2010 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

56 2010 Institutional Yearbook Prof. Mariana Piazze (China) Spanish instructor for international students. Activity: developed the curriculum for the first semester of the “Spanish as a Foreign Language” course in the Department of Western Languages at Harbin Normal University, as part of the joint Spanish language program, February 28–March 11. School of Engineering Dr. Inés Friss de Kereki (Argentina) Professor of Programming. Activities: Judge for the “Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Programming Contest” for the “South America/South” region, held at the University of Buenos Aires on October 23. Dr. Nora Szasz (Argentina) Academic Coordinator of Systems Engineering. Carlos Luna (Argentina) Associate Professor of Computer Science Theory. Activity: conducted research activities alongside Dr. Claudia Pons at the Laboratory for Research and Training in Advanced Computer Science at the School of Computer Science, National University of La Plata, as part of the project “Low Cost Computer-Based System for Quality Evaluation and Preservation of Grains Stored in Polymer Bags,” funded by the Research Funding Initiative of the Latin American and Caribbean Collaborative ICT Research, February 18–20 and June 18. Prof. Enrique Verdes (Brazil), Lecturer in Linux Operating Systems. Activity: Taught the course “Monitoring and Performance Analysis of Servers and Networks” at the 7th Latin American Free Software Conference “Latinoware,” Foz do Iguaçu, November 10. Dr. Fernando Paganini (United States) Professor of Telecommunications Theory. Activity: taught the seminar “Network Stability and Fairness at the Connection Level” to graduate students and faculty in the Department of Telecommunications and Computer Science at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), March 12. ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES ABROAD 2010 Dr. Inés Friss de Kereki