Big Data & Data Science

Innovative models and tools for recommending audiovisual and editorial content to improve the users experience. The PICAE project develops new models and analytical tools for recommending audiovisual and editorial content with the aim of improving the user experience, based on their profile and environment, and the level of satisfaction and loyalty. These new tools represent a qualitative improvement in the state of the art of television and editorial content recommendation. On the other hand, the project also improves the digital consumption index of these contents based on the identification of products that these new forms of [...]

The RIS3CAT Media Community is a group of 34 companies and agents from the cultural and creative industries (ICC) working and collaborating to promote and enhance an R+D+I action plan, with the aim to promote Catalonia as an international reference in the development of strategies that boost innovation, based on the intersection of science, technology and society. The Community, coordinated by Eurecat, will carry out 8 innovative projects in the Catalan cultural and creative sector during the 2020-2023 triennium: PICAE, ViVIM, MIRONINS, nanoMOOCs,  IDENTI@RT, ENGAGEMENT, EDvidence ZINKCAT. As a result of these projects, different transversal impacts [...]

Development of a set of tools to facilitate and improve the assessment of data value. Privacy and trust remain key in the data sharing debate and therefore Privacy enhancing technologies (PET) will play a prominent role by 2025. The Safe-DEED project takes a highly interdisciplinary approach, bringing together partners from data science, cryptography, business innovation and legal domain to focus on improving the economic growth of the sector and the trust in modern data-economy. Furthermore, as it has been recently shown that even among large companies, many have no data valuation process in place, Safe-DEED provides [...]

Development of new creative formats and the enrichment of the contents through data generated by the public during their visit experience and the reading they make of everything around them. The Engagement project aims to improve the satisfaction and experience of users and promote their participation and commitment to the museum, through monitoring their own experience. The project that deploys the notion of expanded museum, understood as a strategy based on singularizing and personifying the visitor experience, multiplying its stories and overflowing the spatial and temporal limits of the museum, creating an ecosystem of digital content [...]

Creation of a new group with the aim to promote transfer and research in the Internet of Things (IoT) sector as a strategic field with great potential within the ICT area. The FEM-IoT project has been promoted by twelve Catalan research centres and universities that are pioneers in creating IoT solutions and technologies in different fields such as sensors, computing, security or energy consumption, among others. FEM-IoT has the objective of sharing knowledge and capabilities to obtain a coordination model that allows establishing common strategies in research and the transfer of results. Within the framework of [...]

New solutions and tools that allow comparing and choosing between different transport services and promoting public and shared transport. Ride2Rail project aims to integrate multiple (public, private and social) data sets and sources and existing platforms to promote an effective Ride Sharing practice of citizens, making it a complementary transport mode that extends public transport and rail networks. The Ride2Rail framework for intelligent mobility will integrate and harmonise real-time and diverse information about rail, public transport, ride-sharing and crowdsourcing in a social ecosystem, which will allow users to compare and choose between multiple options and services [...]

Innovative and affordable solutions for advanced car body shells manufacturing and lightweight material strategies for railways, innovative doors and train modularity. The CARBODIN project, coordinated by Eurecat, has the objective to contribute to the next generation of passenger trains that will be lighter and more energy and cost efficient than the current ones. An important step for that is the use of composite technologies, which still face barriers for full implementation such as their high cost. Another important aspect is the modular design of interiors and low-cost manufacturing of vehicles part. The Composites Materials Unit of Eurecat [...]

With the generalization of Internet’s usage, thousands of data are created daily. The European project DECODE is a response to people’s concerns about a loss of control over their personal information on the internet and has the objective to develop a new model for the treatment of online data in which individuals are in control of what happens to their personal information and with who they share it. DECODE’s tools allow the user to recover sovereignty on their data. These tools combine the blockchain technology with cryptography in order to help building a trusted digital society [...]

Self-diagnosis tool and protocols for obtaining knowledge, recommendations and support on how to achieve a fair gender inclusion in current and future transport systems. DIAMOND project promotes gender inclusion in transport systems through technologies for compiling and analysing data, such as machine learning, data mining and fair algorithms. The data will enable the identification and design of specific measures to fulfil women’s needs and expectations from the perspective of women as transport users and professionals in the sector. DIAMOND, coordinated by Eurecat, analyses and compiles data with the aim to generate and spread recommendations, develop a [...]

The PERSOSER project uses sensor technologies, data analytics and customer engagement activities so that utilities can offer tailor-made services to every customer. PERSOSER will increase transparency in the utilities sector, improve customer relations and increase competitiveness. To achieve this, new customer behaviour analysis models will be created based on the processing of customer data and the development, design and testing of advanced, personalised services. The new personalisation technologies developed for the utilities sector include a customer segmentation tool according to consumption habits, sensors and devices for the detection of micro-consumption and smart homes, a leak detection [...]

The GENESIS project develops a tool for an intelligent and sustainable control of smart home devices to achieve a better energy efficiency and cost reduction without compromising user comfort levels. During the project, demand prediction algorithms and algorithms for optimization and control of the use of energy are being developed and the flexibility in the client portfolio estimated, as well as a study on in which situations they can be applied for greater efficiency. The GENESIS solution, unlike other tools, allows energy consumers and producers / distributors to be connected, addressing their problems and needs within [...]

New digital tools aimed mainly at professionals in the innovation sector, so that their business model can undergo a digital transformation. The AfterDigital Consultants project will provide consultants with advanced tools that will enable them to bring together technological supply and demand and will help businesses to identify potential collaboration opportunities based on their innovation challenges. The result of the project will be an open innovation platform that will incorporate blockchain technology to protect the intellectual property rights associated with data mining and big data ideas and techniques, so that participants can detect collaboration opportunities. The [...]

MoTiV’s (Mobility and Time Value) project main goal is to contribute to advance research on VTT, the value of travel time, by introducing and validating a conceptual framework for the estimation of VTT through a European-wide data collection. The MoTiV solution plans to develop a smartphone app, named WOORTI, to compile behavioural and mobility data across Europe, which will be made available to the scientific community after the project to stimulate further research on the topic. The app counts with a journal planner and an activity/mobility diary to allow users to revaluate their mobility decisions and [...]

European reference platform in order to help MSMEs validate their compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation by designing and implementing easy-to-use and affordable tools. SMOOTH platform technological development and innovation is built upon several existing techniques, combining advanced technology in the area of machine learning, text mining, data mining and web and mobile apps, to automatize MSMEs GDPR compliance analysis. Compared to existing solutions, SMOOTH platform is the first tool being targeted specifically to MSMEs, the most vulnerable EU enterprises to fail GDPR adoption due to their lack of expertise and resources. The platform analyses in real time the information [...]

The HATCH project creates an online reference platform dedicated to space research. It will make the findings of the European space projects available to a wide group of users, encourage greater collaboration and partnerships between the different agents of the field and generate interest in space exploration. The web portal will make the findings of the European space projects available to professionals in the field and citizens interested in space-related information. It will also encourage greater collaboration and partnerships. Additionally the portal will analyse findings, commercialise results and generate interest in space exploration and science among [...]