Categoría: Research
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GTIC@UPM Conecta
What an intense last week at UPMConecta! We held two engaging debates on the ethics of artificial intelligence at ETSI Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas – ETSIAAB and ETS de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and we showcased some of GTIC’s latest research outputs:• Our paper measuring Starlink’s Direct-to-Cell performance using WePlan Analytics…
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Talk @ETSIINF UPM
Pleased to give a talk about the data economy at the ETS de Ingenieros Informáticos of Univ. Politécnica de Madrid. I’ll be sharing my perspective on the data economy — exploring its challenges and highlighting the exciting opportunities it offers for cutting-edge research at the intersection of economics, computer science, and digital law. Many thanks…
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Meet me @UPM Conecta
Happy to be participating in the upcoming UPM networking event – UPM Conecta – from 17 to 21 November 2025. The event aims to bring together students, staff, and researchers at UPM to share ideas, spark collaboration, and foster creativity across the university community. Register at UPM Conecta and join me on any of the…
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FT: Fixing the Internet
The rise of AI chatbots is threatening the ad-based funding model of the Internet, as users no longer need to visit websites that generate revenue from ads, but instead search for knowledge and content through AI chatbots. According to professor Pedro Domingos, this risks creating a “death spiral” where content providers disappear and AI loses…
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3rd Data EConomy Workshop
And finally, the 3rd edition of the Data EConomy workshop took place on September 5th, co-located with the prestigious VLDB Conference. I had the honour of co chairing the half-day event with Prof. George Konstantinidis, and we enjoyed a great time at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre (QEII Centre) in London. Prof. Paul Groth gave…
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Talk@Weizenbaum Institute
Back to Madrid after attending the workshop «Data Solutionism in Servicing the Public. The Changing Interplay between Tech Companies and Public Entities» at the Weizenbaum Institute in the wonderful city of Berlin. We had a lovely multidisciplinary journey to how technology is shaping society. The workshop included talks about different topics: Finally, I gave a…
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What’s the Value of Data to Predict 5G Coverage?
Thrilled to announce that our student Matthew Samuel successfully defended his Master Thesis «Characterizing the Value of Data in Kriging-Based Coverage Prediction«. His work integrated principles of data economics into spatial interpolation for mobile network coverage prediction to understand what are the features of data that make it more or less valuable to estimate reference…
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Our Interpretable Data Pricing Tool@DEC’25
I’m thrilled to share that I finally had the chance to distill the essence of our data pricing tool into a research paper. Our work, titled «An Interpretable Market-based Data Price Prediction Tool», has been accepted for presentation at the Data Economy Workshop DEC’25, co-located with the prestigious VLDB Conference. See a demo of the…
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Incentivising 6Green Networks & Services
The transition to greener energy sources and the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are essential to mitigating climate change and ensuring a sustainable future. Although the ICT sector currently accounts for a modest share of global emissions, its contribution is expected to rise significantly due to the rapid growth in data and computing demand…
Santiago Andrés Azcoitia 