Best Paper Award
Women in Computing Colombia
Beyond Retrieval and Prompting: Separating Useful Orchestration from Agentic Overhead in Enterprise RAG
- Manuela Larrea-Gomez · iData
- Solbey Morillo Puente · International Bridge University
20TH COLOMBIAN COMPUTING CONFERENCE
At the 20th Colombian Computing Conference – 20CCC'26, we will celebrate our nation's scientific and technological advancements and draw inspiration to continue leading the strategies that drive growth and innovation in the field of computing.
Board of Directors, Colombian Computer Society (SCo2).
20CCC 2026 at a glance
The event concluded successfully.
- Total check-ins
- 212
- 3 recorded days
- Peak attendance day
- August 13
- 88 attendees (41.5%)
- Daily average
- 70.7
- Attendees / day
20CCC 2026 Best Paper Awards
Awards presented to outstanding papers from the conference and its associated events.
Best Paper Award
Master's and Doctoral Symposium
Linguistic bias in tourist review websites: a tourist profiling approach using NLP techniques
- Danileth Almanza
- Edwin Puertas
- Juan Carlos Martinez-Santos
Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
Best Paper Award
Multilingual and Multimodal Evaluation Forum for the Americas
UTB team for Task 2 of GastroCorp-NER 2026: Application of Transformer-based architectures for named entity recognition in the gastronomy domain.
- Alejandro Pedro Steinman Cuesta
- Andres Felipe Rubiano Marrugo
- Jorge Mario Benavides Angulo
Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
EfficientNet-B0 for Five-Class Plant Stage Classification in the NALEF Food Safety 2026 Dataset
- Fabian Camilo Quintero Pareja
- Santiago Quintero Pareja
- Isabella Sofía Arrieta Guardo
Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
Phenological Stage Classification of Cucumber Plants Using an Ensemble of Convolutional Neural Networks with Class-Imbalance Handling
- José González Ortiz
- María Mónica Ahumada Lora
- Laura Torres Pereira
Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
Best Paper Award
Artificial Intelligence Chapter
Scalable Bayesian Predictive Inference Under Spatial Distribution Shift: A Stacking Framework for Regression-Kriging
- Juan Vanegas
- Sara Vanegas
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Best Paper Award
Full Papers
AI-Assisted Co-Design for Narrative in a Video Game About the Colombian Armed Conflict
- Juan Pablo Parra Omes
- Brayan Alejandro Gutiérrez López
- Juan Jose Caiza Narváez
Institución Universitaria Colegio Mayor del Cauca
Published in Springer CCIS
20CCC is part of the Colombian Computing Conference series, indexed in Springer — Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS), in LNCS format.
August 12–14, 2026 · Cartagena de Indias
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August 12–14, 2026 · Cartagena de Indias
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20CCC 2026 schedule
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Wednesday, August 12
Day 1| Time | Room 1 | Room 2 | Room 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:00 – 09:00 | Opening and registration Auditorium | ||
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Posters / Lobby | ||
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Opening ceremony of the Colombian Computing Society, Almirante Padilla Naval Academy and Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar Opening lecture by Professor Edwin Alexander Puertas, Ph.D., and Lieutenant Commander Edwin Paipa Sanabria · Auditorium | ||
| 11:00 – 12:30 | |||
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch break | ||
| 14:00 – 14:45 | II MCC welcome | CPC Competitive Programming Course | |
| 14:45 – 15:15 | Women in Computing panel | ||
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Break / Coffee | ||
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Women in Computing panel — continuation | ||
| 16:00 – 16:15 | Break / Coffee | ||
| 16:15 – 17:00 | Conversation with the community | ||
| 17:00 – 19:30 | Walk to the inaugural group photo | ||
Thursday, August 13
Day 2| Time | Room 1 | Room 2 | Room 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:00 – 10:00 | II MCC Women in Computing Colombia IDs: 33 · 64 · 72 · 112 · 105 · 8 · 98 · 92 | CCC Full paper presentations IDs: 49 · 131 · 56 · 148 · 93 · 2 · 16 | CPC Competitive Programming Course |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Break / Coffee | ||
| 10:30 – 11:15 | CCC Full paper presentations IDs: 126 · 87 · 38 | ||
| 11:15 – 12:00 | General discussion of the papers | ||
| 12:00 – 12:30 | II MCC closing session | ||
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch break | ||
| 14:00 – 16:00 | DEMOS Software demonstrations IDs: 4 · 51 · 58 · 73 · 85 · 133 · 142 · 109 | NALEF IDs: NALEF 4 · NALEF 8 · NALEF 9 · WTECPG 1 · WTECPG 2 · NALEF 2 · NALEF 3 · NALEF 5 | SMD Master's and Doctoral Symposium IDs: 52 · 60 · 61 · 66 · 94 · 95 · 101 · 106 |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Break / Coffee | Break / Coffee | SMD IDs: 115 · 120 |
| 16:30 – 16:45 | DEMOS IDs: 97 | SMD IDs: 150 | |
| 16:45 – 17:00 | SMD IDs: 90 | ||
| 17:00 – 17:15 | |||
| 17:15 – 19:00 | SCo2 Assembly | ||
Friday, August 14
Day 3| Time | Room 1 | Remote | Room 3 | Hallway 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:00 – 10:00 | CCC Full paper presentations IDs: 1 · 44 · 129 · 18 · 111 · 28 · 116 · 24 | CCC Remote full paper presentations IDs: 46 · 70 · 17 · 22 · 42 · 82 · 59 · 69 | IEEE projects IEEE project presentations | IEEE stands |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Break / Coffee | Break / Coffee | ||
| 10:30 – 11:30 | CCC Full paper presentations IDs: 23 · 135 · 127 | CCC Remote full paper presentations IDs: 79 · 83 · 145 · 137 · 30 · 136 · 91 | ||
| 11:30 – 12:30 | 20CCC closing session | |||
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ABOUT US
Colombian Computer Society (SCo2)
The Colombian Computer Society (SCo2) is a nonprofit organization that has been promoting research, education, and professional development in computer science in Colombia for more than two decades.
Our mission is to strengthen the academic and professional computing community in the country by promoting the exchange of knowledge, the development of new talent, and collaboration between academia and the technology industry.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Call for Papers – 20CCC'26
Submit your research paper to 20CCC'26. We welcome submissions in the following subject areas:
- •Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics
- •Advanced Computing and Intelligent Systems
- •Software, Automation, and Digital Transformation
- •Digital Security
- •Robotics, Signals, and Interaction with the Environment
- •Immersive Technologies and Digital Media
- •Human-Computer Interaction and Accessibility
- •Computer Science and ICT Education
The best papers will be published in the conference proceedings.
20CCC-CFP20CCC-CFP-ENAvailable spots – 20CCC'26
II MCC – Women in Computer Science in Colombia
The Women in Computing Chapter of the Colombian Computer Society invites the academic and professional community to submit papers to the 2nd Workshop on Women in Computing in Colombia (II MCC), to be held as part of the 20CCC.
II MCC – call for papersNALEF – Nations of the Americas Conference and Labs of the Evaluation Forum
The NALEF initiative, in collaboration with the Colombian Computer Society, invites the academic, research, and professional communities to participate in its workshops and activities as part of the 20th Colombian Computer Congress 2026. This initiative aims to foster the development, evaluation, and comparison of natural language processing technologies and multimodal systems, promoting open, reproducible, and inclusive research in the context of the languages of Latin America and the Caribbean.
20CCC-NALEFMaster's and Doctoral Symposium (SMD2026)
The 2026 Master's and Doctoral Symposium (SMD2026), within the framework of the Colombian Computing Conference 2026 organized by the Colombian Computer Society, invites graduate students and the academic community to participate in this forum focused on the exchange of ideas, research advances, and experiences in Computer Science. The symposium seeks to strengthen research training through the presentation of work at different stages of development, specialized feedback, and the creation of collaboration networks between researchers in training and experts in the field.
SMD2026Software Demonstrations and Models 2026
The Software and Model Demonstrations 2026 space, within the framework of the Colombian Computing Conference 2026 organized by the Colombian Computer Society, invites the academic, research, and professional community to present prototypes, applications, and innovative technological solutions. This setting is focused on the exhibition of live functional developments, promoting direct interaction with attendees, the validation of proposals, and the generation of collaboration opportunities, thus strengthening knowledge transfer and the practical application of computing.
