Full Professor at the Institute of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, University of São Paulo (ICMC-USP), and Vice-President of the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC).
He is coordinator of the IARA network, Artificial Intelligence Recreating Environments. He was a member of the CNPq Computer Science Advisory Committee. From 2013 to 2017, he was member of the board of the International Association for Statistical Computing (IASC), of the International Institute of Statistics. He holds a Bachelor’s degree (1987) and a Master’s Degree in Computer Science (1990) from the Federal University of Pernambuco, and a PhD in Electronic Engineering from the University of Kent (1994). Author of several books, including Inteligência Artificial: Uma abordagem de Aprendizado de Máquina, and A General Introduction to Data Analytics. He is Dean of ICMC-USP and the Center for Applied Mathematical Sciences for Industry at USP. Works as an ad hoc reviewer for several national and international research foundations. His main research interests are Machine Learning, Data Mining and Data Science, with applications in various areas