Education

• 2020 - Present PhD in Computer Science, Federal University of Pernambuco.
• 2017 - 2019 Masters in Computer Science, Federal University of Pernambuco.
• 2014 - 2015 Non-degree international student, Computer Science, University of California, Irvine.
• 2012 - 2017 Bachelors in Computer Science, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco.

Work Experience

• Jul 2021 - Present Lead Data Scientist at FCx Labs.
• Mar 2020 - Jun 2021 R&D Engineer and PhD fellow at NCR Tech, UFPE.
• Sep 2017 - Feb 2020 R&D Engineer and master’s fellow at OKI Brasil Lab, UFPE.
• Jun 2016 - Aug 2017 Intern at OKI Brasil Lab, UFPE.

Interests

• Neural Networks and Deep Learning
• Natural Language Processing
• Computer Vision

Languages

• English: fluent
• Portuguese: native speaker

Skills

• Git
• C++
• Python and the SciPy stack (NumPy, matplotlib, pandas)
• scikit-learn, PyTorch and Keras
• JavaScript, PHP and SQL
• Java

Projects

• Is this banana ripe?, banana ripeness classification with CNNs, camera upload and client-side inference (tf.js) [code].
• PyCHAMELEON, an implementation of the CHAMELEON clustering algorithm.
• dots-and-boxes, a game-logic and AI implementation for the game of Dots-and-Boxes.
• cpp-graph, C++ implementation of graph algorithms.

My other projects are hosted on GitHub @giovannipcarvalho.