To give you an idea of what my research interests have been thus far, I created this word cloud from the titles of all my publications (last updated November 2013):

In my early years as a researcher, I got introduced to the fascinating world of Computational Intelligence techniques, particularly to associative neural networks and their hybridization with case-based reasoning and fuzzy logic. My master's thesis was concerned with the development of NeuroEvaluator, a computational platform that analyzed several associative neural network models (and their parametric as well as feature definition configuration) and recommended the most suitable one for a given problem. I also investigated on rough sets and knowledge-based clustering, more specifically on collaborative fuzzy clustering and partially supervised rough clustering.

During my doctoral studies, I focused on the design and development of robot-assisted wireless sensor networks, an emergent research area stemming from the integration between wireless sensor networks and multi-robot systems. Several centralized and distributed algorithmic solutions were proposed to novel problems such as robot-assisted focused coverage (have mobile robots surround a geographical point of interest with multiple hexagonal layers of static sensors) and robot-assisted coverage repair (have mobile robots replace damaged sensors with passive, redundant ones already deployed in the monitoring field). A risk management framework was also put forth to account for a more realistic assessment of the damaged sensor nodes. I was able to apply Computational Intelligence techniques such as evolving fuzzy clustering, swarm intelligence and evolutionary optimization to the resolution of these challenges. You may want to download the poster "Artificial Ant Colonies for Coverage Repair in Wireless Sensor and Robot Networks" to gain a better understanding of this topic.

After graduating from the PhD program in Computer Science, I am happily working in the private sector as a research scientist, currently pursuing innovative solutions (mainly from a Computational Intelligence angle) to realistic problems in the domains of high-level information fusion, maritime domain awareness, anomaly detection and risk management.

I am always eager to engage in scientific collaborations with other academic or industrial partners that feel the type of research being conducted is relevant to their needs.