Eight projects were selected as winners of the TICAL2025 Poster Call, an initiative aimed at highlighting best practices, research, and experiences in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) that provide creative and effective solutions to the challenges faced in the academic and scientific fields of Latin America and the Caribbean.
The selected proposals stand out for their impact and contribution to regional digital transformation. The authors will present their posters during the TICAL2025 Conference, which will be held from November 11 to 13 in San José, Costa Rica, where they will have the opportunity to exchange ideas, form partnerships, and share solutions with researchers, leaders, and professionals from the regional digital ecosystem.
The winning projects are:
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AIRA – Intelligent Agent of Automated Resources. Intelligent Agent with Moodle, by Diego Quisi, Juan Pablo Carvallo, Jorda Murillo, Andrés Alba, and Gabriela Cajamarca (CEDIA, Ecuador).
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National Multiuser Laboratory: Integration of R&D&i Results in ICT in Brazil, by Gustavo Neves Dias and Leandro Neumann Ciuffo (RNP, Brazil).
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Training the LLaMA 3.2 (1B) Model on the HPC-UCR Cluster with QLoRA to Adapt an Instructional Model in Spanish, by Alison Lobo Salas (University of Costa Rica, Development Observatory Research Center – CIOdD, Costa Rica).
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SPIDERHUB: EU–LAC Platform to Monitor and Accelerate the Implementation of Digital Commitments, by Johanna Fullman, Cristian Patiño, Luis Vargas, and Felipe Mendieta (DLR, Germany / CEDIA, Ecuador).
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AVIDA.ai — Artificial Intelligence Platform for Academic Data Analysis and Visualization, by Fausto Vetter, André Marins, Reginaldo Santos, Sintia Almeida, Vinícius Abreu, Marcelle Mota, and Victor Hugo Santiago (RNP, Brazil / UFPA / KatuDV).
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National Blockchain Observatory: The Web of the Future, by Leandro Ciuffo and Larriza Thurler (RNP, Brazil).
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Artificial Intelligence for Institutional Listening: Machine Learning Applied to University Management, by Marcelo Lopes Kroth, Jáder Adiél Schmitt, and Giana Lucca Kroth (RNP, Brazil).
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Telehealth Services Maturity Model, by Paulo Roberto de Lima Lopes, Angélica Batista, Ivan Torres Pisa, and Luiz Ary Messina (RNP, Brazil).
The papers will soon be available on the official TICAL2025 website. Additionally, the posters will be exhibited during the conference to promote knowledge dissemination, foster interinstitutional collaboration, and showcase projects that contribute to the technological and scientific development of the region.
TICAL2025 will bring together leaders, academics, and professionals from higher education and research to share experiences, strengthen collaborative networks, and explore new trends in digital innovation.