Research Interests


My main research interest is Theory and Applications of Artificial Neural Networks. Within this broad area, my interest ranges from fundamental aspects, such as the development of learning algorithms, to the various applications of machine learning, such as modeling of industrial processes and Bioinformatics.

Short Biography


 I received a B.Sc degree in Electrical Engineering (1987) and a Master Degree degree in Computer Science (1991), both from Federal University Minas Gerais, Brazil. My Ph.D. on Electrical Engineering was obtained from the University of London, Imperial College in 1995, in Recurrent Neural Networks. Since 1991, I have been with the Electronics Engineering Department at Federal University of Minas Gerais where I am now a Full Professor.

I am the a co-author of the book Redes Neurais Artificiais, published by Livros Técnicos e Científicos since 2001. I have been in the editorial board of the journal International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Applications, of which I was co-editor in chief and founder. I have also participated in program committees of various national and international conferences. Currently I am the coordinator of two international cooperation projects with European universities, one being under the CAPES-COFECUB agreement with the University of Paris VI, France, and another under the FNRS-CNPq agreement with the Catholic University of Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve), Belgium. During the 2007-2008 academic year I was a visiting professor (research) at the Department of Computing Science of University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

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