intelligent, innovative, integrative Water Systems

AI-driven solutions for intelligent, resilient and sustainable water systems

Principal Investigator and Director

Prof. Karina Gibert

Full Professor at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech (UPC). Holder of a degree and doctorate in Computer Science with a specialization in computational statistics and artificial intelligence. ELLIS Researcher. Dean of the Illustrious Official Professional College of Informatics Engineering of Catalonia (COEINF, 2023-). Vice President of the General Council of Professional Computer Engineering Associations of Spain (2023-). Co-founder and former director (2018-2025) of the Intelligent Data Science and Artificial Intelligence research center at UPC (IDEAI-UPC, established 2018). Director of the Marie Curie doctoral network i3WaterS (2025-). Expert and co-author of the Catalan Artificial Intelligence Strategy Catalonia.AI (Government of Catalonia, 2018-2025) and expert for the new Catalunya AI 2030 Strategy (2026-). Advisor to the Catalan, Spanish, European Commission, and Commonwealth governments on matters of AI ethics and digital transformation. Leader of the CETRA for the comprehensive digital transformation of public administration through AI. Member of the Data Ethics Committee (Government of Catalonia). Board member of the AI and Health program (Government of Catalonia). AI advisory council member for 3cat, Localred, National Council of Archives… Works to reduce the gender gap in STEM. Founder of donesCOEINF, DonesIAcat and co-founder of Mujeres en Ingeniería Informática and the Barcelona ACM-W Chapter. Ambassador for WiDS-Barcelona (Stanford movement).

Beneficiaries

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Coordinator)

University College Dublin, National University of Ireland, Dublin

IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

Université de Bordeaux

The University of Sheffield

Newcastle University

Universitat de Girona

University of Naples Federico II

Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale

Associated Partners

Vitens NV

Aqlara, Gestión Integral del Agua, S.A.

Technische Universiteit Delft

Brabant Water

Aguas de Cartagena S.A. E.S.P. (ACUACAR)

Universidad de Cartagena

EIT Digital

Ente de Abastecimiento de Agua Ter-Llobregat

Aigües de Manresa S.A.

Aigües de Barcelona, Empresa Metropolitana de Gestió del Cicle Integral de l’Aigua S.A.

Asociación Observatorio de las Relaciones Unión Europea América Latina (OBREAL)

Cetaqua, Centro Tecnológico del Agua, Fundación Privada

Régie des Eaux Bordeaux Métropole

GORI S.p.A. – Gestione Ottimale Risorse Idriche

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i3WATERS is a doctoral network project funded by the European Union under the HORIZON.1.2 – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) ( HORIZON_MSCA-101227354-I3waterS). For more information cordis.europa.eu.