Awards and distinctions - 2025-2028 Quadrennium
- Honorable Mention at the XVI Workshop on Applied Computing to Environmental Management and Natural Resources (WCAMA 2025), Brazilian Computer Society (SBC).
- Honorable Mention in the Dissertation Competition of the Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI 2025), Brazilian Computer Society (SBC).
- 3rd place in the CTD for student Flavio Vieira in the MASTER’S DISSERTATION category, defended in 2024, PPGI/UNIRIO.
- Best Paper Award at the HICSS 2025 conference – article: Predicting Oncology Readmissions:, 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.
- 2nd Place in the Thesis and Dissertation Competition of the Postgraduate Program in Informatics (CTD-PPGI Edition 2025) – Master’s student Claudio Saraiva Mattos, PPGI/UNIRIO.
- Distinguished Reviewer – Emerging Ideas and Results (TIRE) Theme Track, Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI). – Prof. Henrique Sousa and Prof. Pedro Moura
- Distinguished Reviewer – Workshop on Requirements Engineering (WER 2025), Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro. – Prof. Henrique Sousa
- Best Paper: Exploring LLMs on Supporting the Elicitation of Knowledge for NFR Catalogs: Insights from the Transparency Case – XXVIII Workshop on Requirements Engineering 2025, Workshop on Requirements Engineering.
- Honorable Mention in the VII Competition of Theses, Dissertations and Undergraduate Works in Information Systems (CTDGSI) of the XXI Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI), Brazilian Computer Society (SBC).
- Honorable Mention at the XVI Workshop on Applied Computing to Environmental Management and Natural Resources (WCAMA 2025), Brazilian Computer Society (SBC).
- Second Place in the Thesis and Dissertation Competition (CTDSI) of the XXI Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI 2025) – PhD: Paulo Malcher / Advisors: Rodrigo Santos and Davi Viana, Brazilian Computer Society.
- Best Thesis of the Postgraduate Program in Informatics (PPGI/UNIRIO) – 2024 Edition – PhD: Paulo Robson Campelo Malcher / Advisors: Rodrigo Santos and Davi Viana, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro.
- Outstanding Reviewer of the XXI Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI 2025) – Research Track, Brazilian Computer Society. – Prof. Rodrigo Santos and Prof. Sean Siqueira
- Second Place in the Thesis and Dissertation Competition (CTD-ES) of the XXXIX Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES 2025) – PhD: Paulo Malcher / Advisors: Rodrigo Santos and Davi Viana, Brazilian Computer Society.
- Third Best Paper at the X Workshop on Social, Human and Economic Aspects of Software (XLV Congress of the Brazilian Computer Society), Brazilian Computer Society.
- Third Place in the Thesis and Dissertation Competition (CTDQS) of the XXIV Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS 2025) – PhD: Paulo Malcher / Advisors: Rodrigo Santos and Davi Viana, Brazilian Computer Society.
- Honored Researcher at the X Workshop on Social, Human and Economic Aspects of Software (XLV Congress of the Brazilian Computer Society), Brazilian Computer Society.
- Distinguished Paper of the 39th Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES 2025) – Education Track, Brazilian Computer Society.
- First Place in the Doctoral Thesis Competition of the Annual MPS Workshop (WAMPS 2025) – PhD: Paulo Malcher / Advisors: Rodrigo Santos and Davi Viana, SOFTEX.
- Best Thesis by the College of Exact, Technological and Multidisciplinary Sciences of the X Postgraduate Conference of UNIRIO – Doctor: Paulo Robson Campelo Malcher / Advisors: Rodrigo Santos and Davi Viana, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro.
- Distinguished Reviewer of the XXIV Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS 2025) – Research Track, Brazilian Computer Society. – Prof. Rodrigo Santos
- Best Master’s Dissertation Work of the Brazilian Symposium on Collaborative Systems (SBSC 2025): Thiago M. R. Ribeiro (Biases in Fictional Stories in ChatGPT), SBC.
- Best Doctoral Thesis in Informatics in Education (CTD-IE 2025): Marcelo de Oliveira Costa Machado, Brazilian Computer Society.
- Outstanding Work (best articles) in the SBIE 2025 Research Track: Connecting Knowledge: Knowledge, Axes of Computing and Systems Thinking in Basic Education, Brazilian Computer Society (SBC).
- Best Dissertation in the PPGI/UNIRIO 2024 thesis and dissertation competition – Roberto Rufino Júnior “Game Design for Safety Training in Industry: The SPGD Method”, Postgraduate Program in Informatics (PPGI) – Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro.
- 1st UNIRIO Award for Theses and Dissertations: Best Academic Master’s Dissertation of 2024 by the Center for Exact Sciences and Technology (CCET) – Student: Roberto Rufino Júnior, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO).
- SBSI 2025 – Outstanding Reviewer in the TP-SI and Industry and Innovation Tracks, Special Committee on Information Systems (CE-SI) – Brazilian Computer Society (SBC). – Prof. Tadeu Classe
- SBGames 2025 – Outstanding Reviewer of the Industry Track, Special Committee on Games and Digital Entertainment (CEJogos), SBC. – Prof. Tadeu Classe
- SBSI 2025 – Best Paper – Alternative Representations of Business Process Models for Enhanced Understanding by People: A Systematic Mapping Study, Special Committee on Information Systems (CE-SI) – Brazilian Computer Society (SBC).
