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The international trade exhibition, CeBIT 2015, will be held in Hanover from 16 to 20 March
UPC presents innovations in ICT at CeBIT 2015
From 16 to 20 March, the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) will participate through its technology center CIT UPC in the CeBIT 2015 exhibition; a leading international ICT fair that is held in Hannover.
17/03/2015
The UPC will have a stand at CeBIT 2015 in Hall 9, dedicated to research and innovation, booth F26 / 1. Through the CIT UPC - UPC Technology Center, the University will present leading ICT technology that has been developed by its research groups. These innovations include a tool to detect the most influential Twitter users in certain fields, a system to search and monitor financial information on the Internet, and software that analyzes the life cycle of a building.
Tweeticer is a tool to identify the most influential users in specific areas of interest, in order to build a high-quality audience on Twitter. Created by the research group DAMA UPC and the spin-off Sparsity, Tweeticer searches the most influential people in relation to a particular subject, not only by number of followers or the level of commitment with its own network, as most applications do, but also based on a complex algorithm that analyzes the likelihood and the potential of a user’s tweet going viral. Tweeticer, which is currently available in beta version, is aimed at users of social networking, marketing companies, community managers and other professionals.
CIT UPC will also present software for monitoring, extracting and aggregating relevant information on financial topics that is spread out throughout the media and social networks. This software also provides inter-lingual services. It was designed by the Center for Technologies and Applications of Language and Speech (TALP) at the UPC, and is of particular interest to content publishers and the media.
The technology is based on text analysis to create an independent sematic representation of the original language. Data mining techniques are then used to make the information accessible to publishers, for business intelligence and for media monitoring.
The project focused on the major world languages of English, German, Spanish and Chinese, and the minority languages of Catalan, Slovenian and Croatian. Prototypes have been developed successfully for Bloomsberg (financial news) and the Slovenian Press Agency (general news). The project had a budget of 4.57 million euros and seven other partners took part from different countries.
Necada is software that analyzes the life cycle of a building, from its creation to the process of deconstruction. It takes into account materials, design, orientation, energy consumption, and adaptation to European standards. It was created by software researchers in InLAb FIB and the Sustainability Measurement and Modeling Lab (SUMMLAB, both UPC research groups).
The UPC is the leading university in innovation in Spain. In the ICT field, it is the university that has received most funding from the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research. UPC researchers and research groups in this field are experts in Big Data analysis, social network analysis and recommendation systems, logical security solutions, auditing and forensic analysis, collaborative Internet, robotics, human-machine interface and smart learning, advanced design of interactive devices, voice-based HMIS, biometrics, artificial intelligence solutions, e-government and e-health, and geographic information systems (GIS).
The participation of the UPC in CeBIT 2015 along with other Spanish entities is supported by ICEX España Exportation and Investment, the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness
Tweeticer is a tool to identify the most influential users in specific areas of interest, in order to build a high-quality audience on Twitter. Created by the research group DAMA UPC and the spin-off Sparsity, Tweeticer searches the most influential people in relation to a particular subject, not only by number of followers or the level of commitment with its own network, as most applications do, but also based on a complex algorithm that analyzes the likelihood and the potential of a user’s tweet going viral. Tweeticer, which is currently available in beta version, is aimed at users of social networking, marketing companies, community managers and other professionals.
CIT UPC will also present software for monitoring, extracting and aggregating relevant information on financial topics that is spread out throughout the media and social networks. This software also provides inter-lingual services. It was designed by the Center for Technologies and Applications of Language and Speech (TALP) at the UPC, and is of particular interest to content publishers and the media.
The technology is based on text analysis to create an independent sematic representation of the original language. Data mining techniques are then used to make the information accessible to publishers, for business intelligence and for media monitoring.
The project focused on the major world languages of English, German, Spanish and Chinese, and the minority languages of Catalan, Slovenian and Croatian. Prototypes have been developed successfully for Bloomsberg (financial news) and the Slovenian Press Agency (general news). The project had a budget of 4.57 million euros and seven other partners took part from different countries.
Necada is software that analyzes the life cycle of a building, from its creation to the process of deconstruction. It takes into account materials, design, orientation, energy consumption, and adaptation to European standards. It was created by software researchers in InLAb FIB and the Sustainability Measurement and Modeling Lab (SUMMLAB, both UPC research groups).
The UPC is the leading university in innovation in Spain. In the ICT field, it is the university that has received most funding from the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research. UPC researchers and research groups in this field are experts in Big Data analysis, social network analysis and recommendation systems, logical security solutions, auditing and forensic analysis, collaborative Internet, robotics, human-machine interface and smart learning, advanced design of interactive devices, voice-based HMIS, biometrics, artificial intelligence solutions, e-government and e-health, and geographic information systems (GIS).
The participation of the UPC in CeBIT 2015 along with other Spanish entities is supported by ICEX España Exportation and Investment, the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness
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