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Computer Science Department at Federal University of São Carlos (DC/UFSCar)
Computer Architecture, Image and Signal Processing Group (GAPIS)
P. O. Box: 676
Postal Code: 13565-905
São Carlos/SP, Brazil
Tel: +55-16-33066602
Fax: +55-16-33518233
E-mail: alexandre at dc dot ufscar dot br

Academic Formation


B.Sc. degree in Computer Science, São Paulo State University (DEMAC/UNESP), Rio Claro/SP, Brazil, 2002.
M.Sc. degree in Computer Science, Federal University of São Carlos (DC/UFSCar), São Carlos/SP, Brazil, 2006.
Ph.D. degree in Computational Physics, University of São Paulo (IFSC/USP), São Carlos/SP, Brazil, 2010.

Research Interestests

Pattern Recognition
Decision theory, parametric and non-parametric models for supervised and unsupervised classification, combinatorial optimization algorithms, graph-based methods for image analysis and face recognition.
Image and Signal Processing
Statistical models for image formation, adaptive linear filtering, Bayesian approaches (MAP-MRF), graph-cut approaches for image labeling, regularization of inverse problems (deconvolution), least squares and constrained least square estimation, wavelets, audio/speech processinandg shape analysis techniques.
Markov Random Fields (MRF's)
Statistical inference on Markov Random Fields, maximum pseudo-likelihood estimation, asymptotic evaluations, MCMC (Markov Chain Monte Carlo) simulation algorithms (Gibbs-Sampler, Metropolis-Hastings, Swendsen-Wang), Hidden Markov Models (HMM's) and Fisher Information on MRF models.
Applied Multivariate Analysis
Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Independent Component Analysis (ICA) and kernel based methods for feature extration and statistical analysis of multivariate data.
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