Gabriel González-Castañé’s expertise spans digital ecosystems, technical coordination and strategic development in multiple areas.
He holds a PhD in Computer Science on the topic of modeling and simulation of cloud computing systems and energy, an MSc in Distributed Systems and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering.
Gabriel has played a pivotal role in multiple Spanish National Projects during his academic career until he transitioned to Dublin City University in 2015. There, he began working on EU projects, leading several Work Packages during the FP7 framework and successfully securing €0.6M in the Horizon 2020 framework.
In 2016, Gabriel joined University College Cork as the Technical Coordinator for the Cloud Lightning H2020 project. In 2018 he started leading the creation of the ecosystem for AI4EU within the AI on Demand platform and ecosystem, where his contributions were central to establishing a robust AI ecosystem framework uniting several parts of the AI landscape for SMEs, Networks of Excellence and innovators across multiple market segments. He also chaired multiple working groups across engagement with SMEs and innovators, steering development and engagement efforts across numerous projects and their technology transfer.
He has been involved in strategy development and execution within the Insight Centre, the University College Cork, securing significant funding- more than €6M in EU projects and several as a funding investigator.