DeSM_20CCCLicenses and Author Agreements
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Registration fees
REGISTRATION
Register and pay at miembros.sco2.orgAttendees
Registration for non-authors
Students
$50,000 COP
Non-author professionals
$150,000 COP
Authors
Until July 30, 2026
Author registration$500,000 COP$150 USD
Additional paper$250,000 COP$75 USD
From August 1, 2026 (surcharge)
Author registration$600,000 COP$200 USD
Additional paper$350,000 COP$100 USD
COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS
Organization of 20CCC'26
Scientific Committee
Responsible for reviewing and selecting articles. Composed of renowned researchers from Colombian and international universities.
Organizing Committee
Logistical, financial, and communications coordination for the event. Led by the Digital Transformation Department at the Technological University of Bolívar.
Engineering, Web, and Apps
Responsible for design, layout, and the creation of digital resources.
- Tania Cobos Cobos, PhD
- Omar Yesid Hernandez Sotelo
Scientific Committee
Responsible for reviewing and selecting articles. Composed of renowned researchers from Colombian and international universities.
Presidents
Jairo E. SerranoJuan Carlos MartinezEdwin Puerta
161
Reviewers
14
Countries
62
International
Reviewers
Germany · 1
- Christian SturmTechnische Hochschule Ingolstadt
Argentina · 7
- Silvana AciarICATE (CONICET/UNSJ)
- Cecilia ChalliolLIFIA - UNLP / CONICET
- Rosanna CostagutaUniversidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero
- Alejandro FernandezLIFIA - UNLP
- Germán LescanoUNSE
- Claudia PonsUniversidad Nacional de La Plata
- Rodriguez AndresLIFIA - UNLP
Austria · 2
- Diego Rincon-YanezWU Wien
- Victor Adriel De Jesus OliveiraInstitut für Creative/Media/Technologies
Brazil · 3
- Blanda De MelloUniversidade Feevale
- Marta BezFeevale
- Tiago PrimoUFPel
Chile · 16
- Ricardo BarrientosUniversidad Católica del Maule
- Nicolas BarrigaUniversidad de Talca
- Felipe BesoainUniversidad de Talca
- Mario BrunoUPLA
- Sandra CanoPontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
- Luz Chourio AcevedoUniversidad de Santiago de Chile
- Hector Cornide ReyesUniversidad de Atacama
- Jaime Díaz-ArancibiaUniversidad de La Frontera
- Lioubov DombrovskaiaUTFSM
- Vannessa DuarteUniversidad Católica del Norte
- Margarita García AsteteCátedra UNESCO EDUCALYC
- Juan LagosUFRO
- Marcos LevanoUniversidad Católica de Temuco
- Jean MaidanaUniversidad Andrés Bello
- Claudio MenesesUniversidad Católica del Norte
- Pablo PalaciosUniversidad Diego Portales
Colombia · 99
- Danileth AlmanzaUniversidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
- Luz Aristizábal QUNAL
- Gabriel AvilaPolitécnico Grancolombiano
- Dora BallesterosUniversidad Militar Nueva Granada
- Leonardo BermonUniv. Nacional de Colombia Sede Manizales
- Fredy BernalUniversidad Militar Nueva Granada
- Manuel BolañosUniversidad de Nariño
- John BranchUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
- Cecilia CamachoInstitución Universitaria Colegio Mayor del Cauca
- Marta CamachoUnimayor
- Luz CardonaUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
- Omar CastrillonUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
- Julio ChavarroUniversidad Tecnológica de Pereira
- Lina ChicaUniversidad de Medellín
- Tania Cobos CobosUniversidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
- Cesar A. CollazosUniversidad del Cauca
- Luis CoronelUniversidad Francisco de Paula Santander Ocaña
- Gloria Mercedes Diaz CabreraITM
- Nestor Duque MéndezUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
- Eduardo Avendano FernandezUniversidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
- Wilintonn Ortiz FajardoUniversidad del Cauca
- Oscar Henao GalloUniversidad Tecnológica de Pereira
- Gloria Piedad Gasca-HurtadoUniversidad de Medellín
- Maria Clara Gómez ÁlvarezUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
- Diego GuevaraUniversidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
- Yuranis HenriquezUTB
- Carlos J. Barrios HernandezUniversidad Industrial de Santander
- Emilcy Hernández-LealUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
- Julio Hurtado AlegríaUniversidad del Cauca
- Gustavo IsazaUniversidad de Caldas
- Cesar JaramilloUniversidad Tecnológica de Pereira
- Robinson JimenezUniversidad Militar Nueva Granada
- Jovani Jiménez BuilesUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
- Harold LagaresUniversidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