- SBGames 2025 – Thesis and Dissertation Competition – Honorable Mention – Student: Roberto Rufino Júnior, Special Committee on Games and Digital Entertainment (CEJogos), SBC.
- SBGames 2025 – Thesis and Dissertation Competition – Best Dissertation – Student: Cristiano Barroso Serr, Special Committee on Games and Digital Entertainment (CEJogos), SBC.
- SBGames 2025 – Art & Design Track – 3rd Best Paper – Beyond Play Your Process – Game Design and Business Process Model: A Rapid Review, Special Committee on Games and Digital Entertainment (CEJogos), SBC.
- SBGames 2025 – Art & Design Track – Best Paper – Self-Balancing Techniques in Digital Games – Systematic Mapping of the Literature (Técnicas de Autobalanceamento em Jogos Digitais – Mapeamento Sistemático da Literatura), Special Committee on Games and Digital Entertainment (CEJogos), SBC.
- SBGames 2025 – Industry Track – Honorable Mention – Storytelling and Interactive Narratives for Risk Training in the Industry (Storytelling e Narrativas Interativas para Treinamento de Risco na Indústria), Special Committee on Games and Digital Entertainment (CEJogos), SBC.
- SBGames 2025 – Industry Track – Second Best Paper – Gamification in Personal Organization Apps: A Market Analysis (Gamificação em Aplicativos de Organização Pessoal: Uma Análise de Mercado), Special Committee on Games and Digital Entertainment (CEJogos), SBC.
- SBGames 2025 – Industry Track – Best Paper – The Role of Brainstorming Tools and Psychology in the Creative Process of Game Design: Survey with Professionals in the Games Industry (O Papel das Ferramentas de Brainstorming e Psicologia no Processo Criativo do Game Design: Survey com Profissionais da Indústria de Jogos), Special Committee on Games and Digital Entertainment (CEJogos), SBC.
Awards and distinctions - 2021-2024 Quadrennium
- 3rd place in the Best Master’s Dissertation Award at the LVI Brazilian Symposium on Operations Research (56th SBPO), Brazilian Society of Operations Research (SOBRAPO).
- Honorable mention in the Dissertation Competition of the Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI 2024), Brazilian Computer Society (SBC).
- Best Reviewer at the IV Brazilian Symposium on Computer Science Education (EduComp 2024), SBC – Brazilian Computer Society. (Prof. Gleison Santos)
- Best Reviewer at the XX Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI 2024), SBC – Brazilian Computer Society. – Prof. Gleison Santos and Prof. Sean Siqueira
- 1st Place in the Doctorate category of the WAMPS 2024 Thesis and Dissertation Competition (student advisor: Carlos Alberto Simões), SOFTEX – Association for the Promotion of Excellence in Brazilian Software.
- 1st Place in the WAMPS 2024 Course Completion Work Competition (student advisors: Guilherme Tavares and Thaiis Albuquerque Índio do Brasil), SOFTEX – Association for the Promotion of Excellence in Brazilian Software.
- AIED DEIA Mentoring Fellowship, IAIED Society. – Prof. Laura Moraes
- Featured Article EDUCOMP2024 – Track 1 (OLIVEIRA, Márcio Canedo de; NUNES, Maria Augusta Silveira Netto. Evidence of the Development of PC Skills in Elementary School Students with Comics (Evidências do Desenvolvimento das Habilidades do PC em Alunos do Ensino Fundamental com HQs)), SBC.
- Winner of the II PI in Schools Award – Business Category – Final Project – GAME (MANAGING ASSETS THROUGH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY) & TRAINING EDUCATIONAL GUIDE (Master’s thesis by Reinaldo Eustaquio), INPI – National Institute of Industrial Property.
- 4 th place and finalist of the II PI in Schools Award – Technology category – Final Project – DEMYSTIFYING IP with IP COMICS USING AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH WITH THE PRODUCTION OF IP GAMES BY UNIRIO STUDENTS (DESMISTIFICANDO A PI com HQS de PI USANDO UMA ABORDAGEM INOVADORA COM A PRODUÇÃO JOGOS PI PELOS ALUNOS SI Unirio), INPI – National Institute of Industrial Property.
- PI+STEAM EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR at the II PI in Schools Award – INPI, INPI – National Institute of Industrial Property. – Prof. Maria Augusta Nunes
- 2nd place in the Thesis, Dissertation and Course Completion Work Competition in Informatics in Education (CTD-IE 2024) in the Doctorate category, for the thesis entitled “CiberTRIBOrgue”, Brazilian Computer Society (SBC) – Special Committee on Informatics in Education (CEIE).
- First Place in the Thesis and Dissertation Competition (CTDSI) of the XX Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI 2024) – Master: Rodrigo Feitosa / Advisor: Rodrigo Santos, Brazilian Computer Society.
- Second Place in the Thesis and Dissertation Competition (CTDSI) of the XX Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI 2024) – Master: Juliana Carvalho / Advisor: Rodrigo Santos, Brazilian Computer Society.
- Best Thesis in the Postgraduate Program in Computer Science (PPGI/UNIRIO) – 2023 Edition – PhD: Francisco Henrique Cerdeira Ferreira / Advisors: Rodrigo Santos and Elisa Nakagawa, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro.
- Second Place in the Dissertation Competition of the Postgraduate Program in Computer Science (PPGI/UNIRIO) – 2023 Edition – Master: Juliana Carvalho Silva do Outão / Advisor: Rodrigo Santos, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro.
