UPS received several recognitions during the IEEE awards ceremony

Cuenca, miércoles 23 diciembre 2020
IEEE student branch in Cuenca
IEEE student branch in Cuenca

 

IEEE Ecuador held an award ceremony to recognize the research carried out by professionals during 2020, this branch represents the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers worldwide (IEEE).

The event was done through zoom and was attended by professors, researchers and students from different institutions in Ecuador such as Universidad Politécnica Salesiana (UPS), Universidad de la Fuerzas Armadas (ESPE), Universidad de las Américas (UDLA) and institutions that had several nominations in different categories.

Several things were considered for the awards, such as the trajectory in research, the number of papers and publications in Scopus, the "h" index, number of citations and references and number of publications in IEEE journals.

UPS was nominated in the following categories: Student Branch of the Year, Young Researcher of the Year, Consecrated Researcher, Recognition for Professional Career, Outstanding Student 2020, Volunteer of the Year, and Exemplary Student. UPS researchers and students came up in the first places.

Diego Cabrera, a member of the Development in Industrial Technologies Research Group (GIDTEC, for its acronym in Spanish) received the award for young researcher of the year, while Mariela Cerrada, also a member of GIDTEC, was in first place in the Consecrated Researcher category, this for the outstanding Effort for the benefit of the scientific community and for the contributions made during 2020. The IEEE student activities committee awarded the student branch of UPS Cuenca a recognition for its constant contributions that young students make in projects of social interest.

In the category professional career, Eduardo Pinos and Luis Fernando Guerrero received awards, members of the Research Group on Artificial Intelligence and Assistive Technologies, for their constant contributions carried out within different projects in Science, Innovation and Technology.

Dolores Cárdenas, was awarded a recognition as student volunteer of the year, while Doménica Merchán would be nominated in the outstanding student category 2020. And finally, the IEEE WIE UPS Cuenca Affinity Group was awarded the Exemplary Student Affinity Group title due to the outstanding development of projects and activities related to IEEE Women in Engineering.

UPS demonstrated the hard work carried out by each its teachers, researchers and members of the university community, who combine the learning and teaching with initiatives of social benefit.