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October 2016
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Oct. 31, 2016The #DondeGo challenge, presented by the Dynamic Cookie team—composed of students in the Systems Engineering and Systems Science programs—won first prize at "Campus Party," a global event focused on technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. The event, which took place from October 26 to 30, 2016, in Buenos Aires, featured conferences, challenges, and workshops.
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Oct. 31, 2016Two papers, co-authored by faculty members from the School of Engineering, were published in October 2016 in the Proceedings of the 19th Ibero-American Conference on Software Engineering (CIbSE 2016). This peer-reviewed conference, organized by the University of the Armed Forces, took place from April 27 to 29, 2016, in Quito.
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Oct. 31, 2016On October 31, 2016, the presentation “Women Entrepreneurs” was held at the Downtown Campus. A panel of female entrepreneurs discussed the possibilities and opportunities involved in starting a business. The event, which aimed to encourage female entrepreneurship, was organized by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE).
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Oct. 31, 2016From October 28 to November 4, 2016, the School of Design at the Faculty of Communication and Design (Cuareim 1451) will host the art installation “De cabeza,” created by students and faculty from the Digital Art Workshop 1 course in the Bachelor of Multimedia Design program. Its goal is to engage the community in exploring alternative platforms for contemporary art and digital media.
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Oct. 30, 2016Sur3D, a startup incubated by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) led by Alejandro Lozdziejski, a graduate in Systems Engineering, was selected in the “Startups” category at the “6th NOVA Awards Ceremony—National Innovation Award,” organized by the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII). The event took place on October 26, 2016, in the Hall of Lost Steps at the Legislative Palace.
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Oct. 28, 2016Denise Vaillant presented an overview of the teaching profession in Latin America and discussed possible solutions.
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Oct. 28, 2016From September to December 2016, the exhibition “28 Posters in Homage to Artists” is open to the public at the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works (Rincón 561). The exhibition is the result of an extracurricular workshop held at the School of Communication and Design with students, graduates, and faculty members from the Graphic Design program.
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Oct. 27, 2016Journalist César di Candia shared his experiences with young professionals and offered advice on how to establish a career in journalism.
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Oct. 27, 2016The event featured the participation of Dr. Denise Vaillant, academic secretary of the Institute of Education.
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Oct. 27, 2016Diego Borges, a senior in the Interior Design program, won first place in the 2015 Latino Australia Eduaction and Universidad ORT Uruguay office Universidad ORT Uruguay competition alongside other students. "It was a small but very comprehensive project. We had to transform a completely empty studio apartment into an office," he says, adding that "winning was great, but the opportunity to participate in the project’s execution as project managers was definitely the most rewarding part."
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Oct. 27, 2016The article “Comparing technical debt in student exercises using test-driven development, test-last, and ad hoc programming,” co-authored by faculty members from the School of Engineering, was presented at the Latin American Computing Conference (CLEI 2016). This peer-reviewed conference, organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso and the Federico Santa María Technical University, took place from October 10 to 14, 2016, in Valparaíso, Chile.
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Oct. 27, 2016From October 17 to 29, 2016, the Faculty of Architecture (2633 España Blvd.) will host the exhibition “Chair Design,” featuring works by ergonomics students in the Bachelor of Interior Design program, who will display chairs and armchairs made of corrugated cardboard that they created themselves.
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Oct. 26, 2016The video game *Public Space*, created by José Pedro Gioscia, a graduate of the Bachelor’s program in Animation and Video Games, was selected in October 2016 as one of the 12 finalists in a contest organized by the organization Comprometidos.
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Oct. 26, 2016"Olímpicos," a documentary about Uruguayan athletes directed by Ilan Rosenfeld, a graduate of the Bachelor's program in Audiovisual Communication, and Martín Natalevich, was named Best Feature Film at Detour – New Film Festival. The awards ceremony took place on October 16, 2016, at the Nelly Goitiño Auditorium.
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Oct. 25, 2016On Wednesday, October 26, 2016, at 7:00 p.m., the lecture “Mindfulness: A Tool for Modern Life” will take place at the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE), located at Cuareim 1447. The event will be led by Segyu Rinpoche, a Tibetan naturopathic doctor. The speaker will share his insights on meditation practices.
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Oct. 25, 2016On Wednesdays, October 19 and 26, and November 9 and 16, 2016, at 1:15 p.m., a series of open presentations will take place at the School of Engineering (Cuareim 1451), in which teaching assistants from the Programming Department will discuss the following topics: cross-platform mobile app development with Xamarin; additional features for Java; what’s new in Java 8; and reactive programming using RxJava on Android.
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Oct. 24, 2016On November 12, 2016, MobileDay—Uruguay’s first conference on mobile technologies—will take place in the Telecommunications Tower Auditorium.
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Oct. 21, 2016On October 20, 2016, the Anglo-Uruguayan Cultural Institute hosted the opening of the multimedia installation *Shakespeare Lives*, created by Fabián Barros, M.A.
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Oct. 21, 2016Thanks to a Freedom of Information Act request, journalism students conducted an investigation into how cultural funds are managed.
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Oct. 21, 2016On October 20, 2016, the Anglo-Uruguayan Cultural Institute hosted the opening of the multimedia installation “Shakespeare Lives,” created by Fabián Barros, M.A., professor of Multimedia and Digital Arts at the School of Communication and Design, as part of the celebrations marking the 400th anniversary of the death of the writer William Shakespeare.