The following projects and scholarships have been granted to the GICI group:

1. • Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales. Invitation to Tender.
   • Reference: Improvements to the 123.0-B-2 standard "Low-Complexity Lossess and Near-Lossless Multispectral and Hyperspectral Image Compression"
   • Principal Investigator: Miguel Hernández-Cabronero
   • Responsible: Joan Serra-Sagristà
   • Applicability: 3/5/2024 - 15/12/2026
   • Financial support: 59.973 €
2. • Recognition as Consolidated Research Group of Catalonia, 2021
   • Reference: SGR2021-00643 (Generalitat de Catalunya)
   • Responsible: Mercè Villanueva Gay
   • Applicability: 1/1/2022 - 30/06/2025
   • Financial support: 40.000 €
3. • PhotSat
   • Reference: Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC).
   • Main researchers: Joan Serra-Sagristà, Joan Bartrina-Rapesta
   • Participants: J.Bartrina-Rapesta, X.Fernàndez-Mellado, M.Hernández-Cabronero, O.Maireles-González, P.Quintas-Torra, R.Ribas-Nicolau, J.Serra-Sagristà.
   • Applicability: September 2023 - November 2025
   • Funding body: Generalitat de Catalunya
   • Financial support: 155.000 €
4. • Investigo
   • Reference: Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC).
   • Main researchers: Ian Blanes, Joan Serra-Sagristà
   • Participants: J.Bartrina-Rapesta, I.Blanes, P.Quintas-Torra, J.Serra-Sagristà.
   • Applicability: September 2023 - November 2025
   • Funding body: Generalitat de Catalunya
   • Financial support: 66.217,84 €
5. • Efficient transmission of multi- and hyperspectral images for Earth Observation. Machine learning-based coding techniques
   • Reference: Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC). NewSpace Strategy
   • Main researchers: Joan Serra-Sagristà, Ian Blanes
   • Participants: D.Alegre-Alarza, J.Bartrina-Rapesta, I.Blanes, N.Blasco-Andreo, X.Fernàndez-Mellado, M.Hernández-Cabronero, O.Maireles-González, S.Mijares-Verdú, P.Quintas-Torra, R.Ribas-Nicolau, J.Serra-Sagristà, J.Virgili-Mateu.
   • Applicability: May 2024 - April 2025
   • Funding body: Generalitat de Catalunya
   • Financial support: 95.000 €
6. • COTS and Learning in Nanosatellite Data Compression
   • Reference: PID2021-125258OB-I00
   • Coordinators: Joan Serra-Sagristà, Ian Blanes
   • Main researchers: Francesc Auli-Llinas, Joan Bartrina-Rapesta, Ian Blanes, Miguel Hernández-Cabronero, Joan Serra-Sagristà
   • Applicability: 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2025
   • Funding body: Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spanish Government, FEDER
   • Financial support: 212.839 €
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7. • COTS and Learning in Nanosatellite Data Compression
   • Reference: PRE2022-101265
   • Main researcher: David Alegre-Alarza
   • Coordinator: Joan Serra-Sagristà
   • Applicability: 1/05/2024 - 30/04/2028
   • Funding body: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
   • Financial support: 111.758 €
8. • Reference: China Scholarship Council
   • Fellowship holder: Zuoxin Xi
   • Supervisor: Joan Serra-Sagristà
   • Applicability: September 2024 - September 2028
   • Financial support: 76.000 €

9. • Neurogreen
   • Reference: "Analysis of Animal Behaviour"
   • Responsible: Joan Serra-Sagristà
   • Participants: Natàlia Blasco-Andreo, Xavier Fernàndez-Mellado, Pau Quintas-Torra, Joan Serra-Sagristà
   • Applicability: 19/6/2024 - 31/10/2024
   • Financial support: 10.000 €
10. • Universidad las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Invitation to Tender
    • Reference: "Quality Assurance of: Lossless/lossy multispectral and hyperspectral compression IP core."
    • Responsible: Joan Bartrina-Rapesta and Ian Blanes
    • Participants: Joan Bartrina-Rapesta, Ian Blanes, Joan Serra-Sagristà and Miguel Hernández-Cabronero
    • Applicability: 19/7/2024 - 21/9/2024
    • Financial support: 9.417,63 €
11. • Efficient transmission of multi- and hyperspectral images for Earth Observation. Machine learning-based coding techniques
    • Reference: Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC). NewSpace Strategy
    • Main researchers: Joan Serra-Sagristà, Ian Blanes
    • Participants: J.Bartrina-Rapesta, I.Blanes, A.Capella del Solar, S.Cantón-Simó, X.Fernàndez-Mellado, A.K.Gururajan, M.Hernández-Cabronero, O.Maireles-González, S.Mijares-Verdú, P.Quintas-Torra, R.Ribas-Nicolau, J.Serra-Sagristà, J.Virgili-Mateu.
    • Applicability: May 2023 - April 2024
    • Funding body: Generalitat de Catalunya
    • Financial support: 60.000 €
12. • Efficient transmission of multi- and hyperspectral images for Earth Observation. Machine learning-based coding techniques
    • Reference: Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC). NewSpace Strategy
    • Main researchers: Joan Serra-Sagristà, Ian Blanes
    • Participants: I.Blanes, A.Capella del Solar, S.Cantón-Simó, A.K.Gururajan, J.M.Lamas-Pérez, P.A.Penafiel-Macías, R.Ribas-Nicolau, J.Serra-Sagristà, D.Tzamarias.
