News

The University, participating in this edition under the slogan “Research to find answers”, is presenting around twenty webinars and online workshops on topics such as the search for health information, the construction of virtual scenarios, scientific computation, the detection of fake news, scientific disclosure through the arts, infographic design, collaborative economics and legal compliance in the face of COVID-19, genetic publishing in sustainable agriculture, effective emotional management, sustainable light tools, 3D printing, the language of music through the Spanish piano, accessible journalism and audiovisual communication, programming using Arduino, narrative virtual reality, educational robotics with visual programming, uniting medicine and engineering in order to understand the heart, etc.

In this edition of the scientific disclosure event, other formats can be found online, such as a cinema forum about science fiction and new technologies, a competition for investigating the truth behind Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter using Artificial Intelligence, or an exhibition about “Women who made history and continue to do so” which can be visited via the website. In addition to this, several guided tours will be carried out around the UC3M’s science laboratories to learn about how 3D printing is used in the manufacture of aircraft materials, understand how an induction cooker and its electromagnetic fields work, or experiment with sound technology to listen to your own body’s sounds and promote physical activity. In another two online meetings with researchers, attendees can raise doubts about issues such as the Spanish University’s commitment to sustainability or gender equality, tolerance, and human rights in the post-COVID-19 era.

In the framework of the UC3M’s Science and Innovation Week, two sets of interactive online round tables will take place to reflect on current topics. On the one hand, the Interuniversity Institute for Advanced Research on the Evaluation of Science and University (INAECU, in its Spanish acronym) will present four virtual meetings about sustainable mobility, collaborative technology, public health, and gender equality, based on actions carried out in Madrid’s municipalities in face of the problems arising from COVID-19 and which include the population’s participation. On the other hand, the Equality Unit of the Vice-President of Students and Equality at the University has organised a series of three virtual round tables to discuss the role women from different fields, such as law, history, or sociology, play in the pandemic, comparing it to the role women played in the 1918 flu pandemic.

There are four other activities that are specifically aimed at secondary schools, places for these activities can be reserved through a designated website. Two of these events are online meetings with researchers, focusing on topics such as the technological challenges of energy transition in public transport and the application of Automation in self-driving cars and drones. The other two activities are a webinar about the revolution of mobile communication (from WiFi to Li-Fi) and an online escape room about symmetric cryptography. 

The Madrid Science and Innovation Week is a scientific disclousure event and encourages the population to take part and is organised by the Fundación para el Conocimiento madri+d of the Council of Science, Universities and Innovation in the Community of Madrid, which aims to promote the active participation of the population in scientific activities through the involvement of the public in the production of knowledge and in public debate as an agent of the system. The UC3M has participated in this event for more than a decade and offers the opportunity to get a closer look at the work done by its researchers, as well as their R&D&I results. This edition is also supported by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT, in its Spanish acronym).

More information: UC3M Semana de la Ciencia y de la Innovación Website