History - Master and Doctorate defenses made in previous years

Master and Doctoral Defenses

Master's program

General2026DateTopic onStudentAdvisor
1180122/01/2026Why mobile apps get rejected: an empirical analysis of the causes, the impacts on development processes, and the strategies adopted by developers to deal with these situations.Bernardo do Amaral TeodósioBreno Bernard Nicolau de França
1181220/02/2026LLM-based Information Retrieval for B2B Matchmaking: Exploring Composite Representations of Multiple Unstructured Documents (MUd)Bruno Nogueira RenzoMarcelo da Silva Reis
1182324/02/2026Simplifying Commands in Portuguese for Voice Assistants through Language ModelsFabrício Ferreira da SilvaHélio Pedrini
1183427/02/2026Decision Support Systems in School Management: Use of Explainable Machine Learning and Scenario Simulation for Data-Driven School ManagementKamila de Almeida Benevides CostaMarcos Medeiros Raimundo - Coorientador: Germain García Zanabria
1184506/03/2026Unsupervised machine learning in discovering evolutionary profiles of COVID-19 in laboratory tests.Gabriel de Freitas LeiteAndré Santanchè - Coorientadora: Susan Elisabeth Domingues Costa Jorge
1185613/03/2026OpenMP Beyond the Node: Remote Offloading and Scalable Communication in GPU ClustersJhonatan ClétoHervé Cédric Yviquel
1186726/03/2026AI-Based Solutions for Connected VehiclesCarnot Luiz Braun Guimarães FilhoAllan Mariano de Souza
1187827/03/2026A Topology-Driven Framework for Network Comparison: Characterizing the Roles of microRNAs in the Networks of Breast Cancer Molecular SubtypesMylena Roberta dos SantosAndré Santanchè - Coorientador: Murilo Vieira Geraldo
1188914/04/2026Selection and Optimization of Pre-Trained Deep Learning Models for Camera-Based Smart Parking Systems on Edge DevicesGustavo Pessoa Caixeta Pinto da LuzJuliana Freitag Borin - Coorientador: Luis Fernando Gomez Gonzalez
11891017/04/2026A Study on Lightweight Networks for the Classification of EnteroparasitesMaria Angélica Krüger MirandaAlexandre Xavier Falcão
11901117/04/2026Large-Scale Verification of RISC-V ProcessorsGabriel Pimentel GomesRodolfo Jardim de Azevedo
11911222/04/2026A quantitative and comparative analysis of single-pass data stream-based active machine learning selection algorithmsGuilherme Silva ChaconJacques Wainer
11921322/04/2026Federated Learning in Non-Stationary Participation ScenariosRafael de Oliveira JarczewskiAllan Mariano de Souza
11931424/04/2026Efficient Federated Learning on Edge Devices: Resource-Aware Methods under System HeterogeneityBruno Santos MartinsLeandro Aparecido Villas
11941524/04/2026Custom Federated Fine-Tuning of Language ModelsGabriel Ukstin TalassoLeandro Aparecido Villas - Coorientador: Allan Mariano de Souza
11951628/04/2026IIoT Architecture for Data Collection and Communication in Industrial EnvironmentsIgor Sparapan de BritoJuliana Freitag Borin - Coorientador: Luis Fernando Gomez Gonzalez
11961728/04/2026Scalable Random Access in Non-Terrestrial Satellite-Based 5G/6G Mobile Networks (LEO)Eduardo Estevam Pimentel MoscaCarlos Alberto Astudillo Trujillo
11971829/04/2026Weakly Supervised Classification of Protein Localization in Individual CellsJuliana Midlej do Espírito SantoZanoni Dias - Coorientadores: Hélio Pedrini e Lucas Oliveira David
11981929/04/2026Formulation and Heuristics for the Traveling Salesman Problem with DronesGuilherme Pereira Porto LondeLehilton Lelis Chaves Pedrosa
11992029/04/2026Reducing the overhead of homomorphic cryptography in federated scenarios.Yuri Dimitre Dias de FariaAllan Mariano de Souza
12002130/04/2026Mitigating Data Poisoning Attacks in Federated Learning under Non-IID Distributions via Dimensionality ReductionLucas Cléopas Costa da SilvaLuiz Fernando Bittencourt - Coorientador: Edmundo Roberto Mauro Madeira
12012230/04/2026Early Prediction of Sepsis in Intensive Care Units Using Clinical Time Series: A Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning ModelsFábio Fogliarini BrolesiHélio Pedrini
12022330/04/2026Energy-Efficient Configuration for Disaggregated Radio Access NetworksGabriela Ninoska Caspa HuayhuaNelson Luis Saldanha da Fonseca - Coorientador: Carlos Alberto Astudillo Trujillo
12032411/05/2026From Face to Vector: Computational Epistemicide in Facial RecognitionAna Carolina das Neves Silva da HoraSandra Eliza Fontes de Avila - Coorientadora: Marisol Marini
12042514/05/2026Comparative Study of Autoencoders: Reconstruction, Generation, and Robustness of the Latent SpaceWilson Bagni Júnior Zanoni Dias - Coorientador: Hélio Pedrini
12052628/05/2026DMCR: Datamodels for Context Reduction in Augmented Generation through RecoveryCaio Emanuel RhodenMarcos Medeiros Raimundo
12062702/06/2026Evaluation of Unsupervised Techniques for Hyperparameter Tuning in One-Class ClassifiersDanilo Scutti LimaJacques Wainer
12072802/06/2026FaaS-Dask: Towards a scalable and financially efficient serverless scheduler for DaskCarlos Eduardo MillaniEdson Borin - Coorientador: Carlos Alberto Astudillo Trujillo
12082912/06/2026Latent Fingerprint Enhancement: Enforcing Topological Consistency via Differentiable Gabor Fusion and Implicit SegmentationGabriel Dourado SeabraAlexandre Xavier Falcão


Doctoral Program

General2026DateTopic onStudentAdvisor
377120/01/2026From Consensus to Curriculum: Advancing Deep Semi-Supervised Learning via Meta-Pseudo-Labeling on 2D ProjectionsDavid Aparco Cardenas Pedro Jussieu de Rezende - Coorientador: Alexandre Xavier Falcão
378205/05/2026Design of approximate accelerators for FPGATiago da Silva AlmeidaLucas Francisco Wanner - Coorientador: Isaías Bittencourt Felzmann
379310/06/2026Mathematical Models for Distribution Network Reconfiguration with Distributed Generation and IslandingJônatas Trabuco BelottiFábio Luiz Usberti - Coorientadores: Celso Cavellucci e Hugo Valadares Siqueira
382613/08/2026Optimization, Simulation, and Stochastic Approaches for Dengue Vector ControlCarlos Victor Dantas AraújoFábio Luiz Usberti