- Third Place in the Dissertation Competition of the Postgraduate Program in Computer Science (PPGI/UNIRIO) – 2023 Edition – Master: Rodrigo Feitosa Gonçalves / Advisor: Rodrigo Santos, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro.
- Honorable Mention – Best Papers of the IX Workshop on Social, Human and Economic Aspects of Software (XLIV Congress of the Brazilian Computer Society), Brazilian Computer Society.
- Best Paper of the IX Workshop on Social, Human and Economic Aspects of Software (XLIV Congress of the Brazilian Computer Society), Brazilian Computer Society.
- Third Best Paper of the XII Workshop on Applied Computing in Electronic Government (XLIV Congress of the Brazilian Computer Society), Brazilian Computer Society.
- First Place in the Thesis and Dissertation Competition (CTDQS) of the XXIII Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS 2024) – Master: Rodrigo Feitosa / Advisor: Rodrigo Santos, Brazilian Computer Society.
- First Place in the Master’s Dissertation Competition of the Annual MPS Workshop (WAMPS 2024) – Master: Rodrigo Feitosa / Advisor: Rodrigo Santos, SOFTEX.
- Distinguished Reviewer of the 38th Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES 2024) – Insightful Ideas and Emerging Results Track, Brazilian Computer Society. – Prof. Rodrigo Santos
- Distinguished Reviewer of the 18th Brazilian Symposium on Software Components, Architectures, and Reuse (SBCARS 2024), Brazilian Computer Society. – Prof. Rodrigo Santos
- Distinguished Reviewers of the XXIII Brazilian Symposium on Games and Digital Entertainment (SBGames 2024) – Computing Track, Brazilian Computer Society. – Prof. Rodrigo Santos
- Distinguished Reviewer of the XXIII Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS 2024) – Research Track, Brazilian Computer Society. – Prof. Rodrigo Santos
- Distinguished Paper Award of the XXIII Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS 2024) – Research Track, Brazilian Computer Society.
- Honor for contribution during the 20 years of SBSI, General Coordination of the XX Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI 2024). – Prof. Sean Siqueira
- Third best paper in the Art & Design Track of SBGames 2024: Self-Balancing in Digital Games – Systematic Literature Mapping, SBC.
- Featured reviewer of the 30th Workshop on Informatics in Schools (WIE 2024), SBC. – Prof. Sean Siqueira
- Senior speaker at SBC – Information Systems area, Brazilian Computer Society.
- SBSI 2024 – 2nd Best Paper in the Research Track: Unveiling Corruption: A Game With The Purpose of Giving Thought to Environmental Corruption Topics, Special Committee on Information Systems (CE-SI / SBC).
- SBGames 2024 – Best Paper in the Industry Track: Building is On Fire: A Game for Fire Extinguishers Safety Training in the Construction Industry, Special Committee on Games (CE-Jogos) – Brazilian Computer Society (SBC).
- SBGames 2024 – Third Best Paper in the Art & Design Track: Self-Balancing in Digital Games – Systematic Literature Mapping (Autobalanceamento em Jogos Digitais – Mapeamento Sistemático da Literatura), Special Committee on Games (CE-Jogos) – Brazilian Computer Society (SBC).
- SBGames 2024 – Featured Reviewer in the Arts & Design, Culture and Education Tracks, Special Committee on Games (CE-Jogos) – Brazilian Computer Society (SBC). – Prof. Tadeu Classe
- SBQS 2024 – Featured Reviewer in the Reports Track, Special Committee on Software Engineering (CEES) – Brazilian Computer Society (SBC). – Prof. Tadeu Classe
- CTDSI 2023 – First place in the thesis and dissertation competition of SBSI 2023 – Student: Márcio Rocha Ferreira – Dissertation: Narrative Design for Digital Games Based on Business Processes, Special Committee on Information Systems (CE-SI / SBC).
- Second Place in the Thesis and Dissertation Competition (CTDSI) of the XIX Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI 2023) – Master: Alexandre Barbosa / Advisor: Rodrigo Santos, Brazilian Computer Society.
- First Place in the ‘Travelling Thief Problem Competition’, Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2023 (GECCO 2023)
- Best Paper Award of the 19th Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI 2023), Brazilian Computer Society.
- Award for 2nd Best Paper – Research Track – Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI) – Paper: Surveying the Academic Literature on the Use of OKR (Objectives and Key Results), SBC – Brazilian Computer Society.
- Distinguished Paper of the 37th Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES 2023) – Research Track, Brazilian Computer Society.
- Honorable Mention for Best Papers at the XIX Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI 2023): Towards a Catalog of Heuristics for the Design of Systems-of-Systems, Brazilian Computer Society.
- Finalist for Best Paper Award at CSCWD 2023: “Collaborative Elaboration of Design Fiction Narratives with Participatory Design Fiction Extend”, IEEE.
- Best Reviewer Award, IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology. Prof. Laura Moraes.
- Best Reviewer Award – ICALT 2023, IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology. Prof. Tadeu Classe.
- Distinguished Reviewer – SBSI 2023 (Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems) – Research Track, SBC – Brazilian Computer Society. Prof. Gleison Santos, Prof. Henrique Sousa and Prof. Sean Siqueira
- Honorable mentions: Best reviewers of SBSI 2023, SBC. Prof. Sean Siqueira
- 3rd place in the Doctoral Thesis Competition of the Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS), Brazilian Computer Society (SBC).
