University of Zaragoza

About

The team at University of Zaragoza consists of experts in design methods and evaluation metrics, group psychology, and natural language processing.

We have considerable experience of research on the conceptualization of products and services and the concepts’ evaluation using metrics. Moreover, part of the team are experts in the development of language technologies.

The University of Zaragoza team work across three departments: Design and Manufacturing Engineering, Computer Science, and Psychology and Sociology.

We participate in most of the Work Packages: WP3 (Computer Science), WP4 (Design and Manufacturing Engineering), WP5 (Design and Manufacturing Engineering and Psychology and Sociology) and WP6 (Design and Manufacturing Engineering).

Visit our team member profile to learn more about what we do.

University of Zaragoza

Researchers

Laura Aguado González

Laura Aguado González

Research Assistant

I am a research assistant at the University of Zaragoza with an interest in product and service design. My role in the project is to explore and analyse the health path, co-design solutions and implement it.

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Montserrat Aiger

Lecturer

PhD in Social Psychology, expert in the analysis and management of social behaviour from a biopsychosocial perspective. Currently, I am teaching and research staff at the University of Zaragoza, in the Faculty of Education. My topics of interest are Social Psychology of Health and management of teams and groups in the health, community, organizational and educational context.

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Cristina Gavín

Project Manager

I am a project Manager at the University of Zaragoza. My primary role in the project will be to manage the finances associated with the work package.

Jorge Gracia

Senior Research Fellow

I am a researcher in computer science and artificial intelligence with interest in knowledge based language technologies. My role in the project will be to collaborate in the automatic identification of metaphors in the cancer domain, as well as their linkage with specialized vocabularies.

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Max Ionov

Max Ionov

Research Assistant

I am a researcher in computational linguistics on the intersection of statistical and knowledge-based methods and Linked Data in Natural Language Processing. My role in the project will focus around automatic identification of metaphors in the cancer domain and linking them to external vocabularies.
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Ignacio López-Forniés

Senior Research Fellow

With a PhD in the Design and Manufacturing Engineering program, my main research is in creativity processes and their metrics. My role is to assist in the co-creation sessions and the assessment of the Metro Mapping Service Design tool.

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Lucía Pitarch Ballesteros

Predoctoral researcher

I am a computational linguist with an interest in Natural Language Processing and Linked Data. I am currently conducting my thesis on computational metaphor processing in the medical domain with Jorge Gracia.

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Erika Renedo-Illarregi

Postdoctoral Researcher

I am a PhD in co-design within mental health, with an interest in how design research relates to participant empowerment, especially when people are going through vulnerable times. My role is to work with patients and clinicians, as we understand existing realities and redesign services for all!

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Yeray Sañudo Recacha

Predoctoral researcher

I am a industrial design engineer with interest in service design and user experience design. I am doing my PhD about how service design can improve Shared Decision Making and Patient Experience. My role in the project is to explore the health path, co-design solutions, implement it and evaluate with the aim of increasing patients’ satisfaction and heath path quality.

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Jorge Sierra-Pérez

Associate Professor

I am industrial designer and associate professor of the department of design and manufacturing engineering with an interest of designing more sustainable products and services. My role in the project is to lead the implementation of service design methods by means of Metro Mapping to redesign more personalised and patient-centred care paths.

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The UK team are funded under the Innovate UK Horizon Europe Guarantee Programme, UKRI Reference Number: 10041120.

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