Welcome to my webpage!
Who am I? I am a professor of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Campinas (Unicamp). I hold a Ph.D. and an MSc degree in Computer Engineering from Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA), and I have a bachelor on Computer Science from Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), partially executed at University of Leeds. I am coordinator of the Laboratory of Robotics and Cognitive Systems (LaRoCS) at Unicamp. For a complete CV, click here. My research focus on:
- Robotics
- Cognitive Systems
- Attention and Machine Consciousness
- Machine Learning
- Artificial Intelligence
- Robotics on Education
If you are a motivated person interested on one of these areas (or something related to)... don't hesitate on contacting me. You can email me your CV!
My current work
I am currently the vice-coordinator of the National Robotics Fair (MNR) - a public and free initiative supported by CNPq that takes robotics to students all around the country.
I am a trustee and the former president of RoboCup Brazil (2010-2015), member of the Organizing committee of the Brazilian Robotics Competition (Competição Brasileira de Robótica - CBR) and founding-member and council of the Brazilian Robotics Olympiad . I am also Director of Scientific Competitions of the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC).
