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 award takes the name of the Electromechanical Arithmometer, one of the first digital calculators designed by Leonardo Torres Quevedo based on ideas by Charles Babagge.

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.

It is an honor for AQCLab to count on the knowledge and experience of Mario Piattini, this award being a further impulse to continue working for the Software Development Engineering and Quality.

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/