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General Information
Full Name | Pablo Vinicius Alves de Barros |
Nationality | Brazilian |
Languages | Portuguese, English |
Education
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2016 PhD
Universität Hamburg - Hamburg, Germany - Modelling Affection Mechanisms using Deep and Self-Organizing Neural Networks.
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2013 MSc
Universidade de Pernambuco - Recife, Brazil - Reconhecimento e Previsão de Gestos
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2011 BSc
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco - Serra Talhada, Brazil - Projeto PaMDA - Um framework Semântico para Geração de Sistemas
Experience
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2022 - Senior Research Scientist
Sony - Brussels, Belgium -
2022 - External Professor
Universidade de Pernambuco - Recife, Brazil -
2017 - 2022 Visiting Professor
Universidade de Pernbambuco - Recife, Brazil -
2019 - 2022 Research Scientist
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - Genova, Italy -
2016 - 2019 Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Universität Hamburg - Hamburg, Germany -
2012 - 2012 Research Engineer
Vocal Lab Sistemas da Informação - Rcife, Brazil -
2011 - 2012 Research Engineer
QualiHouse - Automação Predial- Rcife, Brazil -
2007 - 2011 Chronos Soluções em TI
CEO and Founder
Open Source Projects
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2019-now Chef`s Hat - A Game Platform for Social Interaction Studies
- Bulding a platform for social interaction and artificial intelligence studies based on a multiplayer card game.
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2016-2019 Crossmodal learning in a neurobotic cortical and midbrain model
- The goals of project A5 are (1) to develop novel neurocomputational techniques to improve our understanding of the superior colliculus (SC) and linked cortical areas; (2) to design and implement a self-organizing audiovisual model of these cortico-collicular networks in a physical robot; and (3) to compare both the model’s neural activity and the robot’s physical behaviour to the neural activity and physical behaviour of humans. The project will produce a novel computational architecture that can direct a robot’s gaze in a natural way to relevant stimuli.
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2016-2022 The Face Channel
- The FaceChannel is a lightweight implementation that encapsulates different facial expression recognition models, and makes it easier to deploy and use them.
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2013-2019 OMG Empathy
- OMG Empathy provides different datasets, models and analysis for empathy recognition.
Honors and Awards
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2024 - Winner of the best BSc poster presentation (advisor) at the Latin American School for Robotics (LACORO 2024)
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2024 - Runner up for best MSc poster presentation (advisor) at the Latin American School for Robotics (LACORO 2024)
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2022 - Best Paper Award - International Conference on Affective and Inteligent Interaction (ACII 2022)
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2016 - Best Paper Award - 20th Robocup International Symposium.
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2012 - Microsoft Student Partner.
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2012 - 4th Place at the Microsoft Imagine Cup - Brazil.
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2011 - Honorary Merit - Valedictorian of Your Program, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco.
Academic Interests
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Affective Computing
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Deep Learning
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Social Agents
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AI in Games
Other Interests
- Hobbies: Sim Racing, RC Cars, Retrogaming, RPG