Marc Torrent (Past Speaker)

Marc Torrent is the director of the Big Data Analytics unit at Eurecat and the director of the Big Data Centre of Excellence in Barcelona, promoting the culture of data and providing innovative solutions for the market. Torrent has a degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, a PhD in Computer Science from Karlsruhe University in Germany and an Executive MBA from the ESADE Business School. Before joining Eurecat, he had participated in different research projects in various ICT fields since 2000, forming part of different companies and universities in Europe and the United States such as British Telecom UK, NEC Deutschland, Mercedes-Benz R&D USA, the University of California in Berkeley and Ficosa International. Torrent has contributed to over 30 publications, has submitted five patent applications and is a member of the technical programme and reviews of many scientific activities.