Bylaws

On July 7, 2021, CETINIA adapted its Bylaws to the Regulation of Research Centres at University Rey Juan Carlos (approved by agreement of the Governing Council of University Rey Juan Carlos dated June 7, 2019, and published in the Official Gazette of the Region of Madrid, of July 22, 2019).

Bylaws of the Research Centre for Intelligent Information Technologies at University Rey Juan Carlos (CETINIA)

Article 1

The Research Centre for Intelligent Information Technologies at University Rey Juan Carlos (CETINIA) is a university centre with headquarters in the Annexe to the Rectorate building, created by a decision of the Governing Council of March 28, 2008 and endorsed by the Social Council in its session of March 16, 2009. In accordance with the first transitory provision of the Regulation of Research Centres at University Rey Juan Carlos (published in the Official Gazette of the Region of Madrid, of July 22, 2019), the operation of CETINIA adapts to its content.

Article 2

CETINIA aspires to bring together a critical mass of quality researchers and research groups along the strategic field of Intelligent Information Technologies, in order to carry out scientific-technical activities and provide support in the field of R&D&I in said sector.

Article 3

CETINIA's activities include:

(a) generate new knowledge in the field of Intelligent Information Technologies;

(b) cooperate in the analysis of socio-economic, legal and ethical problems that require research;

(d) apply Intelligent Information Technologies to problems in the socioeconomic sector;

(e) carry out consultancies and provide technological services;

(f) collaborate in the identification and protection of exploitable results;

(g) present results in quality scientific-technical forums;

(h) enhance penetration in the socioeconomic sector;

(i) promote presence in national and international fora and committees;

(j) liaise with other national and international R&D&I actors;

(k) organise series of seminars and conferences;

(l) design, update, and disseminate advertising material;

(m) carry out any other scientific-technical activity that contributes to the achievement of the objectives of the Centre.

Article 4

Members and associate members of CETINIA may be the figures established in articles 4.2 and 4.3 of the Regulation of Research Centres at University Rey Juan Carlos, under the conditions established therein.

Article 5

The scientific-technical activities of the Centre are carried out by CETINIA researchers, and are articulated through the Research Groups attached to the Centre.

Article 6

1. All members and associate members of CETINIA who carry out R&D&I activities are considered to be researchers of the Centre.

2. The members of a Research Group attached to CETINIA acquire the status of researchers of the Centre.

3. CETINA researchers may reflect this condition in their requests for projects, publications, and other documents for the dissemination of their scientific activity.

4. A member of a Research Group attached to CETINIA may, on an individual basis, waive his/her status as a researcher at the Centre by means of a motivated request to the Director of the Centre.

5. CETINIA will keep an official registry of its researchers updated on its website.

Article 7

1. The Research Groups attached to CETINA constitute an intermediate level in the management structure of the Centre. The Coordinators of the Research Groups attached to the Centre may assist the governing and administrative bodies of CETINIA in the performance of their functions.

2. A URJC Research Group may be attached to CETINIA, if it meets all of the following requirements:

(a) the Research Group must be recognised as a "Consolidated Research Group" or "High Performance Research Group" by URJC;

(b) the research activities and projects of the group must be aligned with the current research lines of CETINIA, and must contribute significantly to the achievement of the objectives of the Centre;

3. Exceptionally, due to sufficiently justified strategic circumstances, a Research Group from another institution may be attached to CETINIA, as long as it meets quality levels similar to those required in section 2 of this article, and while carrying out projects or activities of R&D&I linked to the Centre. In this case, at least one of the Coordinators of the Research Group must be an associate member of CETINIA.

4. A Research Group, through its Coordinators, may request its attachement to CETINIA to the Director of the Centre. The Board of the Centre may deny such a request by means of a motivated agreement.

5. A Research Group will lose the status of attachment to the Centre:

(a) at its own request, carried out through its coordinators, elevated to the Director of the Centre;

(b) for failure to comply with the provisions of sections 2 and 3 of this Article.

6. The Centre will keep updated on its website an official registry of the Research Groups attached to CETINIA.

Article 8

The governing and administrative bodies of CETINIA are the Centre Board, the Director, and the Deputy Director.

Article 9

1. The CETINIA Board is the collegiate governing body of the Centre.

2. The composition and functioning of the CETINIA Board are in accordance with the provisions of Article 17 of the Regulation of Research Centres at University Rey Juan Carlos.

3. The powers of the CETINIA Board are:

(a) approve the proposal of its Bylaws and its modification;

(b) establish its academic and service organisation;

(c) elect and remove, where appropriate, the Director of the Centre, as well as propose to the Rector the appointment and/or termination of the same;

(d) collect information on the operation of the Centre;

(e) approve the plan of activities within its lines of research;

(f) prepare a proposal for budget and staff endowment of the Centre for approval;

(g) manage its own resources within its budget, in accordance with the economic management guidelines established by the Governing Council;

(h) organise and distribute tasks among its members;

(i) approve, where appropriate, the rendering of accounts and the annual report presented by the Director;

(j) propose the granting of honorary doctorates;

(k) ensure the quality of research and other activities carried out by the Centre;

(l) approve, where appropriate, the attachment of Research Groups to the Centre, as well as agree to the cessation of the status of an attached Research Group;

(m) any other function assigned to it by the Bylaws and other applicable regulations.

