HRS4R Seal
Mentoring for Euriclea research
Javier Martínez Tubío
Seven teams from the Higher Technical School of Computer Engineering, made up of 21 students, represented URJC in this edition. The most significant result was the victory in the second-year category and second place overall, tied for the most problems solved, achieved by the Hap.py team. This qualifies them for the AdaByron 2026 national final, to be held in July at the Complutense University of Madrid.
The AdaByron competition, held annually since 2015, brings together the best university teams at the regional and national levels. As Isaac Lozano, PhD, explains, “It’s a competition in which teams of three students must solve up to 13 algorithmic problems without access to external resources, relying solely on their knowledge and pre-prepared materials. The problems present situations very close to the real world, allowing for a practical evaluation of the knowledge acquired.”
The Hap.py team, made up of José Manuel Fernández Moreno, Iván Coello Rivera, and Nihad Rbaa Hmini, solved eight problems and stood out against teams from higher grades. Furthermore, this group already achieved victory in the first-year category last year, confirming their progress. “This is a team that trains throughout the year and acquires extra training that is highly valued in the professional field,” Lozano points out.
Another noteworthy result was the bronze medal won by the Alt+F4 team in the first-year category, composed of Christian Perea Reina, Manuel Tomas Rey Carbonell, and Iván Gómez Molano. In total, four of the seven URJC teams were participating in this competition for the first time.
URJC's participation in AdaByron is part of its commitment to competitive programming. "We've been participating since 2016 and have been organizing competitions altruistically at the ETSII for almost ten years, with positive results every year," explains the professor.
In this edition, Lucas Martín García, professor at URJC and member of the research group in 'GRAFO', participated as a judge of the competition and as creator of one of the problems, while Raúl Fauste Jiménez accompanied the students.
Hap.py's qualification will allow them to represent URJC in the national final, a new step that reinforces the training and academic projection of students in programming and algorithms.