CIMNE
(Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria)

CIMNE, also known as International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering, was created in March 1987 as a consortium between the Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Government) and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC).
CIMNE employs currently some 150 scientists and engineers from different technical fields and nationalities (over 15 different countries), working in the development and application of numerical methods.
During the last years, CIMNE has opened a new research line: SOCIAL SIMULATION. The objectives of this area are the development of multi-agent models for social interaction and the simulation of inter-institutional systems. Some of the applications that have arisen from this research line are the following:

• Simulation of innovative e-business models in the on-line news and on-line music sector
• Modelling of strategic interaction in industrial markets
• Development of measures that account for uncertainty in social and institutional networks

Another priority in CIMNE's recent history is the development of Decision Support Systems (DSS) for social and economic problems based on Artificial Neural Networks and Montecarlo Techniques.
CIMNE has also developed a Virtual Learning Centre devoted to teach advanced engineering topics via Internet.
CIMNE takes an active part in R&D and innovation projects in different fields of engineering, in cooperation with universities, research organisations and companies worldwide. In the last fifteen-year period, CIMNE has taken part in more than 490 R+D projects with the financial support of the European Community and the Spanish Government, among other organisations as well as some 240 Spanish and international enterprises.

  
Contact

CIMNE
Alejandro Aranda
Campus Nord UPC, Ed. C1
C/ Gran Capità, s/n
08034 Barcelona
Spain

Phone: +34 (93) 401 08 07
Email: aranda@cimne.upc.es
Internet: http://www.cimne.upc.es