Source(s): IMDEA Networks Institute
The first elected Spanish candidate, Arturo Azcorra, is a pioneer of internet and network science research in Spain, as well as a promoter of telematics as a scientific and academic discipline born from the integration of telecommunications and informatics. He is the former Director General at the Spanish Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI), and currently a Full Professor at the Department of Telematics Engineering at University Carlos III of Madrid and the Founding Director of the networking research institute IMDEA Networks. His election reinforces the growing international impact of the young Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies, which since 2006 has performed cutting-edge science aimed at achieving excellence on information and communications technology research made in Spain. The ICT sector is a key catalyst for industrial and societal progress, with a vital socio-economic impact on Europe’s future.
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