Equality

Alex Gómez-Villa presenta “¿Sueñan las máquinas con ilusiones visuales?” en la Noche Europea de la Investigación

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El pasado 30 de septiembre, el CVC participó en la #EuropeanResearchersNight🌙 con un taller sobre IA 🤖 y percepción 👁️‍🗨️ “¿Sueñan las máquinas con ilusiones visuales?” impartido por nuestra PhD Alex Gomez-Villa, apoyada por nuestra especialista en Comunicación Científica Laura Martín Montañez en CosmoCaixa, Museo de la Ciencia. Aunque el taller estaba dirigido a público … Read more

CVC women researchers included in the Special issue ‘Women in AI’ (MDPI journal)

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The paper 📄 ‘Recognition of the Mental Workloads of Pilots in the Cockpit Using EEG Signals’, by our #CVCPeople Dr Aura Hernandez Sabaté and Dr Debora Gil (& José Yauri), was published in the ‘#WomeninAI‘ special issue, MDPI Open Access Journal. This issue features 17 research articles on the field of #AI that have a woman as the first author. Read the paper ➡️ https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/5/2298/htm

Dr. Petia Radeva featured in CSIC’s female researchers Ranking

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Dr. Petia Radeva, a Computer Vision Center (CVC) and University of Barcelona Senior Researcher, has been included in the first 6% ranking of the Spanish and foreign most cited female researchers according to Google Scholar.  The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), as part of its commitment on gender equality, published the first edition of the Spanish and foreign female researchers ranking (Spain-based researchers). This ranking was built from data collected from personal Google Scholar … Read more

CVC sets up all-gender restrooms

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Restrooms are commonly designated with gendered signage for males and females. However, it is important to be aware of the harmful stereotypes this broadly accepted dichotomy reinforces. In order to overcome this negative effect, bathrooms should be redesigned to be more inclusive.  The Computer Vision Center (CVC) is firmly committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVC’s vision on gender stands on equal … Read more

CVC’s Equality Commission participates in the III SOMMa Gender Equality Event

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On June 17, Laura Martín Montañez and Asma Bensalah attended the III Event on Gender Equality of the SOMM alliance on behalf of the Computer Vision Center (CVC) Equality Commission. The event, an open debate on gender issues, took place at the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2). Asma Bensalah, PhD student and member … Read more

CVC’s Equality Commission visits the exhibition “Una Mirada LGTBI+ a Planeta Vida”

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The permanent exhibition “Una mirada LGTBI+ a Planeta Vida” at the Museum of Natural Sciences of Barcelona invites visitors to explore with an LGTBIQA+ perspective the sexual diversity that exists on the animal kingdom. On June 15, Laura Martín Montañez, on behalf of CVC’s Equality Commission, attended the exhibition guided by Simon Perera. He is curator of the exhibition … Read more

CVC celebrated the Women and Girls in Science Day with several internal and external activities

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The Computer Vision Center (CVC) stepped up to celebrate the “Women and Girls in Science Day” on February 11, initiated by UNESCO as a distinguished day for the international science community since 2015. This day is dedicated towards recognizing the contributions of women scientists in the scientific and technological revolution.     Several fun and intellectual activities were … Read more

Dr. Alicia Fornés, winner of the “Academic/ Researcher” prize in the Dona TIC Awards 2021

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Source: Department Of The Vice-Presidency, Digital Policies And Territory – Generalitat de Catalunya The CVC researcher, Dr. Alicia Fornés received the Dona TIC award in the Academic/Researcher category. The awards ceremony, which is celebrated annually in commemoration of the Ada Lovelace Day, was held on October 13th at CosmoCaixa Barcelona and broadcasted on Youtube. The Dona … Read more

International Women’s Day 2021: Meet CVC’s female staff

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Every year on March 8th countries around the world celebrate the International Women’s Day. This special date is an opportunity to claim gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. During February, coinciding with the International Day of Women and Girls in Science settled by the United Nations on February 11th, the CVC launched … Read more

International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2021

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Although females make up at least half of the world population, they represent less than 30% of researchers worldwide, according to a report made by UNESCO. This rate seems more hopeful in the case of Catalonia, in which as stated in the report “Gender bias in staff recruitment, promotion and retention at universities (2019)” by Vives Network, women are 42% of the research … Read more