The Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul) is a century-old educational institution nationally and internationally recognized. It is centered in Porto Alegre – the capital city of the State of Rio Grande do Sul – and it offers academic programs from all different fields of knowledge, for all stages of education, ranging from elementary to graduate school.
More than 30 thousand people circulate its facilities in search of receiving one of the top 10 most qualified educations in Brazil. This, combined with its leading research programs and expressive community outreach, grants UFRGS to be ranked among the best universities in the country.
The ELA-ES 2015 will take place in the Campus do Vale, more specifically in the Institute of Informatics (INF). It is a world-class center of excellence in Computer Science and Computer Engineering engaged in leading research, teaching, and technology transfer to Industry. It was founded in 1989 as one of the faculties at UFRGS (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), which is the largest public university in southern Brazil.
The Institute has 75 faculty members, which makes it one of the largest Computer Science and Computer Engineering groups in the country. One of our main characteristics is a strong connection between research on software and hardware. The Institute also includes a team of 36 administration staff to provide support for a community of over 700 undergraduate and 250 graduate students.
The Institute of Informatics has an infrastructure comparable to the best universities in the world. Its 7,500m2 of built area include 23 lecture rooms, 12 teaching labs with over 510 computers, 35 research labs, 2 rooms of video and web conferences for defense presentations, meetings and classes, 4 lecture theatres, and a specialized library with over 22,000 volumes.
The Institute of Informatics is located in the city of Porto Alegre, the capital city of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Address: Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500 – Bloco IV, Porto Alegre/RS
Bus lines that serve the Campus do Vale: D43 – Universitária, Campus Ipiranga, T8, T10, Agronomia (Centro and Bairro)
