At the ceremony of the "Premios Nacionales de Informática" (National Computing Awards), held on October 24, 2017 at the headquarters of the BBVA Foundation in Madrid, Mario Piattini, managing partner of AQCLab, has been awarded the Aritmel Prize by the Sociedad Científica Informática de España (SCIE - Computer Science Society of Spain).

This award is given to the researcher under 55 who has made outstanding scientific contributions in the area of ​​computer engineering. The Aritmel award is part of the National Computing Awards, hosted by SCIE since 2005 to recognize well-established researchers and encourage computer research.

Director of the Alarcos research group of the Escuela Superior de Informática (University College of Computer Science) of Ciudad Real and a national and international researcher in the field of information systems quality, Mario Piattini is the most prolific Spanish author with the highest impact index in software engineering, and was included in 2011 in the "Top 15 scholars in the field of Systems and Software Engineering". He has published the most referenced books in Spanish on Software Engineering and Databases, and has directed 39 doctoral theses.

You can access more information about the winners in the 2016 edition in the following link: http://www.scie.es/premios-nacionales-de-informatica/edicion-2016/

You can listen to the interview (in Spanish) to Mario Piattini about the Aritmel prize for Cadena Ser.