Summary
Ricardo Maroquio is a seasoned computer science professor and researcher at IFES with deep technical roots dating back to his first programming experience in 1995. He holds a master's and a doctorate from Instituto Militar de Engenharia focused on robotics, computer vision and AI, and his doctoral thesis on autonomous drones won the national Defense prize for best thesis in 2020/21. Ricardo blends academic leadership and hands-on entrepreneurship—founding two software companies that delivered training and enterprise systems—while teaching and coordinating computing programs since 2006. His work spans mobile robotics, AI and metaverse research, and he brings practical experience in software architecture, game development and embedded systems to the classroom. Based in Espírito Santo, Brazil, he is known for translating frontier research into applied projects and curricula that prepare students for industry and research careers.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doutorado, Robótica, Visão Computacional e Inteligência Artificial, 3.9 (em 4), Doutorado, Robótica, Visão Computacional e Inteligência Artificial, 3.9 (em 4) at Instituto Militar de Engenharia
Bacharel, Ciência da Computação, 7.8 (em 10), Bacharel, Ciência da Computação, 7.8 (em 10) at Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora