Fellowships
CNPq - National Council for Scientific and Technological Development –
Brazil
CAPES - Coordination for the Improvement of Superior Level Personnel – Brazil
FAPESP - The State of São Paulo Research Foundation – Brazil
 PhD program fellowship granted by CNPq
and CAPES in recognition of a nationwide selection process in Brazil,
2000-2004.
University of Maryland Graduate School
Fellowship awarded to incoming full time graduate students on basis of merit,
2000-2002.
MSc program granted by FAPESP in
recognition of an approved research project by Scientific Committee,
1997-1998.
MSc program granted by CNPq and the
State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in recognition of a selection by
Graduate Committee of the Institute of Computing, 1996-1997.
Scientific Initiation - Special
Training Program granted by CAPES and the State University of Ceará (UECE) in
recognition of a selection by Statistics and Computer Science Department,
1993-1995.
Scientific Initiation granted by CNPq
and the Brazilian Mathematics Society (SBM) in recognition of the 4th
rank in Brazilian Mathematics Olympiad, 1992.
Awards and Honors
Placed among the Top 10 Finalists in
the 2006 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge, Non-Interactive
Media category, organized by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and
Science Magazine with the video “The Language of Human
Movement”.
2002 Outstanding Teaching Assistant
for the College of Computer, Mathematical and Physical Sciences - UMD.
Ranked 6th in the 6th
Competition of Master Thesis organized by Latin-American Center of Studies in
Computing - UNESCO, 1999.
Ranked 1st and 3rd
in the Best Work of Scientific Initiation Prize granted by State University
of Ceará (UECE), 1995.
Ranked 4th in the 12th
Brazilian Mathematics Olympiad - Senior Class, 1991.
Honor Merit Award and Graça Couto
Medal granted by the Brazilian Army to the best student of the Military
School of Fortaleza, 1991.
2nd place in the 8th
Mathematics Olympiad of Ceará State - Junior Class, 1988.
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