About Me...

Professional Possitions

Current

  • Associate Professor, Department of Computer Architecture

  • CRAAX Lab, Senior Research Associate

Former

  • Rector's Delegate (2015-2016), Tongji University, Shanghai, China

  • Academic Director (2010-2013), Center of Cooperation for Development

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

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

Professional Merits


Academic Awards

  • Special mention award in the 1st European award for best practices for the integration of Sustainable Human Development into technology and engineering education, in 2013

  • 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

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

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