
NPCA researcher
PhD researcher
Marcus de Barros Braga
Computational Intelligence and Computational Biology
Biography
Computer scientist (UFPA), Master's degree in Electrical Engineering - Applied Computing with emphasis on Computational Intelligence (UFPA) and PhD in Genetics and Molecular Biology with emphasis on Bioinformatics (UFPA). Specialist in the application of computational intelligence methods to data related to health and the agricultural sector, especially with computer vision techniques, time series forecasting and large language models. Adjunct Professor of the Bachelor's degree in Information Systems at the Federal Rural University of the Amazon (UFRA), Paragominas/PA campus. Permanent faculty member of the Postgraduate Program in Biotechnology Applied to Agriculture (PPGBAA/UFRA). Permanent faculty member of the Professional Master's Program in Computer Science Education (PROFCOMP/UFPA), a national network program coordinated by the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC). Leader of the research group "Research Center in Applied Computing" (CNPq/UFRA). Coordinator of the Applied Computing Laboratory (LabCompAp). Director of Graduate Studies (DPG/PROPED) at UFRA. Coordinates artificial intelligence projects funded by CNPq, FAPESPA, FINEP, and UFRA itself.