Summary
Renato Dos Santos is the founder and lead developer of academicum.ai, building generative AI tools that streamline academic research, document formatting, and content generation. With over 20 years of research experience and more than 100 scientific papers across AI, cryptocurrencies, physics education, and quantum field theory, he blends deep academic rigor with practical product delivery. His career spans postdoctoral AI work in Europe, decades of computational physics and expert systems development, and recent pivot to generative AI for education after leaving academia. He integrates APIs like OpenAI and Adobe to power NLP and document extraction, and has held editorial and reviewer roles for leading journals, reflecting strong standards for scientific quality. An early self-taught programmer who began with BASIC and COBOL in the 1970s, he uniquely marries historical computing perspective with modern deep learning and blockchain knowledge. Based in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, he combines entrepreneurial drive with a steady habit of learning new subjects roughly every seven years.
10 years of coding experience
34 years of employment as a software developer
Post Doctoral, Artificial Intelligence, Physics, Post Doctoral, Artificial Intelligence, Physics at Universität Karlsruhe (TH)
Specialization, Deep Learning, Specialization, Deep Learning at Coursera
Post Doctoral, Artificial Intelligence, Physics, Post Doctoral, Artificial Intelligence, Physics at RISC/ J. Kepler University of Linz
Ensign, Science, Ensign, Science at Starfleet Academy
Master's degree, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, A, Master's degree, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, A at Instituto de Física Teórica
DSc, Physics, DSc, Physics at Brazilian Center for Research in Physics (CBPF)
undergraduate, Physics, undergraduate, Physics at Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Blockchain Developer, Blockchain Developer at Blockgeeks
English, German, Portuguese, French