- Honorable mention for the work FedWS: A New Approach for Federated Learning using Heterogeneous Data from the XXII Workshop on Performance of Computer and Communication Systems (WPerformance 2023), Brazilian Computer Society – SBC.
- Distinguished Paper – Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS) – Article: Surveying the Relevance of the Critical Success Factors of Agile Transformation Initiative from a Project Management, SBC – Brazilian Computer Society.
- Distinguished Reviewer – SBQS 2023 (Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality) – Research Track, SBC – Brazilian Computer Society. – Prof. Gleison Santos
- 3rd Place in the Doctorate category of the Software Quality Thesis and Dissertation Competition – CTDQS / SBQS 2023 (student advisor: Eliezer Dutra), SBC – Brazilian Computer Society.
- Best paper in Track 4 of the Workshop on Informatics in Schools at the XII Brazilian Congress on Informatics in Education, Brazilian Congress on Informatics in Education.
- Best Dissertation of the Postgraduate Program in Informatics (PPGI/UNIRIO) – 2021 Edition – Master: Luiz Alexandre Martins da Costa / Advisors: Rodrigo Santos and Awdren Fontão, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro.
- Best Thesis of the Postgraduate Program in Informatics (PPGI/UNIRIO) – 2021 Edition – Doctor: Felipe Cordeiro de Paula / Advisors: Rodrigo Santos and Aline Vasconcelos, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro.
Best Paper Award of the 19th Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI 2023), Brazilian Computer Society. - Distinguished Paper of the 22nd Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS 2023) – Research Track, Brazilian Computer Society.
Third Place in the Master’s Dissertation Competition of the MPS Annual Workshop (WAMPS 2023) – Master: Alexandre Barbosa / Advisor: Rodrigo Santos, SOFTEX. - Outstanding Reviewers of the XXII Brazilian Symposium on Games and Digital Entertainment (SBGames 2023) – Computing Track, Brazilian Computer Society. – Prof. Rodrigo Santos
- Best paper of the Brazilian Symposium on Information Technology (SBTI 2023): “Addicted to social media? An adaptation of the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) for problematic use of social media”, UFPE.
- SBGames 2023 – Best Paper of the Industry Track: Data Analysis and Visualization in Training Games of Risk Situations in Industry – A Systematic Mapping Study, Special Committee on Games (CE-Jogos) – Brazilian Computer Society (SBC).
- SBGames 2023 – 2nd Best Paper in the Industry Track: SafetyPlay Game Design – Designing Games for Safety Training Purposes in Industry, Special Games Committee (CE-Jogos) – Brazilian Computer Society (SBC).
- SBGames 2023 – 3rd Best Paper in the Culture Track: Alternative and Interactive Representations of Public Service Process Models, Special Committee on Games (CE-Jogos) – Brazilian Computer Society (SBC).
- SBGames 2023 – Honorable Mention in the Culture Track: Adding and Analyzing Player Emotions in a Game about Corruption, Special Committee on Games (CE-Jogos) – Brazilian Computer Society (SBC).
- SBGames 2023 – Outstanding Reviewer in the Arts & Design Track, Special Committee on Games (CE-Jogos) – Brazilian Computer Society (SBC). – Prof. Tadeu Classe
- Tércio Pacitti Award – 2022 edition – in Innovation for Computer Science Education for the project “Almanacs for the Popularization of Computer Science”. Prof. Maria Augusta Silveira Netto Nunes.
- 1st place in the Thesis and Dissertation Competition (CTDSI) of the XVIII Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI 2022). PhD: Sandro Silva (UNIRIO). Advisors: Rodrigo Santos (UNIRIO) and Marcelo Fornazin (UNIRIO/UFF/FIOCRUZ).
- 2nd place in the Thesis and Dissertation Competition (CTDSI) of the XVIII Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI 2022). PhD: Felipe Cordeiro. Advisors: Rodrigo Santos (UNIRIO) and Aline Vasconcelos.
- Selection for the Artur Ziviani Award for Theses and Dissertations at the XXII Brazilian Symposium on Computing Applied to Health (SBCAS 2022) – Doctor: Sandro Silva (UNIRIO). Advisors: Rodrigo Santos (UNIRIO) and Marcelo Fornazin (UNIRIO/UFF/FIOCRUZ).
- 1st place in the Doctoral Thesis Competition of the Annual MPS Workshop (WAMPS), Softex. Doctor Regina Fábia Lopes de Albuquerque (PUC/PR). Advisors: Sheila Reinehr (PUC/PR), Gleison Santos (UNIRIO), and Bruna Diirr (UNIRIO).
- 2nd place in the Doctoral Thesis Competition of the Annual MPS Workshop (WAMPS), Softex. Doctor Eliezer Dutra Gonçalves (UNIRIO). Advisors: Gleison Santos (UNIRIO) and Bruna Diirr (UNIRIO). First Place in the Thesis and Dissertation Competition (CTDSI) of the XVIII Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI 2022) – Master: Luiz Costa (UNIRIO). Advisors: Rodrigo Santos (UNIRIO) and Awdren Fontão (UFMS).
- First Place in the Thesis and Dissertation Competition (CTDQS) of the XXI Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS 2022) – Master: Luiz Costa (UNIRIO). Advisors: Rodrigo Santos (UNIRIO) and Awdren Fontão (UFMS).
