Description

The Chair “Cátedra UAB-Cruïlla” is public private partnership, in agreement from March 2024 to December 2026, with the aim of promoting state-of-the-art research in Artificial Intelligence (AI), withing the context of Music and Arts in general. The funding of the chair is as follows:

• The private partner is Barcelona Events Musicals, the organiser of the Cruïlla Festivals, most important agent in life events. Cruïlla is sponsoring the Chair with 200,000.00€.
• The public partner is Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), a public Spanish University in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. UAB contributes with 600,000.00€ granted through the “Cátedras ENIA 2022” competitive program. The public funding aims at the consolidation of the Chair during the period 2024-2026, to become a sustainable joint initiative from 2027 onwards.

A number of private and public institutions endorse the Chair with support and activities:

• Computer Vision Center (CVC). Public Research Center.
• Institute of Research in Artificial Intelligence (IIIA-CSIC). Public Research Center.
• Barcelona Music Lab (BCNMusicLab). Private non-for profit foundation.
• Eurecat. Technology Institute. Private non-for-profit fundation.
• Fundación Épica Lab – La Fura dels Baus. Private non-for-profit fundation.

The Chair is developing actions around the following 4 lines of action:

• Basic, oriented and applied research in Artificial Intelligence.
• Support to talent an innovation in the industrial ecosystem.
• Programme for citizen-centric innovation.
• Capacity building, communication and social impact.