2012 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

76 2012 Yearbook Helena Garbarino Academic Coordinator of the Bachelor’s Degree in Systems. She received a scholarship from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and Banco Santander to complete her doctoral studies in Computer Engineering, a joint program between the Polytechnic University of Madrid and Universidad ORT Uruguay, for a maximum stay in Madrid of six months. June. Diego Cazabán Student in the Bachelor’s Degree in Biotechnology. He received a Research Initiation Grant from the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) to investigate the topic “Immobilization and stabilization of lacassas for use in biofuel cells” under the supervision of Dr. Lorena Betancor, a research professor of Biotechnology. July. Giuliana Mastropietro, undergraduate student in Biotechnology. She received a Research Initiation Grant from the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) to investigate the topic “Generation and preliminary characterization of recombinant cell lines relevant to biotechnology” under the guidance of Dr. Mariela Bollati, a faculty member in the Bachelor’s Program in Biotechnology. July. Juan Michelini, undergraduate student in the Systems program. He received a Research Initiation Grant from the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) for his work “Computational Models in Type Theory,” research conducted for the Computational Theory course taught by Dr. Álvaro Tasistro. July. Ernesto Copello, Research Teaching Assistant in the Theoretical Computing Group (CompuTE). He received a doctoral scholarship through his application to the 2012 call for National Graduate Scholarships in Strategic Areas by the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII). The proposal, titled “Formalization of Aspects of Programming Language Theory,” is supervised by Dr. Nora Szasz, Academic Coordinator of Systems Engineering, and co-supervised by Dr. Álvaro Tasistro, Chair of Computer Science Theory. December. AWARDS 2012