CV

Education

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, UFBA, 2019
• M.S. in Computer Science, UFPE, 2011
• Specialization in Software Engineering, Faculdade Boa Viagem, 2008
• B.S. in Computer Science, UESB, 2006

Work experience

• 2012 - Present:
  • Federal Institute of Bahia (IFBA)
  • Associate Professor and Researcher
• 2025 - Present:
  • Graduate Program in Systems and Products Engineering (PPGESP)
  • Collaborating Professor (Professional Master’s)
• 2023 - Present:
  • Postgraduate course in Web Development (PGDW), IFBA
  • Vice-coordinator (Coordinator from 2019 to 2023)
• 2010 - 2011:
  • UNIFACOL
  • Assistant Professor
• 2010 - 2011:
  • MV
  • Test Analyst
• 2006 - 2009:
  • C.E.S.A.R.
  • Test Analyst

Awards and honors

• ICSR 2017 Doctoral Dissertation Award, 16th International Conference on Software Reuse, 2017
• First and Second LatAm School in Software Engineering, ACM SIGSOFT, 2021 & 2022
• Top 5 paper, XII Brazilian Symposium on Components, Architectures and Reuse (SBCARS), 2018
• Third place, III PGCOMP Students Workshop (WE.PGCOMP), 2018
• ICSE 2017 Travel Grant, SIGSOFT CAPS, 2017
• Third place, Thesis and Dissertation Contest on Software Quality (CTDQS, Master’s), XI SBQS, 2012
• Travel Grants for Collaborative Teaching of Globally Distributed Software Development, University of Oregon, 2012 & 2013

Professional service

Journal reviewer: Information and Software Technology, Empirical Software Engineering, Journal of Software Engineering Research and Development, Science of Computer Programming, and Software and Systems Modeling.

Program committee member (recent): Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES — Research, Education, Tools, and Emerging Results tracks), Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS), ICSE SE-in-Practice (SEIP) 2026, Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI), and ENCompIF.

Member of the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC) since 2006.

Current research projects

• INCITE Indústria 4.0 / Immersive and Additive UX — frontier technologies for Industry 4.0 (FAPESB)
• SI2 — Institute of Science, Technology and Innovation for Secure, Intelligent and Data-Intensive Systems
• Vitória da Resistência — educational metaverse of the 1823 Battle of Itaparica (FAPESB)
• Smart traffic-light system for intelligent cities (coordinator)
• IoT and hydrological modeling for urban drainage management in Vitória da Conquista
• Human-Computer Interaction for autonomous service robots (PIBIC)

Patents

• CodeVital (2025) — software registered at INPI (BR512025006550-7)

Vice Coordenação da Pós-Graduação Lato Sensu em Desenvolvimento Web

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