- First Place in the Master’s Dissertation Competition of the Annual MPS Workshop (WAMPS 2022). Master: Luiz Costa (UNIRIO). Advisors: Rodrigo Santos (UNIRIO) and Awdren Fontão (UFMS).
- Honorable Mention in the Thesis and Dissertation Competition (CTDSI) of the XVIII Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI 2022) – Master: Márcio Imamura (UNIRIO). Advisor: Rodrigo Santos (UNIRIO).
- Honorable Mention in the Thesis and Dissertation Competition (CTDSI) of the XVIII Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI’22) – Master: Lucas Oliveira. Advisors: Aline Vasconcelos and Rodrigo Santos (UNIRIO).
- Golden Medal – Green Impact – Below Zero Initiative (School of Computing / Foundation Team), Green Impact at ANU / United Nations. Prof. Bernardo Nunes.
- Best paper award at the Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI) – Title: “Organizational Climate Assessment of Trust, Knowledge, Learning, and Motivation of Agile Teams – A Case Study”. Authors: Eliezer Dutra, Cristina Cerdeiral, Patrícia Lima, Bruna Diirr, and Gleison Santos.
- Best Paper Award at the Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI) – Title: “How Could Information Systems Support Transparency to Face Corruption? – Systematic Mapping of the Literature”. Authors: Tadeu Moreira de Classe; Henrique Prado de Sá Sousa; Ronney Moreira Castro.
- Distinguished Paper Award – Title: “Towards Merge Conflict Resolution by Combining Existing Lines of Code”. Authors: Heleno de S. Campos Junior (UFF); Gleiph Ghiotto L. de Menezes (UFJF); Márcio de Oliveira Barros (UNIRIO), André van der Hoek (Univ. of California – Irvine), and Leonardo Gresta Paulino Murta (UFF).
- Best Paper at the XXI Brazilian Symposium on Games and Digital Entertainment (SBGames 2022) – Industry Track. (Prof. Rodrigo Santos)
- SBGames 2022 – Best Paper in the Industry Track: “Digital Games for Training in Risk Situations in Industry – Rapid Review”.
- SBGames 2022 – Best Paper in the Culture Track: “Serious Games and Public Transparency Against Corruption – Systematic Literature Mapping”.
- SBGames 2022 – Second Best Paper in the MAGICA Track: “Morro Novo” – A game for training equipment maintenance processes in the mining area.
- 2022 Best Student Paper – “Games With Purpose Development Methodology By A Ludology Laboratory”, Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning (ABSEL)
- Honorable mention – quality reviews – at the Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI 2022) – Research Track: Prof. Gleison Santos.
- Distinguished reviewer – SBES 2022 – Research track. Prof. Gleison Santos
- Distinguished reviewer – SBES 2022 – Insightful Ideas and Emerging Results Track. Prof. Gleison Santos
- Distinguished reviewer – SBQS 2022 – Research Track. Prof. Gleison Santos
- Distinguished reviewer – SBQS 2022 – Experience Reports Track. Prof. Gleison Santos
- Distinguished reviewer – SBQS 2022 – Software Quality Education Track. Prof. Gleison Santos
- Best reviewers – XVIII Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI 2022) – Main Track. Prof. Rodrigo Santos.
- Outstanding Reviewer – XVII Brazilian Symposium on Collaborative Systems (SBSC 2022). Prof. Rodrigo Santos.
- Outstanding Reviewer – 36th Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES 2022) – Research Track. Prof. Rodrigo Santos.
- Outstanding Reviewer – 36th Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES 2022) – Tools Track. Prof. Rodrigo Santos.
- Best Reviewers – XXI Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computer Systems (IHC 2022). Prof. Rodrigo Santos.
- Best Reviewer – 21st Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS 2022) – Experience Reports Track. Prof. Rodrigo Santos.
- Best Reviewer – 21st Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS 2022) – Software Quality Education Track. Prof. Rodrigo Santos.
Honorable mentions: Best reviewers of SBSI 2022. Prof. Sean Siqueira. - Best Reviewers of Papers/Articles – XVIII Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI 2022). Prof. Tadeu Classe.
- First Place in the Thesis and Dissertation Competition (CTDQS) of the XX Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS 2021) – Master’s Thesis: Juliana Fernandes (UNIRIO). Advisors: Rodrigo Santos (UNIRIO) and Valdemar Neto (UFG).
- 2nd Best Doctoral Thesis in the area of Informatics in Education (CTD-IE 2021). Doctoral Thesis: Crystiam Kelle Pereira e Silva (UNIRIO). Advisors: Sean Siqueira (UNIRIO) and Bernardo Nunes (UNIRIO/ANU).
- Third Best Master’s Dissertation Award in the Thesis and Dissertation Competition (CTD) of the XX Brazilian Symposium on Games and Digital Entertainment (SBGames 2021) – Title: “Business Model for Independent Studios in Digital Game Software Ecosystems”. Master: Bruno Xavier (UNIRIO) / Advisors: Rodrigo Santos (UNIRIO) and Davi Viana (UFMA).
- Honorable mention in the Thesis and Dissertation Competition (CTD) of the Brazilian Symposium on Computer Networks – Title: “Real-Time Travel Mode Detection with Smartphone Sensing and Machine Learning”. Master: Elton Fiqueiredo Soares (UNIRIO) / Advisors: Carlos Alberto Campos (UNIRIO) and Sidney de Lucena (UNIRIO).
