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Honored to receive the Doctoral Research Poster Award in #Healthcare at UMBC COEIT Research Day 2025! Our work, “MultiRespNet: An Edge-Optimized Multi-Model Ensemble Approach for Real-Time Contactless Respiratory Rate Estimation,” was recognized by the judges, and I am grateful for the acknowledgment. This recognition is a meaningful milestone in my PhD journey at UMBC, and I am incredibly grateful to my co-authors and my PhD advisor for their collaboration, mentorship, and unwavering support. Special thanks to the UMBC #COEIT organizers and judges for putting together such an engaging platform to celebrate research across disciplines. #ResearchDay2025 #UMBC #COEIT #RespiratoryRate #ComputerVision #Deeplearning #ContactlessMonitoring #BiomedicalAI #SmartHealth #EdgeComputing

Incredibly honored and thrilled to share that I won the COEIT Research Day 2025 Doctoral Student Award for my study, “Evaluating Causal AI Techniques for Health Misinformation Detection”! This marks the second year in a row of winning this award, recognizing my research presentation and effort. This consecutive win highlights not just persistence (and yes, lots of coffee!), but more importantly: • The critical urgency and relevance of developing robust methods against health misinformation. • The innovative potential of Causal AI to significantly advance model intelligence and explainability in critical domains. • The growing impact and necessity of building and advancing truly trustworthy AI solutions. I am deeply grateful for this acknowledgment and the support of my advisor and co-author Dr. Karuna Pande Joshi. I am energized by this momentum and more motivated than ever to keep pushing this essential work forward! #COEITResearchDay #UMBC #PhDJourney #CausalAI #ResearchMatters #STEMGoals #GradSchoolLife

It’s an honor to receive the Mid-Career Faculty Excellence Award from my university a few years after receiving the Early Career Faculty Exellence Award in 2019.

Last week we launched UMBC's Paws & Pivot webinar series for impacted federal workers and it was a powerful reminder of what happens when community, learning, and purpose come together — thank you to everyone who joined us! With a special shout out to Dr. Rowena Winkler, Ph.D. for leading last week's session on "Building Your Digital Brand". A gentle reminder that the series continues… ➡️ Tomorrow, Wednesday, April 16 at 12:30 PM ET, we’re back with another free, virtual session: AI Demystified: The 7 As of AI and How You Can Use It to Your Advantage Led by Dr. Mohammad Samarah, Graduate Program Director of Software Engineering at UMBC. Whether you’re curious about AI or wondering how it might impact your career journey, this is a great opportunity to gain clarity and practical strategies you can use right away. 💻 Register and add to your calendar here: https://umbc.edu/pawspivot 📅 Every Wednesday at 12:30 PM ET.  📍 Open to all. Always free. #UMBC #PawsAndPivot #CareerEmpowerment InvestInYourself #Community

The ISSA UMBC Chapter is holding elections for 2025-2026 officer positions: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President of Communications, and Vice President of Operations. Apply to run at https://lnkd.in/dzswvrVq or nominate a candidate at https://lnkd.in/dJcbTxad. Join us in advancing technology leadership within the UMBC community! umbcissa.com

Since August 2024, I’ve been conducting a postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), which runs through July 2025. This has been a unique opportunity for learning, international collaboration, and enhancing the solutions we’ve been developing in Brazil. The advancements I presented this week at the Department of Information Systems at UMBC are based on the ongoing work of our research group, LAPISCO, known for delivering applied and impactful AI solutions. During this postdoctoral period, these projects have been further refined through new perspectives and collaborations, especially with Professor Houbing Song. The presentation was part of WISS – the Wednesday Information System Seminar, a weekly lunchtime event where faculty, researchers, and students share insights and research in progress. In my case, the traditional pizza only came after the talk — and it was worth the wait. I’m thankful to Professor Houbing Herbert Song for the generous partnership, and to FUNCAP, SECITECE, and PPGCC/IFCE for their support through the internationalization grant. These strategic investments make global scientific exchange possible. This experience reinforces our mission in Brazil: to design and deliver end-to-end AI solutions that drive real-world impact — in partnership with companies and government institutions that believe in data-driven innovation. We bring expertise in: - Data Science, Big Data, and Analytics - Business Intelligence powered by AI - AI for Mobile, Web, and Cloud - Generative AI (LLMs and more) - Computer Vision and Image Processing - Edge AI and Embedded Systems - MLOps and AI Infrastructure - Explainable and Responsible AI If you already have a solution in mind and want to bring it to life with applied AI, get in touch: contact@pedropedrosa.ai University of Maryland Baltimore County Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará