Instituto de Ciencias de la Computación

What Instituto de Ciencias de la Computación does

The Instituto de Ciencias de la Computación (ICC) is a public research institute affiliated with the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) and CONICET, Argentina's national scientific and technical research council. Founded in 2013 and headquartered at Pabellón Cero+Infinito in Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, the institute employs 41 staff and conducts both basic and applied computer science research spanning theoretical foundations to concrete technology applications. ICC organizes its work across six research areas: Algorithms; Images and Robotics; Software Engineering; Artificial Intelligence; Modeling and Simulation; and Theory of Computation. Its core technology portfolio includes computer vision models for first-person action recognition, AI models for medical image analysis (developed at the LIAA-ICC laboratory), and conversational AI agents designed to interact with patients and assist physicians in pathology detection, particularly for cognitive deterioration and Alzheimer's disease in collaboration with FLENI.

ICC does not operate a commercial business model: it has no disclosed revenue, no pricing structure, and no commercial customers. Its activities are funded through government allocations via UBA and CONICET and through research grants. Its primary "customer" segments are undergraduate students integrated into research through the BIICC scholarship program (now in its ninth consecutive edition) and partner institutions including healthcare organizations like FLENI. Research dissemination occurs through the institutional website and academic publications, with technology transfer facilitated through a formal Vinculación Tecnológica program connecting ICC with enterprises, NGOs, and government entities. The institute does not sell products or services and has no public funding rounds, acquisitions, or M&A activity in the input data.

Name

Instituto de Ciencias de la Computación

Legal name

Instituto de Ciencias de la Computación

Website

https://icc.fcen.uba.ar

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ICC is a public UBA/CONICET computer science research institute in Buenos Aires conducting basic and applied research across six areas, including AI for medical imaging and conversational agents. It serves undergraduate students via the BIICC program and collaborates with healthcare partners like FLENI.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Buenos Aires

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

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Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

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Core offering

The Instituto de Ciencias de la Computación (ICC) is a UBA/CONICET research institute that conducts basic and applied computer science research spanning theoretical foundations to concrete technology applications. It is organized into six research areas (Algorithms, Images and Robotics, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Modeling and Simulation, and Theory of Computation) and operates the LIAA-ICC Applied Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, focusing on AI for medical image analysis, conversational agents for healthcare, and first-person vision models.

Product overview

The Instituto de Ciencias de la Computación (ICC) is a UBA/CONICET research institute that conducts basic and applied research in computer science, from theoretical foundations to concrete applications in social and industrial problems. The institute operates through six research areas (Algorithms, Images and Robotics, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Modeling and Simulation, and Computer Theory) and the LIAA-ICC (Applied Artificial Intelligence Laboratory). Key offerings include the BIICC research scholarship program for undergraduate students, and collaborative research projects with institutions like Fleni on AI applications for medical diagnosis.

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Quantifiable outcome

• BIICC program running for 9 consecutive editions

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Technology focussed Yes

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AI capability7 records

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• FLENI (Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 October 2025Collaborative research initiative exploring how artificial intelligence can contribute to early identification of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. ICC researchers from LIAA-ICC work with FLENI to analyze contexts where conversational agents are most effective in interacting with patients and assisting physicians in pathology detection through processing and analyzing large volumes of complex data.
• CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCONICET is Argentina's main agency dedicated to the promotion and management of scientific and technical research. ICC operates as a joint UBA/CONICET institute, receiving institutional support and recognition from the national research council.
• UBA (Universidad de Buenos Aires)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArgentina's largest public university. ICC is affiliated with the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences (FCEN) at UBA, operating within the Department of Computing (DC). The institute receives institutional support and resources through this university affiliation.
• DC (Departamento de Computación)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Department of Computing at UBA's Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences. ICC works closely with DC, jointly promoting programs such as BIICC (Becas de Iniciación a la Investigación en Ciencias de la Computación) to integrate students into scientific activity and departmental life.

Recent moves5 records

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Broad incumbents

• MIT CSAIL: One of the world's largest academic CS research labs covering AI, robotics, computer vision, and theory. Comparable to ICC as an academic CS research hub spanning theory-to-applied work, though operating at substantially larger scale and funding base.
• Google DeepMind: Global AI research lab working on foundational AI including healthcare applications (e.g., AlphaFold). Comparable to ICC's LIAA-ICC applied AI work in healthcare AI, though at vastly greater scale and with commercial rather than academic orientation.
• Stanford AI Lab (SAIL): Premier academic AI research lab with strong computer vision and healthcare AI groups. Comparable to ICC's LIAA-ICC in applied AI research areas (vision, medical imaging, conversational systems), though embedded in a much larger US university ecosystem.

Others

• Microsoft Research: Industry basic-research lab with active healthcare AI, computer vision, and conversational AI programs. Comparable to ICC's applied AI themes (medical imaging, conversational agents), though operates commercially rather than as a public research institute.

Direct peers

• CIFASIS (Centro Internacional Franco Argentino de Ciencias de la Información y de Sistemas): CONICET-affiliated computer science and systems research center in Rosario. Shares ICC's mix of theoretical CS and applied AI/ML research, French-Argentine institutional model, and academic training mission, making it a direct peer in Argentine CS research.
• CONICET research institutes: CONICET is Argentina's national research council and ICC's parent counterpart. Other CONICET co-managed institutes (e.g., in physics, math, biology) share ICC's structure of basic+applied research, government funding model, and graduate training mission, making them the closest structural peers.
• FAMAF (Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía, Física y Computación) - UNC: Argentina's leading CS/math faculty at Universidad Nacional de Córdoba with active AI and computer science research groups. Comparable to ICC in combining academic teaching with research output, though organized as a faculty rather than a standalone institute.

Regional players

• PUC-Rio Computer Science Department (PUC-Rio): Latin American CS department with strong AI/computer vision research tradition. Comparable to ICC as a regional academic CS research hub serving graduate students and conducting applied AI work, though based in Brazil rather than Argentina.
• USP IME (Instituto de Matemática e Estatística) - University of São Paulo: Major Latin American CS research and training institute at USP. Comparable to ICC in scale, multi-area CS research, and applied AI projects, but operates as a broader mathematics/statistics/computing faculty within a large Brazilian public university.

Emerging players

• IIIA-CSIC (Institut d'Investigació en Intel·ligència Artificial): Spanish national research council (CSIC) AI institute focused on multi-agent systems, logic, and applied AI. Comparable to ICC's LIAA-ICC as a public-sector AI research lab, though with a stronger emphasis on symbolic/multi-agent AI.

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Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/icc-uba-conicet

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