- Distinguished Paper of the 35th Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES 2021). Prof. Rodrigo Santos.
- 2nd best ongoing research paper at the Brazilian Symposium on Collaborative Systems (SBSC)
- 2nd Best Paper of the VI Workshop on Social, Human and Economic Aspects of Software (XLI Congress of the Brazilian Computer Society). Prof. Rodrigo Santos.
- Article published among the top three at the 9th Workshop on Applied Computing in Electronic Government (WCGE): “The intelligent transformation of Brazilian cities from the perspective of ICT governance”.
- Article among the best at the Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES 2021), invited to the JSERD journal: “Human Factors and their Influence on Software Development Teams – A Tertiary Study”.
- Article nominated among the best at IHC 2021: “An Experimental Study through Sequential Chronological Cuts, with Prescriptive and Semantic Analyses on the Dynamic Translation by VLibras Avatar”.
- Distinguished reviewer – SBQS 2021 – Education Track. Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality. Prof. Gleison Santos.
- Best Reviewers – 1st Brazilian Symposium on Computing Education (EduComp 2021) – Track 1: Research Articles and Essays. Prof. Rodrigo Santos.
- Outstanding Reviewer – 35th Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES 2021) – Insightful Ideas and Emerging Results Track. Prof. Rodrigo Santos.
Awards and distinctions - 2017-2020 Quadrennium
- Best Paper Nominations of 15th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Global Software Engineering (ICGSE 2020), IEEE.
- One of the seven full papers nominated to best student paper award at ICALT 2020: ‘A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing’: A method to minimize knowledge compartmentalization and oversimplification
- Best Master’s Thesis Award in the Thesis and Dissertation Contest (CTDSI) of the XVI Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI 2020) – Master: Rodrigo Campos / Supervisors: Jonice Oliveira and Rodrigo Santos, Brazilian Computer Society.
- Honorable Mention in the Thesis and Dissertation Contest (CTDSI) (Master’s Thesis category) of the XVI Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI 2020) – Master: Marcelo Tibau / Supervisors: Sean Siqueira and Bernardo Nunes, Brazilian Computer Society.
- Selection in the Thesis and Dissertation Contest (CTD) of the XXXVIII Brazilian Symposium on Computer Networks (SBRC 2020) – Master: Elton Figueiredo de Souza Soares / Supervisors: Sidney Lucena and Carlos Alberto Campos, Brazilian Computer Society
- The Best Doctoral Dissertation Award in the Thesis and Dissertation Contest (CTD) of the XIX Brazilian Symposium on Games and Digital Entertainment (SBGames 2020) – Doctor: Tadeu Classe / Supervisors: Sean Siqueira, Renata Araujo and Geraldo Xexeo, Brazilian Computer Society.
- Best Doctoral Dissertation Award in the Thesis and Dissertation Contest (CTDSI) of the XVI Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI 2020) – Doctor: Awdren Fontão / Supervisors: Arilo Dias Neto and Rodrigo Santos, Brazilian Computer Society.
- 2nd Best Doctoral Dissertation Award in the Thesis and Dissertation Contest (CTDSI) of the XVI Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI 2020) – Doctor: Tadeu Classe / Supervisors: Sean Siqueira, Renata Araujo and Geraldo Xexeo, Brazilian Computer Society.
- Best Doctoral Dissertation Award in the Thesis and Dissertation Contest (CTDES) of the XXXIV Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES 2020) – Doctor: Awdren Fontão / Supervisors: Arilo Dias Neto and Rodrigo Santos, Brazilian Computer Society.
- Honorable Mention in the Alexandre Direne Contest for Theses, Dissertations and Final Papers in Computing in Education (CTD-IE) of the Brazilian Congress of Computing in Education (CBIE 2020) – Doctor: Ronney Moreira de Castro / Supervisor: Sean Siqueira / Co-Supervisor: Sandrelena da Silva Monteiro, Brazilian Computer Society.
- 2nd place at Alexandre Direne Contest for Theses, Dissertations and Final Papers in Computing in Education (CTD-IE) of the Brazilian Congress of Computing in Education (CBIE 2020) – Master: Rodrigo Campos / Supervisors: Jonice Oliveira and Rodrigo Santos, Brazilian Computer Society.
- Best article in Track 2 of the XXV Workshop on Computing at School (WIE 2019): Uma Iniciativa de Formação Docente em Design Instrucional sob os enfoques de Design Thinking e Experiência do Usuário, SBC (A Teacher Education Initiative in Instructional Design under the focuses of Design Thinking and User Experience, SBC).
- SBSC 2019 Best Finished Research Award: “Uma visão das relações de poder professor-aluno através de um artefato de acompanhamento automático para sessões de bate-papos (chat) em …” (A view of teacher-student power relationships through an automatic following-up device for chat sessions in…), SBSC/SBC – Brazilian Computer Socity.
- Honorable mention in the Apps.Edu 2019 Contest, Prototype Category, with ALCASYSTEM -Active Learning in Computer Science- A Portal with Active Learning Techniques for Computing Subjects, SBC.
- One of the seven full papers nominated to best full paper award at ICALT 2019, IEEE. One of the seven full papers nominated to best full paper award at ICALT 2019: How Complex is the Complexity of Learning a Concept through Exploratory Search, IEEE.
- Invited Researcher, Dagstuhl Seminar 18471 on Next Generation Domain Specific Conceptual Modeling: Principles and Methods, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Center for Informatics (German: Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik GmbH).
