2011 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

75 Universidad ORT Uruguay AND ACADEMIC VISITS 2011 School of Engineering Dr. María Victoria Cengarle (Germany) Researcher at the Institute for Computer Science at the Technical University of Munich. Activity: worked with members of the Department of Computer Theory on the project "Verification of UML-Based Behavior Model Transformations," funded by the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII), January 31 to February 12. Dr. Mariana Fernández (Argentina) Deputy Coordinator of the Quality Program at the Secretariat of University Policies of the Ministry of Education of the Argentine Republic. Eng. Daniel Morano (Argentina) Advisor to the Secretariat of University Policies of the Ministry of Education of the Argentine Republic. Activity: led the “Learning Assessment Workshop” for coordinators and professors of the Faculty of Engineering, July 25 and 26. Dr. Mariana Fernández Dr. Luis Olsina (Argentina) Coordinator of the Software Engineering Research and Development Group at the Faculty of Engineering of the National University of La Pampa. Activity: served as an external examiner for the final thesis defenses for the Bachelor’s degree in Systems and Systems Engineering, April 13–15 and October 10. Dr. Gerardo Acosta (Argentina) Associate Professor of Control Systems at the Faculty of Engineering, National University of the Center of the Province of Buenos Aires. Activity: delivered the lecture “The Challenge of Developing Autonomous Underwater Vehicles in South America,” June 27. Dr. Sergio Lifschitz (Brazil) Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). Activity: served as an external examiner for the final thesis defenses for the Bachelor’s degree in Systems and Systems Engineering, April 13–15. Dr. Guilherme Horta Travassos (Brazil) Professor of Software Engineering at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Activity: delivered the seminar “Experimental Software Engineering: Using Statistical Methods to Support the Planning and Execution of Experimental Studies” as part of the Master’s in Research Engineering program, June 13.