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Ana Ripoll Aracil takes office as new Rector of the UAB

Foto de la rectora de la UAB, Ana Ripoll
On 14 January the conference hall (Sala d'actes) of the Rectorate building hosted the inauguration ceremony of Ana Ripoll Aracil as the new Rector of the UAB. Ana Ripoll, professor in Architecture and Computer Technology, received 56.09 per cent of the votes during the elections held on 15 December 2008. Her opponent Lluís Tort Bardolet, professor in Physiology, received 43.91 per cent of weighted votes. Ana Ripoll is the first woman to take office as UAB Rector since the founding of the University in 1968.

09/01/2009

Ana Ripoll Aracil is professor in Architecture and Computer Technology and was Vice-Rector of the Academic Staff during Lluís Ferrer's second mandate (2005-2008).

She earned her degree in Physics from Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 1975 and her doctor's degree from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in 1980. Ripoll received a grant from the Spanish National Research Council and was assistant lecturer at the Department of Computing and Automation at Universidad Complutense de Madrid from 1976 to 1978.

She became part of the Department of Computing at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in 1978 as an assistant lecturer and later as a full lecturer. In 1992 she became professor in Architecture and Computer Technology.

Ana Ripoll has worked in several areas of research within the field of Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing. She actively worked in the creation of the research groups Static Assignation of Programs, Dynamic Balance of Force, Parallel Program and Performance Prediction Models, and Distribution Systems for Video-on-Demand Applications.

She has published over a hundred articles in specialised journals and for international conferences, and has directed eight doctoral theses. She also participated in several state-funded national and international research projects and worked as a consultant and advisor for different public institutions.