Ramon Canal

Ramon Canal is a Professor at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), affiliated with the Barcelona School of Informatics and the Computer Architecture Department. He has served as Vice Dean of postgraduate studies and leads the VirtuOS (Virtualization and Operating Systems) research group. His academic background includes BSc, MSc, and PhD from UPC, with thesis supervision by Antonio González (UPC) and James E. Smith (University of Wisconsin-Madison). He completed sabbaticals at Harvard University (2006-2007) and University of Cyprus (2019-2020).

• Education: PhD, MSc, BSc in Computer Engineering (UPC)
• Research focus: Microarchitecture security, reliability across circuit/system levels, cloud optimization

Recent publications address privacy in IoT, secure hardware accelerators, and safety-critical systems. His work contributes to the DRAC project (2019-2022), Red-RISCV network, and Horizon's Vitamin-V project. Awards include HiPEAC Paper Awards, IEEE Senior Member status, Fulbright recognition, and multiple education excellence accolades.

• Scientific Honors
  • HiPEAC Paper Award (ISCA-44, 2017)
  • IEEE Senior Member (2016)
  • Best Paper Nominee (ICCD-32, 2014)
  • UPC Outstanding PhD Award supervision (2011)

He advises current MSc students and has mentored multiple PhD graduates. Professional activities span academic leadership, research collaborations with Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), and technical contributions to reliability analysis frameworks like RECIPE and FRACTAL.