Head of Artificial Intelligence

• Jul 2019 - Present

Type of contract: CDI (full-time, permanent employee contract)Currently, I'm working as a Head of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) team at ActiveEon by focusing on the intersection of scientific research and software engineering, bringing cutting-edge AI technologies to the core platform of ActiveEon. My main focus is on AI at Scale, HPC+IA, and MLOps. We help the customers to automate and orchestrate AI-based workflows, scaling-up with parallel and distributed execution.My responsibilities include defining the AI roadmap, supporting AI team members, and drivingAI key projects.In short, my activities are:— Lead a team of 4 (four) PhDs on AI & Machine Learning;— Drive AI roadmap creation and execution;— Drive end-to-end AI product design, architecture, and operation;— Develop end-to-end AI workflows;— Develop large-scale AI workflows with parallel & distributed execution ;— Develop multi-node and multi-GPU AI workflows;— Develop a distributed AutoML tool for large-scale hyperparameter optimization and neural architecture search.— Develop the Proactive Python Connector to submit runtime dynamic AI workflows.— Develop the Proactive Jupyter Kernel to submit runtime dynamic AI workflows from Jupyter Notebook / Lab.Some use cases I worked on:— Thales Alenia Space (TAS): Anomaly Detection using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) on Hybrid Circuit Images from Satellite Hardware.— SAFRAN Aircraft Engines: Anomaly Detection using AutoML on Aircraft Engine Sensors.— Machine Learning and Data Analytics for Power Networks (Hydro Quebec, IREQ).— Feature engineering and ML model training workflows for the Desjardins Data Cup 2018.Main tools, libraries, and technologies:* Programming languages: Python, C/C++, Groovy/Java;* Image analysis: OpenCV, scikit-image, Dlib* Machine learning libraries: scikit-learn, NVIDIA RAPIDS;* Deep learning libraries: PyTorch, Tensorflow, Keras;* Real-time data visualization: Visdom (Facebook) and Tensorboard (Google); Show less

AI Solutions Architect

• Jul 2019 - Present

Artificial Intelligence Research Engineer

• May 2017 - Jul 2019

Senior AI Research Engineer and Machine Learning Team Leader

Associate Researcher

• May 2020 - Present

The Advanced Institute for Artificial Intelligence is a consortium of outstanding researchers in different areas of AI aiming to tackle socially relevant problems. The Advanced Institute for Artificial Intelligence is a consortium of outstanding researchers in different areas of AI aiming to tackle socially relevant problems.

Researcher, Ph.D. Student

• Sep 2013 - May 2017

PhD (“European Doctorate” label) on Computer Vision and Machine Learning. Supported by CAPES/Brazil scholarship. Main research tools: Matrix/Tensor Decomposition, Low-Rank and Sparse Representation, and Subspace Clustering. PhD (“European Doctorate” label) on Computer Vision and Machine Learning. Supported by CAPES/Brazil scholarship. Main research tools: Matrix/Tensor Decomposition, Low-Rank and Sparse Representation, and Subspace Clustering.

Computer Vision and Deep Learning Consultant

• Jun 2015 - Apr 2016

CamPark Solutions is a French start-up company focused on computer vision solutions for smart city. http://camparksolutions.com/ Type of contract: remote, freelancer I worked as a Computer Vision and Deep Learning consultant in the automated parking lot classification project. My main research activity was to develop a C++ algorithm based on Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (Deep CNN) for image classification. Deep learning tools and libraries: Caffe, NVIDIA DIGITS CamPark Solutions is a French start-up company focused on computer vision solutions for smart city. http://camparksolutions.com/ Type of contract: remote, freelancer I worked as a Computer Vision and Deep Learning consultant in the automated parking lot classification project. My main research activity was to develop a C++ algorithm based on Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (Deep CNN) for image classification. Deep learning tools and libraries: Caffe, NVIDIA DIGITS

Computer Vision Consultant

• May 2013 - Oct 2015

GeekSys is a Brazilian start-up company focused on computer vision and big data analytics. http://www.geeksysgroup.com/en/blog Type of contract: remote, freelancer I worked as a Computer Vision consultant in the Heatmaper project: http://www.geeksysgroup.com/en/heatmaper GeekSys is a Brazilian start-up company focused on computer vision and big data analytics. http://www.geeksysgroup.com/en/blog Type of contract: remote, freelancer I worked as a Computer Vision consultant in the Heatmaper project: http://www.geeksysgroup.com/en/heatmaper

Software Consultant

• Aug 2010 - Aug 2013

Software Consultant @ SCAI Project (home-based part-time) SCAI - Sistema Corporativo de Áreas Impactadas Type of contract: remote, freelancer Major Client: Petrobras My activities include: * development of java-based desktop applications with embedded database; * development and testing software components; * mobile apps with HTML5 (websocket, webdatabase, local storage) and Sencha framework; * perform proof of concept; I worked with the following software applications: SCAI2-MEDA - Módulo de Entrada de Dados Ambientais. SCAI2-MEDF - Módulo de Entrada de Dados Financeiros. Tools and technologies employed: HTML5, Java, J2SE, Netbeans, SwingAppFramework + SwingX, JasperReports + iReports, EclipseLink JPA 2.0, H2 Database, SQL Server, Oracle, ... Show less

Software Consultant

• Jan 2009 - Jun 2013

Jan/2009 - Mar/2010 - Systems Analyst and Software Developer (full-time worker) Apr/2010 - Jun/2013 - Software Consultant (remote, freelancer). The GaranteMed is a Brazilian company of the RedeMed group (medical assurance). Major clients: CPQD, Unimed, Unicred, Uniodonto, Casa de Saúde de Campinas, SENAC and SESC. I worked with software design and software development of web-based applications, and data processing systems. I worked with the following software applications: SGB (Java), GMImport (Java), GMFramework (Java) and SGI (Java), AutorizaWeb (Java), SCGM (Java), GMDesktop (Java), TopSysFramework (Java), GaranteMed (Delphi) and Glote (Delphi). Tools and technologies employed: Java, J2SE, J2EE, Eclipse, Netbeans, Apache Tomcat, Glassfish AppServer, JSP, Servlets, Spring, JSF, Facelets, JDBC, Hibernate JPA, JavaScript, Delphi, SQL Server, HSQLDB, ... Show less

Researcher, Master of Science (M.Sc.)

• Mar 2010 - Dec 2012

Supported by CAPES/Brazil scholarship. Master Thesis: Highway Traffic Congestion Classification using Holistic Properties. This work proposes a holistic method for highway traffic video classification based on vehicle crowd properties. For more information, please see: https://www.behance.net/gallery/6384213/Highway-Traffic-Congestion-Classification Supported by CAPES/Brazil scholarship. Master Thesis: Highway Traffic Congestion Classification using Holistic Properties. This work proposes a holistic method for highway traffic video classification based on vehicle crowd properties. For more information, please see: https://www.behance.net/gallery/6384213/Highway-Traffic-Congestion-Classification

Software Consultant

• Jun 2011 - Jan 2012

http://www.grupolm.com.br/ - Is a Brazilian company focused on business management. TI Consultant @ CFrota Project (part-time worker). J2EE + SAP Integration. Tools and technologies employed: Java, J2EE, Netbeans, Eclipse, Oracle, .. http://www.grupolm.com.br/ - Is a Brazilian company focused on business management. TI Consultant @ CFrota Project (part-time worker). J2EE + SAP Integration. Tools and technologies employed: Java, J2EE, Netbeans, Eclipse, Oracle, ..

Senior Software Architect Consultant

• Dec 2010 - Feb 2011

www.indracompany.com - Spanish systems integrator Indra has acquired 100% of the shares of Brazilian IT company Politec for a total US$145mn. Senior Software Architect @ SEIA Project (full-time worker). SEIA - Sistema Estadual de Informações Ambientais Major clients: PRODEB, IMA, INGÁ and SEMA. My professional activities were: * Research of state-of-the-art SOA technologies; * Define software architecture and design constraints; * Perform proof of concepts; * Develop and test software components. Tools and technologies employed: Java, J2EE, WSO2 SOA Platform, SOA-based applications, Eclipse, Struts 2, Spring, WebServices, Hibernate JPA, JBoss AppServer, PostgreSQL, SVN, ... Show less

Systems Analyst and Software Developer

• Nov 2000 - Jun 2008

IT-Integration is a Brazilian IT company that develop solutions for contact center automation. http://www.itin.com.br/ Full-time worker. Major clients: OI, BrasilTelecom, Contax, Telefônica, TIM, Teleperformance, Contractors Contact Center and Coelba. I worked with software analysis, design and development of web-based applications and distributed systems for telecommunication services. I worked with the following software applications: AuditServer (C/C++ and Java), ITFramework (Java), WebObserver (Java), MessageTest (C/C++ and Java), TWC (PHP), SIRI (PHP), MoveMailing (Java) and Voicer + URA Reports (PHP and Java), ObserverACT (Java), ActIVR-STI (Java ) MailingMonitor (C/C++ and Java) and AutoMailing (Java). Tools and technologies employed: Java, J2SE, J2EE, PHP, C/C++, XML, JavaScript, AJAX, JQuery, YUI Framework, Visual Studio, Eclipse, Oracle JDeveloper, Netbeans, Swing, JSP, Servlets, JSF, JDBC, Hibernate, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ... Show less

