Digital transformation is driven primarily by Artificial Intelligence, ICT, Blockchain, Cloud Computing, Finance and Marketing; all these technologies are the lines of research of our group, BISITE. The projects we develop all involve the use of these technologies. We have ample resources that enable us to train experts and prepare them for the digitization scenario in companies and organizations.

In Europe, the prospects for digital transformation are quite high, however, we must remember that human capital is the very foundation of this transformation. It is the human capital that is going to be responsible for the management of the new digital environment; making timely decisions and executing strategic plans with the help of the technologies implemented in the company.

Following the lines of the European digitalization program, the BISITE Research Group and the University of Salamanca have designed a Master’s Degree that focuses on new technologies and on their use in companies. Upon completing the Master in Digital Transformation, graduates are going to be capable of developing digital ecosystems and new business models and of managing talent in digital environments, in Industry 4.0 or in Robotic Process Automation (RPA), and other areas of interest.

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Javier Parra, the professor involved in this master’s programme, tells you why you should take this degree.

Posted by Juan M. Corchado

Juan Manuel Corchado (15 May 1971, Salamanca, Spain) is Professor at the University of Salamanca. He has been Vice-Rector for Research from 2013 to 2017 and Director of the Science Park of the University of Salamanca. Elected as Dean of the Faculty of Science twice, he holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Salamanca and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of the West of Scotland. He leads the renowned BISITE (Bioinformatics, Intelligent Systems and Educational Technology) Research Group, created in 2000. Director of the IoT Digital Innovation Hub and President of the AIR Institute, J. M. Corchado is also Visiting Professor at the Osaka Institute of Technology since January 2015, Visiting Professor at the Universiti Malaysia Kelantan and Member of the Advisory Group on Online Terrorist Propaganda of the European Counter Terrorism Centre (EUROPOL). J. M. Corchado has been president of the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society, and academic coordinator of the University Institute for Research in Art and Animation Technology at the University of Salamanca, as well as researcher at the Universities of Paisley (UK), Vigo (Spain) and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK). He currently combines all his activity with the direction of Master programmes in Security, Digital Animation, Mobile Telephony, Information Systems Management, Internet of Things, Social Media, 3D Design and Printing, Blockchain, Z System, Industry 4.0, Agile Project Management, and Smart Cities & Intelligent Buildings, at the University of Salamanca and his work as editor-in-chief of the journals ADCAIJ (Advances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal), OJCST (Oriental Journal of Computer Science and Technology) or Electronics MDPI (Computer Science & Engineering section). J. M. Corchado mainly works on projects related to Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, IoT, Fog Computing, Edge Computing, Smart Cities, Smart Grids and Sentiment Analysis. He has recently been included in the board of trustees of the AstraZeneca Foundation, along with other health professionals and researchers recognised for bringing scientific knowledge closer to society.