Dr. Antonio Ricardo Alexandre Brasil is a researcher, software engineer, and university lecturer with over 15 years of professional experience in Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Intelligent Systems. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (AI field) from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), an M.Sc. in Control and Automation Engineering, specializing in Intelligent Systems at UFES, and a B.Sc. in Information Systems from the Federal Institute of Espírito Santo (IFES), Brazil. His research interests encompass a broad interdisciplinary field, including Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Computer Vision, computational biometrics (Eye movements), body composition (somatotype), intelligent industrial systems, and predictive modeling. His scientific work includes eye-movement-based biometric identification, intelligent breakout detection in continuous steel casting, and multimodal Deep Learning approaches for human body composition and somatotype estimation. He has participated in collaborative research projects involving academia and industry, particularly in the development of intelligent solutions for complex engineering challenges. Professionally, he has extensive experience designing scalable, distributed, and mission-critical software systems. As a Principal Software Engineer at PicPay Bank, he contributed to the development of credit and debit card platforms, high-performance financial transaction systems, and AI-driven enterprise solutions. His current interests focus on advancing Artificial Intelligence applications in healthcare, industrial process optimization, intelligent decision-support systems, and large-scale computational architectures.
Education
2020 - 2025: Doctoral in Electrical Engineering
Federal University of Espirito Santo
Prof. Dr. Patrick Marques Ciarelli
2017 - 2019: Master's degree in Automation and Control Engineering
Federal Institute of Espirito Santo
Eye Movement Biometrics from Images
Prof. Dra. Karin Satie Komati
2012 - 2017: Bachelor's degree in Information Sytems
Federal Institute of Espirito Santo
Event Detection on Twitter using Text and Image
Prof. Dra. Marta Talitha Carvalho Mendes
Work Experience
2023. PicPay - Principal Engineer (current)
2022/2023. Amazon | Global Store Team - Software Engineer II
2019/2022. PicPay - Staff Software Engineer
2016/2019. PD Case - Banestes Bank - Software Engineer
2015/2016. Alta Rail Technology - Software Engineer
2012. Spassu Technology - IT Support