El número de empresas instaladas en la infraestructura de la Universidad casi se ha doblado en los últimos cuatro ejercicios.

Fomentar el emprendimiento y difundir la I+D+i más allá de los espacios tradicionales han sido los objetivos que se marcaron con el nacimiento del Parque Científico hace ahora 10 años, como refleja el reportaje publicado por el diario La Gaceta de Salamanca. Es una extraordinaria noticia que el año 2017 se cierre con cerca de 1.100 empleados en las 75 empresas ubicadas en el Campus de Villamayor.

Como consecuencia de esto, la Universidad de Salamanca se sitúa en quinta posición nacional en materia de conocimiento, generando 37 millones de euros como recogió en su momento el informe de la Fundación CyD. Y aunque la ocupación en el Parque ya es del 100%, la ocupación técnica de sus edificios no se ha agotado todavía puesto que, como es sabido, estamos impulsando planes para la construcción de nuevos inmuebles e incluso para extender los campus de la Universidad a Béjar, Ávila y Zamora.

Tampoco hay que olvidar que el Parque supone una plataforma de lanzamiento para todos aquellos jóvenes que quieren desarrollar startups y spin offs.

 

Os invito a leer el artículo completo publicado por La Gaceta en este enlace.

 

Escrito por Juan M. Corchado

Juan Manuel Corchado (15 May 1971, Salamanca, Spain) is Professor at the University of Salamanca. He has been Vice-Rector for Research from 2013 to 2017 and Director of the Science Park of the University of Salamanca. Elected as Dean of the Faculty of Science twice, he holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Salamanca and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of the West of Scotland. He leads the renowned BISITE (Bioinformatics, Intelligent Systems and Educational Technology) Research Group, created in 2000. Director of the IoT Digital Innovation Hub and President of the AIR Institute, J. M. Corchado is also Visiting Professor at the Osaka Institute of Technology since January 2015, Visiting Professor at the Universiti Malaysia Kelantan and Member of the Advisory Group on Online Terrorist Propaganda of the European Counter Terrorism Centre (EUROPOL). J. M. Corchado has been president of the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society, and academic coordinator of the University Institute for Research in Art and Animation Technology at the University of Salamanca, as well as researcher at the Universities of Paisley (UK), Vigo (Spain) and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK). He currently combines all his activity with the direction of Master programmes in Security, Digital Animation, Mobile Telephony, Information Systems Management, Internet of Things, Social Media, 3D Design and Printing, Blockchain, Z System, Industry 4.0, Agile Project Management, and Smart Cities & Intelligent Buildings, at the University of Salamanca and his work as editor-in-chief of the journals ADCAIJ (Advances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal), OJCST (Oriental Journal of Computer Science and Technology) or Electronics MDPI (Computer Science & Engineering section). J. M. Corchado mainly works on projects related to Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, IoT, Fog Computing, Edge Computing, Smart Cities, Smart Grids and Sentiment Analysis. He has recently been included in the board of trustees of the AstraZeneca Foundation, along with other health professionals and researchers recognised for bringing scientific knowledge closer to society.

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