Paulo Adeodato

Paulo Adeodato is a Professor at the Centro de Informática of Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) and a former Visiting Scholar (2017) and Visiting Professor (2018) at Stanford University. With 40 years of professional experience, he bridges academic research with entrepreneurship, having founded NeuroTech S.A., which was sold to B3 in a billionaire deal. His academic work focuses on Data Mining, Decision Support Systems, and Explainable AI (X-AI), with applications in Education, Medicine, and Social Networks.

Academic Background:

• Ph.D. in Mathematics, King's College London, University of London (1997)
• M.Sc. in Computer Science, Centro de Informática, UFPE (1991)
• B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering, Departamento de Engenharia Eletrônica e Sistemas, UFPE (1982)

Research & Impact: Paulo has pioneered Brazil's first data mining course (1999) and developed over 400 data mining solutions, with 100 deployed in Brazilian companies. His research spans theoretical and applied domains, including Time Series Forecasting and Intelligent Systems for water resource optimization (SWAMP project) and medical resident selection.

Scientific Awards:

• Award in International Competition on Data Mining (2007)
• Awards in International Competitions on Time Series Forecasting (2007, 2012)
• FINEP Innovation Award (2013, Northeast-Brazil)

Leadership & Collaboration: He has coordinated the EC-funded EVIDENCE project (assessing educational inequities using PISA data) and led projects with Brazilian, European, and Canadian institutions. Paulo has also contributed to educational policy at UFPE and served on IEEE and AmCham-Recife committees.