Paula Branco
Associate Professor
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolPaula Branco is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Ottawa with over a decade of academic and research experience spanning teaching, research, and applied projects. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Porto and has a strong grounding in mathematics, having taught in Portuguese public schools and completed postgraduate studies for mathematics teachers. Paula’s research tenure at LIAAD - INESC TEC and a postdoc at Dalhousie University reflect a sustained focus on advancing computational science, while her progression from Assistant to Associate Professor demonstrates leadership in academia. Known for bridging rigorous mathematical foundations with practical computer science research, she brings a rare combination of classroom pedagogy and scholarly productivity to mentoring students and leading research initiatives.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Computer Science, Ph.D., Computer Science at Faculty of Sciences University of Porto
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Github Skills (52)
r-package10
arff9
principal-component-analysis8
machine-learning8
sampling7
synthetic7
benchmarking7
openml7
regression7
open-data7
classification7
cran7
data-storage6
oversampling6
statistics6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
paobranco/UBL
Dec 2014 - May 2021
An R package for utility-based learning
Contributions:4 releases, 110 commits, 114 pushes in 6 years 6 months
r-packagemachine-learning
paobranco/paobranco.github.io
Apr 2020 - Sep 2022
Contributions:161 commits, 159 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
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