Applied Computer Group NCA-UFMA

Applying computing for the development of society, developing innovative solutions.

The Applied Computer Group NCA-UFMA at the Federal University of Maranhao - Brasil established in 2008, performs research in Computer Science, with a mind for possible applications in industry or society.

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The NCA-UFMA mission is based on:

• Development of solutions to help industry and society partners to deal with their challenges and contributing to the development of our country.
• Conduct foundational research and create technologies that empower the use of computer systems in the real world.
• High-level human resources training (Undergradduated/MSc/DSc)
• Stand out as a reference in the development of state-of-the-art computational solutions.

The core competence areas of NCA-UFMA are:

• Computer Vision, with special attention to medical image processing
• Applied Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics, that includes Machine Learning, Knowledge and Prediction; Business Intelligence and Scientific Data Science
• Virtual and Augmented Reality
• Software Engineering and Human-computer Interfaces
• Natural Language Processing, with emphasis on image-text applications.
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NCA has extensive experience in the development of research and development projects with the private sector, among the main partners we highlight the following brazilian companies: Alcoa Consortium, Eletronorte, Petrobras/ANP, CHESF/ ANEEL and Equatorial Energia (2016 – current).

The academic collaborations were mainly with:

• Tecgraf Institute of PUC-Rio
• LSI - Information Systems Laboratory of Federal University of Campina Grande UFCG
• CUC – Cancer University Center – State Univeristy of Rio de Janeiro UERJ
• Computer Institute – Fluminense Federal University UFF
• Biomedical Imaging Laboratory – Porto University
• Biomedical Image Lab - University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro

See our Research page for more details and up-to-date information!

Our group is composed of reserachers from the Informatics Department (In Portuguese) Electrical Engineering Department (In Portuguese)