Coordinators

Prof. Dr. Aïda Valls Mateu
iTAKA Head
Dist. Prof. Dr. Antonio Moreno Ribas
iTAKA Co-founder and Coordinator

PhD Students

Amal Esmail Qasem Al-Zubairi
Mohammed Hossameldine Mohammed Ayad
Susana María Campillo Muñoz
Monir Yahya Ali Salmony
Monir Yahya Ali Salmony
Eddy Soria Leyva
Eddy Soria Leyva
Melitsa Judith Torres Torres

Post-docs

Dr. José Rafael Escorcia Gutierrez
Dr. José Rafael Escorcia Gutierrez
Dr. Jordi Pascual Fontanilles
Dr. Jordi Pascual Fontanilles

External Collaborators

Dr. José Rafael Escorcia Gutierrez
Dr. Pere Romero-Aroca
Dr. Roman Slowinski
Dr. Andres David Solano Barliza

Technicians

Sonia Orós Navas

Alumni

Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Nasser
Dr. Najlaa Maaroof Wahib Al-Ziyadi
Dr. Mohammed Yousef Salem Ali
Dr. Emran Saleh Ali Ali
Dr. Montserrat Batet Sanromà
Dr. Joan Borràs Nogués
Dr. Sofia de la Riva
Dr. Jordi de la Torre Gallart
Dr. Luis Del Vasto Terrientes
Dr. David Isern Alarcón
Dr. Lucas Marin Isern
Dr. Míriam Martínez García
Dr. Sergio Martínez Lluís
Dr. Damián Morales
Dr. Raúl Navarro Gil
Dr. Jonathan Ayebakuro Orama
Dr. David Sánchez Ruenes
Dr. Raquel Vergés Pujol
Dr. Carlos Vicient Monllaó

Visiting Students

Jose Antonio Araque Gallardo Sep - Dec 2025
Isabel Arregocés Apr - Sep 2023
Andres David Solano Barliza Jul - Dec 2023

News

Aug 2026
iTAKA at IJCAI-ECAI 2026

iTAKA was present at IJCAI-ECAI 2026, the 35th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, one of the top conferences on AI. It was held in in Bremen, Germany, on 15-21 of August 2026. Dr. Valls and Dr. Moreno presented a work in the Qualitative Reasoning workshop. Dr. Valls also participated in the ECAI assembly as representative of the Catalan association on AI (ACIA).

IJCAI-ECAI 2026
Apr 2026
ExplainUp receive the Fundació Gresol Award 2026

The Entrepreneuship Talent Award of the Fundació Gresol recognized ExplainUp, a project that uses Artificial Intelligence to transform complex information into easy-to-read text. SRBLab and Inserlab from URV design and validate the tool, while the ITAKA group is involved in its implementation.

Gresol Award 2026
Apr 2026
Poster at TECNATOX workshop 2026

Our group has participated in the workshop. Pol Pujol has presented a poster about our work with the LSTM team about detection of cognitive impairment with sociodemographic and lifestyle variables, within the DEMDETECT project.

TECNATOX Workshop 2026