Wesley L. Passos, Assistant Professor
Federal Center for Technological Education (CEFET-RJ)
Department of Control Systems and Automation
Engineering
(COENCA-NI)
Wesley Lobato Passos
was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1991.
He received his D.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from
COPPE/UFRJ,
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil,
in 2024.
Previously, he received his M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering
also from COPPE/UFRJ in 2019,
and his B.Sc. in Control Systems and Automation Engineering
from the
Federal Center for Technological Education (CEFET-RJ),
Nova Iguaçu, RJ, Brazil, in 2016.
During his undergraduate studies, he studied abroad at the
University of Georgia (UGA), USA, as part of the
Brazilian exchange program Science without Borders.
During this period, he also conducted a summer research
project at the
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT),
in 2015.
He received the Google Latin American Research Award in 2019
and 2020 for the project automatic detection of potential
Aedes aegypti mosquito breeding grounds using computer
vision and machine learning techniques.
Since 2024, he is a Professor with the
Control Systems and Automation Engineering Department,
at the
CEFET-RJ.
He is a member of the
Institute of Electric and Electronic
Engineers (IEEE) and
the
Brazilian Telecommunication Society (SBrT).
He has a background in Instrumentation, Control, and
Industrial Automation projects.
His research interests include Computer Vision,
Machine Learning, and Signal Processing.