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Collaboration network and milestones

Partners & recognitions

Institutions and labs CEDIS works with, awards received, and institutional milestones.

Featured partners
6

Institutions and labs with active collaboration in recent cycles.

IBICT

IBICT

Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology

since 2021

An institutional partnership at CEDIS. DFCris came first — a scientific-output indexing system built on NLP and machine learning — followed by Jornada Galáctica, the gamification of the Canal Ciência portal. Joint work spans cooperative projects and publications.

Concrete outcomes
  • DFCris (indexing with NLP + ML)
  • Jornada Galáctica (Canal Ciência gamification)
  • Best paper award at ICCSA 2024 (Vietnam)
A3M

A3M

Learning for the Third Millennium Program

since 2020

UnB's institutional program for pedagogical innovation. CEDIS brings educational software engineering — from gamification to learning analytics — turning classes into measurable experiences.

Concrete outcomes
  • Active methodologies in SE courses
  • Learning analytics instrumentation
  • Publications at SBIE, WEI, and education journals
FAP-DF

FAP-DF

Research Support Foundation of the Federal District

since 2016

Regional funder that sustains scholarships and applied research in the Federal District. FAP-DF calls have funded part of CEDIS's infrastructure and master's / PhD scholarships.

Concrete outcomes
  • Research scholarships (undergrad, master's, PhD)
  • Thematic calls awarded
  • Infrastructure for applied projects
Finatec

Finatec

Foundation for Scientific and Technological Enterprises

since 2018

UnB's support foundation for operating technical projects and cooperations. CEDIS uses Finatec to manage R&D contracts with federal agencies and companies, turning research into contracted deliveries.

Concrete outcomes
  • R&D contract management
  • Agreements with federal agencies
  • Support for digital transformation projects
Canal Ciência

Canal Ciência

Canal Ciência (IBICT)

since 2023

CEDIS's collaboration on Canal Ciência took place through Jornada Galáctica, a gamified science outreach experience on IBICT's portal. The team worked on gamification design, motivational profiles, implementation, and evaluation of the experience.

Concrete outcomes
  • Jornada Galáctica on the Canal Ciência portal
  • Motivational profiles and engagement indicators
  • Best paper award at ICCSA 2024 (Vietnam)
VISTA Lab

VISTA Lab

VISTA Lab — University of Évora (Portugal)

since 2023

International cooperation in visualization, interaction, and applied systems. It opened academic mobility, co-authorship at European conferences, and cross-mentoring between students of both institutions.

Concrete outcomes
  • Co-authorship in international publications
  • Bidirectional academic mobility
  • CEDIS presence at European conferences
Awards and milestones

Awards and institutional milestones

Recognitions, conference awards, mentions, and milestones CEDIS has accumulated over the years.

2025

  • Honorable Mention — UnB Annual Undergraduate Teaching Innovation Award

    Sergio Antonio Andrade de Freitas

    Institutional milestone

    The Feudal Dawn project received an honorable mention in the Use of technological resources / Production of innovative teaching material category.

    See project

2024

  • Third Best Paper — IEEE ITHET 2024 (Paris)

    Éber Junio Borges Moreira · Sergio Antonio Andrade de Freitas

    Conference award

    The paper on academic resource timetabling with CP-SAT was awarded at the IEEE International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training.

  • Best paper — ICCSA 2024 (Vietnam)

    Canal Ciência Project

    Conference award

    Paper on the Canal Ciência portal receives an award at the 24th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications in Hanoi.

    See project
  • Fellow presents at ICCSA 2024

    CEDIS fellow

    Institutional milestone

    First international presentation by a CEDIS fellow at an ICCSA conference, marking the group's growing presence in European-Asian venues.

2023

  • Honorable Mention — UnB Annual Undergraduate Teaching Innovation Award

    Cristiane Soares Ramos · Sergio Antônio Andrade de Freitas · A3M team

    Institutional milestone

    Recognition in the Improvement of learning indicators category, associated with the Learning Indicators book and the A3M Program.

    See project

2020

  • Launch of Software for Good — 20th UnB University Week

    Software for Good program

    Institutional milestone

    The outreach program SpB is launched during University Week. It starts receiving concrete social demands and organizing student teams around them.

    See project

2019

  • Renaming to CEDIS

    Institutional group

    Institutional milestone

    The Software Factory Lab is renamed Center for Studies, Development, and Innovation in Software (CEDIS), reflecting a broadened scope and the group's maturation.