University of Technology, Arts and Design

Laura Raya González

  • Director of postgraduate courses in Virtual Reality, Professor
  • Professor and Researcher

PhD cum laude in Computer Engineering and Director of Virtual Reality projects at U-tad. Doctoral candidate accredited by ANECA. She has worked on more than 16 research projects since 2006. Among them are the European projects ‘The Blue Brain‘ and ‘The Human Brain Project‘, which, due to their large scope and budget (1.2 billion euros), are part of the 7th European Framework. She is also the Director of R+D+i Projects at U-tad. Some of them include: ‘CicerOn‘, ‘InmersArte‘, ‘Cenizas‘, ‘Virtual Transplant Reality‘, ‘Lancelot‘, ‘MomentumVR‘ and ‘NextGen,’ together with entities such as Hospital Universitario La Paz, Indra, Fundación Orange, Ministry of Education, etc. She’s been a university professor since 2008 and has written more than 40 books with the Ra-Ma publishing house.