Head of Artificial Intelligence

• Jul 2019 - Present

Type of contract: CDI (full-time, permanent employee contract)Currently, I'm working as a Head of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) team at ActiveEon by focusing on the intersection of scientific research and software engineering, bringing cutting-edge AI technologies to the core platform of ActiveEon. My main focus is on AI at Scale, HPC+IA, and MLOps. We help the customers to automate and orchestrate AI-based workflows, scaling-up with parallel and distributed execution.My responsibilities include defining the AI roadmap, supporting AI team members, and drivingAI key projects.In short, my activities are:— Lead a team of 4 (four) PhDs on AI & Machine Learning;— Drive AI roadmap creation and execution;— Drive end-to-end AI product design, architecture, and operation;— Develop end-to-end AI workflows;— Develop large-scale AI workflows with parallel & distributed execution ;— Develop multi-node and multi-GPU AI workflows;— Develop a distributed AutoML tool for large-scale hyperparameter optimization and neural architecture search.— Develop the Proactive Python Connector to submit runtime dynamic AI workflows.— Develop the Proactive Jupyter Kernel to submit runtime dynamic AI workflows from Jupyter Notebook / Lab.Some use cases I worked on:— Thales Alenia Space (TAS): Anomaly Detection using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) on Hybrid Circuit Images from Satellite Hardware.— SAFRAN Aircraft Engines: Anomaly Detection using AutoML on Aircraft Engine Sensors.— Machine Learning and Data Analytics for Power Networks (Hydro Quebec, IREQ).— Feature engineering and ML model training workflows for the Desjardins Data Cup 2018.Main tools, libraries, and technologies:* Programming languages: Python, C/C++, Groovy/Java;* Image analysis: OpenCV, scikit-image, Dlib* Machine learning libraries: scikit-learn, NVIDIA RAPIDS;* Deep learning libraries: PyTorch, Tensorflow, Keras;* Real-time data visualization: Visdom (Facebook) and Tensorboard (Google); Show less

AI Solutions Architect

• Jul 2019 - Present

Artificial Intelligence Research Engineer

• May 2017 - Jul 2019

Senior AI Research Engineer and Machine Learning Team Leader

Associate Researcher

• May 2020 - Present

The Advanced Institute for Artificial Intelligence is a consortium of outstanding researchers in different areas of AI aiming to tackle socially relevant problems. The Advanced Institute for Artificial Intelligence is a consortium of outstanding researchers in different areas of AI aiming to tackle socially relevant problems.

Researcher, Ph.D. Student

• Sep 2013 - May 2017

PhD (“European Doctorate” label) on Computer Vision and Machine Learning. Supported by CAPES/Brazil scholarship. Main research tools: Matrix/Tensor Decomposition, Low-Rank and Sparse Representation, and Subspace Clustering. PhD (“European Doctorate” label) on Computer Vision and Machine Learning. Supported by CAPES/Brazil scholarship. Main research tools: Matrix/Tensor Decomposition, Low-Rank and Sparse Representation, and Subspace Clustering.

Computer Vision and Deep Learning Consultant

• Jun 2015 - Apr 2016

CamPark Solutions is a French start-up company focused on computer vision solutions for smart city. http://camparksolutions.com/ Type of contract: remote, freelancer I worked as a Computer Vision and Deep Learning consultant in the automated parking lot classification project. My main research activity was to develop a C++ algorithm based on Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (Deep CNN) for image classification. Deep learning tools and libraries: Caffe, NVIDIA DIGITS CamPark Solutions is a French start-up company focused on computer vision solutions for smart city. http://camparksolutions.com/ Type of contract: remote, freelancer I worked as a Computer Vision and Deep Learning consultant in the automated parking lot classification project. My main research activity was to develop a C++ algorithm based on Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (Deep CNN) for image classification. Deep learning tools and libraries: Caffe, NVIDIA DIGITS

Computer Vision Consultant

• May 2013 - Oct 2015

GeekSys is a Brazilian start-up company focused on computer vision and big data analytics. http://www.geeksysgroup.com/en/blog Type of contract: remote, freelancer I worked as a Computer Vision consultant in the Heatmaper project: http://www.geeksysgroup.com/en/heatmaper GeekSys is a Brazilian start-up company focused on computer vision and big data analytics. http://www.geeksysgroup.com/en/blog Type of contract: remote, freelancer I worked as a Computer Vision consultant in the Heatmaper project: http://www.geeksysgroup.com/en/heatmaper

