I’m an Assistant Professor at the Department of Statistics of the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil. From 2010 to 2014, I was a PhD student in the Department of Statistics & Data Science at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) (PhD thesis), USA. Prior to that, I graduated and received my Master’s degree at the University of São Paulo (USP) (Master’s dissertation). I am a Research Fellow at CNPq (2017-2024).
I am interested in theory, methodology, applications, and foundations of statistics, machine learning and data science. I am a member of the following research groups/collaborations:
In case you are looking for Rafael Stern, his site is here.
PhD in Statistics, 2014
Carnegie Mellon University
Master in Statistics, 2010
University of São Paulo
BSc in Statistics, 2009
University of São Paulo
See all my publications here.
Introduction to Probability Theory and Random Processes, with Márcio A. Diniz, Luís E. B. Salasar and Rafael B. Stern
Statistical Inference, with Rafael B. Stern (incomplete)
Inferência Bayesiana, com Luís Gustavo Esteves e Rafael B. Stern
Curso de Programação Estatística, com Andressa Cerqueira e Thiago Rodrigo Ramos (incomplete)
Aprendizado de máquina: uma abordagem estatística, com Tiago Mendonça dos Santos.
Undergraduate courses
Graduate courses
(some videos)
PhD
Master
Undergraduate
Twitter Threads
Artigos de Divulgação
“Vidas Salvas: Projeção aponta que, após vacina, mais de mil mortes foram evitadas no Rio” (O Globo, 16/06/21). Artigo; Capa
“Levantamento mostra queda na idade média dos internados no Rio por Covid-19 após doses de reforço em idosos” (O Globo, 16/11/21). Artigo
“Alta de casos e baixa ocupação de leitos” (CBN, 8/6/22) Entrevista
“Fapesp reajusta bolsas de pesquisa em até 45% a partir de agosto” (Folha de São Paulo, 26/06/24). Artigo
The secular nano-Hagaddah