{"id":263379,"date":"2026-05-22T14:44:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cintecx.uvigo.es\/a-comision-europea-premia-o-catedratico-pedro-arias-por-unha-carreira-orientada-a-mellora-da-seguridade-e-eficiencia-das-infraestruturas-viarias\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T22:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:26:15","slug":"a-comision-europea-premia-o-catedratico-pedro-arias-por-unha-carreira-orientada-a-mellora-da-seguridade-e-eficiencia-das-infraestruturas-viarias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cintecx.uvigo.es\/en\/a-comision-europea-premia-o-catedratico-pedro-arias-por-unha-carreira-orientada-a-mellora-da-seguridade-e-eficiencia-das-infraestruturas-viarias\/","title":{"rendered":"The European Commission awards Professor Pedro Arias for a career focused on improving the safety and efficiency of road infrastructures."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Promoted by the European Commission and with the participation of public administrations, universities, research centres, industry, and representatives of public transport policies, the TRA VISIONS Senior Researcher Award in the Road category<\/em> is a recognition aimed at established researchers for their significant contributions to research, innovation, and policy development in the field of transport, particularly in areas related to road infrastructure, safety, digitalisation, artificial intelligence, sustainable mobility, and advanced road management. \u201cI understand that the award recognises a research career applied to the field of road infrastructures and their digitalisation,\u201d says University of Vigo professor Pedro Arias, the first Galician researcher to receive this international distinction, after working for years \u201con lines such as digital road monitoring, mobile mapping, automated inspection, the use of AI, digital twins, infrastructure resilience, and decision-support systems,\u201d Arias explains.<\/p>\n

The award, which also takes into account participation in and coordination of European projects, technology transfer, patents, and collaboration with companies and public institutions, was presented to the Cintecx researcher during the Transport Research Arena<\/a> (TRA) conference<\/em>, which has been taking place since the 18th until today in Budapest. TRA is one of Europe\u2019s leading conferences on transport research and innovation organised by the European Commission, where Pedro Arias is also participating in two special sessions linked to his research career: one focused on infrastructure digitalisation and inspection, AI, decision support, and technology transfer applied to road management; and another centred on training new leaders for public road authorities and on linking doctoral research with real sector needs.<\/p>\n

An award for collective effort, strengthening the international visibility of the University of Vigo<\/h3>\n

In addition to \u201cgreat personal and professional satisfaction,\u201d Pedro Arias considers the TRA VISIONS Senior Researcher Award in the Road category<\/em> to be recognition of many years of work, \u201cbut also of the collective effort of a research group, PhD students, collaborators, companies, and institutions with which I have had the opportunity to work, and which gives visibility to this work.\u201d The professor from the Applied Geotechnologies Group particularly values receiving the award in the road category, \u201cbecause a large part of my career has been oriented towards improving the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of road infrastructures.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Arias, beyond the formal aspect, this award\u2019s main value lies in the European recognition of his scientific career and its contribution to the future of transport. \u201cIn the road sector, it recognises not only scientific output, but also the ability to transform knowledge into innovation, into applicable solutions, and into impact for society,\u201d explains the researcher, who also highlights the importance of this award for the University of Vigo, \u201cbecause it strengthens its international visibility in a field where Europe is strongly investing: the intelligent, safe, resilient, and sustainable management of infrastructures.\u201d<\/p>\n

Likewise, for the first Galician researcher to receive this recognition, \u201cthis award represents a very important opportunity to project internationally the research carried out in Galicia in the field of infrastructure and road mobility.\u201d\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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