Keynotes

Dário Oliveira is a Professor at the School of Applied Mathematics, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV EMAp), Rio de Janeiro. His research focuses on artificial intelligence, deep learning, computer vision, remote sensing, sustainability, climate, and Earth observation. He has previously held research positions at the University of São Paulo, GE Global Research, IBM Research Brazil, and the Technical University of Munich, and his work has explored AI-driven analysis of satellite and visual data for environmental monitoring, urban studies, geoscience, and climate-related applications. 

Bianca Zadrozny is a full professor at the Informatics Department at PUC-Rio and an associate researcher at PUC-Behring AI Institute. Her current area of focus is developing and analyzing machine learning methods that use geospatial data for climate & sustainability applications. Previously she was a researcher and manager at IBM Research Brazil, where she led multiple applied artificial intelligence research projects in areas spanning from subsurface characterization for oil&gas and mining, to earth observation, weather, and climate. Zadrozny holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of California, San Diego, and a B.A. in Computer Engineering from PUC-Rio.