A total of 1,347 teams participated in this edition across the various venues: 27 in Argentina, 545 in Brazil, 175 in Bolivia, 36 in Chile, 102 in Colombia, 24 in the Caribbean, 163 in Mexico, 36 in Peru, and 19 in Venezuela.
The students were accompanied by Andrés de Sosa, a professor in the School of Engineering who oversaw their preparation, and Dr. Inés Kereki, Professor of Programming.
They also received support during their preparation from Carlos Luna, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Helena Garbarino, Academic Coordinator of the Bachelor’s Program in Systems, and Eduardo Cuitiño, Professor of Numerical Analysis at the faculty.
Dr. Kereki served on the jury of the international competition, which proposed the exercises, oversaw the conduct of the test, and evaluated the programs.
The companies that sponsored the contestants’ trip were: Abitab, Advice, Aiu, Axxiome, Before, Bioerix, Codigodelsur, Conaprole, Dedicado, Ducsa, El Gallito, Globant, Infocorp, Inswitch Solutions, Integración Afap, Its, Iudel, Manpower, One Tree, Pronto, RHC, Tata Consultancy Services, Tenaris, Timba Software, and Uruit.