new episode of the Casting the Future podcast to talk with professors Jesús Tordesillas Torres, from the Department of Electronics, Automation, and Communications, and César González-Ruano Iriarte and Javier Rico Cabrera, both from the Department of Electrical Engineering. Listen to it here.
Rafael Cossent Arín participated in the Gasnam General Assembly with a keynote speech on regulatory advancements and key new mechanisms for renewable fuels and low-carbon solutions. More info here.
Rafael Cossent Arín delivered the session Current State and Future of Sustainable Transport Technologies: Implications for Logistics Decarbonization at the 8th Sustainable Logistics Conference. More information here.
Matteo Troncia, co-author along with José Pablo Chaves Ávila and Jesús José Fernández García of the chapter "Energy Communities: Current Situation and Prospects in Europe and Spain" from the Spain Report 2024 by the Chair José María Martín Patino, highlighted in his presentation three major challenges for energy communities: the lack of regulation, limited financing, and the absence of technological tools to manage shared energy use. More info here. Read the report here.
José Luis Sancha Gonzalo publishes a new video about the impact of the DANA on electricity and gas supplies in the Valencian Community. Watch it here.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho conducted the workshop Rethinking the Human: Ethical and Anthropological Reflections from Artificial Intelligence, organized by the Theological Workshop. More information here.
The IIT is currently offering this predoctoral research contract:
Current and future balancing services: needs and quantification methods (Reference 24021)
Sara Lumbreras Sancho speaks, on the Radio María program En torno a la vida, about Artificial Intelligence, its opportunities, and its ethical and social risks. Listen to it here.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho gave the talk Innovative technologies. So much power!, within the lecture series The Universe and Us, organized by Acción Social Católica. Listen to it here.
Roberto Barrella speaks with RTVE about how improving energy efficiency in older buildings can transform family life. Read it here.
The IIT is currently offering this predoctoral research contract:
Léonard Lefranc talks with BBVA about the urgency of decarbonizing the steel sector for a more sustainable future. Read it here.
Anne Maren Coll Franck has won second place in the prestigious Quant Awards 2024 for her paper Temperature derivatives pricing based on temperature stochastic modeling. More info here.
José Luis Sancha Gonzalo publishes a new video about the October bill and the influence of renewable generation and VAT. Watch it here.
THE IIT IS CELEBRATING ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY!
On November 11th, we will celebrate four decades of achievement in applied research. In the presence of Manuel Garcia, General Director of Energy Policy and Mining, we will have international guests such as Ernest Moniz (Department of Energy, USA), Lourdes Melgar (Ministry of Energy, Mexico), and Towela Nyirenda (African Union), as well as presidents and CEOs from leading companies, including Ignacio Sánchez (Iberdrola), José Bogas (Endesa), Arturo Gonzalo (Enagás), Olvido Moraleda (BP Spain), Ignacio Vázquez (Metro Madrid), Javier Martínez (CAF), Marc Murtra (Indra), Bernardo Velázquez (Acerinox), and Alberto Pototschnig (ACER). It will be an opportunity to recognize our achievements, explore the future of innovation together, and reaffirm our commitment to excellence in research. More info here.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho presented her book, Responses to Transhumanism: Body, Authenticity, and Meaning, at the Science and Religion Symposium Series: Transhumanism, Science or Dystopia?, organized by the Institute for the Integration of Knowledge San Alberto Magno (IPIS) of the Vice-Rectorate for Education at the Catholic University of Salta (Argentina). Listen to it here.
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.
