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M.Sc. in Computer Science

Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

• Working under professors Fabrí­cio Benevenuto and Rodrygo Santos on automatic misinformation detection.
• Natural Language Processing, Computational Social Science, Online Misinformation.
• Awarded scholarships for M.Sc. studies

B.Sc. in Computer Science

Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

• Involved in research since the first semester
• Multiple scholarships through bachelor's
• Comprehensive Computer Science coursework. Includes, but is not limited to, Algorithm Design, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Quantum Computing, Compilers, Data Science, and Computer Networks.
• Acquired both research and software development experience.

Research Intern

Data Science Lab, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

• Worked under prof. Robert West
• Research on the moderation of YouTube's recommender system

Teaching Assistant

Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

• Head TA for the Intro to Data Science class

M.Sc. Researcher - Online Misinformation and Radicalization

Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Undergraduate Research Assistant - Information Retrieval

Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

• Scholarship funded by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE),
• Developed an application to aid IBGE’s analysts in their duties, such as calculating inflation based on products available online

Undergraduate Research Assistant - WhatsApp/Telegram monitoring and Fake News detection

Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

• Developed monitoring applications for social media (WhatsApp, Telegram, and Instagram).
• Fake news spread monitoring during early covid pandemic

Undergraduate Research Assistant - Political Analysis using Complex Networks

Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

• Performed data analysis using complex networks, including state-of-the-art network backbone extraction techniques. Helped develop a method to analyze governance using voting session data from the US House of Representatives.
• Worked on an international project with researchers from Politecnico di Torino regarding Instagram data monitoring before and after the Italian and Brazilian elections.