    • Applicability: May 2022 - April 2023
    • Funding body: Generalitat de Catalunya
    • Financial support: 50.000 €
13. • Co-designed Welfare Monitoring Platform for Pig and Dairy Cattle (CLEARFARM)
    • Reference: H2020-SFS-2019-1 862919
    • Coordinator: Xavier Manteca (UAB)
    • Main researchers: Joan Bartrina-Rapesta, Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 01/10/2019 - 31/03/2024
    • Funding body: European Comission
    • Financial support: 6.684.368,69 €
14. • Global Data Compression Contest 2022
    • Coordinator: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Main researchers: Joan Bartrina-Rapesta, Miguel Hernández-Cabronero, Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 14/10/2022 - 13/10/2023
    • Funding body: Huawei
    • Financial support: 79.746,83 €
15. • Contribution to the Green Book for CCSDS 124.0-B-1
    • Reference: ESA PO 5001034881
    • Main researcher: Miguel Hernández-Cabronero
    • Applicability: 01/07/2022 - 15/12/2022
    • Financial support: 19.992,60 €
16. • Lossless/lossy multispectral & hyperspectral compression IP core
    • Reference: ESA Contract No. 4000136723/22/NL/CRS
    • Partners: University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (main contractor), Thales Alenia Space Spain, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
    • Main researcher at UAB: Ian Blanes, Joan Bartrina-Rapesta
    • Applicability: 03/03/2022 - 29/02/2024
    • Financial support: 250.000 € total, 20.000 € UAB
17. • Data Compression for Constellations of Satellites in the NewSpace era
    • Grant agreement no. 800858
    • Main researcher: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 01/02/2022 - 01/02/2023
    • Funding body: ICEI project, Fenix Research Infrastructure (PRACE).
    • Resources awarded: 8.920 node hours with 10TB of active storage at the Interactive Computing Cluster in CEA, France;
18. • 3Cat-Gea Payload
    • Main researcher: Jose M. Gomez, Adriano Camps, Estel Cardellach, Juan Ramos, Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 01/04/2021 - 31/04/2022
    • Funding body: Catalan Institute of Space Studies (IEEC)
    • Financial support: 50.000 €
19. • Data Compression for Constellations of Satellites in the NewSpace era
    • Reference: PRE2019-088824
    • Main researcher: Sebastià Mijares i Verdú
    • Coordinator: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 1/1/2021 - 31/12/2024 (resignation tendered in July 2024)
    • Funding body: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
    • Financial support: 98.250 €
20. • Interactive Coding of Images
    • Reference: 2020 FI SDUR 00583
    • Main researcher: Alejandro Morais Tejerina
    • Coordinator: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: October 2020 - September 2024 (resignation tendered in September 2020)
    • Funding body: Generalitat de Catalunya
    • Financial support: 76.000 €
21. • WhiteDwarf 2.0 Maintenance of Compression Implementations
    • Reference: ESA Contract No. 4000133664/20/NL/AS
    • Principal Investigator: Ian Blanes, Miguel Hernández-Cabronero
    • Responsible: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 01/01/2021 - 31/12/2021
    • Funding body: European Space Agency (ESA)
    • Financial support: 34.993 €
22. • Satellogic Solutions SL
    • Reference: Manual and Automatic Annotation Tool
    • Principal Investigator: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 01/07/2021 - 31/12/2022
    • Funding body: Satellogic Solutions SL
    • Financial support: 31.460 €
23. • Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales. Invitation to Tender.
    • Reference: Raw SAR Compression - Prototyping of the Recommended Standard
    • Principal Investigator: Miguel Hernández-Cabronero
    • Responsible: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 15/10/2020 - 31/10/2024
    • Funding body: CNES.
    • Financial support: 69.185,63 €
24. • Framework para la evaluación de la calidad de imágenes para segmentación y clasificación con algoritmos de deep learning
    • Reference: RTC2019-007434-7
    • Main researcher: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Partners: Satellogic Solutions SL, Fundació EURECAT, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
    • Applicability: 01/07/2020 - 31/12/2022
    • Funding body: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
    • Financial support: 607.552 €
    • Financiado por FEDER/Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades – Agencia Estatal de Investigación - RTC2019-007434-7
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25. • Beatriu de Pinós Grant
    • Reference: 2018-BP-00008
    • Principal Investigator: Miguel Hernández-Cabronero
    • Responsible: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 01/02/2020 - 30/06/2023
    • Funding body: AGAUR (Catalan Government).
    • Financial support: 132.300,00 €
26. • Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales. Invitation to Tender.
    • Reference: Robust Compression of Fixed Length Housekeeping Data - Prototyping of the Recommended Standard Complementary activities
    • Principal Investigator: Miguel Hernández-Cabronero
    • Responsible: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 01/10/2020 - 30/09/2022
    • Funding body: CNES.
    • Financial support: 41.328,60 €
27. • Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales. Invitation to Tender.
    • Reference: Robust Compression of Fixed Length Housekeeping Data
    • Principal Investigator: Miguel Hernández-Cabronero
    • Responsible: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 30/10/2019 - 1/06/2020
    • Funding body: CNES.
    • Financial support: 19.455 €
28. • Data Compression for Constellations of Satellites in the NewSpace era (DCCSat)
    • Programa Estatal de I+D+i Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad
    • Reference: RTI2018-095287-B-I00
    • Main researchers: Joan Serra-Sagristà & Joan Bartrina-Rapesta; (Dept. Inf. and Comm. Eng., UAB)
    • Research team: Francesc Aulí-Llinàs, Ian Blanes-García, Miguel Hernández-Cabronero, Joan Bartrina-Rapesta, and Joan Serra-Sagristà.
