Curriculum Vitae

EducationEducation

2000 University of York, England, UK
PhD (DPhil) in Computer Science
1995 State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
MSc in Computer Science (Thesis Option)
1992 University of Fortaleza (UNIFOR), Brazil
BSc in Computer Science (Informatics)

Professional ExperienceProfessional Experience

2024 – Present University of Exeter, UK
Director of Global Engagement
2018 – Present University of Exeter, UK
Professor of Data and Network Science
2018 – 2022 University of Exeter, UK
Head of the Computer Science Department
2016 – 2018 Florida Institute of Technology, USA
Professor in Computer Science
2016 – 2017 Florida Institute of Technology, USA
Director of the School of Computing
2015 – 2016 Florida Institute of Technology, USA
Department Head of Computer Science

CoursesSelected Courses Taught

Complex Networks
This class is an advanced version of the Social Network Analysis Course. Here students are required to produce a conference quality research paper. The course includes a heavier mathematical formalism on networks and also studies networks that are not social (e.g. technological networks, biological networks, etc.)
Social Networks Analysis
A seminar-like course where we study social networks using a computational approach. After presentations are made about the basics of social networks the course focuses on how to model social networks, collect data, and analyse the structure of social networks.
Introduction to Biologically Inspired Computing
An introductory course where students are able to acquire knowledge in most areas of computer science that are inspired by biological systems.
Swarm Intelligence
An advanced course aimed at senior level graduate students where the area is explored in detail. This course was one of the first in the area to be offered worldwide. The material developed has been used by instructors at EPFL (Switzerland) and at JPL/Caltech (USA).

Invited TalksSelected Invited Talks

September 2025 Recipe/Food Networks as Windows into Inequality: A Call for Computational Analysis of Eating Behaviours
First International Workshop of Scientific and Computational Gastronomy. Parma, Italy.
August 2025 Violence, City Size and Geographical Isolation in African Cities
LANET. Punta del Este, Uruguay.
November 2024 Random Thoughts about Causality and Mobility
European Mobility Symposium. Pisa, Italy.
July 2023 Uncovering the Differences and Similarities between Physical and Virtual Mobility
Lipari School of Complex Systems. Italy.
August 2023 Gender Inequality in Scientific Production
LANET. Cusco, Peru.
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