Master's Degree in Computational Engineering and Mathematics - Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)

Academic directors

PhD Dolors Puigjaner

Holder of a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Barcelona. She is a professor at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili's Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics (Higher School of Engineering). Her research interests focus on dynamical systems and fluid mechanics.

PhD Javier Panadero

PhD in High performance computing from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He is a professor in the Computer, Multimedia and Telecommunications Studies at the Open University of Catalonia. His research interests include parallel and distributed computing, complex system optimization and simulation, and smart algorithms (heuristic and metaheuristic).

Faculty members

Maria Bras-Amorós

Holder of a PhD in Mathematics from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. She graduated from the Barcelona Municipal Conservatory with the qualification of Musician. She is a professor at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili's Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics (Higher School of Engineering).

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Laura Calvet Liñán

Ph.D. in Network and Information Technologies Her teaching focuses on subjects in the field of Frequency Statistics, Bayesian Statistics, and Mathematical Analysis. His field of research, linked to the ICSO group, focuses on the development of optimization algorithms and the application of applied statistics and economics.

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Oriol Farràs Ventura

Holder of a PhD in Mathematics from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. He is a professor at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili's Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics (Higher School of Engineering). His research areas are cryptography, combinatorics, information theory and algebra.

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Gerard Fortuny Anguera

Holder of a PhD in Mathematics. He is a professor at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili's Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics (Higher School of Engineering). His research areas are biomechanics and biomedical engineering.

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Carlos García Gómez

Holder of a PhD in Mathematics. He is a professor at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili's Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics (Higher School of Engineering). His research is centred on discrete mathematics.

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Alberto García-Villoria

Holder of a degree in Computer Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. He is an assistant professor at the Department of Business Organization. He has recently completed his doctoral degree in Advanced Automation and Robotics at the UPC's Institute of Industrial Systems Organization and Control. His research focuses on the study and solution of a sequencing problem.

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Antonio Garijo Real

Holder of a PhD in Mathematics. He is a professor at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili's Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics (Higher School of Engineering).

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Sergio Gómez Jiménez

Holder of a PhD in Physics from the University of Barcelona. He is a professor at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili's Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics (Higher School of Engineering). His research areas focus on computer science and artificial intelligence.

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Josep Jorba Esteve

Holder of a PhD in Computer Engineering. He is professor at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya's Faculty of Computer Science, Multimedia and Telecommunications. His research areas focus on parallel computing, computer architecture and distributed computing.

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Carme Olivé Farré

Holder of a PhD in Mathematics. She is a professor at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili's Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics (Higher School of Engineering). Her research focuses on dynamical systems, differential equations and the teaching of mathematics.

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Joan Manuel Marquès

Holder of a PhD in Computer Science. He is professor at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya's Faculty of Computer Science, Multimedia and Telecommunications. His research focuses on the following fields: internet-scale systems, collaborative systems, scalable internet services, cloud and peer-to-peer systems, privacy, collaborative learning and networks.

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Javier Panadero

PhD in High performance computing from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He is a professor in the Computer, Multimedia and Telecommunications Studies at the Open University of Catalonia. His research interests include parallel and distributed computing, complex system optimization and simulation, and smart algorithms (heuristic and metaheuristic).

Elena Planas Hortal

PhD in Computer Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). His teaching activity focuses on subjects in the field of software engineering. Her research focuses on model-driven software engineering (MDD) and its application in software development.

Dolors Puigjaner

Holder of a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Barcelona. She is a professor at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili's Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics (Higher School of Engineering). Her research interests focus on dynamical systems and fluid mechanics.

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Juan Alberto Rodríguez

Holder of a PhD in Mathematics. He is a professor at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili's Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics (Higher School of Engineering). His research focuses on graph theory.

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Agustí Solanas Gómez

Holder of a PhD in Telematics Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. He is a professor at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili's Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics (Higher School of Engineering). His research areas focus on computer science and artificial intelligence.

Albert Solé-Ribalta

Graduate and PhD in Computer Science from the Rovira i Virgili University (URV). Currently linked to the big data area within the UOC's Computer Science, Multimedia and Telecommunications Studies and researcher at the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) within the group of complex networks and systems (Complex Systems).

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Carles Ventura Royo

PhD and Telecommunications Engineer (UPC). Professor of Computer Science, Multimedia and Telecommunications Studies, and researcher at the Scene Understanding and Artificial Intelligence (SUnAI) research group at the UOC. His teaching activity focuses on artificial intelligence, computational learning, data structures and the dissemination of research. His research is focused on the area of ¿¿computer vision, specifically on the detection and recognition of objects and image segmentation.

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Jordi Villadelprat Yagüe

Graduate and PhD in Mathematics from the UAB. He is a tenured professor at the Rovira i Virgili University. His areas of research focus on differential equations.

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Tutor

Alejandro Estrada Moreno

PhD in Computer Science and Mathematics Engineering (URV). He is currently a professor in the Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics at the Rovira i Virgili University where he belongs to the Discrete Mathematics research group. His research interests are in graph and combinatorial theory, operations analysis and research, logistics and transportation, and simheuristics.

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AQU Quality accreditation

Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency

University master's degree in Computational Engineering and Mathematics (joint URV, UOC)

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