    • Applicability: 1/1/2019 - 30/09/2022
    • Financial support: 141.933 €
29. • High-Speed Integrated Satellite Data Systems For Leading EU Industry (Hi-SIDE)
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    • Reference: H2020-COMPET-2017: COMPET-3 Hi-FLY / Hi-SIDE 776151
    • Main researcher: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Partners: Airbus Defence and Space GMBH, Airbus Defence and Space SAS, Tesat-Spacecom GMBH & CO.KG, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt EV, Star-Dundee Limited, University of Dundee, Integrated Systems Development S.A., Kongsberg Spacetec AS, Erzia Technologies SL, Ethniko Kai Kapostriako Panepistimio Athinon, Modues Research and Innovation Limited, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
    • Applicability: 01/01/2018 - 30/06/2022
    • Funding body: European Commission
    • Financial support: 6.997.016,25 €
30. • Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales. Invitation to Tender.
    • Reference: Low-Complexity Near-Lossless Multispectral & Hyperspectral Data Compression
    • Principal Investigator: Ian Blanes
    • Responsible: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 21/02/2018 - 31/12/2019
    • Funding body: CNES.
    • Financial support: 66.788 €
31. • Compressed data structures (Ph.D. Fellowship)
    • Reference: BES-C-2016-0071 / BES-2016-078369 MINECO (Programa Formación de Personal Investigador)
    • Fellowship holder: Hing Fai Kevin Chow
    • Supervisor: Joan Serra-Sagristà, Ian Blanes
    • Funding body: MINECO.
    • Applicability: 01/10/2017 - 30/09/2021
    • Financial support: 92.750 €
32. • Graph wavelet data compression (Ph.D. Fellowship)
    • Reference: 472-02-1/2017, UAB (Programa Personal Investigador en Formación)
    • Fellowship holder: Dion Tzamarias
    • Supervisor: Joan Serra-Sagristà, Ian Blanes
    • Applicability: 01/10/2017 - 30/09/2021
    • Financial support: 57.564 €
33. • Recognition as Consolidated Research Group of Catalonia, 2017
    • Reference: 2017 SGR 463 (Generalitat de Catalunya)
    • Responsible: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 1/01/2017 - 30/09/2021
    • Financial support: 0 €
34. • GPU data compression (Ph.D. Fellowship)
    • Reference: 72-02-1/2017, UAB (Programa Personal Investigador en Formación)
    • Fellowship holder: Tahir Mahmood
    • Supervisor: Joan Bartrina-Rapesta
    • Applicability: 01/10/2017 - 30/09/2020 (resigned 01/08/2018)
    • Financial support: 57.564 €
35. • Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales. Technical Study.
    • Reference: Writing of the books for the standard CCSDS-122.1
    • Principal Investigator: Ian Blanes
    • Responsible: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 05/09/2016 - 30/11/2017
    • Financial support: 61.533 €
36. • Visiting Scholarship: Francisco Joaquín García Sobrino
    • Reference: Becas Iberoamérica Jóvenes Profesores e Investigadores 2016
    • Coordinator: Armando J. Pinho, University of Aveiro
    • Grant holder: Francisco Joaquín García Sobrino
    • Applicability: 16/08/2016-16/12/2016
    • Funding body: Banco de Santander, Spain
    • Financial support: 5.000 €
37. • Image Coding for Earth Observation Satellites (ICEOS)
    • Reference: TIN2015-71126-R, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Gobierno Español)
    • Main researchers: Francesc Auli-Llinas & Joan Serra-Sagristà (Dept. Inf. and Comm. Eng., UAB)
    • Partners: Signal Processing and Coding Laboratory, University of Arizona, USA; Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, UK.
    • Commercial partners: Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, Toulouse, France; and Canadian Space Agency, Canada.
    • Applicability: 1/1/2016 - 31/12/2018
    • Financial support: TIN2015-71126-R: 98.615 €
38. • Remote sensing data compression (Ph.D. Fellowship)
    • Reference: 472-03-1/2015, UAB (Programa Personal Investigador en Formación)
    • Fellowship holder: Sara Álvarez Cortés
    • Supervisor: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 01/10/2015 - 30/09/2018
    • Financial support: 57.564 €
39. • Visiting Scholarship: Miguel Hernández-Cabronero
    • Reference: Becas Iberoamérica Jóvenes Profesores e Investigadores 2014
    • Coordinator: Armando J. Pinho, University of Aveiro
    • Grant holder: Miguel Hernández-Cabronero
    • Applicability: 12/01/2015-16/03/2015
    • Funding body: Banco de Santander, Spain
    • Financial support: 5.000 €
40. • Recognition as Consolidated Research Group of Catalonia, 2014
    • Reference: 2014 SGR 691 (Generalitat de Catalunya)
    • Applicability: 1/01/2014 - 30/04/2017
    • Financial support: 45.000 €
41. • Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales. Technical Study.
