Victor Coscrato
Associate Professor
São Paulo, Brazil
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Top SchoolVictor Coscrato is an Associate Professor and researcher with eight years of experience at the intersection of statistics and AI, specializing in recommender systems and uncertainty estimation. He holds a PhD focused on recommender systems from University College Cork and a strong statistics background from UFSCar and ICMC-USP, combining theoretical rigor with applied data science. His work ranges from prototyping production-ready recommendation engines—having built a supplier recommender prototype during a short internship that exceeded expectations—to automating people-analytics processes in industry. Based in São Paulo, he bridges academic research and practical deployment, recently moving from a PhD and industry roles into a faculty position where he continues to develop knowledge and mentor the next generation. An understated strength is his consistent focus on uncertainty-aware recommendations, bringing more reliable and explainable decision-support to real-world systems.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Statistics, Master's degree, Statistics at Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC) - USPDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Artificial Intelligence, PhD in the field of Recommender Systems, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Artificial Intelligence, PhD in the field of Recommender Systems at University College CorkMaster's degree, Statistics, Master's degree, Statistics at Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar Oficial
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Github Skills (27)
matrix10
machine-learning10
recommender10
svd10
factorization10
data-science9
python9
scikit9
statistics9
data-analysis8
pytorch8
tensorflow7
scikit-learn7
deep-learning7
numpy6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
vcoscrato/agnostic
Aug 2017 - Mar 2020
Contributions:13 commits, 1 PR, 12 pushes in 2 years 7 months
agnosticinferencemachine-learning
vcoscrato/uncertain
Nov 2020 - Aug 2024
Contributions:63 pushes, 4 comments, 1 issue in 3 years 9 months
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