- Manuel LegardaInstitución Universitaria Colegio Mayor del Cauca
- Mauricio LoboUniversidad de Manizales
- Luis LondoñoUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
- Monica LopezUniv. Nacional de Colombia Sede Manizales
- Julio César López BetancurUniversidad Tecnológica de Pereira
- Leonardo Ramirez LopezUniversidad Militar Nueva Granada
- Bell Manrique LosadaUniversidad de Medellín
- Beatriz MarinUniversidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga
- Jaime Arango MarinUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
- Juan MartinezUniversidad Militar Nueva Granada
- Juan MartinezEAFIT
- Jesus MartinezUniversidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
- Juan Martinez-SantosUniversidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
- Raquel MartinezInstitución Universitaria de Envigado
- Maria Medina-ReyesUniversidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
- Luis Mendoza CardonaUniversidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
- Andrea Menco TovarUniversidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
- Carlos MenesesUniversidad Tecnológica de Pereira
- Andres Marino Alvarez MezaUniv. Nacional de Colombia Sede Manizales
- Jose Montes GilUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
- Julian MorenoUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
- René Zuñiga MuñozUniversidad del Cauca
- Luis Freddy Muñoz SanabriaFundación Universitaria de Popayán
- Melissa Moreno NovoaUniversidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
- Francisco ObandoUniversidad del Cauca
- Anyela OrozcoUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
- Mauricio Orozco-AlzateUniv. Nacional de Colombia Sede Manizales
- Mariutsi Osorio SanabriaITM
- Gustavo OsorioUniv. Nacional de Colombia Sede Manizales
- Germán Osorio-ZuluagaUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
- Cesar Augusto Palacios AlarconUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
- Ricardo PeñaUniversidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
- Daniel Peña GneccoUniversidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
- Byron Perez-GutierrezUniversidad Militar Nueva Granada
- Pablo PertuzUniversidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
- Plinio PuelloUniversidad de Cartagena
- Edwin PuertasUniversidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
- Prof. Riano-RojasUniv. Nacional de Colombia Sede Manizales
- Luz Restrepo-TamayoUniversidad de Medellín
- Arles RodriguezUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
- Cesar Manuel Castillo RodriguezUniversidad Tecnológica de Pereira
- Paula RodriguezITM
- Carlos Alberto RuizUniversidad de Caldas
- Daniel SalasUniversidad de Córdoba
- Jhon SanchezUniversidad de Manizales
- Isaac SanchezUTB
- William SaracheUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
- Wilson SarmientoUniversidad Militar Nueva Granada
- Gerardo M. Sarria M.Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
- Jheimer Sepúlveda-LópezUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
- Fabian SerranoUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
- Jairo SerranoUTB
- Andrés SolanoUniversidad Autónoma de Occidente
- Marco Javier Suárez BarónUPTC
- Joan SuarezUniversidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
- Duby Sulay Castellanos CárdenasUniversidad de Medellín
- Paula Taborda-MontesUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
- Valentina Tabares MoralesUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
- Ana UribeUniv. Nacional de Colombia Sede Manizales
- Aldemir Vargas EudorGAIA - Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Edna Conde VegaCorporación Universitaria Adventista
- Luisa Villa MontoyaUniversidad de Medellín
- Eduardo VillegasUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
- Maria VillegasUniversidad del Quindío
- Wilson Libardo Pantoja YepezUniversidad del Cauca
Costa Rica · 1
- Fulvio LizanoUniversidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Ecuador · 2
- Felix Fernández-PeñaUniversidad Técnica de Ambato
- Pablo TorresUniversidad Técnica Particular de Loja
Spain · 10
- Federico BarberUniversidad Politécnica de Valencia
- Susana BautistaUniversidad Francisco de Vitoria
- Luis BengocheaUniversity of Alcala
- Ramón FabregatUniversidad de Girona
- Juan GarridoUCLM
- Toni GranollersUniversitat de Lleida
- Ramon Mas-SansóUIB
- Manuel OrtegaUniversity of Castilla - La Mancha
- Patricia PaderewskiUniversidad de Granada
- Natalia Padilla-ZeaUNIR
United States · 2
