Raphael Rocha da Silva
Master's student in Computational Linguistics at the University of São Paulo.
Bachelor of Computer Engineering graduated in 2016 from the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul.
Currently residing in São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
Education
Master's Degree in progress: Computer Science and Computational Mathematics
📌 University of São Paulo, São Carlos
📅 March 2017 – March 2019 (estimated)
📚 Areas of research: Artificial Intelligence / Computational Linguistics / Automatic Summarization / Opinion Mining
🔎 Research Project: Comparative Opinion Summarization
🗣 Advised by Dr. Thiago Pardo
🏛 Member of the Interinstitutional Center for Computational Linguistics
💰 Sponsored by FAPESP and CAPES
Bachelor of Science: Computer Engineering
📌 Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande
📅 February 2011 – September 2016
Visiting Undergraduate Student Program: Science Without Borders
📌 University of Arkansas, Fayeteville
📅 August 2014 – May 2015
Complementary Education
Student in Mathematics Junior Scientific Initiation projects
📌 Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande
📅 June 2006 – April 2012
🕒 1120 hours
🗣 Oriented by professors Sonia Di Giacomo, Dr. Antônio Tamarozzi, Dr. Fernando Souza and Celso Cardoso
Interests
Big areas
Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Linguistics, Economy, Music TheoryActivities
Programming, Teaching, Writing, Research, Graphic designCurrent work
Automatic summarization of opinionated text, opinion mining for product reviews, processing of subjective text, identification of opinions polarities, processing of noisy text writen in Portuguese, combinatorial optimization techniques, study of existing methods of comparative opinion summarization for various languages and various domains, development of novel methods of comparative opinion summarization, development of evatuation methods for comparative opinion summarization
Curiosities
Underwater vehicles, home appliances, word processors, audio plug-ins, Artificial Intelligence in Economy, computer processors
Projects and Activities
Intern in Project of Audio Messages System
📌 Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande
📅 October 2015 – Dezembro 2015
🕒 160 hours
🗣 Supervised by Dr. Ricardo Ribeiro dos Santos
Researcher in Academic Training on Drones Assembling
📌 California State University, Northridge
📅 May 2015 – August 2015
🕒 300 hours
🗣 Supervised by Dr. Nhut Tan Ho
Developer in "Design and Innovation of Low Cost Applications based on Arduino Microcontroller"
📌 Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande
📅 May 2013 – November 2013
🕒 400 hours
🗣 Supervised by Dr. Ricardo Ribeiro dos Santos
Mentor in "Awakening Talents for Computing" 2012 edition (originally "Despertando Talentos em Computação")
📌 Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande
📅 March 2012 – December 2012
🕒 400 hours
🗣 Supervised by Dr. Luciano Gonda
Teaching Assistant of the course "Analytic Geometry and Vectors"
📌 Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande
📅 March 2012 – July 2012
🕒 180 hours
🗣 Supervised by Professor Sonia Di Giacomo
Awards
Brazilian Mathematics Olympiad of Public Schools ("Olimpíada Brasileira de Matemática das Escolas Públicas")
• Gold medal (2005)
• Silver medals (2006, 2009, 2010)
• Bronze medal (2007)
Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest
• Second place in the first phase of XVII Programming Marathon in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (2012). In a team with Lucas Tsutsui and Daniela Ridel.
Languages
• Brazilian Portuguese (native)• American English (full professional proficiency)
• Spanish (professional working reading and listening proficiency)
Fun Facts
• Loves to play the recorder;
• Loves his neighbors, who never complain when he plays the recorder;
• Can do mirror writing;
• Wants to make friends with a chimpanzee someday;
• Is proud to never have lost a sock at laundry;
• Achieved a record of 72 points on Flappy Bird;
• Sees white and gold on the dress.