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Registration: 27.03.2025

Rafael Gomes Monteiro

Skills

Python Developer
AI Developer
Data Scientist
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
JavaScript
HTML / CSS
C++
Qt
FastAPI
Flask
Vue.js
PostgreSQL
MySQL
ORM
SQLAlchemy
Git
GitHub

Work experience

CSO - Chief Scientific Officer
since 09.2024 - Till the present day |Forebrain
Python, C++, Flask, FastAPI, Vue.js
Transitioned to the role of Chief Scientific Officer (CSO), focusing on the company's scientific aspects. Conducted research to establish correlations between our indices and external market indicators. Led the training of two AI models: ● BRAIN A.I. – Estimates neural engagement responses in videos (second-by-second). ● Attentive A.I. – Estimates eye-tracking in videos, generating dynamic saliency maps. Attentive A.I. was submitted to the MIT/Tübingen ranking, ranking among the top five models on the CAT2000 dataset.
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
07.2020 - 09.2024 |Athention
Neuroscience
Athention was a startup created through a partnership between SOMOS Educação and Forebrain, focused on innovating education through neuroscience. ● As CTO, I led the development of Neuroinfinity, a technological solution to enhance educational processes using neuroscience. ● After project completion, the product was integrated into SOMOS Educação, and the company paused its activities.
CTO - Chief Technology Officer
09.2011 - 09.2024 |Forebrain
Python, C++, Flask, FastAPI, Vue.js
Served as CTO since Forebrain's inception, when the company was newly incubated at COPPE/UFRJ, with no clients. Responsible for creating data pipelines, developing algorithms for biometric, neurometric, and behavioral signal processing, and extracting brain indices. Built internal-use systems for applications such as defining Areas of Interest (AOIs) in images and videos, stimulus tagging, stimulation programs, process automation, among others. Led the development of platforms for delivering results to clients and played a key role in building BRAIN, the largest neuroscience-evaluated TV commercial database in Brazil, analyzing over 2,500 ads over 14 years.
Researcher
08.2007 - 09.2010 |Kognitus
MATLAB, C++
Worked on two main projects: ● Vehicle Monitoring System: Conducted research and improvements on an automatic vehicle license plate detection system using radars, initially implemented in MATLAB and later migrated to C++. ● FM Radio Music Identification System: Developed a music detection system using audio matching techniques such as MFC (mel-frequency cepstrum), leveraging highly parallelized and distributed processing.
Professor (Computer Science)
01.2002 - 12.2021 |UNIFESO - Centro Universitário Serra dos Órgãos
Teaching, Computer Science
● Taught for 20 years, covering subjects such as Programming, Data Structures, Algorithm Complexity, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Graphics, and Image Processing. ● Trained teams for the Programming Marathon, leading to participation in the Brazilian finals in 2008 and 2017.

Educational background

Image Processing and Eye-Tracking (Interrupted) (Doctor of Science)
2013 - 2014
UFRJ - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Image and Signal Processing. (Masters Degree)
2009 - 2012
UFRJ - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Computer Science (Bachelor’s Degree)
2004 - 2009
UNIFESO - Centro Universitário Serra dos Órgãos
Associate Degree in Data Processing
1999 - 2001
UNIFESO - Centro Universitário Serra dos Órgãos

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