2020 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

65 STUDENT PROJECTS WITH EXTERNAL ORGANIZATIONS 2020 Open Space Authors: José Capece, Federico Trujillo, and Diego Torres Organization: Pyxis The purpose of this project was to develop a platform to facilitate the exchange of ideas among all employees of the technology solutions company Pyxis, with the goal of maximizing collaboration and fostering co-participation and co-creation activities. In each iteration, the company organizes working groups to create new processes, tools, and events; these spaces serve as fundamental pillars for keeping its essence alive and incorporating the contributions of each participant. The project arose because the software the company was using for this activity had become obsolete and was very difficult to maintain or expand. The team sought to provide the client with a solution that addresses this issue while also allowing them to continue expanding the platform in the future, based on the technologies they currently use. Within this framework, they developed a solution consisting of a web application built with Angular to replace the current application, and a mobile app for Android and iOS built with IONIC, which addresses additional functional requirements identified for the event’s execution. Finally, a REST API implemented in Spring Boot exposes services for both applications and stores the data in a PostgreSQL database. Degree: Bachelor’s Degree in Systems Engineering Advisor: Mariel Feder, Engineer National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) Ideas Competition Platform Authors: Fabián Fernández Otero and Guillermo Vieira Organization: National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) The National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) is a government entity that makes funds available to the public for research projects and promotes innovation. The objective of this project was to develop an adaptive SaaS (Software as a Service) platform that supports the idea competitions organized by ANII throughout all their stages, minimizing manual work. The platform had to be adaptive because each idea competition is different and must be tailored to the needs of each organization. To build it, the team defined an iterative and incremental software development process. It was developed in Java with Spring Boot, using the Thymeleaf template engine and a MySQL database. It has a client-server architecture and was deployed on Amazon’s cloud infrastructure. As a result, the functional version of the Ideas Competition Platform meets ANII’s needs by improving the administrative experience and facilitating communication between organizers and participants. Major: Systems Engineering Advisor: Leonardo Scafarelli, B.S.