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During their stay in Madrid, a delegation of 25 Mexican university professors, coordinated by TrepCamp, visited the City Council’s Data and Intelligence Centre (CeDInt) on the morning of Monday 22nd. The aim of the visit was to gain first-hand knowledge of the city’s innovation ecosystem and explore possible academic and technological collaborations.

The visitors were able to tour the facilities, interact with the laboratory teams and learn about the projects and platforms managed by CeDInt. Initiatives related to urban data intelligence, municipal digital services and integration systems used in Madrid as a smart city were presented.

The host team explained how CeDInt functions as a strategic digital infrastructure hub for Madrid, facilitating interoperability between municipal services, the exploitation of urban data and collaboration between universities, businesses and local government.

This session is part of the Madrid, Digital Capital Strategy, which promotes the city’s innovative ecosystem and the creation of digital solutions to improve citizens’ quality of life.

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The meeting, which brought together international experts in artificial intelligence, IoT, edge computing and smart cities, focused on how technologies such as AI, digital twins and the continuum are transforming the urban model towards the so-called City 5.0.

The event was opened by Antonio García de la Paz (S.G. of the Date Strategy of the Digital Office of Madrid City Council), who stressed the importance of the Madrid, Digital Capital strategy as a driver for innovation and sustainability in the city, highlighting the role of IoTMADLab as a leading hub in this process.

In the first session, ‘Smarter IoT: Energy, Connectivity & Real-World Impact’, Asunción Santamaría (Director of IoTMADLab) shared the laboratory’s vision of how smart connectivity and IoT-based solutions enable progress towards more efficient, interoperable and people-centred urban models.

The day continued with the session ‘Cities 5.0: A Human Adaptive City – Forward to an open and interoperable cities’, in which Guillermo del Campo (Polytechnic University of Madrid) and Juan Jesús Muñoz Esteban (Madrid City Council) participated. Both highlighted the importance of cities as living spaces for innovation, where collaboration between universities, administrations and companies is key to building open, sustainable urban ecosystems capable of adapting to new technologies.

This session is part of the Madrid, Digital Capital Strategy, which promotes the city’s innovative ecosystem and the creation of digital solutions to improve citizens’ quality of life.

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On July 2, our colleague Igor Gómez Gil de San Vicente received the final grade for his Master’s Thesis, earning a 9.4. With this mark, he successfully completed the Master’s Degree in Systems and Control Engineering, jointly offered by UNED and Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

His Master’s Thesis, entitled:

“Control and monitoring system for a large telescope dome with absolute azimuth position detection through RFID tag reading”

focuses on the development of an advanced technological solution to modernize the control system of one of the domes at the Observatorio de Sierra Nevada. The project implements an innovative azimuth localization technique based on RFID, complemented by magnetic sensors, standard interfaces such as ASCOM-Alpaca and MQTT, and an architecture built on embedded Linux systems. This modernization will improve the precision, reliability, and maintainability of the astronomical observation system.

At CeDInt, we congratulate Igor on this outstanding achievement and thank him for his contribution to the team and to the technological development of high-impact projects.

 

On July 1, CeDInt welcomed a group of international students participating in the International Summer School of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), in an activity coordinated with Professor Víctor Villagrá.

During the visit, the students had the opportunity to explore the center’s facilities firsthand, including the IoTMadLab—comprising an indoor laboratory and an outdoor pilot site—and the Virtual Reality lab, where they experienced several demos of projects currently under development using VR headsets.

This activity is part of UPM’s summer academic program, which aims to provide an international and enriching learning experience to students from diverse backgrounds.

More information about the UPM International Summer School:

General information
Official program blog

On June 24, 25, and 26, CeDInt-UPM welcomed participants of the “Inspiring Visits” sessions, coordinated by Sergio Vega, במסגרת the activity organized by the think tank ESA-ESAC – SUSTAINABLE BCC for the European Engineering Learning Innovation and Science Alliance (EELISA). This activity was part of the event’s official agenda and allowed attendees to learn firsthand about the research and technological work carried out at the center.

The visit began with a presentation in the CeDInt auditorium, providing an overview of the center, its research areas, working groups, and most representative projects. This was followed by a guided tour of the facilities:

– IoT Madrid Lab (IoTMadLab): where participants explored both the indoor laboratory and the outdoor pilot site, with demonstrations of technologies developed in the field of the Internet of Things.
– Virtual Reality Laboratory: attendees experienced different ongoing projects through immersive VR demos using virtual reality headsets.

These visits are part of CeDInt’s commitment to scientific outreach and open collaboration within the innovation ecosystem.

The Centro de Domótica Integral (CeDInt) of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid begins a new chapter with the appointment of Roberto Prieto López as the new director of the center. With a strong academic and research background, Roberto Prieto takes on this new challenge with the aim of consolidating and strengthening CeDInt’s role as a leading hub in technological innovation, energy efficiency, and intelligent environments.

Full Professor in the Department of Automation, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Industrial Informatics since 2016, and previously Associate Professor in the same department since 2000, Roberto Prieto has been closely involved in applied research within UPM. He has been a member of the Applied Electronic Technology Group (GTEA) since 2021 and has been part of the Centro de Electrónica Industrial (CEI) since 2006.

His relationship with CeDInt is not new, but it is now formalized with his appointment as director starting in May 2025. In this role, Prieto faces significant challenges: CeDInt faces challenges associated with the growth of its activity, such as launching a training program aligned with the research lines currently being developed, as well as organizing and coordinating the different groups and individuals involved in the project, always in harmony with the university’s strategy.”

With this new momentum, CeDInt reaffirms its commitment to academic excellence, knowledge transfer, and technological innovation aimed at improving society.