On thursday, 7 February 2013 the 3 Rectors of the 3 Galician Universities (University of A Coruña, University of Santiago de Compostela and University of Vigo) signed an agreement to create the Technological Institute for Industrial Mathematics Consortium (ITMATI).

This consortium is an important milestone from the 3 Galician universities to promote the transfer of technology and mathematics to businesses, industries and public administrations. Its main aim is to contribute to strengthening and enhancing competitiveness in the industrial and business environment, supporting innovation in the productive sector by achieving excellence in research and development of advanced math-oriented technology transfer to the industry.

ITMATI is promoted by 11 researchers from 9 research groups of Applied Mathematics and Statistics and Operations Research from the 3 Galician universities.  The promoters team have extensive experience in the development of solutions for companies.

The creation and implementation of ITMATI is a step to consolidate the Galicia leadership position in Industrial Mathematics. This position is recognized both nationally and internationally, thanks to the hard work in technology transfer to companies conducted over the last 20 years by the Galician research groups. With ITMATI we aim to consolidate Industrial Mathematics in Galicia as a reference of national and international level, exponentially increasing the business impact, which allows for a measurable qualitative and quantitative leap in terms of business investment in R&D.

To achieve itd goals, ITMATI will bet on human capital and will base its organisation in providing solutions for businesses and industry sectors. ITMATI will be formed by scientists and specialists in project management and technology transfer and innovation. Thus, the transmission of knowledge generated in universities will be optimized in the field of industrial mathematics and applied to the productive sectors.

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