bhvieira
  1. Personal
  2. Research interests
  3. Education
  4. Awards
  5. Expertise

Personal

Currently working as a Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Zurich with Professor Nicolas Langer. Born in Brazil, in the city of Araraquara, I obtained my higher education in Ribeirão Preto, both in the state of São Paulo. My personal interests include history, music theory, machine learning and neuroscience. When not working, I spend quite some time browsing & answering questions in Cross-Validated, occasionally in Wikipedia, but not so much these days. Amateur mandolinist in the spare time.

Research interests

I have a deep interest in describing, understanding and predicting brain dynamics in vivo through neuroimaging and statistical analyses.

I also have a particular interest in fusing modern machine learning with brain imaging. Machine learning has made many in-roads into neuroscience, and probably will continue to do so in the following years. On the other hand of the spectrum, in neuroradiology the first machine learning-based solutions are starting to be approved for clinical uses.

Particularly, I believe there are promising results in a few areas of research that warrant more attention:

  1. Physics-informed model-based inversion (to accelerate acquisition and processing)
  2. Deeper models in the study of individual differences in behavior & cognition
  3. Architectures tailored to neuroimaging data
  4. Optimal control and neuroimaging fusion in autonomous diagnostic/theranostic systems

Education

Awards

Expertise