Usuário:Alberto Ferreira De Souza

Dr. Alberto Ferreira De Souza is Emeritus Professor of Computer Science at the Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Brazil. He is currently Director of the I2CA – Institute of Applied Computational Intelligence – and also serves as CTO and Co-founder of Lume Robotics S.A., CSO and Co-founder of AUMO S.A., and Advisor to Motora Technologies S.A. He received a B.Eng. (Cum Laude) in Electronic Engineering and an M.Sc. in Systems Engineering and Computer Science from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (COPPE/UFRJ), Brazil, in 1988 and 1993, respectively, and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Computer Science from University College London, United Kingdom, in 1999. He has authored or co-authored one U.S. patent and more than 150 scientific publications. He has edited the proceedings of four conferences, including two IEEE-sponsored events, and is a Senior Member of IEEE.

Dr. De Souza has held several leadership positions at UFES and in the broader scientific and engineering community, including Director of Research at UFES (2012–2013); Member of the Administrative Council of the Espírito Santo Science and Technology Foundation (FEST, 2004–2014); Pro-Provost of Planning and Development at UFES (2004–2008); President of the Steering Committee of the Vitória High-Speed Metropolitan Area Network (METROVIX, 2005–2008); Director Superintendent of the UFES Institute of Technology (2003–2004); Vice-Dean of the School of Engineering (2001–2004); Head of the Computer Science Department (2000); Member of the Board of Directors of CREA-ES (1995–1996); and Coordinator of the Computer Engineering Program at UFES (1994–1996). Alberto Ferreira De Souza is a Comendador of the Rubem Braga Order.