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👋 Last week at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, we received Nobuyasu Ito, Hiroyasu Inoue and Itsuki Noda, researchers from RIKEN, the National Research and Development Agency of Japan and home of Fugaku, the Japanese supercomputer located in the city of Kobe 🙌 Our researchers Carlos Garcia Calatrava, Fernando Cucchietti, Patricio Reyes, Roger González March, and Miriam Herrero Valea presented vCity progress, focusing on the models behind the Mobility, Cycling, and Sustainability Living Labs, while David García Povedano presented the Mobility app, which allows observing pedestrian flow in the streets of Barcelona. On the other hand, our researcher Marzieh Karimi-Haghighi shared details of the project with Diputació de Barcelona and its network of municipal libraries to improve recommendation services through models developed with AI. In addition, Guillermo Marin shared part of the projects we have developed in our Scientific Visualization and Storytelling line, and David demonstrated the GreenAir app, an educational tool to explore the basic concepts of air quality.   💬 "It is very important to have these meetings on a regular basis. Understanding what each team is working on is crucial to finding common ground, leveraging existing developments between the two teams, and looking for projects for joint funding. This is now more important than ever as Europe seeks to strengthen collaborative research with Japan", Carlos García, researcher and one of the hosts on this occasion. Since the signing of the MoU in 2022, our relationship with RIKEN has been strengthened through visits, research stays and the presentation of joint projects at international events such as the Smart City Expo World Congress. 🔗 Click here to learn more about this important collaboration https://lnkd.in/eRsXK_Ub vCity CASE Department Sol Bucalo #BSC #RIKEN #vCity #IA #InternationalCollaboration #Supercomputing #HPC

👋 Last week at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, we received Nobuyasu Ito, Hiroyasu Inoue and Itsuki Noda, researchers from RIKEN, the National Research and Development Agency of Japan and home of Fugaku, the Japanese supercomputer located in the city of Kobe 🙌 Our researchers Carlos Garcia Calatrava, Fernando Cucchietti, Patricio Reyes, Roger González March, and Miriam Herrero Valea presented vCity progress, focusing on the models behind the Mobility, Cycling, and Sustainability Living Labs, while David García Povedano presented the Mobility app, which allows observing pedestrian flow in the streets of Barcelona. On the other hand, our researcher Marzieh Karimi-Haghighi shared details of the project with Diputació de Barcelona and its network of municipal libraries to improve recommendation services through models developed with AI. In addition, Guillermo Marin shared part of the projects we have developed in our Scientific Visualization and Storytelling line, and David demonstrated the GreenAir app, an educational tool to explore the basic concepts of air quality.   💬 "It is very important to have these meetings on a regular basis. Understanding what each team is working on is crucial to finding common ground, leveraging existing developments between the two teams, and looking for projects for joint funding. This is now more important than ever as Europe seeks to strengthen collaborative research with Japan", Carlos García, researcher and one of the hosts on this occasion. Since the signing of the MoU in 2022, our relationship with RIKEN has been strengthened through visits, research stays and the presentation of joint projects at international events such as the Smart City Expo World Congress. 🔗 Click here to learn more about this important collaboration https://lnkd.in/eRsXK_Ub vCity CASE Department Sol Bucalo #BSC #RIKEN #vCity #IA #InternationalCollaboration #Supercomputing #HPC

📰 My latest piece in Forbes! 🚀 Ever wondered how cities could leverage AI agents to better manage themselves in a rapidly changing and more volatile world? 🏙️ AI Digital Twins: Your City’s Edge In A World Of Unprecedented Change 💡 Lean how AI Digital Twins are helping cities make smarter, better decisions in an increasingly complex and vulnerable future. They are more than pretty visualizations, they're vital, real-time virtual simulations and "what if X happens" for future urban resilience. 👇 Link in the comments below! (please repost and share with your audiences) ➡️ Follow me, Timothy Papandreou for the latest in emerging technologies updates. 🎤 For speaking engagements please go to my website in my profile above 👆 #AIDigitalTwins #SmartCities #UrbanPlanning #EmergingTech #Innovation #Resilience #FutureOfCities #AI #Technology #Forbes

🚲 Excited to be leading the computational model for the cycling network expansion use case at Barcelona Supercomputing Center, where we're determining optimal locations for new bike lanes and simulating their impact on residents and local neighbourhoods. This work provides Ajuntament de Barcelona with data-driven insights for strategic urban mobility planning. Our BSC Urban Digital Twin project vCity was featured in La Vanguardia this week following our presentation at Mobile World Capital Barcelona! We've successfully created a detailed virtual recreation of Barcelona powered by municipal data and sensor information. With this technology, we can model complex urban scenarios in minutes rather than weeks. https://lnkd.in/dXa4rV-y What makes this project special is our commitment to making it accessible to all citizens, not just professionals - everyone should be able to run their own simulations and understand the impacts of infrastructure changes. Proud to be working alongside with Fernando Cucchietti, Patricio Reyes, Luca Liebscht, Miriam Herrero Valea, Paula Fernández Vergara, Sol Bucalo, Raquel and the entire Data Analytics & Visualization Group, BSC-CNS vCity.

We close our participation in #MWC25 with two important activities. A conversation between Francesc Fajúla, CEO of Mobile World Capital Barcelona, Mateo Valero, Director of Barcelona Supercomputing Center, and Fernando Cucchietti about the urban digital twin of Barcelona and the progress of applications for the use cases we are developing for this city. In his presentation, "Industrial AI and digital twins: practical applications for real-world impact," Fernando delved into the aforementioned advances of vCity by presenting the beta version of the Mobility app. He also shared some of the most outstanding #AI research being conducted by the CASE Department teams. Thank you to everyone who attended and see you next year! 👋 Special thanks to our team that made it possible Laura Roldan Vilardell Raquel Barrachina Paula Fernández Vergara Miriam Herrero Valea Serena Mombelli Paula Benito Marzieh Karimi-Haghighi Sol Bucalo Paula Méndez Gordillo David García Povedano Marc Heras Tomas Andrade Weber Roger González March Luca Liebscht Alex Gil Patricio Reyes Fernando Cucchietti

🌆💻El BSC presenta su #gemelodigital de la ciudad de Barcelona en el #MWC25 🌐Como si fuera un oráculo, la demo en Mobile World Capital Barcelona nos sumerge en esta réplica virtual que busca ayudar a la administración a la toma de decisiones. ⭕En el marco del proyecto vCity con Ajuntament de Barcelona Barcelona City Council, Ajuntament de Viladecans y Kobe (Japón). 🗣Nos lo explica el investigador del BSC Fernando Cucchietti, Data Analytics & Visualization Group, BSC-CNS #InnovationBSC 🚀#BSCatMWC25