Competition phase at UVigo and awards

Competition phase in UVigo

On April 25th and 26th, 2024, we held the team competition event for the Secondary Education (ESO), Vocational Training (FP), and High School categories in person at the EET. A total of 23 ESO team, 9 FP, and 10 high school teams were selected from their respective institutions to compete in this event, which consisted of two distinct parts:

• The first part involved presenting their work in the Auditorium of the EET.
• The second part involved having a designated booth to demonstrate how the prototype worked, allowing anyone to experiment with it

Below, you will find the photos of the participating teams. By clicking on them, you can access the video they created to present their project:

The teams made it difficult for the jury, composed in the category of ESO teams by:

• Indra Representatives:
  • Ruth Escarda Iglesias, System and Solutions Senior Expert. Indra-Vigo head
  • Javier Piñeiro Rodríguez, System and Solutions Senior Expert at Indra
• Representatives from the EET management team:
  • Laura Docío Fernández, Deputy Director of Dissemination and Recruitment
  • Pedro Rodríguez Hernández, Secretary
  • Rebeca P. Díaz Redondo, Director

The winners in the Secondary Education (ESO) team category (sponsored by the Indra Chair) were::

1. CPR Montecastelo (Vigo). Alerta Automática De Accidentes. Students (3rd ESO): Nicolás Costas Fernández, Guillermo Alonso Caraballo, Federico Andrés De Marco, Jacobo Fructuoso Veiga. Teacher: Bernardo Longa Méndez.
2. IES Rosais 2 (Vigo). Invernadoiro Cultivo Hidropónico. Students (4th ESO): Valeria Rodríguez Domínguez, Alexandra Valverde Álvarez, Alicia Montalvo Cendón, Mario Cameselle Blanco. Teacher: Víctor Ronco García
3. CPI Luís Díaz Moreno (Baralla). Ecoclase. Students (2nd ESO): Carla Fernández Rodríguez, Alejandro López Fernández, Victoria Martínez Machado, Xes Pintor Villares, Samuel Zundorf Pérez, Jennifer Viñas Piélago. Teacher: Dolores Gómez Corbeira.

In the categories of FP and high school teams, the jury was composed of:

• Representative of BorgWarner:
  • Yago Argibay, Global Functional Leader of Integrated Software Testing for HVH
• Representative of R:
  • Marcela Domínguez, HR Business Partner Manager of R
• Representatives of the management team of the EET:
  • Ana Fernández Vilas, Coordinator of MUniCS and director of the R Chair in Cybersecurity
  • Laura Docío Fernández, Deputy Director of Dissemination and Recruitment of the EET
  • Pedro Rodríguez Hernández, Secretary of the EET

The winners in the FP teams category (sponsored by BorgWarner) were:

1. CIFP A Farixa (Ourense). Pasos Seguros. Students: Paula Cortizo Pérez, Jorge Gil Álvarez, Cristian González González, Francisco Alejandro González Rangel, Anxo Sampayo Pulido, Iver Esrom Vásquez Poma. Teacher: Ricardo Ameijeiras Vázquez.
2. IES Monte da Vila (O Grove). MultiVacs. Students: Juan Antonio Rodiño Valladares, Ethan Vidal Redondo, Eva María Otero Názara, Daniel Basdedios Iglesias, Marco Lugaresi Palomares, Ismael Pérez Oubiña. Teacher: Pablo Gallego Falcón.
3. IES Francisco Daviña Rei (Monforte de Lemos). Telemedida e Monitorización de Parámetros de Saúde Online. Students: Daniel Martínez Vázquez, Xende Yáñez Boán. Teacher: Rafael Díaz Rodríguez.

In the High School teams category (sponsored by the R Chair in Cybersecurity):

1. IES Isaac Díaz Pardo (A Coruña). LixoAndGo. Students (1st HS): Inés Abuín Sánchez, Martín Santos García, Elías Porral del Río, Uxía Bernárdez Martínez, Iago Fernández Gómez, Daniel Martínez Hermida. Teacher: Patricia Iglesias Noguerol.
2. IES Rosais 2 (Vigo). SEGURVIGAL. Students (1st HS): Iago Álvarez García, Senén Bernárdez Rodríguez, Nicolás Fariñas Táboas, Sofía Román Álvarez, Pablo Sabuz Pérez, Daniel Sanmartín Alonso. Teacher: Óscar Loeda Rivas.
3. IES de Pastoriza (Pastoriza). SmartGarden. Students (1st HS): Paula Pérez Insua, Anabel Suárez de la Fuente, Doaa Jabrane, Nerea Esparza Villaverde. Tecaher: Teresa Mancebo López.

On April 27th, we had the individual competition day for Bachillerato students (sponsored by Televés). The winners were:

1. Hugo Domínguez Conde (Colexio M. Peleteiro). Teacher: Elena Poncela Blanco
2. Pablo Hermida Castro (Colexio M. Peleteiro). Teacher: Elena Poncela Blanco
3. Candela Naya López (IES Isaac Díaz Pardo). Teacher: Patricia Iglesias Noguerol

You can find information about this event here:

Several media outlets covered this competition and its results (Atlántico Diario and Faro de Vigo).

Any doubts?

You can get them solved:

• In the olympiads website,
• carefully checking the rules of the competition
• or mailing us at teleco.olimpiadas@uvigo.es.

Sponsors of the local competition