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Announcement for the course 2020-2021 of formation stays at the ALBA Synchrotron.

Interested in an online adventure along with like-minded people from all over the world? Make your stay at home a little more educational and join one of the seven exciting online courses offered!

For the sixth time, a student UPC team are competing in the Student Cluster Competition 2020. Do you want to know the NotOnlyFLOPs team?

UPC has started this month a survey for all master and degree students about the excepcional situation of non-presencial teaching this course 2019-2020.

Are you Fiber and you are interested in studying the MIRI? Now, the Department of Computer Architecture offers 2 grants in memory of Professor Nacho Navarro.

Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) plans to launch a two weeks online ‘Cloud lessons’ summer program.

This challenge invites students, young professionals, researchers, scientists, engineers, advocates, entrepreneurs, and other creative minds to apply their skills to build innovative solutions to keep the ocean safe. 

Statement from the NII about the upcoming internship calls for the academic year 2020/2021.

The DRAC project is underway to manufacture a new chip and open source accelerators in Barcelona. It will be designed for safety applications, personalized medicine and autonomous driving and led by BSC.

We inform you that until the 29th of April the inscriptions for the online Rosetta Stone courses of languages, adressed to students, PDI and PAS of the UPC.

From Hackers@UPC we don't want you to get bored for one more minute, so we have organized an online hackathon as a remedy.

The Department of Digital Politics and Public Administration of the Generality of Catalonia, in collaboration with the Foundation i2CAT, will set up this next Friday 3 of April the Hackovid.

Applied Research to Technologies (Ares2t) is offering an internship program for students related to technology in Rome.

Date: 5th - 7th of May, 2020
Time: 9 am - 6 pm 
Place: Aula Master, Building A3, Campus Nord UPC

Last days to register to the PATC courses scheduled in March and beginning of April. Don't miss the chance!

The ranking QS by Subject 2020 positions the FIB between 51th - 100th place in Computer Science and Information Systems, while UPC · BarcelonaTech (UPC) is located the 76th in Engineering and Techonology global ranking.

Conference of the honorable Jordi Puigneró
Wednesday 11th of March, 12.45 am
Manuel Martí Recober boardroom (building B6, ground floor)

All climate data enthusiasts: data scientists, students, researchers, and representatives from both the private and public sectors that work with open climate data are invited to join the datathon event!

Applications for funding to attend the Second Annual Computer Architecture Undergraduate Mentoring Workshop are now open.

Speaker: Ricardo Baeza-Yates, CTO of NTENT, a semantic search technology company based in California, USA.
Date: 4^th of March 2020 Time: 11:00 am
Venue: sala d'actes Manuel Martí Recober de la FIB (Building B6, ground floor)

JEDI workshops are back. The first of this semester? Introduction to git!

Are you familiar with BEST - Board of European Students of Technology? If you like to travel, meet new people all around the world, and overall have a unique experience you shouldn't miss our activities!

Do you want to learn or improve your level of French? Take advantage of this opportunity!

Are you aware of how much a specialized and custom hardware can accelerate your application? Are you aware what a Field-Programmable Gate Array can do? 

FIB Alumni invites you to join the seminar. It will take place on 3rd of March at 7 pm at the Auditorium Manuel Martí Recober from Facultat d’Informàtica de Barcelona.

Participate in this competition from Campus Nord hub!

Do you want to go abroad during the academic year 2020-2021?

On Wednesday 12th of February an information session on mobility programmes will be held

Do you want to shape the future of machine learning? Are you up for real-time problem solving for some of the biggest players?

Have you ever wondered what it is like to live a hackathon from another point of view?

The Vice-Rectorate for International Policy calls for financial aid to finance the teaching missions (STA) to be carried out during the academic year 2019-20 within the framework of the ERASMUS + KA103 program of the European Union.

You think about doing a master's degree and you do not know very well what? Come and find out everything in the information sessions, we will answer your questions!

Are you passionate about game development? Do you have your own project and want to publicize your talent?

Enrolment in the FIB as of 3rd February. Enrolment of students of GEI since the 3rd to the 6th February. Enrolment of students of Master since the 5th and 6th February.

Aalto Ventures Program offers you a summer course, where participants from around the world come together to create multidimensional experiences. 

Aalto Science Institute's internship programme for summer 2020 has opened their call for international undergraduate students.

Are you a B.Sc. or M.Sc. student (who will have completed at least three years of full-time studies at university level by next summer) interested in working on advanced IT projects for two full months during the summer?

Have you ever dreamed of visiting CERN, imagine working there all summer!

