Governance Boards

The main Governance board of the BSC-CNS Consortium are the Board of Directors and Executive Commission, formed by members of the three shareholders institutions of the Consortium: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Departament d’Educació i Universitats de la Generalitat de Catalunya and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. See bellow a list of members of the Board of Directors and Executive Commission.

Board of Trustees members:

President:
José Manuel Fernández de Labastida
Secretario General de Política Científica y Tecnológica, MICINN

Vicepresident:
Blanca Palmada
Comissionada per a Universitats i Recerca, DIUE

Vocals MICINN:
Juan José Moreno
Director General de Planificación y Coordinación, MICINN

Carmen Peláez
Vicepresidenta de Organización y Relaciones Institucionales, CSIC

José Ignacio Doncel
Subdirector General de Promoción e Infraestructuras Tecnológicas y Grandes Instalaciones, MICINN

Vocals DIUE:
Joan Majó
Director General d’Universitats

Ramon Moreno
Director General de Recerca

Iolanda Font de Rubinat
SubDirectora General de Recerca

Vocals UPC:
Antoni Giró
Rector

Josep Casanovas
Vicerector de Política Universitària

Sebastià Sallent
Director Fundació I2Cat

Director BSC-CNS:
Mateo Valero

Secretary:
Francesc Subirada
Associate Director BSC-CNS

Executive Commission members:

President:
Juan José Moreno
Director General de Planificación y Coordinación, MICINN

Vicepresident:
Ramón Moreno
Director General de Recerca, DEiU

Vocal MICINN:
José Ignacio Doncel
Subdirector General de Promoción e Infraestructuras Tecnológicas y Grandes Instalaciones, MICINN

Vocal DIUE:
Iolanda Font de Rubinat
Subdirector General de Recerca

Vocal UPC:
Xavier Gil
Vicerector de Recerca i Innovació

Vocal UPC:
Josep Casanovas
Vicerector de Política Universitària

Director BSC-CNS:
Mateo Valero

Secretary:
Francesc Subirada
Associate Director BSC-CNS

For the daily management of the center and the follow-up of the technical and scientific functions, BSC-CNS counts with a Management Board.

BSC Management Board members:

Director:
Mateo Valero

Associate Director:
Francesc Subirada

Computer Science Directors:
Jesús Labarta
Eduard Ayguadé

Life Sciences Director:
Modesto Orozco

Earth Sciences Director:
José María Baldasano

Computer Applications in e-Science & Engineering Director:
José María Cela

Operations Director:
Sergi Girona

Managing Director:
Ernest Quingles

Administrative and Finance Manager:
Mercè Calvet

To advice on scientific and business matters, the Scientific Advisory Board and the Business Board are being created. The Scientific Advisory Board is integrated by international prestigious scientists. The decision about the scientific use of MareNostrum and the Spanish National Network (RES) is taken over by the Access Committee, formed by prestigious Spanish scientists external to the BSC-CNS.

The Access Committee is constituted by four members:

  • a BSC-CNS external manager with wide experience in Innovation Management,
  • an ANEP representative, a Supercomputing expert,
  • external to BSC-CNS a Supercomputing expert,
  • member of BSC-CNS.

The Access Committee is advised by a Experts Panel composed by prestigious Spanish scientists, external to BSC-CNS. This Experts Panel is divided into four groups, according to the established classification from the Spanish Foundation of Science and Technology (FECYT – Fundación Española de Ciencia y Tecnología): Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences, Biomedicine and Health Sciences, Physics and Engineering, Chemistry and Materials Science and Technology. The Experts Panel is composed by scientists of outstanding career and experience in the management of research projects, mainly managers of National Programs or of the ANEP. Each of the above areas represented by the Experts Panel is chaired by a group leader, who acts as a coordinator, an assistant, and between 4 - 8 experts in the area. Half of these experts are chosen by the ANEP. The Experts Panel can request the peer to peer review mechanism of the ANEP. The Experts Panel prioritises the activities of its respective areas and sends its recommendations to the Access Committee who publishes the final report.