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The Institute of Informatics is a world-class center of excellence in Computer Science and Computer Engineering engaged in leading research, teaching, and technology transfer to Industry. It was founded in 1989 as one of the faculties at UFRGS (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), which is the largest public university in southern Brazil.

The Institute has 71 faculty members, which makes it one of the largest Computer Science and Computer Engineering groups in the country. One of our main characteristics is a strong connection between research on software and hardware. The Institute also includes a team of 36 administration staff to provide support for a community of over 700 undergraduate and 250 graduate students.

 

PPGC's Masters Student receives Google Award

The master's student Yessenia Yari from PPGC - INF, oriented by Prof. Jacob Scharcanski in the area of Computer Graphics, Image Processing and Interaction, was honored with an Award (Scholarship) by Google Global Community to attend the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference, to be held 8-12 November in the City of Portland, USA. The conference is sponsored by the Anita Borg Institute for Women in Computing and ACM and is the largest global event aggregating women in Computing. It was a close contest, in which Yessenia competed with more than 1100 candidates (Graduate and Undergraduate students of Computing) from all over the world. An article, the curriculum vitae and an essay from each candidate’s view of Computing were analyzed.

To know more about the Anita Borg Institute and the Conference:
http://anitaborg.org/about/history/
http://gracehopper.org/2011/

 

 

Location

The Institute of Informatics is located in the city of Porto Alegre, the capital city of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Porto Alegre is a modern city with a population of over 1.5 million people. It has been recognized by the UN as the best capital in Brazil in terms of quality of life.

 
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