Open call for the mobility Santander Erasmus Scholarship 2020-2021.

On Monday, the 13th of January at 3 pm, the new UPS in building B6 will be connected.

Opened the call of the 2^nd edition of MOST GASE Global Internship Program which will take place from 30^th June - 26^th August 2020 in Taiwan.

A four-week credit-bearing programme in Linköping,  Sweden – Scandinavia, only available for students from LiU’s partner universities. No tuition fees! 

Are you brave enough to make a videogame in 48 hours?

We inform you that a new call has been opened to participate in the SALSA’M program, the UPC international student reception program. Do you want to participate?

Project for students is ready in Darmstadt Summer 2020, and we hope you find it fascinating and want to be a part of it.

A few days ago, the 2019 edition of the XOCOLATADA was held with massive success

Come to Hackers@UPC next workshop and learn about Go, a programming language created by Google used for developing key infrastructure problems such as analytic engines, databases and networking among many others.

On the 4th of December at 12 a.m. in the Aula Master of the Campus Nord, it will take place the presentation "Visiting Student Research Internship Program" of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) from Saudi Arabia, which is addressed to the UPC students.

The Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT) is offering a three-month scholarship.

Day: wednesday 4th of December
Hour: 4 pm
Place: Manuel Martí Recober auditorium of the FIB (building B6, ground floor)

Lonrix Ltd, a New Zealand software developper company is looking for a senior undergraduate or a master student to work on a research project with option to do the TFG/TFM.

UPC and Cisco have an agreement and you can enjoy a 1-year funded internship at the Cisco Systems headquarters in Silicon Valley (San Jose, California), very close to San Francisco!

Are you a UPC student and you want to go in exchange with the UNITECH programme?

Are you interested in joining the working world already as a computer science expert? Are you studying a computer science degree, data engineering degree or a postgraduate degree related to technology?

Opened he call for international mobility scholarships "Santander Iberoamerican undergraduate students 2020-2021".

Here comes the hackaton of solidarity, technology and health! 
This is the hackaton that collaborates with “la Marató de TV3”, a charity program organised every year at Christmas time by the public television in Catalunya.
This is the hackaton that will bring us positive energy and donations for a good cause!!!

From 29 June until 17 July 2020, CTU in Prague will offer their summer school “Robotics & Future Tech”.

Registrations are now open for the following four courses of the PATC in February. Check them out!

If you are a MIRI, MAI, MEI or GEI student then you can apply to a project in the IT area for the spring semester of the 2019-2020 academic year.

The Faculty of Business Studies of the University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer will carry out an "International Project Week" during the spring semester of 2020.

Do you like photography? Participate in the annual photography contest organized by DEFIB!

ETH Zurich offers 15 scholarships for a summer research stay within the Amgen Scholars Programme. The programme applies to students studying for a Bachelor’s degree at a European university.

The RustFest Barcelona 2019 is coming again, a conference where you can learn everything about the Rust programming language.

The Institute IMDEA Software, in collaboration with EIT Digital, is organizing chainReaction, the first Hackathon "Blockchain for Environmental Action", in Madrid from 3 to 5 of February 2020.

The Computer Science Department at ETH offers a summer research fellowship for undergraduate and graduate students over the summer months (1 July – 31 August 2020).

The Student4Students project that represents UPC among the finalists of the DigiEduHack Barcelona 2019, needs your help to win!

On Wednesday 13th November an information session on mobility programs will be held for academic stays during the academic year 2020-2021.

Are you addicted to coding and solving complex problems? Come to the 4th Annual BSC/UPC Hackathon and test your problem solving skills.

Pre-enrollment to official Masters organized by Barcelona School of Informatics is now open. The course will start in February for the Spring of 2019-2020 four-month period.

A talk called “The Universal Basic Income” will take place on Wednesday the 6 th of November at 12 p.m. in the Sala d’Actes of the Vèrtex Building (Soterrani -1).

Do you know Hack the Box? Sign up and participate as a UPC member.

There will be a Capture The Flag event on the Barcelona Cybersecurity Congress with the collaboration of inLab FIB.

UPC is amongst the 500 best universities in the world, and at the “top 100” in Computer Science according to the NTU ranking.

The Fundación Carolina, la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) and Crue Universidades Españolas create the «Universidad, Conocimiento y Agenda 2030» awards.

Open registration for the virtual courses of languages by SLT, if you are thinking of doing one of the mobility programs and you don't know the language, here you have the opportunity to solve it! Learn languages with the virtual platform Rosetta Stone.

