Francisco Carlos Souza

UTFPR - Dois Vizinhos - PR · (046) 35360261 · franciscosouza@utfpr.edu.br

I am a Professor in Software Engineering at Federal University of Technology - Paraná (UTFPR). My research focuses mainly on Search-based Software Engineering and Applications of Artificial Intelligence in real problems.

Publications

Education

University of Sao Paulo - USP

Post-doctoral in Computer Science
Assistive Technology
March 2017 - December 2017

University of Luxembourg

Research Scholar
Software Testing
March 2014 - March 2015

University of Sao Paulo - USP (ICMC)

Ph.D in Computer Science
Software Engineering
March 2012 - March 2017

Federal University of Pernambuco - UFPE (CIN)

M.Sc in Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence
March 2009 - August 2011

University Center of Pará - CESUPA

B.Sc in Computer Science
March 2004 - March 2008

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools
Workflow
  • Intelligent Systems
  • Software Development
  • Games Development
  • Agile Development

Projects and Interests

  • Intelligent Systems:
    1. Artificial Intelligence applications in real-world problems
    2. Machine Learning for decision support systems
    3. Intelligent automation and optimization
    4. AI-based software engineering tools
  • Search based Software Engineering:
    1. Test data generation
    2. Code smells prioritization for refactorization
    3. Requirements prioritization
    4. Agile team composition
    5. Systematic/Mapping review automation
  • Machine Learning:
    1. Depression symptoms recognition
    2. Features extraction from source codes
    3. Clustering mutants in mutation testing
  • Games:
    1. Procedural [maps,characters and behaviors] generation
    2. Automatic team composition for DOTA
    3. Text and speech analysis of toxic behavior in online games