Augusto Baffa
Augusto Cesar Espíndola Baffa[1] (Rio de Janeiro, 2 June 1980) is a Brazilian computer scientist and university lecturer at the Department of Informatics [2] of PUC-Rio. He has PhD degree in Informatics from PUC-Rio and Master degree in Informatics from Unirio, with MBA specialization in Finance from IBMEC and MBA specialization in Marketing from ESPM. He works as a researcher in datascience / machine learning in the LES laboratory and coordinator of development of video games in the ICAD / Visionlab laboratory, where he also conducts researches in Artificial Intelligence focused on decision making with uncertainty and GameAI.
Atuação
- Pesquisador no LES (Laboratório de Engenharia de Software)
- Pesquisador no ICAD Games / VisionLab
- Colaborador no Galgos
- Professor do Quadro Complementar no Departamento de Informática
- Professor no ECOA
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
Interests
Artificial Intelligence, Uncertainty, Automated Planning, Machine Learning, Operational Research
Education
PostDoctoral Fellow, 2016-2018
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, PUC-Rio
Advisor: Prof. Thibaut Vidal
PhD Computer Science 2011-2015 – GPA: A (9.4/10.0)
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, PUC-Rio
Advisor: Prof. Bruno Feijó
Thesis: Storytelling Based on Audience Social Interaction
MSc Computer Science 2008-2010 – GPA: B (8.7/10.0)
Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UNIRIO
Advisor: Prof. Angelo Ciarlini
Thesis: Environment for Studying, Modeling, Planning and Evaluating Investiment Policies on Stock Markets using POMDPs (portuguese only)
Executive MBA in Finance 2005-2007 – GPA: B (8.1/10.0)
Instituto Brasileiro de Mercado de Capitais, IBMEC
Term paper: Analysis of Long and Short Term Strategies Using Technical Analysis Indicators
MBA in Marketing 2004-2005 – GPA: B (8.0/10.0)
Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing, ESPM
Term paper: Business Plan for Aquaria Trading Company
BSc Computer Science 1999-2004 – GPA: C (7.0/10.0)
Centro Universitário da Cidade, UniverCidade
Advisor: Prof. Ronaldo Goldschmidt
Monograph: Time Series forecasting using Artificial Neural Networks
Awards and Achievements
- EMC2 / Coppetec PhD Scholarship, UFRJ, 2013-2014
- ICAD / VisionLab PhD Scholarship, PUC-Rio, 2012-2013
- CNPq PhD Scholarship, PUC-Rio, 2011-2012
- Distinguished Paper Award, Ibero-American Conference on Artificial Intelligence 12th ed., 2010
- CAPES MSc Scholarship, Unirio, 2008-2010
- IBEST Award 2005 ed. (Best Brazilian websites) Top 10 Banking
- IBEST Award 2005 ed. (Best Brazilian websites) Top 10 Revelation
See also
- CV Lattes
- Google Scholar Public URL
- DBLP
- Open Researcher & Contributor ID (ORCID)
- Scopus Author Identifier
- Publons Web of Science ResearcherID
- Research Gate