    • Reference: Multicomponent compression algorithm based on CCSDS 122.0 standard
    • Principal Investigator: Ian Blanes
    • Responsible: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 30/09/2014 - 05/12/2015
    • Financial support: 42.000 €
42. • Sounder Spectral Data Compression (Ph.D. Fellowship)
    • Reference: 472-01-3/2013, UAB (Programa Personal Investigador en Formación)
    • Fellowship holder: Francisco Joaquin Garcia Sobrino
    • Supervisor: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 01/10/2013 - 30/09/2016 (Resignation tendered in December 2014)
    • Financial support: 43.175 €
43. • Image coding with GPUs (Ph.D. Fellowship)
    • Reference: 472-02-2/2012, UAB (Programa Personal Investigador en Formación)
    • Fellowship holder: Pablo Enfedaque
    • Supervisor: Francesc Auli-Llinas
    • Applicability: 11/02/2013 - 10/02/2017
    • Financial support: 57.564 €
44. • Learning Image Features to Encode Visual Information (Ph.D. Fellowship)
    • Reference: 472-03-1/2012, UAB (Programa Personal Investigador en Formación)
    • Fellowship holder: Naoufal Amrani
    • Supervisor: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 10/02/2013 - 10/02/2017
    • Financial support: 57.564 €
45. • Interactive transmission and visually lossless strategies for JPEG2000 imagery (doctoral research stage)
    • Reference: 2012-BE1-00018, AGAUR
    • Fellowship holder: Leandro Jimenez-Rodriguez
    • Supervisor: Francesc Auli-Llinas
    • Applicability: 01/10/2013 - 30/03/2014
    • Financial support: 13.167 €
46. • Visiting Scholarship: Miguel Hernández-Cabronero
    • Reference: FPU short stays 2013, EST13/00180
    • Supervisor: Michael W. Marcellin, University of Arizona
    • Grant holder: Miguel Hernández-Cabronero
    • Applicability: 1/9/2014 - 29/11/2014
    • Funding body: (Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte)
    • Financial support: 5.200 €
47. • Learning Image Features to Encode Visual Information (LIFE-VISION)
    • Reference: TIN2012-38102-C03-00, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Gobierno Español) and FEDER
    • Coordinator: Gustavo Camps-Valls (Universitat de València)
    • TIN2012-38102-C03-03 Main researcher: Joan Serra-Sagristà (Dept. Inf. and Comm. Eng., UAB)
    • Partners: Universitat de València; Signal Processing and Coding Laboratory, University of Arizona, USA; Digital Medical Imaging Center of the UDIAT Diagnosis Ser- vices at Parc Taulií Health Corporation (Sabadell, Spain), (CSPT); Mutua Terrassa Health Foundation (Terrassa, Spain).
    • Commercial partners: Centre National d’Etudes Spatialles, Toulouse, France; and European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites.
    • Applicability: 1/1/2013 - 31/12/2015
    • Financial support: TIN2012-38102-C03-03: 86.603,40 €
48. • FPU 2010 (Programa de Formación del Profesorado Universitario - Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación)
    • Reference: AP2010-0172
    • Fellowship holder: Miguel Hernández-Cabronero
    • Supervisor: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 19/12/2011 - 30/6/2015
    • Financial support: 60.252 €
49. • Reference: China Scholarship Council
    • Fellowship holder: Junya Ji
    • Supervisor: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: September 2024 - September 2028 (resignation tendered in August 2024)
    • Financial support: 76.000 €
50. • Reference: China Scholarship Council
    • Fellowship holder: Xu Zhong Wei
    • Supervisor: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 15/09/2011 - 14/09/2014
    • Financial support: 59.326 €
51. • Scalable Video Coding and Streaming over Internet
    • Reference: Junta de Andalucía, TIC-6548
    • Coordinator: Vicente González Ruiz (Universidad de Almería)
    • Contact Point UAB: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • GICI researchers: Francesc Aulí Llinàs, Leandro Jimenez Rodriguez, Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Partners: Universidad de Almería, Universitat Politècnica de València, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
    • Applicability: 01/07/2011 - 30/06/2015
    • Financial support: 67.425 €
52. • Ramon y Cajal Grant
    • Reference: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spanish Government), RYC-2010-05671
    • Fellowship holder/responsible: Francesc Auli Llinas
    • Departmental authorization: Josep Rifa Coma, Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 01/11/2011 - 31/10/2015
    • Financial support: 221.850 €
53. • Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales. Technical Study.
    • Reference: Multicomponent compression algorithm based on CCSDS 122.0 standard
    • Principal Investigator: Ian Blanes
    • Responsible: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 26/07/2013 - 13/12/2013
    • Financial support: 40.000 €
54. • Recognition as Consolidated Research Group of Catalonia, 2009
    • Reference: SGR2009-1224 (Generalitat de Catalunya)
    • Applicability: 1/10/2009 - 1/10/2013
    • Financial support: 49.920 €
55. • Interactive Coding of Images (Ph.D. Fellowship)
    • Reference: UAB-472-01-2/09 (Programa Personal Investigador en Formación)
    • Fellowship holder: Leandro Jimenez Rodriguez
    • Supervisor: Francesc Auli Llinas
    • Applicability: 1/10/2009 - 30/09/2013
    • Financial support: 59.326 €
56. • Postdoctoral Grant
    • Reference: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
    • Fellowship holder/responsible: Victor Francisco Sánchez Silva
    • Departmental authorization: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 01/02/2012 - 31/01/2013
57. • Scalable compression and interactive transmission and processing of massive images
    • Reference: TIN2009-14426-C02 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Gobierno Español) and FEDER
    • Coordinator: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • TIN2009-14426-C02-01 Main researcher: Joan Serra-Sagristà (Dept. Inf. and Comm. Eng., UAB)
    • TIN2009-14426-C02-02 Main researcher: Xavier Pons Fernández (Dept. Geography, UAB)
    • GICI researchers: Francesc Aulí Llinàs, Joan Bartrina Rapesta, Ian Blanes García, Lluis Donoso Bach, Josep Fernandez Bayo, Miguel Hernández Cabronero, Michael W. Marcellin, Juan Munoz Gomez, Carles Rubies Feijoo, Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Partners: Signal Processing and Coding Laboratory, University of Arizona, USA; Parc Taulí Health Corporation (CSPT); Department of Geography of the Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona; Centre of Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF).