The Vice-Rectorate for International Policy calls for financial aid to finance the teaching missions (STA) to be carried out during the academic year 2019-20 within the framework of the ERASMUS + KA103 program of the European Union.

Do you like to be in contact with companies related to IT, assist at events and technological congresses, organize workshops collaborating with businesses and making a change in FIBer world?

Day: Wednesday, 9th of October
Time: Midday
Class: A5102

Last chance to register to the following two courses of the PATC in January. Check them out!

Cineforum: "Big challenges for gender equality", at Palau Macaya

DigiEduHack, educational hackaton on the 3rd and 4rth of October.

Have you ever heard about hackathons? If you want to know more about these events, join hackers at UPC the 2nd of October at midday on the class A5001.

Did you know that in the Northern area of Belgium there are various opportunities to work in an innovative and tech based environment?

The 30th of September UPC releases “UPCArts” to connect technology and culture

Fibermeeting arrives at uni next weekend! From the 27th to the 29th of September, you will enjoy 48 hours of intense gaming with endless tournaments, activities and a very good gamer environment! If you want to have a good time with friends while you play, do not hesitate to sign up.

Inlab FIB and the company AdQuiver sign a collaboration agreement to apply artificial intelligence and big data to tourist marketing.

Adobe Research Women-in-Technology Scholarship and Fellowship programs are accepting 2020 applications.

FIB informs that next Monday, September 23, a non-school day at the FIB, only the computer labs in the A5 building will be open.

The CEFIB (Club d'Esport de la FIB) association organises a football tournament the 1st of October and a volleyball tournament the 4th.

The 5th edition of the BIg Data Talent Awards is here!

HackUPC returns this fall, from 11th to 13th of October.

If you want to complete your studies at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU-Boulder) or at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), you may attend the presentation session of the Balsells Fellowship Program on October 2nd.

Wednesday, September 18th, in the Plaza de Telecos, the Associations Fair of the Campus Nord 2019 will take place.

The global aviation network is under attack. Aircraft messaging, ticketing systems, flight information displays, and more, have all been comprised. What will you do?

If you are a FIB student (bachelor or master) you can take advantage of your summer going for a placement in Facebook!

From 17th until the 25th of September will be opened the second call for requesting a place in the Erasmus+ program for the spring 2019-2020 semester in universities with free places.

The registrations for the autumn PATC at BSC are already open. This time it brings us 3 courses: "Parallel Programming Workshop", "Earth Sciences Simulation Environments" and "HPC and natural hazards: modelling".

On Friday, 6th September at 10 a.m. in the Sala d'Actes Manuel Martí Recober of the FIB, the welcome ceremony for all newly admitted students of the FIB master's degrees and Erasmus will be celebrated.

Are you interested in taking the first year of a master's degree and also want to work collaboratively with university departments in research activity or practices related to their studies?

The UPC, together with the communication technologies company, Orange, have just signed a cooperation agreement in order to carry out several activities regarding training, technological development research, and technology transfer.

Did you know that everis offers help to study a master's degree in the FIB? It's an incredible opportunity and you're still in time to apply!

FIB Visiona brings you great news! 4 scholarships to study one of the Masters of the FIB (MEI, MIRI and MAI), whether you will study first or second course.

 Looking for your next job or gig? Join Ent-Ex: The Entrepreneurial Experience to create new opportunities.

Discover the adventure of Fibers in HP, the conferences they attended and the mysteries that were found there!

Enrolment in the FIB as of 15th July. Enrolment of new students of GEI on 15th, 16th and 17th July; and GCED on July 17th. Academic calendars also available on our website.

Date: 15th -17th of July, 2019
Time: 10:45 am - 5:00 pm
Venue: UPC Campus Nord

Just started the 'eHealth Eurocampus 3rd edition Summer School! Until de 13th of July, FIB will be hosting a wonderful group of students working on an intensive training on ehealth.

Do you want to share your ideas and research? Don't be afraid and join in as a speaker in AdvCompBio Conference. They are looking forward to meet you!

Didn't you have enough with the EDA game? Now you can show what you're worth in the second edition of AI Coiseum. Program your own bot and surprise yourself!

From June 25 to 28, the communications equipment of computer labs will be renewed

If you are searching for a 2 years scholarship grants, ARCO is looking for a student to join the group to carry out their Master thesis in leading edge research projects.

Do you want to collaborate with a research group? Are you interested in Data Platforms for Community Sensing? Now SANS offers 2 scholarships!!

