Team

Iara has a multidisciplinary team. Its collaborators include masters, bachelors, and undergraduate researchers in Computer Sciences, Engineering, and Design.

Vinicius César

Vinicius Cesar has both Bachlor’s and Master’s degrees in Computer Science, at the Federal University of Pernambuco. Vinicius co-founded Iara and currently works as a senior researcher and project manager. His main area of interest is Computer Vision, specifically visual tracking and 3D reconstruction.

Bernardo Reis

Bernardo Reis received his B.S. in Computer Engineering in 2010 and his M.Sc. in Computer Science in 2012 from the Federal University of Pernambuco. He co-founded Iara and has worked with augmented-reality, motion-based interaction, and high-performance computing, mainly with GPUs and FPGAs. His current research interests are computer vision and systems architecture.

Aloysio Romeira

Aloysio Romeira has a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering student (Graduated in 2020.1) with experience in mechanical design development, manufacturing, and reporting. Proactive, team worker and always looking for efficient solutions. In addition to being passionate about the automotive industry, currently having as a hobby, the preparation of internal combustion engines for drag racing.

Marcos Oliveira

Marcos Oliveira has received a bachelor’s degree with academic honors in Computer Engineering from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) in 2022.2. His research fields involving data structs, algorithms, low level programming and Big Data. He already worked in some companies as a game dev, but now days he only make games as a hobby and to contribute to the Godot game engine. His mainly focus right now is to work with languages as C++, C# and Python as a junior at Iara.

Sérgio Arruda

Sérgio Arruda Filho has a bachelor degree at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) -Computer Engineering. He has been a member of Iara since August 2018 participating as a full stack developer and test engineer in developing computer vision solutions for major oil and gas extraction companies. Sérgio has proficiency in working with many programming languages such as C++, Java, Python, C# and such. His professional and research interests cover computer vision, product design and software engineering.

Leonardo Bortoni

Leonardo Bortoni has bachelor’s in Mechatronics Engineering at the Federal University of Santa Catarina. His experiences cover modeling control and developing machine learning/computer vision solutions for industrial problems. His areas of interest are software development, computer vision, mathematics and IOT. As a hobby Leonardo gets lost in sci-fi books and study new languages.

Gabriel Reis

Gabriel Reis graduated in Mechanical Engineering at Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) in 2016. He has a MSc in Computer Science in CIn/UFPE. His areas of interest are product design, 3D mechanical model design and rapid prototyping. During his undergraduate course, Gabriel has participated in the mobility program Science Without Boards.

Bruno Jeronimo

Bruno Jeronimo is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), where he also completed his MSc in Computer Science (2022). He holds a BSc in Business and Management from UFPE and a specialized diploma in iOS Development from the Apple Developers Academy. With a diverse academic and professional background, Bruno’s expertise spans several key areas, including Software Development, Mobile Devices, User Research and Experience, Social Robotics, and Generative AI. Additionally, he is deeply interested in Innovation Management and Business Development.

Sylvio Paes

Sylvio Paes holds a degree in Industrial Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pernambuco (UPE) – POLI, with experience in the Naval and Automotive industries. He worked on student projects such as Baja SAE Brazil within Team Corisco’s off-road vehicle suspension project division. Also, He worked on the aerodynamic design of radio-controlled aircraft models in the SAE Brazil Aerodesign project at the Tenpest Team. He is passionate about internal combustion engines for racing and the practice of aeromodelling – from construction to landing.

Andreas Zaia

Graduated in Computer Science from the Catholic University of Pernambuco (2012). He is currently a volunteer researcher at the Federal University of Pernambuco. Has experience in Computer Science, with priority on Network Administration, focused on Linux systems with research emphasis on security and attack prevention, and anomaly analysis.

Marco Maia

Marco Maia graduated at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) in Computer Engineering. He has experience with embedded systems, electronics, and PCB manufacturing. With a great passion for C++, embedded systems, and IT technologies in general.