Recent & Upcoming Talks

[17] Interactive & Effective Data Visualization: Enhancing Engagement and Understanding Date: Mar 04, 2026 10:30 AM — 11:45 AM
Event: Guest Lecture
Venue: Herbert Wertheim College of Business, Department of Business Analytics, Information Systems & Supply Chain - Tallahassee, FL, USA
[Slides]

[16] mRpostman: Email as a Business Data Source. Applications in Operations Management and Marketing
Date: Mar 03, 2026 03:00 PM — 04:00 PM
Event: Management Research Seminars, Coggin College of Business, University of North Florida
Venue: Coggin College of Business - University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA

[15] Detecting Spatial Clusters in Hierarchical Data with the Tree-Spatial Scan Statistic
Date: Jan 27, 2026 03:00 PM — 04:00 PM
Event: Management Research Seminars, Coggin College of Business, University of North Florida
Venue: Coggin College of Business - University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA

[14] The Power of Data Analytics: How Data is Transforming Business Decisions
Description: Guest speak given to the top-performing Management majors in the ‘Honors in Management’ course.
Date: Nov 12, 2025 10:30 AM — 11:45 AM
Event: Honors in Management MAN4930
Venue: Coggin College of Business - University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA

[13] Bayesian Estimation of Equipment Failure Risk in the Absence of Historical Failure Data
Description: Another seminar where I presented the project developed for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) project.
Date: Oct 29, 2025 03:00 PM — 04:00 PM
Event: Management Research Seminars, Coggin College of Business, University of North Florida
Venue: Coggin College of Business - University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA

[12] A Bayesian approach to generating distribution-based signals in pairs trading
Description: Paper presentation.
Date: Jul 16, 2025 03:45 PM — 04:00 PM
Event: 2025 SIAM Conference on Financial Mathematics and Engineering (FM 25)
Venue: Miami, FL, USA
[Abstract]

[11] Bayesian Estimation of Equipment Failure Risk in the Absence of Historical Failure Data. The National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) Consulting Project
Description: Guest Lecture.
Date: Nov 20, 2024 10:00 AM — 11:15 AM
Venue: Department of Statistics, Baylor University - Waco, TX, USA

[10] Family-Wise Error Rate (FWER) in Hypotheses Tests
Description: Guest Lecture.
Date: Nov 10, 2024 10:00 AM — 11:15 AM
Venue: Goucher College, Center for Natural, Computer, and Data Sciences - Towson, MD, USA

[9] A Bayesian Method to Generating Distribution-Based Trading Signals in Pairs Trading How to Make Money in Financial Markets Using Stats
Description: Guest Lecture.
Date: Nov 6, 2024 04:00 PM — 05:15 PM
Event: Campus visit
Venue: College of the Holy Cross, Department of Mathematics and Statistics - Worcester, MA, USA
[Slides]

[8] A Interactive and Effective Data Visualization: Enhancing Engagement and Understanding
Description: Guest Lecture.
Date: Oct 23, 2024 04:00 PM — 05:15 PM
Event: Campus visit
Venue: Jacksonville, FL, USA
[Slides]

[7] O Potencial da IA na GestĂŁo PĂşblica
Description: An invited lecture at UCB-Brasilia where I walked the audience trough the challenges of AI in the Public Sector in Brazil.
Date: Oct 05, 2024 10:00 AM — 12:00 PM
Event: Artificial Intelligence Course, Universidade CatĂłlica de BrasĂ­lia - UCB
Venue: BrasĂ­lia, Brazil (remote)

[6] Bayesian approach to estimate failure risk in the lack of previous failure data
Description: A seminar where I presented the project developed for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) project.
Date: Sep 05, 2024 4:00 PM — 5:00 PM
Event: Department’s seminars, Department of Statistics, Kansas State University
Venue: Manhattan, KS, USA

[5] Os desafios de se montar um time de Ciência de Dados na Administração Pública
Description: An invited lecture at FGV where I walked the audience trough the challenges of assembling and running a successful data science team in the Public Sector in Brazil.
Date: Dec 05, 2020 9:00 AM — 10:00 AM
Event: Information Technology Course, Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV)
Venue: Sao Paulo - SP, Brazil (remote)
[slides]

[4] Mesa Redonda: Inteligência Artificial e Inovação
Description: Debate on Artificial Intelligence and related topics.
Date: Oct 23, 2020 8:30 PM — 9:30 PM
Event: SNCTNF 2020
Venue: Nova Friburgo - RJ, Brazil (remote)
[video]

[3] Ciência de Dados na Administração Pública
Description: A walk-through on the experience of assembling and running a successful data science team in a Brazilian governmental agency.
Date: Oct 23, 2020 4:30 PM — 5:30 PM
Event: SNCTNF 2020
Venue: Nova Friburgo - RJ, Brazil (remote)
[slides] [video]

[2] Ciência de Dados no Setor Público: casos de sucesso no Fundo Nacional de Desenvolvimento da Educação
Description: Invited seminar on successful data-driven solutions adopted at FNDE.
Date: Nov 27, 2019 2:30 PM — 3:30 PM
Event: III Workshop on Information, Data and Technology (WIDaT 2019)
Venue: Information Science Department, University of BrasĂ­lia, BrasĂ­lia, Brazil
[slides]

[1] Análise de Dados no Setor Público
Description: Invited seminar on the importance of statistics and data science at FNDE.
Date: Jul 3, 2019 2:30 PM — 5:00 PM
Event: Round Table on Data Science
Venue: FNDE, BrasĂ­lia, Brazil
[slides]