Sidney Pontes-Filho

Oslo, Norway · +47 67 23 59 96 · sidneyp@oslomet.no

Sidney Pontes-Filho is a computer scientist who specialized in Artificial Intelligence. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and works as a Ph.D. fellow at Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet). He received his B.Sc. in Computer Science in 2013 from Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil, and M.Sc. in Computer Science in 2018 from Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. His current research interests are complex systems, unconventional computing, computational neuroscience, and artificial general intelligence.

Experience

PhD Fellow

Department of Computer Science, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway

Project: EvoDynamic: Evolution of discrete dynamic systems for modelling computational systems based on self-organization through local interactions.

Duties: 75% research and 25% teaching.

September 2018 - Present

Research Assistant

MindGarage, Technical University Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany

Project: TensorFlow Lite for Document Analysis.

April 2018 - June 2018

Research Assistant

Institute of Integrated Sensor Systems, Technical University Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany

Project: A Methodology and Framework for Transparent and Efficient Analog Circuit Design Automation.

December 2016 - March 2018

Research Assistant

Institute of Electronic Design Automation, Technical University Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany

Project: Implementation of TriCore support for Capstone and related software.

January 2016 - January 2017

System Programmer

VSOFT, João Pessoa, Brazil

Duties: Full Stack Web and Mobile App Developer.

September 2014 - July 2015

Software Engineer

Digital Systems Laboratory (LASID), Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, Brazil

Project: Development of low-cost device for authentication and transmission of Electronic Tax Invoices of City of São Paulo.

Program: Fellow of Industrial Technology Development by CNPq.

October 2013 - May 2014

Mitacs Globalink Research Intern

Networked System Laboratory (NetSysLab), The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Project: Using GPUs to accelerate graph processing.

Program: Scholar by Mitacs/CAPES.

June 2013 - August 2013

Digital Hardware Engineer Intern

Digital Systems Laboratory (LASID), Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, Brazil

Project: Biological Signals and Medical Images Lossless Compressor IP-Core Design.

Program: Scholar of Industrial Technological Initiation by CNPq - BRAZIL IP.

June 2013 - August 2013

Education

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Doctor of Philosophy
Computer Science
September 2018 - Present

Technical University Kaiserslautern

Master of Science
Computer Science
October 2015 - May 2018

Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB)

Bachelor of Science
Computer Science
March 2009 - September 2013