Professional Possitions

Current

• Tenured Professor, Department of Computer Architecture
  
  

• Academic Director, Center of Cooperation for Development
  
  

Former

• Vice-dean head of studies (2004-2010), Barcelona School of Informatics
  
  

• Vice-dean of university extension (2001-2004), Barcelona School of Informatics
  
  

Professional Merits

Boards membership

• Member of the academic committee in the Catalunya-Africa Institute
  
  

• Member of the academic board in the Center of Cooperation for Development, UPC
  
  

• General Chair of the XV Jornadas de Enseñanza Universitaria sobre Informática (JENUI’2009), Barcelona. July 2009
  
  

Academic Awards

• Jaume Vicens Vives distinction, from the Catalan Government, proposed by the Department of Universities and Research (DURSI). July 2005
  
  

• Award for quality in university teaching, 8th edition, from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, BarcelonaTech, proposed by the Social Council of the UPC. July 2005
  
  

Development Cooperation Activities

Current Projects

• Sourires d'Afrique, development cooperation project oriented to the creation of a community ICT-based learning center for the street children, and a sustainable management and operational model for it, in Burkina Faso (West Africa).




• Creator and promoter of the project

• Co-founder and president of the NGO




• Academic support to the École Supérieure d'Informatique at the Universite Politecnique de Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso (West Africa).




• Project coordinator




• LabDoo, a social network to efficiently bring excess laptops to the children in the developing world without wasting additional earth resources.




• Developing manager

Previous Projects

• Member of the executive committee of the X3C network, to promote the use of technology innovation for educational purposes in developing countries. Actions performed in Cameroon, 2007-2008.
  
  

• Member of the technical and educational mission to set up a computing environment and train administrators and users, in Morocco, 2002.
  
  

Personal Information

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