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Paulo Ricardo Protachevicz

@pauloricardoprotache

Applied AI Scientist at State University of Ponta Grossa building predictive pipelines for neural time series and an equipment-failure model with 92% recall.

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At State University of Ponta Grossa, I lead a CNPq-funded research team building predictive pipelines for complex neural time series, from preprocessing and feature engineering through modeling and evaluation. I develop and benchmark approaches to detect regime changes and forecast candidate critical transitions.

Across industry collaborations, I delivered AI and machine-learning solutions in pharmaceutical, financial, biomedical, and industrial domains. One sensor-based failure prediction model reached 92% recall, and I’ve also built a domain-grounded RAG pipeline for regulated pharmaceutical content. My work draws on 14 years of experience across computational engineering, data pipelines, scientific software, and applied AI/ML, and includes 50 peer-reviewed publications.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

SU
Current

AI Research & Data Engineering Lead

State University of Ponta Grossa (UEPG)

Aug 2025 - Present (1 year 2 months)

Lead a CNPq-funded AI research team building predictive pipelines for complex neural time-series, from data generation and preprocessing through feature engineering, modeling, evaluation, and interpretation. Develop and benchmark unsupervised, probabilistic, and machine-learning approaches for detecting regime changes and forecasting candidate critical transitions.

BS

Applied AI & Data Science – Industry Collaborations

BioMed X, Banking/Finance, Oil & Gas, Startups

Jan 2023 - Dec 2026 (3 years 11 months)

Delivered applied ML and AI solutions for forecasting, anomaly detection, risk assessment, failure prediction, and data-driven decision support across pharmaceutical, financial, biomedical, and industrial datasets. Developed end-to-end workflows spanning data ingestion, preprocessing, feature engineering, model selection, validation, explainability, and communication of model outputs.

UU

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of Sao Paulo (USP)

May 2020 - Sep 2024 (4 years 4 months)

Designed computational models and ML pipelines to identify patterns in neural data and test hypotheses. Developed visualization and analysis tools for multidisciplinary teams and published peer-reviewed research.

PR

Visiting Scientist

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Nov 2023 - Mar 2024 (4 months)

Investigated synchronization phenomena under varying external conditions with an international research team. Applied causal inference to evaluate the impact of external perturbations on nonlinear network dynamics.

UU

Data Engineer – Scientific & Industrial R&D

Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG)

Jan 2012 - Dec 2016 (4 years 11 months)

Built computational data pipelines in Python/C/C++ for quantitative modeling and simulation. Used parallel/HPC computing to support large-scale simulations and reproducible numerical experiments.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

IBM logoIB

IBM

IBM ML, Machine Learning

2024 - 2025

IBM Machine Learning certification, completed in 2024-2025.

DeepLearning.AI logoDE

DeepLearning.AI

Deep Learning Specialization, Deep Learning

2024 - 2025

Deep Learning Specialization from DeepLearning.AI, completed in 2024-2025.

Johns Hopkins University logoJU

Johns Hopkins University

Advanced Statistics for Data Science, Statistics

2024 - 2025

Advanced Statistics for Data Science from Johns Hopkins, completed in 2024-2025.

Stanford University logoSU

Stanford University

Machine Learning Specialization, Machine Learning

2024 - 2025

Machine Learning Specialization from Stanford/DeepLearning.AI, completed in 2024-2025.

Google Cloud logoGC

Google Cloud

Production ML Systems, Machine Learning Systems

2024 - 2025

Production ML Systems from Google Cloud, completed in 2024-2025.

DeepLearning.AI logoDE

DeepLearning.AI

Generative AI with LLMs, Generative AI

2024 - 2025

Generative AI with LLMs from DeepLearning.AI/AWS, completed in 2024-2025.

Vanderbilt University logoVU

Vanderbilt University

AI Agent Developer Specialization, AI Agent Development

2024 - 2025

AI Agent Developer Specialization from Vanderbilt, completed in 2024-2025.

Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG) logoUU

Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG)

Ph.D. in Sciences, Physics

2016 - 2020

Ph.D. in Sciences (Physics) with thesis on analysis of firing patterns in neural networks. Designed simulations and ML pipelines to distinguish dynamical regimes and predict regimes.

Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG) logoUU

Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG)

M.Sc., Physics

2014 - 2016

M.Sc. in Physics with dissertation on neural networks modeled by cellular automata. Modeled dynamic range and information processing in neuronal networks.

Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG) logoUU

Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG)

B.Sc., Physics

2010 - 2013

B.Sc. in Physics with thesis on detecting chaos in nonlinear systems. Built foundation in mathematical modeling, numerical methods, and chaos theory.

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