Ricardo Lourenço
Applied Research Scientist at Petrobras
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Top SchoolRicardo Lourenço is an Applied Research Scientist based in Rio de Janeiro with 11 years of experience translating advanced AI and Earth-observation research into production-ready solutions for fintech, agriculture, and energy partners within a university–industry consortium model. He specializes in AI4Science—prioritizing interpretability, reproducibility, and deployability—using tools like TensorFlow/PyTorch, SHAP, Xarray, Google Earth Engine, and HPC orchestration. His work spans end-to-end infrastructure: managing large HPC workloads and multi-terabyte distributed data platforms to move models from sensitivity studies to high technology readiness levels. As Communications Editor for Environmental Data Science and an organizer of Climate Informatics, he champions reproducibility and community-driven research practices. Fluent in Portuguese, English and Spanish, with a background crossing cinema, geology and data science, he pairs interdisciplinary curiosity with measurable impact, including production reductions in agricultural valuation error and award-winning satellite ML.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate Program, Big Data and NoSQL, Certificate Program, Big Data and NoSQL at DePaul UniversityEX'-Physical Sciences Division, Computer Science, EX'-Physical Sciences Division, Computer Science at University of ChicagoProfessional Education - Online X Programs, Tackling The Challenges of Big Data, Professional Education - Online X Programs, Tackling The Challenges of Big Data at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science (MS), Predictive Analytics, Master of Science (MS), Predictive Analytics at DePaul University Jarvis College of Computing and Digital MediaEX', Geology/Earth Science, General, EX', Geology/Earth Science, General at Universidade Estadual de CampinasProfessional Certificate, Data Science and Big Data: Making Data-Driven Decisions, Professional Certificate, Data Science and Big Data: Making Data-Driven Decisions at MIT xPROBachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Cinema, TV e Vídeo, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Cinema, TV e Vídeo at UFSCar - Universidade Federal de São CarlosPetroleum Geology, Petroleum Geology at Universidad Nacional de La Plata
French, Italian, English, Spanish, Portuguese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (200)
python10
deep-learning10
satellite10
iml10
differential-privacy10
classification10
interpretable-machine-learning10
transparency10
automatic-differentiation10
jupyter-notebook10
pytorch10
xai10
machine-learning10
blackbox10
gradient-boosting9
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
ricardobarroslourenco/CCprimer
Jan 2022 - Oct 2023
Contributions:15 releases, 44 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
ricardobarroslourenco/rs_images
Mar 2023 - May 2024
Contributions:21 releases, 3 PRs, 45 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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