Curriculum vitae

Education

2016: Habilitation (Livre-Docência) in Computer Science, University of São Paulo.
2003: PhD (Doctor of Sciences) in Computer Science, University of São Paulo.
1997: MSc in Computer Science, University of São Paulo.
1994: BSc in Computer Science, São Paulo State University.

2019 – today: Associate Professor, School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney).
2016 – 2019: Associate Professor, Institute of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, University of São Paulo.
2010 – 2011: Visiting Researcher, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, Riverside.
2007 – 2016: Assistant Professor, Institute of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, University of São Paulo.
2005 – 2006: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Computer Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas.
1998 – 1999: Data Mining Consultant, Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI), São Paulo.

2022: Test of Time Award, ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD).
2020: Best Research Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics (DSAA).
2015 – 2016: Google Research Award for Latin America, Google Inc.
2014 – 2019: Research Fellow (level 2), National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brazil.
2012: Best Research Paper Award, ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD).
2000: Best Research Paper Award, Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (MICAI).

2026 – today: Managing Editor, Machine Learning Journal, Springer.
2020 – 2026: Action Editor, Machine Learning Journal, Springer.
2017 – 2026: Editorial Board Member, Machine Learning Journal, Springer.
2022 – today: Action Editor, International Journal of Data Science and Analytics (JDSA), Springer.
Guest Editor, Applied Soft Computing, special issue with the best papers of BRACIS 2017.
Guest Editor, Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, ENIAC 2013 special issue.

2026: Demonstrations Chair, IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM), Shenyang, China.
2025: Area Chair, ECML-PKDD.
2017: Program Chair, Brazilian Conference on Intelligent Systems (BRACIS), Uberaba, Brazil.
2014: Publicity Chair, IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA), Detroit, MI.
2013, 2014: Chair, School on Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases, São Carlos, Brazil.
Program committee member for KDD, AAAI, IJCAI, ECML-PKDD, SIAM SDM, IEEE BigData, CIKM, PAKDD, DSAA, IDA and ICMLA.

Postgraduate Coordinator, School of Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW.
2023 – today: Member, Head of School Advisory Committee, School of Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW.
2022 – today: Head, Machine Learning Group, School of Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW.
2021 – today: Coordinator, Co-op Program (Computer Science), UNSW.
2018 – 2019: Chair of Graduate Studies, Graduate Program in Computer Science and Computational Mathematics, University of São Paulo (Deputy Chair 2016 – 2018).
2013 – 2017: Deputy Chair of Undergraduate Studies, Bachelor in Computer Science, University of São Paulo.
2007 – 2015: Coordinator, ICPC programming contest study group, University of São Paulo.