Rafael Roque
Research Assistant In Cybersecurity at Aicury
Pernambuco, Brazil
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Top SchoolRafael Roque is a cybersecurity-focused research assistant and software engineering professor with over 12 years of experience blending AI research, product engineering, and IT management. He holds postdoctoral work in AI and cybersecurity and a PhD in distributed systems, applying that depth to LLM-driven agents, threat mining, and operational AI integrations for SOCs. As a board member and former tech lead, he has led cross-functional teams to deliver NLP/chatbot platforms, ML pipelines, and cloud-native microservices using Node.js, TypeScript, Python and Kafka/RabbitMQ. Rafael combines academic research with hands-on delivery—designing datasets and explainable models for ransomware detection while managing CAPEX/OPEX and vendor contracts. Notably, he moves seamlessly between classroom instruction, research labs, and product leadership, turning complex AI/CTI research into operational SOC capabilities. Based in Pernambuco, Brazil, he brings a rare mix of rigorous research, practical engineering, and strategic business leadership.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Network Computer and Distributed System, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Network Computer and Distributed System at Centro de Informática UFPEPostdoctoral Researcher, Cybersecurity, Postdoctoral Researcher, Cybersecurity at Universidade Federal de PernambucoPostdoctoral Researcher, Artificial Intelligence, Postdoctoral Researcher, Artificial Intelligence at Universidade Estadual de CampinasBacharel em Sistema de Informação, Bacharel em Sistema de Informação at Faculdade Integrada de Patos
English, Portuguese
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Github Skills (15)
shadow9
autocomplete8
typeahead7
applet6
barcode4j6
hibernate6
hibernate-criteria6
ireport6
database6
jasperreports6
encoding6
java6
javascript5
typescript4
erp2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
rafaelroque/tasks-backend
May 2020 - Jun 2020
Aplicação em SpringBoot para backend do projeto Tasks
Contributions:2 PRs, 33 pushes, 1 branch in 13 days
spring-bootprojetospringbootspringbackend
rafaelroque/cursospring
May 2020 - May 2020
Contributions:33 pushes, 1 branch in 15 days
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