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The AI-Labs team is led by Prof. Dr. Luiz Pinheiro through research meetings, weekly supervision, workshops, monthly courses and follow-up events.
Researchers - AI Labs (PhD Students)
PhD. Student - Cleiton Sacoman
PhD. Student - Mariana Ravedutti Paul
Linkedin - link - Scholar - link - ResearchGate - link - Lattes - link
E-mail: mariana@ravedutti.com
Research interests: Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Social Investments
At AI-Labs: March/2025 - (present)
Professional Experience: 240 months / Academic: 72 months
PhD. Student - Rodrigo Maia Marinello
Linkedin - link - Scholar - link - ResearchGate - link - Lattes - link
E-mail: rodrigomaia_marinello@outlook.com
Research interests: Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Public Sector through Bourdieu's Lens
At AI-Labs: March/2025 - (present)
Professional Experience: 72 months / Academic: 108 months
PhD. Student - Zenaldo de Almeida Rodrigues
Linkedin - link - Scholar - N/D - ResearchGate - N/D - Lattes - link
E-mail: zenaldo@up.edu.br
Research interests: Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Work, Jobs and Supermarkets
At AI-Labs: June/2022 - (present)
Professional Experience: 264 months / Academic: 24 months
Researchers - AI LaBs - (Visiting Researchers, Consultants and Professors)
Prof. Kristian Capeline - Assespro-PR (Visiting)
Linkedin - link - Scholar - N/D - ResearchGate - N/D - Lattes - link
E-mail: kristian.capeline@gmail.com
Research interests: AI in Education
Visiting Researcher at AI-Labs: March/2023 - (present)
*This partnership does not create an employment relationship or work at another university. It reflects only shared research interests and opportunities for joint research, resource sharing, among others.
Prof. Carla Bonato Marcolin - PPGA/UFU - (Visiting)
Linkedin - link - Scholar - link - ResearchGate - link - Lattes - link
E-mail: cbmarcolin@gmail.com
Research interests: NLP (Natural Language Processing), Text Mining and AI
Visiting Researcher at AI-Labs: September/2022 - (present)
*This partnership does not create an employment relationship or work at another university. It reflects only shared research interests and opportunities for joint research, resource sharing, among others.
Prof. Franciele Lourenço - PPGA/UP - (Visiting)
Linkedin - link - Scholar - // - ResearchGate - link - Lattes - link - ORCID - link
E-mail: fllourenco@up.edu.br
Research interests: AI for ESG, Sustainability and SDGs
Visiting Researcher at AI-Labs: November/2026 - (present)
*This partnership does not create an employment relationship or work at another university. It reflects only shared research interests and opportunities for joint research, resource sharing, among others.
Prof. Franciany Cristiny Venâncio Dugonski - PPGA/UP - (Visiting)
Linkedin - link - Scholar - // - ResearchGate - // - Lattes - link - ORCID - link
E-mail: franciany@up.edu.br
Research interests: AI for ESG, Sustainability and SDGs
Visiting Researcher at AI-Labs: June/2026 - (present)
*This partnership does not create an employment relationship or work at another university. It reflects only shared research interests and opportunities for joint research, resource sharing, among others.
Prof. Ricardo de Freitas Dias - UPE - (Visiting)
Linkedin - link - Scholar - link - ResearchGate - link - Lattes - link - ORCID - link
E-mail: ricardo.freitas@upe.br
Research interests: AI Literacy; AI in Education
Visiting Researcher at AI-Labs: April/2026 - (present)
*This partnership does not create an employment relationship or work at another university. It reflects only shared research interests and opportunities for joint research, resource sharing, among others.
Prof. Ricardo Limongi França Coelho - PPGA/UFG/UFU - (Visiting)
Linkedin - link - Scholar - link - ResearchGate - link - Lattes - link
E-mail: ricardolimongi@ufg.br
Research interests: Prediction and business analytics; spatial data science; demand and market estimation; artificial intelligence; machine learning
Visiting Researcher at AI-Labs: September/2024 - (present)
*This partnership does not create an employment relationship or work at another university. It reflects only shared research interests and opportunities for joint research, resource sharing, among others.
Prof. Ricardo Matheus (Visiting)
Linkedin - link - Scholar - link - ResearchGate - link - Lattes - link
E-mail: ricardomatheus@gmail.com
Research interests: AI, Digital Government and Open Data
Visiting Researcher at AI-Labs: February/2021 - (present)
Link TU Delft: https://www.tudelft.nl/tbm/over-de-faculteit/afdelingen/engineering-systems-and-services/people/phd-candidates/r-ricardo-matheus
*This partnership does not create an employment relationship or work at another university. It reflects only shared research interests and opportunities for joint research, resource sharing, among others.
Prof. Dr. Marcus Brauer - (Visiting)
Linkedin - link - Scholar - link - ResearchGate - link - Lattes - link - ORCID - link
E-mail: marcusbrauer@gmail.com
Research interests: AI in Education
Visiting Researcher at AI-Labs: June/2026 - (present)
*This partnership does not create an employment relationship or work at another university. It reflects only shared research interests and opportunities for joint research, resource sharing, among others.
Prof. Dr. Dornelles Vissoto Junior - (Visiting)
Linkedin - link - Scholar - N/D - ResearchGate - N/D - Lattes - link
E-mail: dvissotto@gmail.com
Research interests: Digital Transformation and AI
Visiting Researcher at AI-Labs: March/2023 - (present)
*This partnership does not create an employment relationship or work at another university. It reflects only shared research interests and opportunities for joint research, resource sharing, among others.
