Alex Borges
Professor at Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Farroupilha - IFFar
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Top SchoolAlex Borges is a professor and PhD researcher specializing in video transcoding with 11 years of experience developing AV1 conversion technologies and tooling. Based at Universidade Federal de Pelotas and IFSul before joining IFFar, he blends systems-level C and Python development with machine learning approaches to optimize video transcoders and manage large experiment pipelines. His work has been published at top international venues (ICIP, ISCAS) and stems from long-term contributions to the Video Technology Research Group (ViTech). Beyond academia, he has hands-on developer experience and has built multitasking experiment management software, reflecting a rare mix of practical engineering and rigorous research. As a Deaf researcher and advocate, he brings inclusive perspectives to technical collaboration and teaching in Rio Grande do Sul.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doutorado Ciência da Computação, Doutorado Ciência da Computação at Universidade Federal de PelotasGithub contributions (5)
amborges/HDR
Apr 2015 - Feb 2023
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 11 months
amborges/ViTech_Gerenciador
Feb 2021 - Nov 2022
Contributions:35 commits, 30 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
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