4. The CETINIA Board will meet in ordinary session at least twice a year during the academic year and in extraordinary session when called by its Director, on its own initiative or at the request of at least one third of its members for a specific agenda.

5. The agenda for Board meetings will be set by the Director and will include all items whose treatment is requested by a fifth of its members.

6. The meetings of the Board of the Centre may be carried out electronically or remotely.

7. The valid constitution of the Board, for the purposes of holding sessions, deliberations and making agreements, requires the attendance, in person or remotely, of the Director and the Deputy Director or, where appropriate, of those who substitute them, and at least half of its members, on first call. If this quorum is not reached, a second call will take place, half an hour later. In this case, the Board of the Centre is validly constituted with the minimum presence of the Director and Deputy Director of the Centre.

8. The resolutions of the Board of the Centre will be adopted by majority of votes.

Article 10

1. The Director of CETINIA exercises the direction and management of the Centre, representing it.

2. The Director of CETINIA will be appointed by the Rector, at the proposal of the Board of the Centre, from among those Full Professors of University Rey Juan Carlos who are members of CETINIA and certify a minimum of two periods of research activity and three of teaching activity.

3. The election and mandate of the Director of CETINIA are in accordance with the provisions of Article 18 of the Regulation of Research Centres at University Rey Juan Carlos.

4. The responsibilities of the Director of CETINIA are:

(a) represent the Centre before all kinds of public or private organisations;

(b) agree to the calling of ordinary and extraordinary sessions and the setting of the agenda;

(c) preside over the sessions, moderate the development of the debates and suspend them for justified reasons. Ensure compliance with the laws;

(d) resolve ties by his/her vote, for the purpose of adopting resolutions;

(e) endorse the minutes and certifications of the agreements of the Board of the Centre;

(f) execute binding agreements made by the Board of the Centre;

(g) adopt any urgent measure that the proper running of the Centre advises or in the development of its activities is necessary or convenient, without prejudice to subsequently reporting to the Board of the Centre;

(h) appoint and remove the Deputy Director of the Centre;

(i) manage and evaluate the efficient and controlled use of the Centre's budget;

(j) sign the contracts entered into by the Centre in accordance with the regulations of University Rey Juan Carlos;

(k) promote and control compliance with the objectives, policies and procedures of the Centre;

(l) exercise any other function that is attributed to it by the Statutes and other regulations, and especially those that, within the scope of the Centre, have not been expressly attributed to other bodies, reporting their activities to the Board of the Centre.

Article 11

1. The Deputy Director of CETINIA assists the Director of the Centre in the performance of his/her duties and performs the functions entrusted to him/her by current legislation, especially the drafting and custody of minutes and the issuance of certificates of the agreements that the Board has adopted.

2. The Deputy Director of CETINIA will be appointed by the Director of the Centre, from among those CETINIA researchers with PhD degree who certify a minimum of two periods of research activity.

3. The responsibilities of the Deputy Director of CETINIA are:

(a) replace the Director in the exercise of his/her functions in case of absence, illness or any other circumstance that prevents him/her from such exercise;

(b) support the Director in all those functions that he/she considers necessary;

(c) coordinate the formulation, execution, and evaluation of the activities of the Centre in those areas entrusted to him/her by the Director, by delegation;

(d) perform the functions of certification and custody of the minutes and documents issued by the Director and the Board of the Centre;

(e) maintain an updated registry of researchers and Research Groups attached to the Centre;

(f) direct, where appropriate, the administrative support unit.

Article 12

The economic resources of the Centre are:

(a) the income from the budget items assigned by the University, if any;

(b) the net returns from the activities organised and developed by CETINIA and its researchers, as well as the part that corresponds to them from the exploitation of the products of such activities;

(c) the part that corresponds to them of the income derived from the contracts regulated in article 83 of the Organic Law of Universities and from research projects, in accordance with the Regulations for the contracting of scientific, technical or artistic works from University Rey Juan Carlos, modified by the Governing Council on July 20, 2018;

(d) the finalist grants awarded to them to contribute to CETINIA's own purposes;

(e) the donations and bequests of which the Centre is expressly and specifically beneficiary;

(f) income from studies, reports or scientific and technological research and development carried out by the Centre at the request of individuals or public or private entities;

(g) contributions from individuals or public or private entities established through agreements;

(h) any other income that may correspond to the Centre in view of their nature and in the exercise of the functions of CETINIA.