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May 2015
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May 30, 2015In May 2015, the University Culture Foundation published the book *Machiavelli: Timeless in the 500th Anniversary of *The Prince*, which includes two articles by researchers from the School of Communication and Design. The book launch will take place on June 23, 2015, in the Council Chamber of the School of Law at the University of the Republic.
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May 30, 2015In May 2015, Mirabilia Ediciones published the book *Leyland* by Rosana Malaneschii, a professor of Oral and Written Expression and Communication Theory in the School of Communication and Design. The book consists of short stories set on a bus.
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May 30, 2015Rosana Fernández, coordinator of the pre-incubator at the CIE (Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship), and Assistant Professor Victor Paulos, academic secretary of the School of Technology at the Faculty of Engineering, spoke about the university’s initiative to develop massive open online courses (MOOCs) and the Oculus-Dino Systems Engineering capstone project at a networking event organized by the Latin American and Caribbean Internet House.
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May 30, 2015The article “Innovation, Firm Size, Technology Intensity, and Employment Generation: Evidence from the Uruguayan Manufacturing Sector”—co-authored by scholars from the School of Business and Social Sciences—was published in May 2015 in the peer-reviewed journal *Emerging Markets Finance and Trade*, published by M.E. Sharpe.
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May 30, 2015Three papers, co-authored by faculty members from the School of Engineering, were accepted on May 7, 2015, for presentation at the 35th Biennial Meeting of the Royal Spanish Society of Physics. The event, organized by the Royal Spanish Society of Physics, will take place from July 13 to 17, 2015, in Gijón, Spain.
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May 30, 2015On May 15, 2015, the School of Architecture signed an agreement with the Higher Technical School of Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) to establish automatic credit transfer between the UPV’s Master’s Degree in Building Construction and the Diploma of Specialization in Real Estate Business.
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May 30, 2015The paper “Silica-enzyme nanohybrids for biocatalysis,” authored by researchers in the biotechnology department of the School of Engineering, was accepted on May 15, 2015, for presentation at The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem 2015). The event will take place from December 15 to 20, 2015, in Honolulu, United States.
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May 30, 2015The paper “Trading off efficiency and reciprocity in wireless peer-to-peer file sharing,” co-authored by faculty members from the School of Engineering, was presented at the 13th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks. This peer-reviewed conference, organized by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Control Systems Society, the International Federation for Information Processing, IEEE Xplore, and the IEEE Information Theory Society, took place from May 25 to 29, 2015, in Mumbai, India.
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May 30, 2015On May 15, 2015, two proposals submitted by students and graduates of the university won second and third prize in the 4th “Idea: ICT as Tools to Support Education” competition, organized by Antel.
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May 29, 2015Two projects submitted by graduates of Universidad ORT Uruguay second and third place in the "Idea: ICT as Tools to Support Education" contest organized by Antel.
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May 29, 2015On Monday, June 15, 2015, Mechanical Engineer Daniel Pryjma will give a presentation on the Mathematica program.
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May 29, 2015The article “Complaints Management in the Banking Industry,” co-authored by Nicolás Gambetta, CPA, academic coordinator of the graduate programs in Accounting and Taxation at the School of Business and Social Sciences, was published in May 2015 in the *Journal of Business Research*, a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier.
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May 28, 2015On May 28, 2015, the Faculty of Communication and Design hosted a lecture titled “The School Game: Understanding the Rules to Increase Opportunities for Our Children,” presented by Jean-Baptiste Huynh, creator of the Dragonbox video game series, which revolutionized the teaching of algebra and geometry. The conference, organized by the faculty’s Video Games Department, was aimed at parents, educational software/game developers, and individuals interested in the use of technology in education.
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Research Paper “Context-Aware Software: Definitions and Development of a Case Study on Google Glass”May 27, 2015In May 2015, the School of Engineering published Research Paper No. 13, “Context-Aware Software: Definitions and Development of a Case Study on Google Glass.”
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May 26, 2015The Latin American and Caribbean Internet House is celebrating its third anniversary and invites everyone to celebrate Internet Day with a networking event for organizations involved in the Internet.
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May 26, 2015“The Challenges Facing North Africa in the Face of Regional Terrorism” by Alfonso Soria Mendoza.
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May 25, 2015“Market Research in the Digital Age,” by Alain Mizrahi.
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May 25, 2015The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) is inviting applications from students at Universidad ORT Uruguay wish to apply for a scholarship to take a course on entrepreneurship at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States.
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May 25, 2015A study conducted by the Center for Research and Innovation in Software Engineering (CI3S) found that there are several difficulties and challenges involved in developing applications for Google Glass, despite the growing importance of wearable technology.
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May 25, 2015As part of the 2nd Sinergia Education Forum | Art, Design, Communication, and Technology, organized by the School of Communication and Design, a lecture titled “Educational Video Games: The Role of the Teacher of the Future” was held on May 27, 2015.