    • Commercial partners: AnsuR Technologies, Norway; Ministry of Health, Catalan Government; European Topic Center on Land Use Spatial Information; Instituto Geográfico Nacional; Servei Meteorològic de Catalunya; Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya.
    • Applicability: 1/01/2010 - 31/12/2012
    • Financial support:
    • TIN2009-14426-C02-01: 113.014 €
    • TIN2009-14426-C02-02: 76.230 €
58. • Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales. Technical Study.
    • Reference: Multicomponent compression algorithm based on CCSDS 122.0 standard
    • Principal Investigator: Ian Blanes
    • Responsible: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 15/09/2012 - 15/12/2012
    • Financial support: 45.000 €
59. • Postdoctoral Grant (Declined)
    • Programa José Castillejo 2012 - Modalitat B
    • Fellowship holder/responsible: Joan Bartrina Rapesta
    • Supervisor: Michael Marcellin
    • Applicability: 01/09/2012 - 30/11/2012
    • Financial support: 10.500 €
60. • Postdoctoral Grant
    • Reference: Beques per a estades de recerca a l'estranger (BE-DGR 2012) - Modalitat B
    • Fellowship holder/responsible: Joan Bartrina Rapesta
    • Supervisor: Michael Marcellin
    • Applicability: 01/09/2012 - 30/11/2012
    • Financial support: 7.161 €
61. • Red Temática en Codificación y Transmisión de Contenidos Multimedia
    • Reference: TEC2010-11776-E (subprograma TEC) Acciones Complementarias PN I+D+i 2008-11, Ministerio de Innovación y Ciencia (Gobierno Español) and FEDER
    • Coordinator: Otoniel Mario Lopez Granado
    • Partners:
      • Jesús Bescós Cano y José María Martínez Sánchez, Video Processing & Understanding Lab, Universidad Autònoma de Madrid
      • Inmaculada García Fernández, Departamento de Arquitectura y Tecnología de Computadores, Universidad de Almería
      • Fernando Díaz de María, Grupo de Procesado Multimedia, Universidad Carlos III
      • Pedro Ángel Cuenca Castillo, Departamento Sistemas Informáticos, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
      • Adriana Dapena Janeiro, Departamento de Electrónica y Sistemas, Universidade de A Coruña
      • Richard Duro Fernández, Departamento de Computación, Universidade de A Coruña
      • Rafael Molina Soriano, Departamento de Ciencias de la Computación e Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad Granada
      • Nicolás Guil Mata, Departamento de Aquitectura de Computadores, Universidad de Málaga
      • Manuel Pérez Malumbres, Departamento de Física y Arquitectura de Computadores, Universidad Miguel Hernández
      • Antonio Gómez Skarmeta, Departamento de Ingeniería de la Información y las Comunicaciones, Universidad de Murcia
      • Manuel Graña Romay, Departamento de Ciencias de la Computación e Inteligencia Articial, Universidad País Vasco
      • Joan Serra-Sagristà, Departamento de Ingeniería de la Información y de las Comunicaciones, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
      • David Megías, Internet Interdisciplinary Institute, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
      • Philippe Salembier Clairon, Departamento de Teoría del Señal y las Comunicaciones, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
      • Pietro Manzoni, Departamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas y Computadores, Universitat Politècnica de València
      • Mariano Luis Alcañiz Raya, Centro de Investigación e Innovación en Bioingeniería, Universitat Politècnica de València
      • Antonio Albiol Colomer, Departamento de Comunicaciones, Universitat Politècnica de València
    • Applicability: 10/2011 - 10/2012
    • Financial support: 12.000 €
62. • ESA Summer of Code in Space 2012 (SOCIS 2012).
    • Reference: Delta
    • Student: Alexandru Gheorghiu (University Politehnica of Bucharest; Romania)
    • Mentor: Ian Blanes
    • Applicability: 01/08/2012 - 31/10/2012
    • Financial support: 4.000 €
63. • Interactive Coding of Images (Ph.D. Fellowship)
    • Reference: UAB-BI3INT2006-08 (Ayudas Intensificación Programa I3)
    • Fellowship holder: Juan Muñoz Gomez
    • Supervisor: Joan Bartrina Rapesta
    • Recipient: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 09/10/2009 - 08/07/2012
    • Financial support: 46.992 €
64. • GMES and Earth Observation combined with Position based Image and sensor Communications Technology for Universal Rescue, Emergency and Surveillance (GEO-PICTURES)
    • Reference: European Union Framework Program VII, Space Project FP7- 242390
    • Coordinator: Harald Skinnemoen (AnsuR Technologies, Norway)
    • Contact Point UAB: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • GICI researchers: Francesc Aulí Llinàs, Joan Bartrina Rapesta, Ian Blanes García, Leandro Jimenez Rodriguez, Michael W. Marcellin, Jose Lino Monteagudo Pereira, Juan Munoz Gomez, Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Partners: AnsuR Technologies (Norway), United Nations (UNOSAT-UNITAR, based in Geneve, Switzerland), Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB, Spain), Kongsberg Satellite Services (Norway), Johanniter EU Civil Protection (Germany), State University of Amazonas (Brasil), Secretary of Science and Technology of the State of Amazonas (Brasil), Disaster Management Advice \& Training (DMAT Consulting e.U., Austria), ASSOCIACAO BRASILEIRA DE TELECOMUNICACOES
    • Applicability: 1/03/2010 - 28/02/2012
    • Financial support:
    • Total: 2.385.871,4 €
    • UAB: 269.800 €
65. • Visiting Scholarship. James E. Fowler
    • Reference: Fulbright Commission
    • Fellowship holder: James E. Fowler (Mississippi State University, USA)
    • Responsible: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 15/09/2011 - 15/01/2012 (Resignation tendered in April 2011)
    • Financial support: 22.110 €
66. • Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales. Technical Study.
