Curriculum Vitae
Items not yet confirmed are marked [TO BE VERIFIED].
Research Interests
Complex systems, network science, agent-based modeling, computational economics, and computational approaches to public policy. See the Research page for a full description.
Education
Postgraduate Specialization in Information Systems Development and Management — Faculdade JK, 2014–2015
360-hour lato sensu postgraduate program · Advisor: César Augusto Borges de Andrade · Brasília, Brazil
M.Sc. in Teleinformatics Engineering — Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), 2011–2014
Concentration area: Signals and Systems · Advisor: Prof. Dr. Guilherme de Alencar Barreto
Thesis title, abstract, and link on the Publications page.
B.Sc. in Computer Engineering — Universidade de Pernambuco (UPE), 2003–2008
Undergraduate project: SIRP — Sistema Inteligente de Reconhecimento de Partituras (intelligent sheet-music recognition system) · Advisor: Prof. Carmelo José Albanez Bastos Filho
Technical/vocational course in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning — Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica (CEFET/PE), 1997–2001
Research Experience
LASPP research group — Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea), since late 2025
See Research for a description.
InteliColheita — Universidade de Pernambuco (UPE), 2005–2006
Undergraduate research (iniciação científica) student for two years, supervised by Prof. Fernando Buarque de Lima Neto, on a decision-support project applying neural networks to agricultural time series for crop-harvest prediction, including a mobile data-visualization component using georeferenced GPS data.
Teaching assistant (monitor), Artificial Intelligence — Universidade de Pernambuco (UPE), one year [TO BE VERIFIED: exact year]
Under Prof. Fernando Buarque de Lima Neto.
Professional Experience
Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea) — Coordenação de Sistemas de Informação (COSIS), Data Science and Information Technology area
Position: Técnico de Planejamento e Pesquisa (TPP) — [TO BE VERIFIED: official English translation of position title]
2024 – present, Brasília · joined following a public competitive examination
Source: Ipea, Relação de Servidores, June 2025; Ipea, Plano de Trabalho 2026.
Cebraspe — Elaborador (contracted)
2018–2019, Brazil
Contracted contributor for assessment/exam-related activities, concurrent with the AGU position below.
Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU) — Analista em Tecnologia da Informação
2017–2024, Brazil
Worked in the Laboratório de Recuperação de Ativos (Labra) on data treatment, analysis, and data mining. Also coordinated innovation projects with scholarship-holder (bolsista) teams from the Universidade de Brasília (UnB).
Brazilian Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management — Analista de Tecnologia da Computação
2016, Brazil
Public-sector technology role associated with federal information systems and digital-government initiatives. As part of this role, served as technical lead for the version 3.0 update (October 2016) of the Manual do Ofertante (Vendor’s Manual) for the Brazilian Public Software program (Software Público Brasileiro).
Source: Manual do Ofertante, v3.0; noted as prior experience at the Ministry of Planning in UFC PPGETI’s egressos de destaque page.
DATAPREV — Analista de Sistemas
2009–2014, Brazil
Policentro / Ecil — Software Engineer / Software Development
2006–2009, Brazil
Worked on software engineering and systems development, including the E-Fisco system for the State of Pernambuco tax administration.
Centro de Formação de Oficiais da Reserva (CPOR) — Reserve Officer Training, Infantry
2001 class (2001–2002), Brazil
Publications
See the full Publications page — a peer-reviewed conference paper, the master’s thesis, and an institutional publication.
Academic Activities
Special student, SCX5015 — Modelos Econômicos Baseados em Agentes (Agent-Based Economic Models)
Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades (EACH), Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Currently enrolled (second semester of 2026)
Source: EACH-USP, special-student approval listing.
Sistemas Complexos I (SCX5002-4/7) — EACH, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), 2025
Graduate-level course, 150 hours · Final grade: A · Attendance: 93%
Introduction to Complexity — Santa Fe Institute, 2025
Foundational course in complexity science.
Introdução às Redes Complexas, com aplicações, utilizando Python e IA/LLM — EACH, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), 2025
Fundamentos de Probabilidade e Estatística para Ciência de Dados — Universidade de São Paulo (USP), 2025
Data Science coursework — Escola Nacional de Administração Pública (Enap), 2024–2025
Governança de Dados; Introdução à Ciência de Dados — Tratamento de Dados; Modelos de Regressão; Redes Complexas.
Fundamentals of Deep Learning — NVIDIA, 2022
Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP) — Sun Microsystems, 2005
Listed among Ipea staff in the selection process for the 8th class of Ipea’s Professional Master’s Program (2025).
[TO BE VERIFIED: final admission/enrollment outcome]
Source: Ipea, Edital 2, 8ª turma; Ipea, Edital 3, 8ª turma.
Selected Projects
See the Projects page for research and selected applied projects, presented with problem, context, role, methods, and outputs.
Quantitative / Computational Methods
Pattern recognition and computational intelligence (prototype-based classifiers, neural networks, differential evolution and other optimization methods); data engineering and ETL; Python, Java, SQL; workflow orchestration (Airflow); containerized deployment (Kubernetes); business intelligence and data visualization (Power BI); relational databases, data architecture, quality, and governance; time-series analysis; network analysis; and, as part of my current research transition, agent-based modeling.
Languages
Portuguese — native
English — good reading and writing; intermediate to upper-intermediate speaking and listening; studied at Cultura Inglesa (2000–2005), with ongoing advanced academic-English preparation
Selected Achievements
Neutral factual entries; official sources are linked where available.
| Institution | Process | Year | Outcome | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea) | Public competitive examination, Técnico de Planejamento e Pesquisa (TPP) — Systems Development | 2023 | Approved | [TO BE VERIFIED] |
| Tribunal de Contas do Distrito Federal (TCDF) | Public competitive examination (Cebraspe, Edital 8/2023), Auditor de Controle Externo — Information Technology / IT Systems | 2023–2024 | Approved | Cebraspe (PDF) |
| Brazilian Ministry of Planning and Budget (MPO) | Public competitive examination (Edital SETEC/SOF-MPO 8/2024), Analista de Planejamento e Orçamento (APO) — Budget Systems | 2024 | Approved | gov.br (PDF) |