Carlos Renato Belo Azevedo

Office
Center for Informatics (CIn)
Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE)
Av. Prof. Luiz Freire S/N
Cidade Universitária 50740-540
Recife, PE – Brasil, Caixa-Postal: 7851
55-81-2126-8430
55-81-8664-8737 (mobile)
Skype ID: carlosrenatoaz
E-mail: crba@cin.ufpe.br
Home Page: <http://cin.ufpe.br/~crba>
Citzenship
Brazilian

Career Objectives
My main aim is to research, develop and teach neat ways to use state-of-the-art Computational Intelligence models and
algorithms to understand and to promote social changes by developing effective decision making tools for industry,
academy, governmental agencies and NGO's. Moreover, I want to acquire a comprehensive knowledge of the society.
I'm concerned at perceiving how systematic changes in culture affect our life. In this regard, I fully recognize the need to
use advanced technologies as valuable tools for analyzing such changes and for guiding us to face big challenges.
Education
Master in Computer Science March, 2009 –
Current
Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Advisor: Aluizio Fausto Ribeiro Araújo
Principal Area: Computational Intelligence; Evolutionary Computation; Multiobjective
Optimization; Estimation of Distribution Algorithms
CNPq Master Scholarship (National Council of Technological and Scientific Development)

Bachelor in Computer Science (cum laude) January, 2004 –

December, 2008
Catholic University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Grade Point Average (GPA): 8.84 / 10.00
Other Areas: Natural Computation; Quantum Computation
Active in two scientific initiation programs on Time Series Forecasting with Quantum
Neural Networks and Evolutionary Algorithms for Signal Compression
CNPq/PIBIC Scholarship (National Council of Technological and Scientific Development,
Institutional Scientific Initiation Program)

Research Interests
Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, Memetic Computation, Quantum Computation,
Bio-inspired and Natural Computation, Social Simulation, Intelligent Agents,
Multiobjective Optimization, Machine Learning, Stochastic Simulation, Digital Signal
Processing, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting.

Employment
Lecturer in Software Development January, 2007 –
Brazilian Union of Technological Institutes (UNIBRATEC) July 2007

Instructor in Programming Languages January, 2006 –

Especializa Treinamentos July 2007

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant August, 2005 –

Department of Statistics and Informatics December, 2007
Catholic University of Pernambuco
Courses: Stochastic Simulation; Algorithms and Data Structure
Carlos R. B. Azevedo – Résumé – Last updated: November, 2009
 Awards, Grants and Certifications
Certificate of Competency in English August, 2009
The English Language Institute, University of Michigan
Student Travel Grant for GECCO 2009 July, 2009
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Special Interest Group on Genetic and
Evolutionary Computation (SIGEVO)
Best Scientific Initiation Student in Exacts and Earth Sciences Award September, 2008
Catholic University of Pernambuco
Second Best Scientific Initiation Student in Exacts and Earth Sciences Award September, 2007
Catholic University of Pernambuco
Top 20 essay in Brazilian Undergraduate Students UNESCO’s Composition Contest Award July, 2007
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Publications
 Book Chapters

Azevedo, C. R. B., Azevedo, F. E. A. G., Lopes, W. A. T., and Madeiro, F. 2009. Terrain-Based Memetic Algorithms for
Vector Quantizer Design. In Nature Inspired Cooperative Strategies for Optimization, Series: Studies in Computation
Intelligence, Volume 236, edited by Krasnogor, N., Melián-Batista, B., Moreno-Pérez, J. A., Moreno-Vega, J. M., and
Pelta, D, pp. 197-211. New York: Springer-Verlag
 Journal Publications

Azevedo, C. R. B., Azevedo, R. A., Bispo Júnior, E. L., Ferreira, T. A. E., Lopes, W. A. T., and Madeiro, F. 2009. A Memetic
Algorithm for Vector Quantizer Optimization. In Learning and Nonlinear Models, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 1–15.
 Peer Reviewed Conference and Workshop Papers

Azevedo, C. R. B. and Gordon, V. S. 2009. Adaptive Terrain-Based Memetic Algorithms. In Proceedings of the Genetic
and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2009), pp. 747–754. ACM Press.
Azevedo, C. R. B., Azevedo, R. A., Bispo Júnior, E. L., Ferreira, T. A. E., Lopes, W. A. T., and Madeiro, F. 2008. An
Evolutionary Method for Vector Quantizer Optimization. In Proceedings of International Joint Conference SBIA/SBRN, II
Workshop on Computational Intelligence (WCI-2008), pp. 69–74.
Azevedo, C. R. B., Ferreira, T. A. E., Lopes, W. A. T., and Madeiro, F. 2008. Improving Image Vector Quantization with a
Genetic Accelerated K-Means Algorithm. In Advanced Concepts for Intelligent Vision Systems (ACIVS-2008), Lecture
Notes in Computer Science (LNCS 5259), pp. 67–76. Springer-Verlag.

