current students
under my co-advision
Brenna D’Castro MSc
Brenna D’Castro is a master’s student at the Voxar Labs, working on human-computer interaction applied to the teleoperation of heavy vehicles. Her research explores how factors such as cognitive load, situational awareness, and multisensory feedback impact the experience and performance of remote operators, with a special focus on the Latin American context. Coming from a design undergraduate background, she is particularly interested in creating interfaces that integrate artificial intelligence, usability, and immersive feedback to enhance safety, trust, and efficiency in human-machine collaboration.
Advisors
- Advisor: Prof. Veronica Teichrieb
- Co-advisor: Dr. Willams de Lima
- Affiliation: Centro de Informática (CIn), UFPE
Publications
Maria Luísa Lima MSc
Maria Luísa Lima is a master’s student researching fairness and bias in computer vision for autonomous driving. Her masters introduces the first benchmark dataset focused on pedestrian centered Latin American traffic scenarios and analyzes how state-of-the-art detection models perform under regional and demographic diversity. Her interests lie at the intersection of AI fairness, human-centered evaluation, and safety-critical systems, with a focus on ensuring that next-generation ADAS technologies work reliably across diverse global populations.
Advisors
- Advisor: Prof. Veronica Teichrieb
- Co-advisor: Dr. Willams de Lima
- Co-advisor: Dr. Susan Hao (Google DeepMind)
- Affiliation: Centro de Informática (CIn), UFPE
Publications
Lima, M. L., de Lima Costa, W., Martínez, E. T., & Teichrieb, V. (2024). ST-Gait++: Leveraging spatio-temporal convolutions for gait-based emotion recognition on videos. In Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (pp. 302-310).
Renato Nogueira Undergrad
Renato Nogueira is an undergraduate Computer Engineering student at CIn - UFPE in Recife, Brazil, and a member of Voxar Labs. His work focuses on exploring and applying AI and computer vision to address challenges in areas such as healthcare and human behavior. His research interests include emotion recognition and remote photoplethysmography (rPPG), with a strong emphasis on transforming academic advances into practical solutions that meet industry needs and generate real-world impact.
Advisors
- Advisor: Prof. Francisco Simões
- Co-advisor: Dr. Willams de Lima
- Affiliation: Centro de Informática (CIn), UFPE
Publications
Kumar, P. K., de Lima Costa, W., Teichrieb, V., & Martinez, E. T. (2025). Emotions in LatAm: A new dataset and benchmark for emotion recognition in Latin America. In Proceedings of the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference (pp. 41-47).
Costa, W., Talavera, E., Oliveira, R., Figueiredo, L., Teixeira, J. M., Lima, J. P., & Teichrieb, V. (2023). A survey on datasets for emotion recognition from vision: Limitations and in-the-wild applicability. Applied Sciences, 13(9), 5697.
Thifany Souza MSc
Thifany Souza is currently pursuing a master’s in Computer Science at Voxar Labs, UFPE, working on 4D fine-grained human behavior recognition for in-vehicle driver monitoring applications.
Advisors
- Advisor: Prof. Veronica Teichrieb
- Co-advisor: Dr. Willams de Lima
- Affiliation: Centro de Informática (CIn), UFPE