MSc. Jose "Cesar" Cavalcante Torres - (Visiting)
Linkedin - link - Scholar - N/D - ResearchGate - N/D - Lattes - link
E-mail: cesar_cons@hotmail.com
Research interests: Digital Transformation and AI
Visiting Researcher at AI-Labs: November/2021 - (present)
*This partnership does not create an employment relationship or work at another university. It reflects only shared research interests and opportunities for joint research, resource sharing, among others.
AI LaBs Alumni - (Undergraduate, MBA, Master's and PhD)
PhD. (2026) - Alexandre Correia
Linkedin - link - Scholar - link - ResearchGate - link - Lattes - link
E-mail: ALEXANDRE.S@uninter.com
Research interests: Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Greenwashing
At AI-Labs: March/2025 - (present)
Professional Experience: 408 months / Academic: 288 months
PhD (2026) - Marcus Vidal
Linkedin - link - Scholar - link - ResearchGate - link - Lattes - link
E-mail: vidal@up.edu.br
Research interests: Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Music Festivals
At AI-Labs: March/2025 - August/2026
Professional Experience: 300 months / Academic: 300 months
Ph.D. (2026) - Marjorie Abreu
Linkedin - link - Scholar - link - ResearchGate - link - Lattes - link
E-mail: abreu.marjoriemariana@gmail.com
Research interests: IA - Artificial Intelligence (AI) in On-Campus Higher Education
At AI-Labs: February/2024 - (present)
Professional Experience: 120 months / Academic: 80 months
Ph.D. (2025) - Jeferson Freitas
Linkedin - link - Scholar - N/D - ResearchGate - N/D - Lattes - link
E-mail: jeferson@consultead.com.br
Research interests: Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Online Higher Education
At AI-Labs: March/2023 - September/2026
Professional Experience: 264 months / Academic: 48 months
MSc (2025) - Joel Reis
Linkedin - link - Scholar - N/D - ResearchGate - N/D - Lattes - link
E-mail: joelfreis@gmail.com
Research interests: Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Banking
At AI-Labs: February/2024 - September/2025
Professional Experience: 48 months / Academic: 06 months
MSc (2025) - Tatiane Bonde
Linkedin - link - Scholar - N/D - ResearchGate - N/D - Lattes - link
E-mail: tatibonde@gmail.com
Research interests: Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Healthcare Sector
At AI-Labs: August/2021 - July/2025
Professional Experience: 264 months / Academic: 24 months
MSc (2025) - Giancarlo Fasolin
Linkedin - link - Scholar - N/D - ResearchGate - N/D - Lattes - link
E-mail: gfasolin@hotmail.com
Research interests: Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Agribusiness
At AI-Labs: November/2022 - February/2025
Professional Experience: 264 months / Academic: 6 months
MSc (2025) - Thiago Henrique Doerr
Linkedin - link - Scholar - N/D - ResearchGate - N/D - Lattes - link
E-mail: doerrthiago@gmail.com
Research interests: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chatbots in Elections
At AI-Labs: March/2023 - February/2025
Professional Experience: 48 months / Academic: 06 months
MSc (2025) - Kauana Yirina - CEO Condor Connect
Linkedin - link - Scholar - N/D - ResearchGate - N/D - Lattes - link
E-mail: kauanayrina@gmail.com
Research interests: Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Innovation and Soft Skills
At AI-Labs: March/2023 - February/2025
Professional Experience: 264 months / Academic: 12 months
MSc (2023) - Eunice Alcântara
Linkedin - link - Scholar - N/D - ResearchGate - N/D - Lattes - link
E-mail: eunice.alcantara@up.edu.br
Research interests: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) with AI in HR
At AI-Labs: February/2021 - December/2023
MBA in IT (GETIC) - Juliane Roncovsky Burakosky
Linkedin - link - Scholar - N/D - ResearchGate - N/D - Lattes - link
E-mail: juli.rb@hotmail.com
Research interests: Data Analysis; e-Health, Digital Nutrition and AI
At AI-Labs: November/2021 - July/2022
BSc. in Economics (BSUP 2022) - Khalil El Tassa
Linkedin - link - Scholar - N/D - ResearchGate - N/D - Lattes - link
E-mail: khalileltassa0@gmail.com
Research interests: AI - Artificial Intelligence in Finance / Blockchain
At AI-Labs: March/2022 - December/2022
BSc. in Economics (BSUP 2022) - Rosieli Gonçalves Tracz
Linkedin - link - Scholar - N/D - ResearchGate - N/D - Lattes - link
E-mail: rosielitracz@hotmail.com
Research interests: AI - Artificial Intelligence in Government
At AI-Labs: March/2022 - December/2022
Head - AI Labs
Prof. Dr. Luiz "Pinheiro"
Linkedin - link - Scholar - link - ResearchGate - link - Lattes - link
Visiting Researcher: (2019-20) - Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
PhD in Business Administration: (2020) - link to the thesis -> CloudGov (EAESP/FGV)
MSc in Business Administration: (2015) - link to the dissertation ->Digital Government (UFPR/Business School)
BSc in Business Administration: (2012) - link to the Final Project ->Digital Sustainability (FALURB)
Professional Experience: 84 months / Academic: 84 months
E-mail: luiz.junior@up.edu.br
-> Interested in joining this team? Send your CV by email: luiz.junior@up.edu.br
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