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The UOC hosts IPIN 2021, the world’s leading indoor positioning and navigation event ArticlesEducationResearch

The UOC hosts IPIN 2021, the world’s leading indoor positioning and navigation event

From 29 November to 2 December 2021, Hotel Evenia Palace in Lloret de MArprovided the venue for the IPIN 2021 International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation, the world’s leading event in this field.[…]

MatchImpulsa: an action research programme to boost the feminist platformization of social economy ArticlesGenderPlatform EconomySocial impact

MatchImpulsa: an action research programme to boost the feminist platformization of social economy

  By Mayo Fuster Morell and Ricard Espelt, researchers at the IN3’s Dimmons research group, director and coordinator (respectively) of MatchImpulsa and the Barcelona UOC Chair in Digital Economy   The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted[…]

Ecological models to analyse online communication systems ArticlesComplex SystemsSocial Networks

Ecological models to analyse online communication systems

  By María Palazzi, researcher of the IN3’s CoSIN3 group   Online communication, especially on social media platforms, is characterized by information overloads, with practically anyone able to create and disseminate content. In this new[…]

Melissa Renau: “Glovo’s free login system is a double-edged sword” AppsArticlesSocial impact

Melissa Renau: “Glovo’s free login system is a double-edged sword”

  Melissa Renau is a predoctoral researcher at the UOC’s Doctoral School and member of the Dimmons Group at the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3). She is currently carrying out research into the working conditions of[…]

Will we see wireless in the manufacturing industry soon? ArticlesInternetTechnology StudiesTechnology transfer

Will we see wireless in the manufacturing industry soon?

  By Cristina Cano, Borja Martínez and Xavi Vilajosana, researchers of the IN3’s WiNe research group   Wireless technologies play an important part in the rising Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), which promises to deliver[…]