Associate Professor at Kyushu University
Education
Sept 2016, Kyushu University (Japan) – PhD
Mar 2014, Kyushu University (Japan) – M. Eng.
Aug 2007 ~ July 2008, Ulm University (Germany) –
Bilateral Exchange Program
Dec 2009, University of São Paulo (Brazil) –
B. Eng. degree in Computer Engineering
Work Experiences
Jan 2020, Kyushu University (Japan) – Associate Professor [Tenure Track] (current position)
Oct 2016 - Dec 2019, Kyushu University (Japan) – Assistant Professor
2014 Fukuoka International Exchange Foundation - Portuguese Teacher (Japan) (3 years)
2013 Japanese Cram School - English Teacher (Japan) (1 year)
2010 Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Brazil) - Research Assistant (10 months)
2009 University of Sao Paulo (Brazil) - Undergraduate Researcher (1 year)
2008 Nokia (Germany) - Software Engineer (intern) (7 months)
2005 University of Sao Paulo (Brazil) - Linux Laboratory Administrator (2 years)
2004 University of Sao Paulo (Brazil) - Undergraduate Researcher (1 year)
Languages
Japanese - Fluent (JLPT N2)
Portuguese - Native
English - Fluent (TOEIC: 970)
German - Advanced
Awards and Scholarships
2017 - 2016 Excellent Student Award IEEE - The IEEE Fukuoka Section
2011~2016 - MEXT (The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) Scholarship, Japan (5 years)
2008 - 2nd Place with the GEAR Group in the 5th Latin American Robotics Competition
2007 - Baden-Württemberg Scholarship, Germany (5 months)
2001 - 4th Place in the São Paulo Chemistry Olympiad Awards, Brazil
2000~2002 - Scholarship at Koelle High School, Brazil (3 years)
Research Field
Artificial Intelligence,
Machine Learning,
Optimization,
Neural Networks,
Evolutionary Computation
Invited Talks
2019 -
"Deep Turning Point"
, Blockchain meets Computer Vision and AI Workshop (at CVPR 2019), Long Beach, United States.
2019 -
"Current Deep Learning Limitations and the Promise of Evolution-based Learning Systems"
, 1st International Workshop on Multiscale Simulation for Emerging Materials, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
2018 -
"人工知能ってなに?どこにある?"
, IEEE Metro Area Workshop, Fukuoka, Japan.
2018 - "Current Deep Learning Limitations and the Promise of Evolution-based Learning Systems"
, GIST AI Forum, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea.
2018 - "Confusing Autonomous Vehicles: Adversarial Attacks on the Vehicles Algorithm"
, The 20th Congress of International Academy of Comparative Law - Congress in Congress, Fukuoka, Japan.
Activity in Scientific Societies
2019 - Program Committee of IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation
2019 - Program Committee of GECCO (Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference)
2019 - Program Committee of the Twenty-Second International Workshop on Learning Classifier Systems
2019 - Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation
2019 - Reviewer of Neural Processing Letters
2019 - Reviewer of Visual Computer
2018 - Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation
2018 - Reviewer of PLoS ONE
2018 - Organizer of the Twenty-First International Workshop on Learning Classifier Systems (at GECCO 2018)
2018 - Reviewer of IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation
2018 - Program Committee of GECCO (Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference)
2018 - Reviewer of Neural Computing and Applications (journal)
2017 - Organizer of the Twentieth International Workshop on Learning Classifier Systems (at GECCO 2017)
2017 - Organizer of the Workshop on Cybersecurity for IoT - Towards Secure Smart Buildings
2017 - Reviewer of IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence
2017 - Reviewer of Neural Computing and Applications (journal)
2016 - Reviewer of IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence
2015 - Reviewer of The International Society of Artificial Life and Robotics
2013 - Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation (journal)
2010 - Reviewer of Brazilian Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks