Sara Lumbreras Sancho delivered the session The Revolution of Artificial Intelligence in Respiratory Diseases, as part of Be Neumo, Be You, a project led by the Pulmonology Department of the Hospital Universitario de La Princesa. More info here.
RESEARCH CONTRACT
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher in ENGINITE: Energy Transition through Integration of Distribution Operation and Planning Models.
RESEARCH CONTRACT
We are looking for a predoctoral researcher in ENGINITE: Energy Transition through Integration of Distribution Operation and Planning Models.
Anne Maren Coll Franck has been awarded 2nd prize at the Quant Awards 2025 for her work on temperature derivatives, presented in Amsterdam. Congratulations!
More info.
RESEARCH CONTRACT
We are looking for a predoctoral researcher in Energy price modelling and energy storage under the energy transition.
Our researcher Adrián Fernández Rodríguez took part in the panel on technology and interoperability during the presentation of the study “Challenges, Strengths, and Needs of the Spanish Railway Sector” at the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility.
Elisa María Aracil Fernández, Vice-Rector for Strategy, Internationalization and Academic Affairs, took part in the 2nd EUPeace team meeting at Comillas, reinforcing our commitment to this European university alliance.
More info here.
Pedro Linares Llamas y José Pablo Chaves Ávila explore the challenges and opportunities of the energy transition in the new episode of the Casting the Future podcast: from clean fuels to sustainable transport, smart storage, and the key role of innovation. Listen here.
This week, we welcomed representatives from the National Power and Light Company (CNFL) of Costa Rica and the Regional Energy Integration Commission (CIER) of Latin America to explore opportunities for cooperation in the digitalization and modernization of electricity distribution networks — a key step toward more efficient, sustainable, and resilient energy systems.
Efraim Centeno Hernáez, Director of the Chair of Energy and Poverty at Comillas, presented before the Ecological Transition Committee of the Spanish Senate the results on the evolution of energy poverty rates and the indicators analyzed by the Chair. Watch the video here.
The new video by José Luis Sancha Gonzalo reviews the month of March: the PVPC bill drops to €48, monthly bills under €50 are back, regulated gas falls by 24%, and the Portuguese tariff is compared. Watch it here.
Luis Rouco Rodríguez and team developed a patented device, co-owned by Iberdrola, that anticipates capacitor failures in nuclear plants, enhancing safety and preventing power outages.
More info here.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho analyzed at the Theology and Artificial Intelligence Conference of the University of Deusto how AI challenges freedom, dignity, and human identity from the perspective of Christian humanism.
More information here.
Álvaro Jesús López López joins the podcast El mundo está loco, loco, loco, where he analyzes the impact of Chinese AI DeepSeek and its ethical, economic, and technological implications. Listen here.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho participated in the roundtable discussion on Ethics in Artificial Intelligence organized by ILUNION, where she addressed the importance of establishing ethical criteria to guide the implementation of AI in companies.
Project Flexibility Solutions in Distribution Networks (S2F)
The IIT joins this project, approved by the Government and led by the main Spanish electricity distributors and OMIE. The project aims to improve efficiency and accelerate the decarbonization of the electrical system through the implementation of flexibility services in distribution networks.
More information here.
The IIT in Cinco Días
A talent factory: 40 years as a benchmark in energy, railways, and industry. Read it here.
Success at our Open Day!
Up to 60 students from Comillas ICAI visited our new facilities to learn about the IIT's research lines and chat with our researchers about the projects we are working on and the opportunities we offer. Thank you all for joining us!
More information here.
RESEARCH CONTRACT
We are looking for a predoctoral researcher in Assessing the development of the production and consumption of renewable hydrogen derivatives.
On February 20, the LivingLab Forum on Energy Poverty took place, organized by the Chair of Energy and Poverty within the EUPeace project. José Carlos Romero Mora and Efraim Centeno Hernáez, director of the Chair, participated in the debate to contribute proposals for the new National Strategy Against Energy Poverty 2025-2030. More info here.
José Luis Sancha Gonzalo publishes a new video about the electricity bill in February. Watch it here.
José Pablo Chaves Ávila participates in the report Active System Management by DSOs, developed within the framework of ISGAN WG6, which analyzes how distribution system operators can optimize active system management for safe and cost-effective operation.
Eugenio Francisco Sánchez Úbeda shares his experience in this video about Teaching Innovation Projects and the field of Service-Learning (ApS).
Natalia Collado Van-Baumberghen participated in the podcast Energía a Granel to talk about transport decarbonization and road and urban tolls. Listen to it here.
The RNE radio program A golpe de bit visited us to discuss the impact of artificial intelligence on our society.
Jaime Pizarroso Gonzalo spoke about the human side of AI, exploring how to balance technology with fundamental values such as education, health, and social well-being. Listen here.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho took part in the discussion on AI biases, distortions in its models, and the lack of diversity in the sector. Listen here.
RESEARCH CONTRACT
We are looking for a predoctoral researcher in Energy Communities & Local Electricity Markets.
More information here.
Sara Lumbreras Sancho was on Radio María to talk about Antiqua et nova, the new document from the Holy See on the relationship between artificial intelligence and human intelligence. Listen to it here.
Comillas maintains the European HRS4R award, which endorses its research quality, guarantees open and transparent hiring processes, and promotes excellence in research. More information here. Listen to Carlos Rodríguez-Morcillo García and Mariano Ventosa Rodríguez talk about it here.
RESEARCH CONTRACT
We are looking for a predoctoral researcher in Railway Traffic Control Systems.
More information here.
Rafael Cossent Arín participates in the 2nd National Green Hydrogen Congress held in Huelva and organized by the Federation of Huelva Entrepreneurs (FOE). More information here.
José Luis Sancha Gonzalo publishes a new video about the electricity bill this January. Watch it here.
Pedro Linares Llamas hosts a new podcast, Energy Transition... No Fairy Tales. Designed for those who are interested but not necessarily well-informed, it features in-depth conversations with leading experts to debunk myths, clarify concepts, and understand the challenges and opportunities together... no fairy tales. Listen here.
The Comillas magazine features an article on some of the IIT projects related to health:
More information here.
Elisa María Aracil Fernández joins the new governing team of Comillas as Vice-Rector for Strategy, Academic Planning, and Internationalization. Mariano Ventosa Rodríguez continues his role as Vice-Rector for Faculty, Research, and Artificial Intelligence. More information here.
Pedro Linares Llamas and Manuel Pérez Bravo contribute to a report in collaboration with the Esade Centre for Economic Policy, analyzing interurban mobility in Spain and proposing measures to reduce its emissions. Read it here.
Andrés Ramos Galán, Javier García González and Pablo Dueñas Martínez are teaching the Modeling the Path to Net-Zero Energy course at MIT from Jan 27-31, exploring key modeling tools for the energy transition.
RESEARCH CONTRACT
We are looking for a predoctoral researcher in Challenges for the electrical system of electrification of heavy road transport.
More information here.
Mª del Mar Cledera Castro participates in an episode of the podcast The world is crazy, crazy, crazy to talk about the climate summit, COP29, what we can expect, what is the responsibility of governments and companies, and what is the responsibility that we also have as citizens in caring for the environment. Escúchalo aquí.
Karsten Neuhoff and Pedro Linares Llamas contribute to the report Industrial Decarbonisation in a Fragmented World, proposing a 'climate contribution' to boost EU strategies against global disparities. Read it here.
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.
