Awards, Achievements, and Grants

I have demonstrated excellence and innovation in my academic, professional, and personal career, which has been recognized through various awards, achievements, and grants.

GRANT | Giving voices to the Quechua Collao vocabulary
Wikimedia Foundation ∙ April 2024
Our objective is to record the voices of the Quechua Collao vocabulary in various age ranges, and make the recordings available on Wikimedia Commons. So, the Quechua speakers, quechua learners, teachers, students, and ultimately scientists can build projects on top of it. For instance, the recordings can be used for the production of Open Educational Resources in mother tongues.
GRANT | AURORA Summer School
University of Innsbruck ∙ June 2023
University of Innsbruck grant for attending the AURORA Summer School on Public Outreach for selected PhD candidates, from 5 to 8 June, Iceland.
SCHOLARSHIP | Supporting technical contributor to Wikimedia projects
Wikimedia Foundation ∙ May 2023
Wikimedia Foundation for supporting technical contributor to Wikimedia projects, and allow them to attend the Wikimedia Hackathon 19–21 May, Greece
SCIENCE SLAM WINNER | Preserving human knowledge through knowledge graphs
Science Slam Austria ∙ September 2023
Preserving human knowledge through knowledge graphs by Elwin Huaman (ScienceSlam2022), See the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZmVrKyYsgU.
BEST PROJECT AWARD | Dictionary LODification using Wikibase
European network for Web-centred linguistic data science ∙ June 2023
Best Project Award at the 4th Summer Datathon on Linguistic Linked Open Data (SDLLOD-22) with the project Dictionary LODification using Wikibase: Quechua language.
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FIRST PRIZE | Indigenous Languages Hackathon
UNESCO ∙ May 2022
First Prize at the ICTs for Indigenous Languages Hackathon as part of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS 2022). Generating knowledge in minority languages for the Web.
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BEST PAPER AWARD | Towards Knowledge Graphs Validation
Iberoamerican Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Web Conference ∙ November 2021
Best Paper Award at the Knowledge Graph Semantic Web Conference (KGSWC 2021), Towards Knowledge Graphs Validation through Weighted Knowledge Sources.
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FINALISTS PHASE | Aporta Challenge 2019, Ideas competition
Ministry of Economy and Business, Spain ∙ December 2019
We peopose a web search engine for locating sustainable destinations. It aims to promote responsible and sustainable tourism to preserve the planet.
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GRANT | Der Förderkreis 1669
University of Innsbruck, Austria ∙ July 2019
The Förderkreis 1669 of the University of Innsbruck supports excellent young researchers by funding conference participation.
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FIRST PRIZE | Smarth Destination Hackathon
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) with the Spanish government ∙ June 2018
First prize in the Smarth Destination Hackathon (Hack4SD), I have developed a search engine for sustainable tourism destinations.
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GRANT | Peruvian scientists in Europe
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru, Germany ∙ October 2017
Grant to participate in the meeting of Peruvian scientists in Europe (SINAPSIS) in Berlin, Germany. I presented my contributions related to Linked Open Data to the Peruvian scientists community.
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FIRST PRIZE | University Contest of Talent and Entrepreneurship
University of Oviedo, Spain ∙ June 2017
First prize in the University Contest of Talent and Entrepreneurship (CHAMP-U). The project let Alpaca breeder’s family in Peru offer their houses to visitors.
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