- Supraja AyyamgariUniversity of Cumberlands
- Laura Cortes RicoCornell University
Mexico · 14
- Raúl Aguilar VeraUniversidad Autónoma de Yucatán
- Claudia Blanca CallerosUniversidad Veracruzana
- Jose Celaya-PadillaUniversidad Autónoma de Zacatecas
- Carlos-Alberto Dominguez-BaezTecnológico Nacional de México
- Carlos Espino-SalinasUniversidad Autónoma de Zacatecas
- Carlos E. GalvánUniversidad Autónoma de Zacatecas
- Alfredo Garcia SuarezBenemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
- Daniel de la Rosa GómezUniversidad Autónoma de Zacatecas
- Juan Manuel Gonzalez CallerosBenemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
- Huizilopoztli Luna-GarciaUniversidad Autónoma de Zacatecas
- Jorge A. Morgan-BenitaUniversidad Autónoma de Zacatecas
- José Arceo OlagueUniversidad Autónoma de Zacatecas
- Marcela Quiroz CastellanosUniversidad Veracruzana
- Roberto Solis RoblesUniversidad Autónoma de Zacatecas
Peru · 1
- Arturo MoquillazaPontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Portugal · 2
- Fernando MoreiraUniversidade Portucalense
- Paulo NovaisUniversidade do Minho
Venezuela · 1
- Antonio Silva SprockUniversidad Central de Venezuela
COMPLEMENTARY EVENTS
Additional Activities
Competitive Programming Marathon
Teams of three compete by solving algorithmic problems in an ICPC-style format. Open to undergraduate and graduate students.
Master's and Doctoral Symposium (SMD2026)
An academic forum designed for master's and doctoral students to present their progress, preliminary findings, or proposals for ongoing research. The symposium fosters academic dialogue, the exchange of experiences, and feedback from experts and researchers, thereby contributing to the strengthening of research training and the consolidation of collaborative networks.
Software Demonstrations
A space dedicated to showcasing prototypes, applications, platforms, systems, and technological solutions developed by researchers, students, entrepreneurs, and professionals. These demonstrations will provide an opportunity to share applied advancements, showcase functional results, and foster direct interaction with attendees.
Workshop
A competitive and collaborative space inspired by the evaluation formats of the international scientific community, in which participants tackle predefined problems using common datasets, rules, and evaluation metrics.
Networking and Social Activities
Spaces designed to foster interaction, the exchange of experiences, and the building of connections among attendees from the academic, business, and institutional sectors. These include activities such as a welcome dinner, a tour of the walled city of Cartagena, and networking events.
NALEF 2026 Labs
A shared tasks workshop focused on multilingual, multimodal, and real-world challenges across the Americas. Includes tasks on food classification, gastronomic named entity recognition, applied AI, educational technology, and computational thinking. Accepted papers are published in CEUR Workshop Proceedings.
Visit website →CONFERENCE VENUE
Escuela Naval Almirante Padilla, Cartagena
WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE 20CCC
Dr. Carlos Lopez
Investigador – Universidad Nacional
"The CCC is the most important computing event in Colombia. Each edition allows us to share advances and build invaluable collaboration networks."
Ing. Andres Ramirez
Estudiante Doctorado – U. del Valle
"Presenting my research at the CCC was a turning point in my career. The networking opportunities are unmatched."
Dra. Laura Martinez
Directora TI – Empresa de Tecnología
"As an industry professional, the CCC allows me to stay up to date with academic research and connect with top-tier Colombian talent."
Prof. Jorge Hernandez
Decano – Universidad del Cauca
"The conference reflects the maturity of our scientific community. Cartagena de Indias will be the perfect setting to celebrate 20 editions of excellence."
Dra. Diana Valencia
Investigadora IA – Colciencias
"The quality of the papers and the diversity of topics make the CCC an unmissable event for any computing professional in Latin America."
EVENTS
IMPORTANT DATES
Activity calendar and deadlines for 20CCC'26
March 2026
Call for submissions
May 18, 2026
Long paper submission deadline
May 18, 2026
Master's and Doctoral symposium deadline
June 24, 2026
Notification [acceptance/rejection]
July 17, 2026
Camera Ready paper submission
August 13, 2026
SCo2 Regular General Meeting
20th Colombian Computing Conference
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