XIX COITT Awards
Overview
On April 24, 2026, the COITT (Official College of Technical Telecommunications Engineers) and AEGITT (Spanish Association of Telecommunications Graduates and Technical Engineers) held the XIX COITT Futuro de las Telecomunicaciones Awards ceremony at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid – Moncloa. The awards celebrate the best Final Degree Projects (TFG) defended by recent graduates in Telecommunications Engineering from universities across Spain.
This edition introduced a Special Award for the Best Thesis in Cybersecurity, highlighting the strategic importance of this field. The ceremony was attended by representatives from COITT/AEGITT and the country’s leading telecommunications schools. In his speech, COITT Dean Luis Miguel Chapinal noted that “these awards not only recognize the talent of our young professionals but also show that telecommunications engineering is leading the digital transformation of our society from its most innovative base”.
A total of 46 theses were submitted, with 45.2% from female students and 54.8% from male students. The jury, composed of faculty from various telecommunications schools, recognized 14 projects across five categories: Electronic Systems, Telecommunications Systems, Telematic Engineering, Audiovisual Engineering, and Cybersecurity.
GRyS Participation
GRyS member Estela Mora-Barba, a double graduate in Electronic Communications Engineering and Telematic Engineering from UPM, received two awards:
- First Prize in Telematic Engineering for her work “Smart management system for unmanned autonomous vehicles in precision agriculture on Edge”.
- Third Prize in Electronic Systems Engineering for her work “Device for generating prescription maps using embedded AI in precision agriculture”.
This marks the second consecutive year that students advised by Néstor Lucas-Martínez, a GRyS researcher and professor, have received top honors at these awards: last year, former student César García Moreno won two first prizes in the same categories as Estela. Estela is now a researcher with GRyS, working on the NexTArc Horizon Europe project, finishing her Master’s thesis with the group, and will join as a PhD student next year.
Fellow UPM student Alejandro Arroyo Velázquez also received a Third Prize in Telecommunications Systems Engineering.
Additional Resources
- 🔗 Official announcement: El COITT anuncia los ganadores
- 📄 Full programme and list of winners: XIX Premios COITT Futuro de las Telecomunicaciones
- 🔗 GRyS Research Group: https://grys.etsist.upm.es/