Engineering Computer Science
Resume:
Name Gilson Goncalves de Lima
Nationality Brazilian Age 28
E-mail ***********@*****.***
Address Brown University, School of Engineering. 184 Hope Street, Box D
http://www.lems.brown.edu/~ggoncalv/
Education
08/2009 - present PhD student in Electrical Engineering. Brown University. Advisor: Prof. Gabriel Taubin
- Currently sponsored by research grant from HP Labs (since Fall 2011).
- Approved in Progress Review examination at Brown University in Fall 2011.
- Approved in Preliminary Exams at Brown University in Fall 2012, becoming a PhD candidate.
08/2009 05/2011 Master of Science in Engineering. Brown University. Advisor: Prof. Gabriel Taubin.
03/2004 12/2008 Bachelor of Science in Telematics Engineering (Telecom + Computer Science)
Federal University of Ceara, UFC, Brazil (http://deti.ufc.br/ )
08/2007 02/2008 Academic exchange in Electrical Engineering (Image and Signal Processing).
National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon, INSA Lyon, France (http://www.insa-lyon.fr/ )
Interests
- Computer Vision; - Signal, Image and Video Processing.
Most Recent Professional Experiences
1. Hewlett-Packard Laboratories (headquarters), USA http://www.hpl.hp.com/palo_alto/
Period: 05/31/2011 - 09/16/2011 Type: internship. Occupation: R&D; full-time.
Activities
I W orked on a multiview real-time acquisition and display system, building hardware, developing algorithms
and writing software.
2. Laboratory for Engineering Man/Machine Systems, LEMS, USA http://vision.lems.brown.edu/
Period: 08/2009 present Type: research assistantship; Occupation: Researcher and developer; part-
time.
Activities
I've been working in different projects, including: a capture system to be used in a multiview real-time
dynamic shape reconstruction system; and a video wall. Now, my research is engaged on real-time stereo-
based view synthesis for autostereoscopic rendering systems.
3. Brown University, USA. www.brown.edu
Type: teaching assistantship; Occupation: STA (supplementary teaching assistant); part-time.
Period: Spring 2011 Course: ENGN 052 Electrical Circuits and Signals .
Activities
Tutor students during lab sessions and work on their respective solutions.
Period: Fall 2010 & Fall 2011 Course: ENGN 1570 Linear System Analysis (signal processing)
Activities
Elaborate homework problem sets / labs and their respective solutions.. Teach weakly TA sessions.
Period: Spring 2012 Course: ENGN 2520 Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning
Activities
Grade and solve problem sets.
4. Federal University of Ceara, UFC, Brazil http://www.dc.ufc.br/
Period: 04/2009 07/2009 Type: temporary public job; Occupation: university teacher; part-time.
Activities
Teach the courses: Introduction to Computer Science; and Computer Programming Fundamentals.
Computer Science Department, UFC.
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5. Renault, France (headquarters)
http://www.renault.com/en/carrieres/nos-metiers/pages/recherche.aspx
Period: 02/2008 08/2008 Type: internship (5th undergrad year); Occupation: R&D; full-time.
Activities
Research and development work over the sound synthesis module of an acoustics vehicle analysis
software owned and maintained by Renault world headquarters (French car company).
Computer Skills
OS: W indows, Linux Ubuntu or other Debian-based distributions.
Programming Languages: C, C++, CUDA.
Office: All Microsoft Office and Open Office Applications.
Others: Matlab and other engineering-related programs. Ex: Solid Edge (Advanced for parts/enclosures
modeling). Autocad (for 8020- based setups construction).
Courses (taken as graduate student)
1. - Mathematical Methods in Engineering and Physics I Prof. Miquel Dorca
2. - Mathematical Methods in Engineering and Physics II Prof. Lambert B. Freund
3. - Introduction to Computer Vision Prof. Michael J. Black
4. - Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision Prof. David Cooper
5. - Computational Cognitive Science Prof. Thomas R. Serre
6. - Digital Geometry Processing Prof. Gabriel Taubin
7. - Scientific Programming in C++ Prof. Joseph L. Mundy
8. - Computational Photography (Audit) Prof. James H. Hays
9. - Mathematical Statistics I (Audit) Prof. Basilis Gidas
10. - Introduction to Computational Geometry Prof. Franco Preparata
11. - Introduction to Computer Graphics Prof. Andy van Dam
12. - Computational Probability and Statistics (Audit) Prof. Matthew Harrison
13. - 3D Photography Prof. Gabriel Taubin
- Recent Applications of Probability and Statistics
14. Prof. Matthew Harrison
Languages
Portuguese (mother tongue), English (fluent), French (fluent) and Spanish (basic).
Extracurricular Activities
Coordinator of a Computer Vision Reading Group
http://www.lems.brown.edu/~ggoncalv/index_files/bn8.htm
Note: nominated in 2012 by Brown's Engineering Dept for Sigma Xi, the Scientific Honor Society.
Recent Conference Attendance
2012 IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Providence, RI.
2011 Industrial Partners Program (IPP) Symposium on Visual Computing. Brown University.
2011 Scene Understanding Symposium - SUnS '11, MIT, Cambridge MA
2010 IEEE International Conference on Computational Photography (ICCP), MIT, Cambridge MA
Publications
Leite, G.C. ; Ushizima, D.M. ; Medeiros, F.N.S. ; LIMA, G. G. . Wavelet Analysis for Wind Fields Estimation.
Sensors (Basel), v. 10, p. 5994-6016, 2010.
DOI:10.3390/s100605994
Silva, K.S.; Lima, G.G.; Medeiros, F.N.S., "Hierarchical multiscale image segmentation,"
Telecommunications Symposium, 2006 International, vol., no., pp.749-753, 3-6 Sept. 2006
DOI: 10.1109/ITS.2006.4433372
Leisure
Movies, TV shows, traveling, working out.
Major Visited Cities
Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Boston, Paris, London, Lausanne, Rio de Janeiro.
October 14, 2012.
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