Thales Vieira

Since my PhD, I have been applying Machine Learning for very distinct fields. For example, in my PhD thesis, which was supposed to be focused on Computer Graphics, I developed a methodology for learning good views in 3d scenes using Machine Learning algorithms. Then, I have applied Machine Learning for Gesture Recognition using data from Kinect Sensors. The methods I have researched can be employed for the development of Natural User Interfaces, based on body gestures. Similarly, I have been trying in the last years to investigate gesture recognition methods for two distinct applications: sign language recognition, which can be employed in the development of accessibility tools for deaf people; and natural user interfaces for robotics, to remotely control robotic arms, for example. Finally, in the last two years, I have been working on a project for the Justice Court of Alagoas, which is heavily based on Natural Language Processing. All the mentioned problems are currently being dealt with by developing novel Deep Learning algorithms, which are currently changing the world that we live in.