Summary
Danilo Sanches is a professor and researcher at UTFPR–Londrina with nine years of professional experience applying AI, machine learning, data science and metaheuristics to real-world industrial problems. He combines a strong academic background—including a postdoc in Computer Science from Colorado State University and a PhD in Electrical/Electronics Engineering—with hands-on PD&I projects in partnership with companies, startups and innovation institutions. His work spans predictive modeling, deep learning, data mining and optimization, with a practical focus on bridging academic research and industry needs for Industry 4.0. As a mentor at Hub IA SENAI Londrina he helps cultivate tech talent and shepherds AI projects from prototype to deployment. He is active in graduate education at UTFPR’s PPGI, supervising research that emphasizes applied AI for decision support. Beyond publications and teaching, he specializes in turning market challenges into deployable computational solutions that integrate into production environments.
9 years of coding experience