Unit Barcelona

Established on April 1st, 2023

Unit Mission

The ELLIS Unit Barcelona has the mission of creating a community of individuals who share common goals aligned with ELLIS’s vision and work together to achieve them. 
The Unit has a clear vision of being recognized as a global model for the exchange, integration, and mobility of researchers. 
It aims to become one of the leading regional players in Europe in machine learning, act as a key element within the Catalan AI strategy, and serve as the hub in Catalonia for the machine learning community, both scientific and industrial.

Participating Institutions

BarcelonaTech (UPC)
Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC)
Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB)
Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS)
Computer Vision Center (CVC-UAB)
Open University of Catalonia (UOC)
Pompeu Fabra University
University of Barcelona
Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial (IRI) CSIC-UPC

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