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About Me

👋 Hi, I’m a researcher at the Biomedical Informatics Laboratory of the Heart Institute (InCor) at HCFMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil, where I also completed my postdoctoral fellowship.

🔬 My work lies at the crossroads of Computer Science, Statistics, and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare. I am dedicated at learning to discover, generalize, and personalize cause-effect relationships from various observational and experimental data.

🤖 I'm passionate about developing AI and machine learning tools that promote fair, explainable, scalable, reliable, and personalized decision-making.

🏥 My main focus is on applications in the Health Sciences, where I strive to address practical challenges and help bridge the gap between theory and practice.


Research Interests

  • Explainable AI
  • Deep Learning
  • Machine Learning
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Statistics
  • Computational Neuroscience
  • Health and Medical Research

Academic Background

Postdoctoral Research (2021 - 2023)

Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da USP (HCFMUSP), Brazil
Fellowship from: São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), Brazil
keywords: ECG; Deep Learning; Machine Learning; Statistics; Pattern Recognition Major Area: Biological Sciences
- Major Area: Engineering / Field: Electrical Engineering / Subfield: Deep Learning, Pattern Recognition

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering - Signal Processing (2017 - 2020)

Centro Universitário FEI (FEI), Brazil
Thesis: Analysis and Recognition of Cognitive Patterns in Musical and Sound Auditory Signals
Supervisor: Carlos Eduardo Thomaz
Fellowship from: Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), Brazil
Keywords: Music; EEG; Pattern Recognition; Acoustic Features
Major Area: Engineering
- Major Area: Engineering / Field: Biomedical Engineering / Subfield: Bioengineering / Specialty: Biological Signal Processing
- Other Major Area: Robotics, Mechatronics, and Automation / Subfield: Neuroscience
Sectors: Scientific Research and Development

Master's in Signal Processing (2015 - 2017)

Centro Universitário FEI (FEI), Brazil
Thesis: A Study on Musicality Prediction Through EEG Signal Analysis
Supervisor: Carlos Eduardo Thomaz
Fellowship from: Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), Brazil
Keywords: EEG; k-NN; Neural Networks; Music
Major Area: Engineering
- Major Area: Engineering / Field: Biomedical Engineering / Subfield: Bioengineering / Specialty: Biological Signal Processing
- Other Major Area: Robotics, Mechatronics, and Automation / Subfield: Neuroscience
Sectors: Scientific Research and Development

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering (2009 - 2015)

Centro Universitário Fundação Santo André (CUFSA), Brazil
Thesis: Modular and Distributed Home Control System
Supervisor: André César Martins Cavalheiro


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Estela Ribeiro
Researcher
Heart Institute (InCor)
estela.ribeiro@hc.fm.usp.br
estela.eng@hotmail.com