Joaquín Bonora, Nahuel Merlo, and Juan Duarte, systems engineering students, placed 100th out of 524 teams in the Latin American Regional Round of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC).
The event took place this Saturday, November 9, simultaneously in Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Antigua and Barbuda, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.
With this result, ORT has established itself as Uruguay's top performer in the competition.
An achievement that qualifies the team for the international stage
The Latin American Regional Round of the International Collegiate Programming Contest brought together more than 500 teams from across the region.
ORT Team 1, consisting of Bonora, Merlo, and Duarte, stood out by solving four problems, finishing in 100th place, and becoming Uruguay’s highest-ranked team, thereby securing their spot in the Programadores de América competition, which will take place in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Team 2, consisting of Marcos Martegani, Agustín Martínez, and Juan Manuel Pérez—who are also systems engineering students—also performed well, placing 215th (out of a total of 524 participating teams) after completing three exercises.
A key market for Latin America
The Programadores de América Competition is an international event that brings together the region's top programmers.
It offers students the opportunity to develop their skills and qualify for the ICPC World Finals.
The winners receive gold, silver, and bronze medals, which provide them with visibility and new academic and career opportunities in the field of technology.
Preparation and commitment
The teams were accompanied at the competition by Dr. Inés Kereki, professor of Programming, and Andrés de Sosa, academic coordinator of Computer Science, who, along with Rafael Fernández Morera, instructor of the Programming 2 course, served as coaches.
This achievement is the result of the students' dedication and the ongoing efforts of the Programming Department, which encourages and trains students each year to participate in competitions of this caliber.
The university congratulates both teams and their coaches on this achievement and wishes the finalists the best of luck as they compete in the Programadores de América competition in Brazil in 2025.
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