The institutional event took place this Friday the 13th at the Lugo Campus, with the Faculty of Sciences as the rotating host. USC Rector Rosa M. Crujeiras defined Saint Albert the Great as a symbol of knowledge where observation, research, and interdisciplinary dialogue are central.
Crujeiras highlighted that the faculties of Sciences can contribute to the development of methods and the analysis of Artificial Intelligence's possibilities and limitations. She also stressed the need to train individuals "capable of understanding how they work, identifying their risks, and using them with judgment," promoting "responsible artificial intelligence" that preserves human oversight, academic and scientific integrity, transparency, data protection, and equality.
Also present at the presidential table were Josefa Salgado Carballo (Dean of Physics), Alberto Cabada Fernández (Dean of Mathematics), Jesús Sanmartín Matalobos (Dean of Chemistry), Jesús Ángel López Romalde (Dean of Biology), and Asteria María Luzardo Álvarez (Dean of Sciences), who represented the deans.
The main lecture, titled ‘Quimiometría e Alimentos’ (Chemometrics and Foods), was delivered by Professor Carlos Herrero Latorre.
The event also hosted the awards ceremony for the 'A Ciencia en Imaxe' (Science in Image) competition. The first prize, with 200 euros, went to M. Noelia Pérez Pereira (Faculty of Biology and CIBUS) for the work ‘Alboroto’. The second prize, of 100 euros, was awarded to Sofía López Fernández (Mathematics and Physics) for the work ‘Topoloxía do recendo’.
