Carme Torras
{{short description|Spanish mathematician and computer scientist}}
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| alma_mater = University of Barcelona
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| subject = Robotics, Artificial intelligence
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Carme Torras Genís (born 4 July 1956){{cite web|url=http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1991/04/30/pdfs/A13651-13653.pdf|title=BOE núm. 103: Martes 30 abril 1991|publisher=BOE|access-date=8 November 2015 |language=Spanish}} is a Spanish computer scientist who has contributed to research on robotics and artificial intelligence. A member of Academia Europaea since 2010, she writes technical works in English and fiction in Catalan.{{cite web|url=http://www.ducros.cat/corpus/index.php?command=show_news&news_id=2830|title=Torras, Carme|publisher=ducros.cat|access-date=8 November 2015 |language=Catalan}}{{cite web|url=http://www.iri.upc.edu/staff/torras|title=Carme Torras Genís|publisher=Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial|access-date=8 November 2015 |language=Catalan}}
Biography
Torras studied mathematics at the University of Barcelona (master's 1978) and computer science at the University of Massachusetts (master's 1981). She also earned a Ph.D. in computer science from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in 1984. Since 1991, she has been a research professor at the Spanish National Research Council.{{cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/User/Torras_Carme|title=Carme Torras|publisher=Academia Europaea|access-date=8 November 2015 |language=}}
On the literary front, in addition to her scientific works, Torras has written fiction. For her novel Pedres de toc she was awarded the Premio Primera Columna while her La mutació sentimental (2008), won the Premio Manuel de Pedrolo for science-fiction literature. In 2012, she published Miracles perversos.[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17026939-miracles-perversos GoodReads website, Miracles perversos]{{cite web|url=http://www.silviabastos.com/en/carme-torras-i-genis/|title=Torras i Genís, Carme|publisher=Silvia Bastos|access-date=8 November 2015|language=}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Selected publications
- {{cite book|last1=Alenya|first1=Guillem|last2=Torras|first2=Carme|title=Robot Egomotion from the Deformation of Active Contours|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AXOeoAEACAAJ|year=2007|publisher=INTECH Open Access Publisher|isbn=978-3-86611-283-4}}
- {{cite book|last=Torras|first=Carme|title=Computer Vision: Theory and Industrial Applications|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EwOrCAAAQBAJ&pg=PP3|date=2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-642-48675-3|pages=3–}}
- {{cite book|last=Torra i Genís|first=Carme|title=Temporal-pattern learning in neural models|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=579qAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Springer-Verlag|isbn=978-3-540-16046-5}}
Awards
- 2000: Narcis Monturiol Medal for scientific accomplishments{{Cite web |last=UPC |first=CIT |date=2020-11-19 |title=Researcher Carme Torras, National Research Awards 2020 |url=https://cit.upc.edu/en/premi-nacional-dinvestigacio-2020/ |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=CIT UPC |language=en-US}}
- 2007: Fellow of the European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence
- 2010: Member of the Academia Europaea[https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Torras_Carme Academia Europaea website, Carme Torras]
- 2013: Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carme-Torras ResearchGate website, Carme Torras]
References
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External links
- [http://www-iri.upc.es/people/torras/CV_Torras_brief.pdf Carme Torras: Brief CV]
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Category:Spanish computer scientists
Category:Spanish women computer scientists
Category:21st-century women scientists
Category:Members of Academia Europaea
Category:Writers from Catalonia