The Latin American Master’s Thesis Contest (CLTM) is an annual event associated with CLEI whose objective is to reward and disseminate the work of Latin American students who have recently completed their master’s theses in computing or computer science, whose content is related to some of the disciplinary areas defined in the computing curriculum established by the IEEE/ACM. Participation is open only to students graduating from CLEI member universities.

CLEI 2023, La Paz – Bolivia

#Winning NameThesis TitleUniversity
1st PRIZEMatias VergaraAprendizaje Multietiqueta de Patrones Geométricos en Objetos de Herencia CulturalUniversidad de Chile, Chile
2nd PRIZEAdrian SilveiraA Formal Analysis of the Mimblewimble Cryptocurrency Protocol with a Security ApproachUniversidad de la República, Uruguay
3rd PRIZEGabriel CrispinoCompromissos arbitrários entre custo e probabilidade à meta e algoritmo de busca heurística em planejamento probabilístico sob o critério GUBSUniversidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil

CLEI 2022, Armenia – Colombia

#Winning NameThesis TitleUniversity
1st PRIZEMaria Fernanda Molina GiudiceConstructing privacy aware blockchain solutions: Design guidelines and threat analysis techniquesUniversidad de la República, Uruguay
2nd PRIZEJuan Vicente Bogado MachucaTime Series Clustering to Improve Dengue Cases Forecasting with Deep LearningUniversidad Nacional de Asunción, Paraguay
3rd PRIZEDaniel San MartinOpen-source Framework for Chilean Wildfire Spreading and Effects AnalysisUniversidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

CLEI 2021, Cartago Costa Rica

#Winning NameThesis TitleUniversity
1st PRIZEBruno Pasqualotto CavalarSunflowers Theorems in Monotone Circuit ComplexityUniversity of São Paulo, Brazil

CLEI 2020, Loja – Ecuador

#Winning NameThesis TitleUniversity
1st PRIZEGustavo Constain MorenoRecomendaciones para el diseño de aplicaciones informáticas inclusivas como apoyo al tratamiento del trastorno de espectro autistaUniversidad del Cauca, Colombia
2nd PRIZEJonathan MurañaEmpirical characterization and modeling of power consumption and energy aware scheduling in data centersUniversidad de la República, Uruguay
3rd PRIZEManuel CáceresCompressed Suffix Trees for Repetitive Collections based on Block TreesUniversidad de Chile, Chile

CLTM XXVI – CLEI 2019, Ciudad de Panamá – Panamá

#Winning NameThesis TitleUniversity
1st PRIZERenzo MassobrioUrban mobility data analysis in Montevideo, UruguayUniversidad de la República (Udelar), Uruguay
2nd PRIZEElian Laura RiverosDetección de vehículos con aprendizaje profundo en cámara de vigilanciaUniversidad Nacional de San Agustín, Perú
3er PREMIOCamila AlvarezUsing automatic clothing labeling to improve the quality of clothing retrieval systemsUniversidad de Chile, Chile

CLTM XXV – CLEI 2018, Sao Paulo – Brasil

#Winning NameThesis TitleUniversity
1st PRIZESebastián FerradaIMGpedia: a Large-scale Knowledge-base to Perform Visuo-semantic Queries over Wikimedia Commons ImagesUniversidad de Chile, Chile
2nd PRIZEIgnacio Velásquez LagosFramework for the Comparison and Selection of Schemes for Multi-Factor AuthenticationUniversidad del Bío-Bío (UBB), Chile
3rd PRIZEJuan FerreiraImpacto de los Mecanismos de Usabilidad sobre la Eficiencia, Eficacia y Satisfacción del Usuario: Una Evaluación EmpíricaUniversidad Nacional de Asunción (UNA), Paraguay

CLTM XXIV – CLEI 2017, Córdoba – Argentina

#Winning NameThesis TitleUniversity
1st PRIZEJuan Pablo Garella LenaModelado de calidad percibida de video en Televisión Digital AbiertaUniversidad de la República (Udelar), Uruguay
2nd PRIZERoney Lira de Sales SantosA Comparative Study among Approaches based in Fuzzy Systems and Artificial Neural Networks to Estimate Importance of Comments about Products and Services.Univiversidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI), Brazil
3rd PRIZEPablo Cruz NaveaImproving Recommender Systems Using Knowledge Obsolescence as a Predictor of TrustUniversidad Técnica Federico Santa María (UTFSM), Chile

CLTM XXIII – CLEI 2016, Valparaiso – Chile

#Winning NameThesis TitleUniversity
1st PRIZEThiago SilvaAnalisys of Academic Social Networks considering Social CapitalUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil
2nd PRIZEDiogo Carbonera LuvizonMedição da Velocidade de Veículos por Detecção e Rastreamento da PlacaUniversidade Federal do Paraná (UFTPR), Brazil
3rd PRIZESuzana SiqueiraComputational methods to construct and analyze gene regulatory networksUniversidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil

