My research projects connect cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, computer networks, IoT, and data-intensive systems. Project titles are retained in Portuguese, as registered in my Lattes CV. Descriptions are provided in English for an international audience.
2025–present · R&D · PI
Develops a gamified training platform for cybersecurity incident response. It uses real cases and AI-assisted analysis of incident data from partner CSIRTs.
2025–present · Community outreach · PI
Promotes cybersecurity awareness in Uberlândia through activities for children, teenagers, adults, and professionals, ranging from digital-safety education to technical training.
2025–present · R&D · Co-PI
Applies AI and data analysis to make price research for public procurement faster, more consistent, and easier to audit.
2025–present · Research · Co-PI
Studies AI-assisted threat detection and incident response by integrating SIEM and SOAR environments, with emphasis on scalability, generalization, and operational effectiveness in SOCs.
2024–2025 · Community outreach · PI
Developed educational and restorative-justice activities to support the rehabilitation and social reintegration of people investigated for cybercrime.
2024–present · R&D · Co-PI
Uses data mining and AI-enhanced search to improve price research and decision-making in public procurement.
2022–2024 · Research · PI
Developed methods to detect emerging cyber threats by mining social-media content and dark-web forums, producing actionable security alerts.
2019–2025 · Research · PI
Investigated early detection of IoT botnets using network-traffic features and machine-learning models, including methods for identifying previously unseen botnet behavior.
2014–2017 · Research · PI
Applied data-mining methods to intrusion-prevention alerts to characterize attack behavior and make large alert collections easier to analyze.
2014–2017 · Research · PI
Developed quantitative models linking IDS/IPS alerts to security incidents, with indicators for incident prediction and impact analysis.
2013–2014 · R&D · Co-PI
Developed a web platform that uses self-organizing maps to analyze security incidents and support operational decision-making.
2009–2013 · Research · PI
Developed standardized security indicators and studied relationships among metrics from multiple information-security data sources.
2025–present · Research · Team member
Develops intelligent, self-adaptive methods for distributed data-stream processing across the edge–cloud continuum, with a focus on real-time decision support in disaster scenarios.
2025–present · Research · Team member
Builds a national research network at the intersection of AI and cybersecurity. The project develops AI-based defenses, studies the security of AI systems, and supports responsible policy and workforce development.
2025–present · R&D · Team member
Develops continuous security monitoring and automated policy enforcement for IoT devices used by students and staff at institutions connected to RNP.
2023–present · Research · Team member
Develops methods to improve the scalability, adaptability, resilience, performance, and security of cyber-physical systems.
2019–2025 · Research · Team member
Combined materials research and computational technologies to support connected industry and society, including IoT, machine learning, and future-network applications.
2019–2022 · Research · Team member
Designed a distributed IoT, edge, and cloud architecture for real-time analytics and fault monitoring in disaster environments.
2017–2022 · Research · Team member
Investigated lightweight intrusion-detection architectures for resource-constrained IoT devices, covering data collection, system placement, and attack detection.
2013–2018 · Research · Team member
Established a multidisciplinary university collaboration for teaching and advanced research on electronic and interactive systems for national defense.
2007–2013 · R&D · Team member
Developed software and hardware for municipal broadband infrastructure supporting integrated communication and digital public services.
2005–2009 · R&D · Team member
Applied AI to customs control and foreign-trade operations, including the automated detection of suspicious import and export activity.
Project information updated from the Lattes CV and additional role and funding details supplied by the author.