As part of this event, the “11th ORT Programming Contest” and the “6th ICT Job Fair” were held.
The lectures and project presentations that took place are as follows:
Lecture: “Computer Science in the Service of Soccer,” presented by Ángel Caffa, Associate Professor of Operating Systems.
Lecture “Introduction to Game Theory and Implementation of the MasterMindGame, ”presented by Melissa Caraballo, a Systems Engineering student and Computer Science Lab Assistant.
Lecture “The Master’s in Research-Based Engineering,” presented by Dr. Álvaro Tasistro, Professor of Computer Theory and Academic Coordinator of the Master’s in Research-Based Engineering.
Lecture “Biomedical Engineering,” presented by Ignacio Gómez of Bioerix.
Lecture “From Cyberterrorism to Our Homes—What’s Happening with Computer Security?”, presented by Roberto Ambrosoni and Felipe Sotuyo.
Lecture "Home Automation: Technologies and Standards in the Development of Smart Homes and Offices," presented by Engineer Gustavo Bellora.
Lecture "On the Professional Career," presented by Engineer Carlos Cantonnet - Tata Consultancy Services.
Lecture "Core Banking Development," presented by Engineer Matías Urroz.
Lecture "Building Your Future with Us," presented by Jorge Penedo Vilas - Teyma.
Lecture "Developing Applications with HTML5 and Other Cloud Services," presented by Pablo García - Microsoft.
"Kinamik Workshop," an interactiveworkshopbased on the Systems Engineering thesis by Gonzalo Varela and Ricardo Szyfer, which enables presentations using Microsoft Kinect® technology.
Kinetic Day. Throughout the day, attendees enjoyed sports, adventures, and games using Microsoft’s Xbox console, playing without any controllers and utilizing Kinect technology.
The "Job Fair," organized by the faculty’s Graduate Coordination Office, is an open house event that serves as a platform for university-business collaboration. Its goal is to build trust to generate new opportunities and innovation projects. Participating companies can present their job opportunities, attract students’ attention, and interview potential candidates for their hiring processes. The following companies and organizations participated: Advice, AICU, Association of Engineers of Uruguay, AT Soluciones Tecnológicas, Bioerix, Buscojobs, El Gallito Luis, Globant, Integración AFAP, ITS, Kidbox, Manpower, Pronto, TCS, Technolab, Tenaris, Teyma, UruIT, Zimmic, and Zonamérica.
Twelve teams of up to three students from the School of Engineering participated in the “11th ORT Programming Contest,” in which they had to solve problems in Java or C++ within a set time limit. The faculty awarded prizes to the top three teams, and the top two will represent the university in the Latin American Final of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Programming Contest, which will take place in Buenos Aires on November 5, 2011.
The winning teams are:
First prize: Matías Rodríguez, Sebastián Borrazas, and Diego Cáceres, students in the Systems Engineering program.
Second prize: Álvaro Ingold and Germán Chiazzo, students in the Systems Engineering program, and Ismael Rodríguez, a student in the Electronics Engineering program.
Third prize: Federico Sendra, Juan Manuel Sobral, and José Chiarino, students in the Systems Engineering program.
Travel expenses will be funded by revenue generated by the Career Fair and with the collaboration of TCS (TATA Consultancy Services).
The competition was organized by Dr. Inés Kereki, Professor of Programming. Engineer Carlos Luna, Associate Professor of Computer Theory, and Assistant Professor Helena Garbarino, Academic Coordinator of the Bachelor’s Degree in Systems. Marta Castro, B.S., was in charge of laboratory coordination.
The jury consisted of Carlos Luna, M.S., Helena Garbarino, Ph.D. candidate, Marcelo Rubino, M.S., Associate Professor in the Department of Programming, Andrés De Sosa, M.S., Full Professor of Programming, and Dr. Inés Kereki.