Lume Robotics is the first self-driving car company in the southern hemisphere. It was founded by me and other fellows from the IARA project [http://lumerobotics.ai].PROJECTS:Self-driving Mercedes-Benz truck for wetting roads at iron ore port facilities for VALE mining company [tiny.cc/UFES-ART].The first commercial electric self-driving car of Brazil [youtu.be/jjBMI1UruUE].

Researcher at the High Performance Computing Laboratory (LCAD) at the Federal University of Espirito Santo (UFES).PROJECTS: Intelligent Autonomous Robotic Automobile (IARA), a self-driving car research project started in 2009. The IARA was a pioneer in the southern hemisphere that accomplished a 74 km autonomous trip through streets, avenues and highways of three cities of Brazil in 2017 [tiny.cc/Projeto-IARA].First Autonomous Taxiing of a Commercial Aircraft in the… Show more Researcher at the High Performance Computing Laboratory (LCAD) at the Federal University of Espirito Santo (UFES).PROJECTS: Intelligent Autonomous Robotic Automobile (IARA), a self-driving car research project started in 2009. The IARA was a pioneer in the southern hemisphere that accomplished a 74 km autonomous trip through streets, avenues and highways of three cities of Brazil in 2017 [tiny.cc/Projeto-IARA].First Autonomous Taxiing of a Commercial Aircraft in the World (2019)A scientific and technological cooperation between Embraer and UFES to apply self-driving car technologies on an aircraft [tiny.cc/auto-tax].ACTIVITIES:- Research- Development- Small groups and small projects lead- Assistance in projects coordinationEXPERIENCE:- Handling movable objects in self-driving cars using Deep Neural Networks and image tracking- Traffic Light Recognition in self-driving cars using Deep Neural Networks- Mapping road lanes using LiDAR remission and Deep Neural Networks- Large-scale mapping in complex field scenarios- Self-driving car localization - Low level control systems for self-driving cars- Stereo Environment ReconstructionTOOLS:- Linux systems- C++, C, Python programming languages- PyTorch and TensorFlow machine learning libraries Show less

Collaborating Professor in the Department of Informatics at UFES.Offering a Deep Learning discipline for two semesters, available for post-graduation and graduation students at UFES.