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The Escuela Superior Latinoamericana de Informática (Spanish for "Latin American Superior School of Informatics", ESLAI) was an Argentine undergraduate school of computer science established in 1986. Classes were held in a former country house at the Pereyra Iraola Park in Buenos Aires Province, located approximately 40 km from Buenos Aires.

The school had Argentine mathematician Manuel Sadosky among its main founders. In spite of its short life, it had a considerable impact on informatics teaching and research in Argentina and South America. ESLAI courses were attended by students from several Spanish-speaking countries in South America such as Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. All students had a full scholarship and the admission process was passed by about 15% of applicants.

ESLAI established cooperation programs with a number of foreign universities in the Americas as well as in Europe. Those agreements sponsored important visitors to the school, such as Alberto O. Mendelzon, Jean-Raymond Abrial, Ugo Montanari, Carlo Ghezzi and Giorgio Ausiello, and enabled its students to attend graduate school at foreign universities.

The school had a significant European influence and was oriented towards theoretical aspects of computer science, such as typed lambda calculus, formal verification, and Martin-Löf's intuitionistic type theory.

Unfortunately, ESLAI was never able to develop a relationship with local companies, which in an emergent economy like Argentina's is essential to be involved with more practical problems. Without financial support, ESLAI had to close down in September 1990 during the presidency of Carlos Menem.

References

Arias, María Fernanda (January–May 2009). "Política Informática y Educación: el caso de la Escuela Superior Latinoamericana de Informática (ESLAI)" [Informatics Policy and Education: the case of the Latin American Superior School of Informatics (ESLAI)] (PDF) (in Spanish). Monterrey, Mexico: Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
Baum, Gabriel; Martínez López, Pablo E.; Arroyo, Marcelo; Smaldone, Javier; Báez, Mariana; Dalponte, Mara; Yankelevich, Daniel (10 December 2003). "Newsletter - Número 8" [Newsletter - Number 8] (PDF) (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Sociedad Argentina de Informática. Retrieved 21 June 2013.

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-'''Escuela Superior Lationamericana de Informática''' - '''ESLAI''' (Latin American Higher School Informatics) (1986-1990) was an undergraduate school in [[computer science]] in [[Argentina]], located some 20 minutes drive from [[La Plata]].
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+The '''Escuela Superior Latinoamericana de Informática''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]] for "Latin American Superior School of Informatics", '''ESLAI''') was an [[Argentina|Argentine]] undergraduate school of [[computer science]] established in 1986. Classes were held in a former country house at the Pereyra Iraola Park in [[Buenos Aires Province]], located approximately 40&nbsp;km from [[Buenos Aires]].
-The school had [[Manuel Sadosky]] among its main founders, and in spite of its short life, it had a considerable impact on the studies of informatics in Argentina and South America. It had students from different countries and cooperation programs with a number of foreign universities of the continent as well as from [[Europe]]. This cooperations brought important visitors to the school, and gave possibilities to its students of postgraduate studies in foreign universities.
+The school had Argentine mathematician [[Manuel Sadosky]] among its main founders. In spite of its short life, it had a considerable impact on informatics teaching and research in Argentina and [[South America]]. ESLAI courses were attended by students from several Spanish-speaking countries in South America such as Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. All students had a full scholarship and the admission process was passed by about 15% of applicants.
+ESLAI established cooperation programs with a number of foreign universities in the [[Americas]] as well as in [[Europe]]. Those agreements sponsored important visitors to the school, such as [[Alberto O. Mendelzon]], [[Jean-Raymond Abrial]], Ugo Montanari, [[Carlo Ghezzi]] and Giorgio Ausiello, and enabled its students to attend graduate school at foreign universities.
-Without financial support, the ESLAI had to be closed down during the [[Carlos Menem]] [[president of Argentina|presidency]].
+The school had a significant European influence and was oriented towards theoretical aspects of computer science, such as [[typed lambda calculus]], [[formal verification]], and Martin-Löf's [[intuitionistic type theory]].
-[[Category:Universities and colleges in Argentina]]
+Unfortunately, ESLAI was never able to develop a relationship with local companies, which in an emergent economy like Argentina's is essential to be involved with more practical problems. Without financial support, ESLAI had to close down in September 1990 during the [[president of Argentina|presidency]] of [[Carlos Menem]].
+==References==
+*{{cite web |url=http://www.redalyc.org/pdf/633/63311182004.pdf |title=Política Informática y Educación: el caso de la Escuela Superior Latinoamericana de Informática (ESLAI) |last=Arias |first=María Fernanda |date=January–May 2009 |publisher=Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey |location=Monterrey, Mexico |language=Spanish |trans-title=Informatics Policy and Education: the case of the Latin American Superior School of Informatics (ESLAI) |format=PDF |accessdate=21 June 2013}}
+*{{cite web |url=http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~gersch/sadio_nl8-ESLAI.pdf |title=Newsletter - Número 8 |last1=Baum |first1=Gabriel |last2=Martínez López |first2=Pablo E. |last3=Arroyo |first3=Marcelo |last4=Smaldone |first4=Javier |last5=Báez |first5=Mariana |last6=Dalponte |first6=Mara |last7=Yankelevich |first7=Daniel |date=10 December 2003 |publisher=Sociedad Argentina de Informática |location=Buenos Aires, Argentina |language=Spanish |trans-title=Newsletter - Number 8 |format=PDF |accessdate=21 June 2013}}
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