- Visiting Distinguished Scholar Grant, Australian National University (ANU).
- 2nd place in the Master category of the Thesis and Dissertation Contest in Software Quality (CTDQS – SBQS 2018) (supervision of student: Rafaela Sampaio), SBC – Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS 2018).
- 3rd place in the Master category of the Thesis and Dissertation Contest in Software Quality (CTDQS – SBQS 2018) (supervision of student: Daisy Brito), SBC – Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS 2018).
- 1st Place – Best Experience Report article (title: Using SINIS and GQM+Strategies to Align Organizational Goals and Service Level Agreement Indicators), SBC – Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS 2018).
- Best Article of the III Workshop on Social, Human and Economic Aspects of Software (XXXVIII Congress of the Brazilian Computer Society), Brazilian Computer Society.
- Best Paper Award of the XXXII Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES), Brazilian Computer Society.
- Nominated among the three best articles of Track 1 of SBIE 2018, SBC.
- Best paper award from the CIbSE 2017 Experimental Software Engineering Track, Ibero-American Conference on Software Engineering.
- Selected for the Researcher Links Workshop: Higher Education for All, Newton Fund.
- ICEIS 2017 Best Student Paper Award for the article “Identifying Possible Requirements using Personas: A Qualitative Study”, INSTICC.
- 2nd place thesis in the Thesis and Dissertation Contest (CTDQS 2017) of the XVI Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS 2017) – Student: Awdren Fontão / Supervisors: Arilo Dias Neto and Rodrigo Santos, Brazilian Computer Society.
- One of the Five Best Articles of the XXXI Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES 2017), Brazilian Computer Society.
- One of the five full papers nominated to best paper award at ICALT 2017, IEEE.
- Indicated among the 20 Best Papers among 341 accepted – “Information Technology in the Internet Era: Critical Theory Perspective”, Association for Information Systems (AIS) – Americas Conference on Information Systems.
- Thesis supervision by Valleska Silva who received an Honorable Mention at CTD-CBIE 2017, CBIE – Brazilian Congress of Computing in Education.
- 3rd place in the Master category of the Thesis and Dissertation Contest in Software Quality (CTDQS – SBQS 2017) (supervision of student: Bianca Trinkenreich), SBC – Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS 2017).
- 1st Place – Best Article with Technical Work (title: Práticas para Tratamento de Fatores Críticos de Sucesso (Practices for the Treatment of Critical Success Factors)), XVI Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS).
Awards and distinctions - 2013-2016 Quadrennium
- Invited Researcher, Dagstuhl Seminar 16191 on Fresh Approaches to BPM, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Center for Informatics (German: Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik GmbH).
- Supervision of the thesis awarded in 1st place in the Theses and Dissertations Contest in Computing in Education at SBC. “Computação Ubíqua para apoiar a Educação Musical…” (Ubiquitous Computing to support Musical Education…) (SANTOS, 2015), Brazilian Computer Society.
- 2nd place in the Governmental Projects category in the National Accessibility Award – Todos@Web, Ceweb.br from NIC.br; (CGI.br) and W3C Brasil.
- Honorable mention – V Brazilian Workshop on Social Network Analysis and Mining – BraSNAM, BrasNAM – Congress of the Brazilian Computer Society (CSBC).
- Certified for commitment to the International Conference on Business Process Management – BPM 2016, Brazilian Computer Society.
- 11th place in the Applications Contest for Facing Corruption, Ministry of Justice.
- SIGCOMM’s GeoDiversity Grants (US$ 1100) to participate in the ACM SIGCOMM 2016 conference held in Florianópolis, ACM.
- Best Article of WIE’2015 (1st place in the Workshop on Computing in Education), with the article “Computação Ubíqua para apoiar a educação musical: explorações com o Makey Makey” (Ubiquitous Computing to support musical education: explorations with Makey Makey), SBC – Brazilian Computer Society.
- Digital Arts and Educational Applications Award – Honorable Mention – Work: MostWanted – Um jogo educacional para o aprendizado da Linguagem C e fundamentos básicos de programação (MostWanted – An educational game for learning the C language and basic programming fundamentals), Symposium of Hypertext and Technologies in Education.
- Digital Arts and Educational Applications Award – Honorable Mention – Paper: Treasure Explorers – a game as a diagnostic assessment tool, Symposium of Hypertext and Technologies in Education.
- Best Paper Award, 12th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications.
- 3rd Place – Best Technical Paper (Instanciação e Execução das Atividades do Processo de Análise de Desempenho de Processos de Software (Instantiation and Execution of the Activities of the Software Processes Performance Analysis Process)), XIV Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS).
- 1st Place – Best Master’s Poster from the PPGI/UNIRIO supervised student Bianca Trinkenreich (SINIS – A Method to Select IT Services Indicators) – AASSQ? Advanced School of Software Quality in the Amazon, FAPEAM – Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa do Amazonas.
- Best Paper Award – Knowing the past to Plan for the Future – An In-depth Analysis of the First 10 Editions of the WEBIST Conference, 11th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies (WEBIST).
- Article nominated as one of the best papers presented at PROFES 2015 (SINIS: A Method to Select Indicators for IT Services), PROFES Conference.
- Best article in the Thesis and Dissertation Workshop on Information Systems, “Automatic Synchronization of BPM Description Artifacts: Methods and Applications” – Master student Raphael Rodrigues, SBC.
