Summary
Luiz Morais is an assistant professor and researcher with a decade of experience specializing in data visualization, focusing on sustainability and decolonization. Currently a Professor Adjunto at Centro de Informática UFPE and leader of VIXE, he bridges academic research and applied design through projects on situated visualizations for household management, energy democratization, and humanitarian issues. His background includes postdoctoral work at Inria and Voxar Labs and hands-on visualization roles for NGOs and smart-campus initiatives, evidencing a mix of rigorous research and civic-minded deployment. An open-source and open-science enthusiast, he combines pedagogy and practice—teaching visualization courses while producing tangible data physicalizations—to make complex socio-technical problems more accessible.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
Licentiate degree, Computer Science, 9,3, Licentiate degree, Computer Science, 9,3 at Universidade Estadual da Paraíba
English, Portuguese, French