They challenge you to compete with other students in an environment of entrepreneurs that on their day taken your same path.

As of July 8, student accounts will be canceled (PC Network (Windows and Linux)).

Once again, a UPC team of students competes in the Student Cluster Competition 2019 under the name "Les Maduixes".

Day: Tuesday, 9th of July
Time: 12 pm
Venue: Auditorium Manuel Martí Recober, Campus Nord

Call for 2019/2020 Erasmus+ internships gone out

Are you Fiber and you are interested in studying the MIRI? Now, the Department of Computer Architecture offers 2 grants in memory of Professor Nacho Navarro.

Fight today for a better tomorrow, come to the RareHacks! The Hackathon will take place in Barcelona during a weekend in summer, from the 5^th to the 7^th of July.

The call for the SALSA’M program, a welcome program for UPC international exchange students, has gone out. Would you like to participate?

The Fundació Catalunya-La Pedrera opens the call for its Máster of Excellence scholarship program for the 2019-2020 course for the MIRI and the MAI.

Date: Wednesday, 19th of June 2019
Time: 5:30 pm
Venue: Sala Àgora, Campus Nord of the UPC

Take a look at the upcoming Severo Ochoa Reserch Seminiars of June, the BSC has 4 scheduled talks. Check them out!

Next Thursday, June 6th, we will make an urgent update of the FIB network that will affect most FIB services. The maintenance will begin at 4:15 pm and will be restored before 8pm.

The Facultat de Matemàtiques i Estadística (UPC) organizes the XIII Summer School in Statistics from 12 of June  to 7 of July.

The Zhejiang University (ZJU) is glad to present the 5th China “Internet+” University Graduates Innovation and Entrepreneurship contest. Give it a go!

At Coffee IT they are always looking for new talent who is just as keen in innovation and app development as they are.

One more year the UPC is ranked as the 1st European university in scientific production in Mathematics and Computer Science in the Leiden Ranking.

Enjoy free two weeks of intensive training shared with students in the fields of informatics and health belonging to seven universities in five different countries!

Do you want to participate in an interdisciplinary team (UPC, ESADE, IED) to find put solutions for the future of humankind? We are waiting you at CERN.

It has been an incredible trip of nights with a lot of work, but everything comes to an end. Last HackNight. We are waiting for you to create an unforgettable last night.

Last chance to register to the following three courses of the PATC in May. Check them out!

Red Hat would like to invite you to the Ceph Foundation's next Cephalocon event in Barcelona on 19-20th of May.

Day: Saturday, 18th of May, 2019
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Venue: Sala Àgora, Campus Nord of the UPC.

Take a look at the upcoming Severo Ochoa Reserch Seminiars of May, the BSC has 4 scheduled talks. Check them out.

The past 9th of April 2019, Ramon Martí explained to the students of PSI and SIO, subjects within the Information Systems Specialization of the Bachellor in Informatics Engineering of the FIB, the preparations for the 50th Anniversary of the UPC.

Do you want to travel to Asia and work in one of the most leading IT company in south east Asia's most charming country?

Do you want to travel to Rome and meet an incredible community of IT women? Do you want to learn, experiment and have fun for 4 days in Italy? Sing up for womENcourage!

Day: Monday, 13th of May 2019
Time: 3 .m. to 6 p.m.
Venue: HP installation

Day: Wednesday, 22nd of May 2019
Time: 12 p.m.
Venue: Sala Àgora, Campus Nord

If you intend on doing a mobility stay during the 2019-2020 course, you can apply for the UPC Alumni Loan Program.

Day: Wednesday, 24th of April 2019
Time: 12 p.m.
Venue: Aula C6S302, Campus Nord

If you are looking for a unique opportunity, submit to the second edition of the Spaniards To Silicon Valley program.

Have you gone to Erasmus or are you about to do it? Or even better, you're in Erasmus here. Then you are interested in learning Recruiting Erasmus!

The Embassy of France in collaboration with the Asociación Diálogo launches 47 'AVENIR' grants for the 2019/20 academic year.

We are already in the 4th session! Take advantage that soon they are over, do not miss an incredible night.

Advanced Factories 2019 organizes the Talent Marketplace, if you are a final year student of Degree or you are studying a Master, come and discover what awaits you in the industrial sector.

You want to travel, but you do know the language they speak? Now you have the opportunity to prepare for your trip!

Day: wednesday, 3 rd of april 2019
Time: 12 p.m.
Venue: C6S302, Campus Nord

3 grants for UPC students to participate in the Summer School of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (Sant Petersburg, Russia).