Full Professor and Researcher at the Applied Computer Science Department of the Institute of Informatics at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil. Since 2017, I have worked at the Post-Graduation Program in Computers and Education (PGIE) and the Post-Graduation Program in Computer Science (PPGC) from 2010 to 2022. I hold a Ph.D. in Computer Science (PPGC/UFRGS, Brazil, 2004), an MS.C. in Computer Science (PPGC/UFRGS, Brazil, 1999), and a BS.C. in Computer Science (UCPEL, Brazil, 1996). I was the Secretary for Distance Education at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) from December 2020 to September 2024. Between January 2017 and January 2020, I was the head of the Interdisciplinary Center for New Technologies in Education (CINTED) at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS).

My research activities include Data Science, Learning Analytics, Recommender Systems, Machine Learning, and Data or Text Mining. More specifically, I’m interested in developing and applying machine learning models to the educational field (online learning).

ORCID: 0000-0002-8391-446X