Software Consultant

• Aug 2010 - Aug 2013

Software Consultant @ SCAI Project (home-based part-time) SCAI - Sistema Corporativo de Áreas Impactadas Type of contract: remote, freelancer Major Client: Petrobras My activities include: * development of java-based desktop applications with embedded database; * development and testing software components; * mobile apps with HTML5 (websocket, webdatabase, local storage) and Sencha framework; * perform proof of concept; I worked with the following software applications: SCAI2-MEDA - Módulo de Entrada de Dados Ambientais. SCAI2-MEDF - Módulo de Entrada de Dados Financeiros. Tools and technologies employed: HTML5, Java, J2SE, Netbeans, SwingAppFramework + SwingX, JasperReports + iReports, EclipseLink JPA 2.0, H2 Database, SQL Server, Oracle, ... Show less

Software Consultant

• Jan 2009 - Jun 2013

Jan/2009 - Mar/2010 - Systems Analyst and Software Developer (full-time worker) Apr/2010 - Jun/2013 - Software Consultant (remote, freelancer). The GaranteMed is a Brazilian company of the RedeMed group (medical assurance). Major clients: CPQD, Unimed, Unicred, Uniodonto, Casa de Saúde de Campinas, SENAC and SESC. I worked with software design and software development of web-based applications, and data processing systems. I worked with the following software applications: SGB (Java), GMImport (Java), GMFramework (Java) and SGI (Java), AutorizaWeb (Java), SCGM (Java), GMDesktop (Java), TopSysFramework (Java), GaranteMed (Delphi) and Glote (Delphi). Tools and technologies employed: Java, J2SE, J2EE, Eclipse, Netbeans, Apache Tomcat, Glassfish AppServer, JSP, Servlets, Spring, JSF, Facelets, JDBC, Hibernate JPA, JavaScript, Delphi, SQL Server, HSQLDB, ... Show less

Researcher, Master of Science (M.Sc.)

• Mar 2010 - Dec 2012

Supported by CAPES/Brazil scholarship. Master Thesis: Highway Traffic Congestion Classification using Holistic Properties. This work proposes a holistic method for highway traffic video classification based on vehicle crowd properties. For more information, please see: https://www.behance.net/gallery/6384213/Highway-Traffic-Congestion-Classification Supported by CAPES/Brazil scholarship. Master Thesis: Highway Traffic Congestion Classification using Holistic Properties. This work proposes a holistic method for highway traffic video classification based on vehicle crowd properties. For more information, please see: https://www.behance.net/gallery/6384213/Highway-Traffic-Congestion-Classification

Software Consultant

• Jun 2011 - Jan 2012

http://www.grupolm.com.br/ - Is a Brazilian company focused on business management. TI Consultant @ CFrota Project (part-time worker). J2EE + SAP Integration. Tools and technologies employed: Java, J2EE, Netbeans, Eclipse, Oracle, .. http://www.grupolm.com.br/ - Is a Brazilian company focused on business management. TI Consultant @ CFrota Project (part-time worker). J2EE + SAP Integration. Tools and technologies employed: Java, J2EE, Netbeans, Eclipse, Oracle, ..

Senior Software Architect Consultant

• Dec 2010 - Feb 2011

www.indracompany.com - Spanish systems integrator Indra has acquired 100% of the shares of Brazilian IT company Politec for a total US$145mn. Senior Software Architect @ SEIA Project (full-time worker). SEIA - Sistema Estadual de Informações Ambientais Major clients: PRODEB, IMA, INGÁ and SEMA. My professional activities were: * Research of state-of-the-art SOA technologies; * Define software architecture and design constraints; * Perform proof of concepts; * Develop and test software components. Tools and technologies employed: Java, J2EE, WSO2 SOA Platform, SOA-based applications, Eclipse, Struts 2, Spring, WebServices, Hibernate JPA, JBoss AppServer, PostgreSQL, SVN, ... Show less

Systems Analyst and Software Developer

• Nov 2000 - Jun 2008

IT-Integration is a Brazilian IT company that develop solutions for contact center automation. http://www.itin.com.br/ Full-time worker. Major clients: OI, BrasilTelecom, Contax, Telefônica, TIM, Teleperformance, Contractors Contact Center and Coelba. I worked with software analysis, design and development of web-based applications and distributed systems for telecommunication services. I worked with the following software applications: AuditServer (C/C++ and Java), ITFramework (Java), WebObserver (Java), MessageTest (C/C++ and Java), TWC (PHP), SIRI (PHP), MoveMailing (Java) and Voicer + URA Reports (PHP and Java), ObserverACT (Java), ActIVR-STI (Java ) MailingMonitor (C/C++ and Java) and AutoMailing (Java). Tools and technologies employed: Java, J2SE, J2EE, PHP, C/C++, XML, JavaScript, AJAX, JQuery, YUI Framework, Visual Studio, Eclipse, Oracle JDeveloper, Netbeans, Swing, JSP, Servlets, JSF, JDBC, Hibernate, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ... Show less