    • Reference: Multicomponent compression algorithm based on CCSDS 122.0 standard
    • Principal Investigator: Ian Blanes
    • Responsible: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 15/09/2011 - 15/12/2011
    • Financial support: 20.000 €
67. • ESA Summer of Code in Space 2011 (SOCIS 2011).
    • Reference: Emporda
    • Student: Konstantin Mamalakis (University of Patras; Greece)
    • Mentor: Ian Blanes
    • Applicability: 01/08/2011 - 31/10/2011
    • Financial support: 4.000 €
68. • International Incoming Fellowships (IIF). Michael W. Marcellin
    • Reference: European Union Framework Program VII, People Marie Curie Actions, FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IIF, FP7-250420
    • Fellowship holder: Michael Wesley Marcellin (University of Arizona, USA)
    • Responsible: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 01/07/2010 - 31/12/2011
    • Financial support: 155.390,5 €
69. • Reference: FPU2008 (Programa de Formación del Profesorado Universitario - Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación)
    • Fellowship holder: Ian Blanes García
    • Supervisor: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 01/08/2008 - 15/09/2011
    • Financial support: 60.252 €
70. • Visiting Scholarship. Michael W. Marcellin
    • Reference: Programa Nacional de Movilidad de Recursos Humanos de Investigación, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, SAB2009-0004
    • Fellowship holder: Michael Wesley Marcellin (University of Arizona, USA)
    • Responsible: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 01/08/2010 - 31/07/2011 (Resignation tendered in June 2010)
    • Financial support: 32.400 €
71. • Visiting Scholarship. Michael W. Marcellin
    • Reference: Fulbright Commission
    • Fellowship holder: Michael Wesley Marcellin (University of Arizona, USA)
    • Responsible: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 15/09/2010 - 15/01/2011 (Resignation tendered in June 2010)
    • Financial support: 22.110 €
72. • Visiting Professor Grant. Michael W. Marcellin
    • Reference: Generalitat de Catalunya. 2009 PIV 00074
    • Fellowship holder: Michael Wesley Marcellin (University of Arizona, USA)
    • Responsible: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 01/09/2010 - 31/05/2011 (Resignation tendered in June 2010)
    • Financial support: 21.388 €
73. • Red Temática en Codificación y Transmisión de Contenidos Multimedia
    • Reference: TIN2009-05737-E/TIN Acciones Complementarias PN I+D+i 2008-11, Ministerio de Innovación y Ciencia (Gobierno Español) and FEDER
    • Coordinator: Adriana Dapena Janeiro
    • Partners:
      • Jesús Bescós Cano y José María Martínez Sánchez, Video Processing & Understanding Lab, Universidad Autònoma de Madrid
      • Inmaculada García Fernández, Departamento de Arquitectura y Tecnología de Computadores, Universidad de Almería
      • Fernando Díaz de María, Grupo de Procesado Multimedia, Universidad Carlos III
      • Pedro Ángel Cuenca Castillo, Departamento Sistemas Informáticos, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
      • Adriana Dapena Janeiro, Departamento de Electrónica y Sistemas, Universidade de A Coruña
      • Richard Duro Fernández, Departamento de Computación, Universidade de A Coruña
      • Rafael Molina Soriano, Departamento de Ciencias de la Computación e Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad Granada
      • Nicolás Guil Mata, Departamento de Aquitectura de Computadores, Universidad de Málaga
      • Manuel Pérez Malumbres, Departamento de Física y Arquitectura de Computadores, Universidad Miguel Hernández
      • Antonio Gómez Skarmeta, Departamento de Ingeniería de la Información y las Comunicaciones, Universidad de Murcia
      • Manuel Graña Romay, Departamento de Ciencias de la Computación e Inteligencia Articial, Universidad País Vasco
      • Joan Serra-Sagristà, Departamento de Ingeniería de la Información y de las Comunicaciones, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
      • David Megías, Internet Interdisciplinary Institute, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
      • Philippe Salembier Clairon, Departamento de Teoría del Señal y las Comunicaciones, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
      • Pietro Manzoni, Departamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas y Computadores, Universitat Politècnica de València
      • Mariano Luis Alcañiz Raya, Centro de Investigación e Innovación en Bioingeniería, Universitat Politècnica de València
    • Applicability: 10/2009 - 10/2010
    • Financial support: 10.000 €
74. • REX-ICC4GEM, Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnerships Pathway
    • Reference: 2009LID2-C-09, LiderEU, Generalitat de Catalunya
    • Fellowship holder: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Responsible: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 26/08/2009 - 25/08/2010
    • Financial support: 2.580 €
75. • Group on Interactive Coding of Images (UAB). European Activity
    • Reference: TIN2009-08312-E. Acciones Complementarias PN I+D+i 2008-11, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Gobierno Español) and FEDER
    • Fellowship holder: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Responsible: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 20/08/2009 - 20/08/2010
    • Financial support: 6.000 €
76. • Compression and transmission of N-dimensional images with JPEG2000 (Postdoctoral Fellowship)
