About

Fabricio Breve is an Associate Professor at the São Paulo State University “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (Unesp).

Education:

• • Habilitation in Computer Networks from the São Paulo State University “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (Unesp), Rio Claro, SP, Brazil, 2018.
  • Post doctorate in Computer Science in the Institute of Computer Science and Mathematical Computation at the University of São Paulo – USP, São Carlos, SP, Brazil, advised by Prof. Dr. Zhao Liang, 2010-2012.
  • PhD in Computer Science from the Institute of Computer Science and Mathematical Computation at the University of São Paulo – USP, São Carlos, SP, Brazil, advised by Prof. Dr. Zhao Liang with collaborative period in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, advised by Prof. Dr. Witold Pedrycz, 2006 – 2010.
  • MSc in Computer Science from Federal University of São Carlos – UFSCar, Computer Department, Architectures, Image and Signal Processing Research Group (GAPIS), São Carlos, SP, Brazil, advised by Prof. Dr. Nelson Delfino d’Ávila Mascarenhas, 2004 – 2006.
  • BSc in Computer Science from Methodist University of Piracicaba – Unimep, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil, 1998 – 2001.
  • Data Processing Technician from Colégio Integrado, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil, 1994 – 1997.

Selected Honors:

• Second Best Oral Presentation in the Area of Computer Science at the 11ª Jornada Científica e Tecnológica – JORNACITEC, Faculdade de Tecnologia de Botucatu – FATEC, 2022.
• Best Paper presented at the IX Workshop do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Computação da UNESP (WPPGCC 2019), UNESP, 2019.
• Best Paper at the VIII Workshop do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Computação da Unesp (WPPGCC 2018), UNESP, 2018.
• Best Paper presented at the V Workshop do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Computação da UNESP (V WPPGCC-UNESP) in the research line “Engenharia de Software e Banco de Dados”, V WPPGCC – UNESP, 2015.
• “Prof. Adilson Gonzaga” Award Honorable Mention, XI Workshop de Visão Computacional (WVC 2015), 2015.
• Best PhD Thesis Award – Second Place of the Brazilian Competition (CBIC-PhD Thesis), 1st BRICS-CCI and 11th Brazilian Congress on Computational Intelligence (CBIC 2013), 2013.
• Third Place in the VIII Concurso de Teses e Dissertações em Inteligência Artificial (CTDIA 2012) – Categoria Tese de Doutorado, The Brazilian Conference on Intelligent System (BRACIS 2012), 2012.
• IEEE CIS Outstanding Student Paper Travel Grant and INNS Travel Grant, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (IEEE CIS) and International Neural Network Society (INNS), 2010.
• IEEE CIS Outstanding Student Paper Travel Grant and INNS Travel Grant, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (IEEE CIS) and International Neural Network Society (INNS), 2009.
• Best student of the 3rd year, Técnico em Processamento de Dados, Colégio Integrado, 1997.
• Best student of the 2nd year, Técnico em Processamento de Dados, Colégio Integrado, 1996.
• Best student of the 1st year, Técnico em Processamento de Dados, Colégio Integrado, 1995.

Research Interests:

• • Nature Inspired Computing
  • Machine Learning
  • Semi-Supervised Learning
  • Active Learning
  • Artificial Neural Networks
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Data Clustering
  • Complex Networks
  • Image Processing
  • Dynamical Systems