Mario Piattini, scientific director of AQCLab, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP). The distinction was presented by the president of the UNLP Martín López Armengol, together with the dean of the Faculty of Informatics, Marcelo Naiouf. The ceremony took place within the framework of the XI Jornadas de Cloud Computing, Big Data & Emerging Topics (JCC-BD&ET) organised by the Faculty of Informatics.

López Armengol highlighted the recognition of Mario as an entrepreneurial professional with a great trajectory in the academic and scientific field and in his work in technology transfer, with important contributions to spin offs that are committed to social innovation from technology-based companies.

Mario stressed that "it is an honour to receive this recognition from the UNLP" and that "it is a boost to continue working in the field of information systems, seeking to improve their quality and sustainability to ultimately improve the quality of people and society".