- Merit in recognition of performance, participation and contribution to the result of MPS-SW and MPS-RH assessments in Brazilian organizations, SOFTEX – Association for the Promotion of Brazilian Software Excellence.
- Best Article of the XI Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems – SBSI, SBC – Brazilian Computer Society.
- Honorable Mention in the Thesis and Dissertation Contest in Computing in Education (CTD-IE 2015), Master’s Thesis category, SBC.
- Best Article of the SBSI’2014 (1st place) Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems, SBC – Brazilian Computer Society.
- Best scientific article SBSC 2014 (2nd place), SBC.
- 1st place in the Evaluation Competition at the XIII Symposium on Human Factors in Computer Systems, IHC, Symposium on Human Factors in Computer Systems.
- Article invited to a special issue of iSys journal with the best articles from WAMPS 2014 (Evaluation of the Measurement Process in Incident Management and Continuity Management and Available in the Light of MR-MPS-SV), Softex.
- Article invited to special issue of iSys journal with the best articles from WAMPS 2014 (Mapping for Joint Implementation of Models MR-MPS-SW and CERTICS)., Softex.
- Article invited to CLEIej Special Issue for the Best Articles of CLEI 2014 (CLEI 2014 Special Issue), CLEI.
- ICEIS 2014 selected paper, Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication (INSTICC).
- Best article in the Thesis and Dissertation Workshop on Information Systems, ““Envolvendo o Usuário no Processo de Alinhamento de Ontologias através de Active Learning” (Involving the User in the Ontology Alignment Process through Active Learning) – Master student Vinicius Lopes, SBC.
- Winner of the I SBSE Challenge, CREST/UCL – UK.
- Emerald/Capes Award 2013 for the thesis “Estudo do uso de diálogos ed mediação para melhorar a interação de surdos bilíngues na web” (Study of the use of dialogues and mediation to improve the interaction of bilingual deaf people on the web) by Aline da Silva Alves and Vivia, Capes.
- 3rd place in the CSBC Thesis and Dissertation Contest, master’s category, SBC.
- Best complete article nomination – SBSI 2013 (6 nominations out of 83 accepted articles), SBC.
- 1st Place – Best Experience Report (with the article Fatores Críticos de Sucesso para Melhoria de Processos de Serviços de TI: Um Mapeamento Sistemático (Critical Success Factors for Improving IT Service Processes: A Systematic Mapping), XII Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality.
- 3rd place in the Master category of the Thesis and Dissertation Contest in Software Quality (co-supervision of student: Mylene Lisbôa Cabral), XII Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality.
- Outstanding Paper Award at the IADIS International Conference e-Learning 2013, IADIS.
- Best Master’s Thesis in Computing in Education (CTD-IE 2013), SBC.),
Awards and distinctions - 2010-2012 Triennium
- 2nd place on the Regular Track – Full Articles of the VIII Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems, Brazilian Computer Society – USP-EACH.
- The article “A Scalable Probabilistic Description Logic Approach for Semantic Link Prediction” was selected among the 3 best articles of the IX National Meeting on Artificial Intelligence, SBC.
- Honorable mention in SBSC 2012 for the article Visualização de informações em discussões políticas (Visualization of information in political discussions) (Tavares, Pimentel and Renata, SBSC2012), SBSC/SBC – Brazilian Computer Society.
- Jabuti Award: third place in the Technology and Computing category: book “Sistemas Colaborativos” – Mariano Pimentel and Hugo Fuks (orgs.), CBL – Câmara Brasileira do Livro.
- 3rd place in the Master category of the Thesis and Dissertation Contest in Software Quality (co-supervision of student: Marcelo Santos de Mello), XI Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality.
- 3rd Best Master’s Thesis in Computing in Education (CTD-IE 2012), SBC.),
- Honorable Mention with the article presented at the 23rd Brazilian Congress of Computing in Education (CBIE 2012)? Paper title: Análise de Usabilidade de um Sistema de EaD Baseada em Modelos Ma, UFRJ e UNIRIO (Usability Analysis of a distance education System Based on Ma, UFRJ and UNIRIO Models).
- Honorable mention for competing for the award for the best scientific article at the IX SBSC, Brazilian Computer Society.
- Highly Commended Award, Emeral Group Publishing Limited.
- Best Student Paper Award, International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing.
- Best Paper Award at The International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) TC 8 WG 8,9 awards – with article Paper title: O e-Mail como Apoio ao Web Marketing: uma Análise da Estratégia (E-Mail as Support for Web Marketing: A Strategy Analysis), The International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) – CONFENIS.
- 1st Place – Best Experience Report (with the article Análise da Estrutura e Conteúdo de uma Base de Medidas Visando ao Controle Estatístico de Processos de Software (Analysis of the Structure and Content of a Measures Base Aiming at Statistical Control of Software Processes)), IX Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality.
- Second best article in SBSC 2010: “Método Cyclus para melhoria de processos de colaboração” (Cyclus method for improving collaboration processes) (Ugulino and Pimentel), SBSC/CESC/SBC – Brazilian Computer Society.
Awards and distinctions - 2007-2009 Triennium
- Selected paper from WEBIST 2009, WEBIST.
- Best Master’s Thesis in Computing in Education (CTD-IE 2009), SBIE/SBC.
- Travel Grant (US$ 1000) to present an article at the IEEE WCNC conference in Budapest – Hungary, IEEE.