Azevedo, C. R. B., Bispo Júnior, E. L., Ferreira, T. A. E., Madeiro, F, and Alencar, M. S. 2008. An Evolutionary Approach for
Vector Quantization Codebook Optimization. In Advances in Neural Networks (ISNN-2008), Lecture Notes in Computer
Science (LNCS 5263), pp. 452–461. Springer-Verlag.

Azevedo, C. R. B. and Ferreira, T. A. E. 2007. Time Series Forecasting with Qubit Neural Networks. In Proceedings of the
IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing (ASC-2007), pp. 13–18. ACTA Press.

Azevedo, C. R. B. and Ferreira, T. A. E. 2007. The Application of Qubit Neural Networks for Time Series Forecasting with
Automatic Phase Adjustment Mechanism. In Proceedings of the Congress of the Brazilian Computer Society, National
Meeting in Artificial Intelligence (ENIA-2007), pp. 1112–1121. SBC Press.

 Extended Summary Published in Proceedings of Conferences

Azevedo, C. R. B. and Ferreira, T. A. E. 2007. A Quantum Machine Learning Approach for Time Series Forecasting. In
Proceedings of Scientific Initiation Meeting, pp. 319-325. FASA.

 Summary Published in Proceedings of Conferences

Azevedo, C. R. B. and Madeiro, F. 2008. The Acceleration of an Evolutionary Codebook Optimizer. In Proceedings of
Scientific Initiation Meeting, FASA.

Carlos R. B. Azevedo – Résumé – Last updated: November, 2009

  Essay Published in Book

Azevedo, C. R. B. 2007. The Social Man and His Fight: Family and Community can Make the Difference. In How to Stop
Poverty and Inequality (in Portuguese, French and English), pp. 105–109, United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO). <http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001576/157625m.pdf>

 Additional Publications

Azevedo, C. R. B. August, 2009. Social Aggression in the Workplace: You’ll Inevitably be a Victim Someday; Hope and
Pray You won’t Become an Aggressor. Essay, Recanto das Letras. <http://recantodasletras.uol.com.br/ensaios/1766895>

Azevedo, C. R. B. February, 2008. The Paradox of Technology (in Portuguese). Technical article, iMasters.
<http://imasters.uol.com.br/artigo/8031/tecnologia/o_paradoxo_da_tecnologia/>

Azevedo, C. R. B. February, 2008. Mastering C++ (in Portuguese). Technical article, iMasters.
<http://imasters.uol.com.br/artigo/7927/csharp/dominando_c/>

Azevedo, C. R. B. January, 2008. Google Maps API (in Portuguese). Technical article, iMasters.
<http://imasters.uol.com.br/artigo/7832/programacao/google_maps_api/>

Presentations and Tutorials

Azevedo, C. R. B. 2009. Biologically-Inspired Computing: Algorithms and Applications. Invited Talk, Third Week of
Informatics, Catholic University of Pernambuco. Keywords: Evolutionary Algorithms, Swarm Intelligence, Metaheuristics.

Azevedo, C. R. B. 2008. Quantum Computation and Quantum Information: Consequences and Applications. Invited Talk,
Second Week of Informatics, Catholic University of Pernambuco. Keywords: Quantum Circuits, Grover Algorithm.

Azevedo, C. R. B. 2008. Developing Geographic Information Systems with Google Maps API. Tutorial, First Meeting of
Open-Software in Pernambuco, Faculdade Maurício de Nassau.

Azevedo, C. R. B. 2008. Advanced Topics in C++. Tutorial, Second Meeting of Open-Software in CEFET-PE, Federal
Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Pernambuco. Keywords: Metaprogramming, Standard Template
Library, Iterators, Streams.

Azevedo, C. R. B. 2008. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with Google Maps API. Tutorial, Second Meeting of Open-
Software in CEFET-PE, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Pernambuco.

References

Dr. Francisco Madeiro

Professor, Computer Science
Department of Statistics and Informatics
Catholic University of Pernambuco
55-81-2119-4006

Dr. Tiago Ferreira

Professor, Computer Science
Department of Statistics and Informatics
Federal Rural University of Pernambuco
55-81-3320-6491

Dr. Scott Gordon

Professor, Computer Science
Computer Science Department
California State University, Sacramento
1-916-278-7946

Further Information

CV in Lattes’ Platform: <http://lattes.cnpq.br/3516550996242948>

Carlos R. B. Azevedo – Résumé – Last updated: November, 2009