    • Reference: 2008-BPB-0010 (Generalitat de Catalunya)
    • Fellowship holder: Francesc Aulí Llinàs
    • Applicability: 1/09/2009 - 31/08/2011
    • Financial support: 68.376 €
77. • Interactive Coding of Images (Ph.D. Fellowship)
    • Reference: 2008FI 473 (Training of Researchers - Generalitat de Catalunya)
    • Fellowship holder: Ian Blanes García
    • Supervisor: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 01/01/2008 - 31/12/2011 (Resignation tendered in April 2008)
    • Real applicability: 01/01/2008 - 04/04/2008
    • Financial support: 52.152 €
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    • Reference: 2008FI 473 (Training of Researchers - Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona)
    • Fellowship holder: Ian Blanes García
    • Supervisor: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 05/04/2008 - 31/12/2011 (Resignation tendered in July 2008)
    • Real applicability: 05/04/2008 - 31/07/2008
    • Financial support: 55.120 €
78. • Short-length stays to Spain and abroad for FPU grant holders
    • Reference: FPU2008 (Programa de Formación del Profesorado Universitario - Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación)
    • Fellowship holder: Ian Blanes García
    • Supervisor: Peter Schelkens
    • Supervisor: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 01/05/2010 - 31/07/2010
    • Financial support: 4.733 €
79. • Interactive Coding of Images (Ph.D. Fellowship)
    • Reference: UAB-472-01-2/09 (Programa Personal Investigador en Formación)
    • Fellowship holder: Thanh Dao Duc
    • Supervisor: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 21/12/2009 - 20/12/2013 (Resignation tendered in April 2010)
    • Financial support: 59.326 €
80. • Interactive coding and transmission of high-resolution images. Applications in Remote Sensing, Geographic Information Systems, and Telemedicine (INCO)
    • Reference: TSI2006-14005-C02 Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (Gobierno Español) and FEDER
    • Coordinator: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • TSI2006-14005-C02-01 Main researcher: Joan Serra-Sagristà (Dept. Inf. and Comm. Eng., UAB)
    • TSI2006-14005-C02-02 Main researcher: Xavier Pons Fernández (Dept. Geography, UAB)
    • GICI researchers: Francesc Aulí Llinàs, Joan Bartrina Rapesta, Ian Blanes García, Lluis Donoso Bach, Rosa Maria Figueras Ventura, Fernando García Vílchez, Jorge González Conejero, José Lino Monteagudo Pereira, Carles Rubies Feijoo, Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Partners: Department of Geography of the Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona; Centre of Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF); Parc Taulí Health Corporation (CSPT).
    • Commercial partners: Centre National d́Etudes Spatiales (CNES, France); Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS, USA); Alma IT Systems; Geodata Sistemas S.L.; Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA); Departament de Medi Ambient (Generalitat de Catalunya); Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya
    • Applicability: 1/10/2006 - 30/09/2009
    • Financial support:
    • TSI2006-14005-C02-01: 159.841 €
    • TSI2006-14005-C02-02: 129.228 €
81. • Recognition as Consolidated Research Group of Catalonia, 2005
    • Reference: SGR2005-00319 (Generalitat de Catalunya)
    • Applicability: 1/10/2005 - 30/10/2009
82. • Interactive Coding of Images (Ph.D. Fellowship)
    • Reference: UAB-472-03-1/07 (Programa Personal Investigador en Formación)
    • Fellowship holder: Jorge González Conejero
    • Supervisor: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 1/10/2007 - 30/09/2009
    • Financial support: 55.120 €
83. • National Human Resources Fellowship
    • Reference: Juan de la Cierva - Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia
    • Fellowship holder: Miguel Hernández-Cabronero
    • Advisor: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: April 2020 - April 2023 (Resignation tendered in November 2019)
    • Financial support: 99.000 €
84. • National Human Resources Fellowship
    • Reference: Juan de la Cierva - Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia
    • Fellowship holder: Rosa Maria Figueras Ventura
    • Advisor: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: June 2008 - May 2011 (Resignation tendered in May 2009)
    • Financial support: 99.000 €
85. • Red Temática en Codificación y Transmisión de Contenidos Multimedia
    • Reference: TSI2007-30447-E Acciones Complementarias PN I+D+i 2004-07, Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (Gobierno Español) and FEDER
    • Coordinator: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Partners:
      • Inmaculada García Fernández, Departamento de Arquitectura y Tecnología de Computadores, Universidad de Almería
      • Pedro Ángel Cuenca Castillo, Departamento Sistemas Informáticos, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
      • Adriana Dapena Janeiro, Departamento de Electrónica y Sistemas, Universidade de A Coruña
      • Richard Duro Fernández, Departamento de Computación, Universidade de A Coruña
      • Rafael Molina Soriano, Departamento de Ciencias de la Computación e Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad Granada
      • Nicolás Guil Mata, Departamento de Aquitectura de Computadores, Universidad de Málaga
      • Manuel Pérez Malumbres, Departamento de Física y Arquitectura de Computadores, Universidad Miguel Hernández
