Prof. Dr. Ricardo Cerri obtained his P.hD in Computer Science and Computational Mathematics from University of São Paulo (ICMC/USP/Brazil), working with Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms for Hierarchical and Multi-label Problems. During his P.hD., he had a long research stay at Universities of Surrey and Kent, both in United Kingdom. His P.hD Thesis was the 2nd Best PhD Thesis in the Brazilian Contest of Artificial Intelligence Thesis promoted by the Brazilian Computer Society (2014). He was also author of the student best paper on the IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (2013). He has experience working mainly with Bioinformatics and Machine Learning, focusing on advanced methods for data classification, such as multi-output and structured learning. Currently he holds the position of Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science from Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar/Brazil), leading the Bioinformatics and Machine Learning research group (BioMal). During 2019 he was a visiting researcher at the Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support (LIAAD), working with multi-output learning in data streams.

• Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science - Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar)

• Leader of the Bioinformatics and Machine Learning Group at DC/UFSCar

• Collaborator in the following research groups:

  • Bioinformatics Research Group at UNESP Rio Claro - GBIRC

  • Bioinspired Computation Laboratory at USP São Carlos - BioCom

• Visiting researcher (2019-2020).

  • Institution: Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support (LIAAD) of University of Porto.

  • Working with multi-output learning in data streams.

  • Supervisor: Prof. João Gama

  • Grant: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo.

• Ph.D. in Computer Science (2010-2013).

  • Institution: Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Computation of University of São Paulo - USP, São Carlos, SP, Brasil.

  • Title: Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms for Hierarchical Multi-label Classification Problems.

  • Advisor: André Carlos Ponce de Leon Ferreira de Carvalho.

  • Grant: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo.

• MSc in Computer Science (2008-2009).

  • Institution: Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Computation of University of São Paulo - USP, São Carlos, SP, Brasil.

  • Title: Hierarchical Multi-label Classification Techniques. [Available Online - Portuguese]

  • Advisor: Prof. André Carlos Ponce de Leon Ferreira de Carvalho.

  • Grant: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo.

• Bsc in Computer Science (2003-2007).

  • Institution: Department of Statistics, Applied Mathematics and Computation of São Paulo State University - UNESP, Rio Claro, SP, Brasil.

  • Title: Bioinformatics for the Analysis of Transposable Elements and Genome Comparison. [PDF - Portuguese]

  • Advisor: Prof. Carlos Norberto Fischer.

  • Grant: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo.