Erick Simões is a Full Professor and experienced software engineer from Pernambuco with 12 years building embedded systems, AR/VR experiences, and educational programs. He maintains notable open-source Arduino projects—such as a widely used ultrasonic library and an accessibility-focused Jedi Slider—and blends hands-on development in Python and Unity with curriculum design and tutoring at CESAR School. As founder/CTO of AR/VR initiatives and vice coordinator of NExT, he helps professionals migrate careers through practical training in prototyping, game design, and digital systems. Erick’s work bridges maker culture and formal education, from organizing community events to shipping prototypes that bring Pernambuco’s poets into augmented reality, revealing a creative commitment to socially minded technology.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Start, Art and Digital Design, Start, Art and Digital Design at SAGA - School of Art, Games and Animation
Nanodegree, Realidade Virtual, Nanodegree, Realidade Virtual at Udacity
Professional PhD, Software Engineering, Professional PhD, Software Engineering at CESAR School
Pós-graduação Lato Sensu - Especialização, Pós-graduação em Liderança e Gestão de Pessoas com ênfase em Inovação e Dados, 10, Pós-graduação Lato Sensu - Especialização, Pós-graduação em Liderança e Gestão de Pessoas com ênfase em Inovação e Dados, 10 at Descomplica Faculdade Digital
Bachelor, Information Systems, Bachelor, Information Systems at Faculdades Integradas Barros Melo (Aeso)
Ensino Médio, Ensino Médio, Ensino Médio, Ensino Médio at Colégio Santa Emília
A repository with a bunch of funny algorithms, beginners friendly
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:79 reviews, 32 commits, 92 PRs in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Erick contributed to the repository by implementing various algorithms and functionalities. The user added and documented an Arduino program for a smoothing algorithm and a recursive factorial function. They also included a Python script for a "Beer O Clock" check and solutions to URI online judge problems, demonstrating a broad range of coding interests and a focus on problem-solving across different languages and platforms. Additionally, the user contributed to front-end development by adding a basic web app, adding a CubeGenerator and adding a "Random Cacts" website to the project.
Contributions:37 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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