At the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, they do not recall any ovation as long as the one received by Oriol Vinyals (Sabadell, 1983) when he was awarded a doctorate at the end of November. honorary causeMinutes and minutes of standing ovation followed to honor the alumnus of the double degree program in telecommunications engineering and mathematics who has made crucial contributions to the development of artificial intelligence. In fact, he is among the top 10 most cited AI researchers in the world.