CLTM XXII – CLEI 2015, Arequipa – Perú

#Winning NameThesis TitleUniversity
1st PRIZEDavi Colli TozoniSolving the Art Gallery Problem: A Practical and Robust Method for Optimal Point Guard PositioningUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil
2nd PRIZELucy A. Choque MansillaImage Segmentation by Image Foresting Transform with Non-smooth Connectivity FunctionsUniversidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil
3rd PRIZE Filipe Morgado Simões de CamposEspelho virtual interativo para simulação de maquiagemUniversidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil

CLTM XXI – CLEI 2014, Montevideo – Uruguay

#Winning NameThesis TitleUniversity
1st PRIZEPhablo MouraConvex Recoloring of Graphs: Algorithms and PolyhedraUniversidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil
2nd PRIZETiago AndradeIntegration of Wireless Sensors Networks using Radio-over-Fiber TechnologyUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil
3rd PRIZEFabio López PiresMulti-Objective Virtual Machine Placement with Service Level AgreemenParque Tecnológico Itaipu (PTI), Paraguay

CLTM XX – CLEI 2013, Vargas – Venezuela

#Winning NameThesis TitleUniversity
1st PRIZEErnesto CopelloInferencia de Tipos de SesiónUniversidad ORT Uruguay (ORT), Uruguay
2nd PRIZELeissi Margarita Castañeda LeónDetecção de objetos em vídeos usando misturas de modelos baseados em partes deformáveis obtidas de a um conjunto de imagensUniversidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil
3rd PRIZEGustavo AlkmimMapeamento de Redes Virtuais em Substratos de RedeUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil

CLTM XIX – CLEI 2012, Medellin – Colombia

CLTM XVIII – CLEI 2011, Quito – Ecuador

CLTM XVII – CLEI 2010, Asunción – Paraguay

#Winning NameThesis TitleUniversity
1st PRIZEGustavo SoaresMaking program refactoring saferUniversidad Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG), Brazil
2nd PRIZEAldo René ZangEsquema Híbrido para Amostragem de Mapas de Iluminação em Renderizações Foto-realistasInstituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada (IMPA), Brazil
3rd PRIZEFacundo DomínguezA fusion tool based on Acid Rain plus extensionsUniversidad de la República (Udelar), Uruguay

CLTM XVI – CLEI 2009, Pelotas – Brasil

CLTM XV – CLEI 2008, Santa Fé – Argentina

#Winning NameThesis TitleUniversity
1st PRIZEDaniel PerovichModel-Driven Approach to the Development of Correct Information-Intensive Software ComponentsUniversidad de la República (Udelar), Uruguay
2nd PRIZEDaniel CalegariUML 2.0 Interactions with OCL/RT ConstraintsUniversidad de la República (Udelar), Uruguay
3rd PRIZEJulian MonteiroThe use of Evolving Graph Combinatorial Model in Routing Protocols for Dynamic NetworksUniversidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil

CLTM XIV – CLEI 2007, San José de Costa Rica – Costa Rica

CLTM XIII – CLEI 2006, Santiago de Chile – Chile

CLTM XII – CLEI 2005, Santiago de Cali – Colombia

CLTM XI – CLEI 2004, Arequipa – Perú

CLTM X – CLEI 2003, La Paz – Bolivia

CLTM IX – CLEI 2002, Montevideo – Uruguay

#Winning NameThesis TitleUniversity
1st PRIZEMirella Moura MoroTemporal Versions ModelUniversidad Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (FURG), Brazil
2nd PRIZEHernan CzemerinskiBouchet Graphs: A Generalization of Circle GraphsUniversidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina
3rd PRIZEHana Karina Salles RubinsztejnDimensionamento de Sistemas de Video InterativoUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil
4th PRIZEDaniela Leal MusaUm Sistema de Alertas Inteligentes para Ambientes de Ensino a Distancia na InternetUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (FURG), Brazil
SubstituteMarlene GoncalvesExtension de un Lenguaje de Interrogacion flexible a Bases de Datos en Memoria PrincipalUniversidad Simon Bolivar (USB), Venezuela

CLTM VIII – CLEI 2001, Mérida – Venezuela

CLTM VII – CLEI 2000, Monterrey – México

CLTM VI – CLEI 1999, Asunción – Paraguay

CLTM V – CLEI 1998, Quito – Ecuador

CLTM IV – CLEI 1997, Valparaíso – Chile

CLTM III – CLEI 1996, Bogotá – Colombia

CLTM II – CLEI 1995, Canela – Brasil

CLTM I – CLEI 1994, Ciudad de México – México