Gustavo Pinto

Gustavo Pinto is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Computing, Federal University of Pará (Brazil), and a Research Engineer at Zup Innovation. His research focuses on applying machine learning techniques to improve software engineering tasks, with prior work on refactoring, human aspects of software development, and open source software.

He is a well-published author with over 100 research papers. His contributions include studies on Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) frameworks, scientific software development, and collaborations with industry. He actively writes for his ML4SE newsletter and maintains a CV of failures documenting rejected papers, grant proposals, and job applications.

Scientific awards:

• CNPq Productivity Fellowship (2017, 2018)

His work addresses challenges in Brazilian academia, including funding limitations, student recruitment, and research-industry collaboration. He self-published books on research habits and open source licensing.