      • Antonio Gómez Skarmeta, Departamento de Ingeniería de la Información y las Comunicaciones, Universidad de Murcia
      • Manuel Graña Romay, Departamento de Ciencias de la Computación e Inteligencia Articial, Universidad País Vasco
      • Joan Serra-Sagristà, Departamento de Ingeniería de la Información y de las Comunicaciones, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
      • David Megías, Internet Interdisciplinary Institute, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
      • Philippe Salembier Clairon, Departamento de Teoría del Señal y las Comunicaciones, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
      • Pietro Manzoni, Departamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas y Computadores, Universitat Politècnica de València
      • Mariano Luis Alcañiz Raya, Centro de Investigación e Innovación en Bioingeniería, Universitat Politècnica de València
    • Applicability: 06/03/2008 - 05/03/2009
    • Financial support: 6.000 €
86. • Interactive transmission of volumetric data using the JPEG2000 standard (Postdoctoral Fellowship)
    • Reference: MEC_BPD-2007-1040 (Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia)
    • Fellowship holder: Francesc Aulí Llinàs
    • Applicability: 1/09/2007 - 31/08/2009
    • Financial support: 63.020 €
87. • Interactive Coding of Images (Ph.D. Fellowship)
    • Reference: UAB-BI3INT2006-08 (Ayudas Intensificación Programa I3)
    • Fellowship holder: José Lino Monteagudo Pereira
    • Supervisor: Joan Serra-Sagristà and Francesc Auli-Llinas
    • Recipient: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 16/10/2007 - 15/10/2009 (Resignation tendered in January 2009)
    • Financial support: 55.120 €
88. • Region Of Interest Coding in JPEG2000 (Ph.D. Fellowship)
    • Reference: UAB2005-22 (Programa Personal Investigador en Formación)
    • Fellowship holder: Joan Bartrina Rapesta
    • Supervisor: Joan Serra-Sagristà and Francesc Auli-Llinas
    • Responsible: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 1/01/2005 - 31/12/2008
    • Financial support: 55.120 €
89. • Image Data Compression CCSDS-IDC (Ph.D. Fellowship)
    • Reference: BES-2004-4931 (Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia)
    • Fellowship holder: Fernando Garía Vílchez
    • Supervisor: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 1/06/2004 - 30/05/2008
    • Financial support: 52.800 €
90. • Hyperspectral image compression with wavelet transform to remote sensing applications and geographic information systems (WAVEGIS)
    • Reference: TIC2003-08604-C04-01 Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (Gobierno Español)
    • Coordinator: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • TIC2003-08604-C04-01 Main researcher: Joan Serra-Sagristà (Dept. Inf. and Comm. Eng., UAB)
    • TIC2003-08604-C04-02 Main researcher: Joan Pino (CREAF, UAB)
    • TIC2003-08604-C04-03 Main researcher: Xavier Pons Fernández (Dept. Geography, UAB)
    • TIC2003-08604-C04-04 Main researcher: David Megías Jiménez (Open University of Catalonia)
    • GICI researchers: Francesc Aulí Llinàs, Joaquim Borges, Maria Bras, Cristina Fernádez, Fernando García Vílchez, Jorge González Conejero, Pere Guitart, Jaume Pujol, Josep Rifà, Joan Serra-Sagristà, Mercè Villanueva
    • Partners: Department of Geography of the Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona, Centre of Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), Parc Taulí Health Corporation (CSPT), Open University of Catalonia (UOC)
    • Commercial partners: Alma IT Systems, Geodata Sistemas S.L., European Environment Agency (EEA), Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), Departament de Medi Ambient (Generalitat de Catalunya), Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya
    • Applicability: 1/12/2003 - 30/11/2006
    • Financial support:
    • TIC2003-08604-C04-01: 156.760 €
    • TIC2003-08604-C04-02: 18.400 €
    • TIC2003-08604-C04-03: 38.640 €
    • TIC2003-08604-C04-04: 89.600 €
91. • Model-based JPEG2000 rate control methods (Ph.D. Fellowship)
    • Reference: 2006FIC-00189 (Generalitat de Catalunya)
    • Fellowship holder: Francesc Auli Llinas
    • Supervisor: Joan Serra-Sagristà
    • Applicability: 01/01/2003 - 31/12/2006
    • Financial support: 55.120 €
92. • Thematic Network of Security, Coding, and Transmission of Information
    • Reference: 1999XT 00016, 2001XT-0016, 2003/XT/00074 (Generalitat de Catalunya)
    • Applicability: 01/01/1999 - 31/12/2005
    • Financial support: 27.000 €
93. • Recognition as Consolidated Research Group of Catalonia, 2001
    • Reference: SGR2001-00219 (Generalitat de Catalunya)
    • Applicability: 1/1/2002 - 31/12/2004
94. • Development of hyperspectral image processing for remote sensing: coding and compression, pattern recognition, transmission and support by Internet (HIPER)
    • Reference: TIC2000-0739-C04-01 (Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología de España)
    • Applicability: 1/1/2001 - 30/11/2003
    • Financial support:
    • TIC2000-0739-C04-01: 61.603,74 €
    • TIC2000-0739-C04-02: 61.603,74 €
    • TIC2000-0739-C04-03: 15.025,30 €
    • TIC2000-0739-C04-04: 43.573,37 €
95. • Water quality control using hyperspectral imagery
    • Reference: ITT CTP 99/12 (Generalitat de Catalunya)
    • Applicability: 1/11/1999 - 31/10/2001
96. • Hyperspectral image management using neural networks
    • Reference: CTP ITT 5 (Generalitat de Catalunya)
    • Applicability: 1/1/1998 - 31/11/1999