Meet Advanced EPSG, El Ático and Zyndra, groups of Spontaneous Generation.
The program Spontaneous Generation (SG) of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) continues to consolidate its position as an authentic launching pad for ideas created by and for students. Under the philosophy of learning by doing, GE offers the perfect environment for students to develop their own projects, gain real experience and enhance transversal competencies, with the support of a student mentor.
Currently, Spontaneous Generation brings together more than 2,000 students organized into 50 groups from fields as diverse as technology, culture, the environment and motorsport.
In the UPV Gandia Campus three of these groups –Advanced EPSG, El Ático Production Company y Zyndra– have recently been in the spotlight for their projects.
Advanced EPSG: innovation applied to the real world
Advanced EPSG is a group focused on applied technological innovation that works on the development of multidisciplinary projects in artificial intelligence, IoT and Smart Cities.
The group brings together students of telecommunications, interactive technologies, audiovisual communication…
One of its objectives is to represent the UPV in the Huawei ICT Competition 2025-2026 with the SmartPort project an intelligent port management platform that optimizes logistics and improves environmental monitoring in real time through sensor networks and predictive algorithms.
Participating in this type of initiative provides “real experience, teamwork, new knowledge, academic credits and a clear added value to the professional profile,” say Guillem and Mario from Advanced EPSG.
The Attic: audiovisual creativity from the university
From El Ático, an audiovisual production company made by and for students, “we help to develop or distribute audiovisual projects, from short films and video clips to advertising spots and non-fiction formats we provide logistical, creative or advertising support,” says Diego, its coordinator.
The group is constantly looking for new talents interested in the audiovisual world and in creating content from a university and collaborative perspective.
Zyndra: technology with social purpose
Zyndra was born as a result of an academic project and is defined as a multidisciplinary group with high technological and social impact. At present, its main challenge is a robot guide dog designed to improve the autonomy of people with impaired vision.
To this end, as Irene, Mimi and Vicente explain, the group is working on the development of the functional prototype, capable of moving autonomously and detecting obstacles. It integrates autonomous navigation, artificial vision for object detection, and artificial intelligence for safe decision-making in urban environments.
These three examples reflect the spirit of Spontaneous Generation at the Gandia Campus: students with initiative, real projects and learning that goes far beyond the classroom.
Follow the Spontaneous Generation groups on the campus social networks.
Photography: Zyndra