Roberto Medeiros de Souza

Dr. Roberto Souza

Pronouns: he/him

Positions

Assistant Professor

Schulich School of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Software Engineering

Full Member

Hotchkiss Brain Institute

Contact information

Phone number

office: 403.210.6544

Location

Office: ICT352C
Graduate students lab space: ENA227

Background

Educational Background

PhD Computer Engineering, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), 2017

MSc Computer Engineering, UNICAMP, 2014

BSc Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Pará, 2012

Biography

Roberto Souza is a dual citizen from Brazil and the United States, working as an Assistant Professor at the Electrical and Software Engineering Department at the University of Calgary, Canada, since July 2020. He has a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Pará (2012), an M.Sc. (2014) and PhD (2017), both in Computer Engineering from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP). Before becoming an Assistant Professor, Roberto worked for three years as a postdoctoral scholar in the Radiology Department at the University of Calgary. He has international experience, having worked as an intern at the Grenoble Institute of Technology, France, and the University of Pennsylvania, United States. Dr Souza has extensive expertise in image processing and machine learning. His research is currently focused on innovative strategies for data integration and data mining in imaging applications. Look at his Google Scholar page for a list of relevant publications.

Research

Areas of Research

Machine Learning, Computer Vision and Image Processing, Medical Imaging, Ageing and Dementia

Participation in university strategic initiatives

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
ENEL 645 Data Mining & Machine Learning Fall 2024
ENEL 645 Data Mining & Machine Learning Winter 2024
ENEL 645 Data Mining & Machine Learning Winter 2023
ENSF 619.2 Advanced Topics in Image Analysis and Machine Learning Winter 2023
ENDG 233 Programming with Data Fall 2022
ENEL 645 Data Mining & Machine Learning Winter 2022
ENSF 619.2 Advanced Topics in Image Analysis and Machine Learning Fall 2021
ENEL 645 Data Mining & Machine Learning Winter 2021

Awards

  • Teaching Excellence, Schulich School of Engineering. 2023
  • Early Research Excellence, Schulich School of Engineering. 2022
  • UNICAMP Inventor’s Award, University of Campinas (UNICAMP). 2016
  • Engineering Kawaguchi Award , Albras S.A.. 2012

Publications