Salmagundi

This is my Salmagundi. Here you find various topics that I care about and other information.

Generative AI in Education

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Fighting malaria


My whereabouts

  • I was born in Curitiba, Brazil.
  • In 1983, I moved to São Borja, in the western boarder of Rio Grande do Sul state with Argentina.
  • In 1991, I moved to Porto Alegre, capital city of Rio Grande do Sul, and lived there and nearby cities for 19 years.
  • In 2000, during my Master, I did a five-month research internship in Grenoble, France, at the Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble.
  • From August to December 2002, I was a visiting professor at Universitat Ramon Llull, in Barcelona, Spain.
  • From 2010 to 2020, I lived in Salvador, capital city of Bahia and worked at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA).
  • In November 2016, I moved to London for a postdoctoral research at the Institute of Health Informatics (University College London).
  • From March 2018 to November 2020, I was back at my job at UFBA, in Salvador, Brazil.
  • Since December 2020, I have been in London working at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • So far, I have travelled to different cities and countries: 15 (out of 27) federation units in Brazil, Argentina, México, Portugal, Spain, Italy, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Austria, Hungary, and Vietnam (still a long way ahead :))

My concert list

  • 28/05/1994 - Legião Urbana (Gigantinho - Porto Alegre)
  • 09/11/1994 - Raimundos / Sepultura / Ramones (Gigantinho - Porto Alegre)
  • 06/02/1998 - U2 (River Plate Stadium - Buenos Aires)
  • 06/05/1999 - Metallica (Jockey Club - Porto Alegre)
  • 11/07/2000 - Silmarils / Ás de Trêfle (La Guinguette Pirate, Paris)
  • 23/09/2002 - Weezer / Antònia Font (La Mercè Festival, Barcelona)
  • 19/06/2005 - Nei Lisboa and Vitor Ramil (Teatro do SESI - Porto Alegre)
  • 25/10/2005 - Arcade Fire / The Strokes (Pepsi On Stage - Porto Alegre)
  • 28/11/2005 - Pearl Jam (Gigantinho - Porto Alegre)
  • 18/01/2007 - Ben Harper (Pepsi On Stage - Porto Alegre)
  • 21/03/2007 - Pet Shop Boys (Gigantinho - Porto Alegre)
  • 08/06/2008 - Maná (Pepsi On Stage - Porto Alegre)
  • 11/06/2008 - R.E.M. (Estádio Zequinha) - Porto Alegre)
  • 17/09/2008 - Seu Jorge (Bourbon Country - Porto Alegre)
  • 21/09/2008 - Ivete Sangalo (Gigantinho - Porto Alegre)
  • 30/09/2008 - Ben Harper (Pepsi On Stage - Porto Alegre)
  • 19/10/2008 - Colbie Caillat (Pepsi On Stage - Porto Alegre)
  • 27/01/2009 - James Blunt (Pepsi On Stage - Porto Alegre)
  • 10/02/2009 - Alanis Morisette (Pepsi On Stage - Porto Alegre)
  • 12/05/2009 - Oasis (Gigantinho - Porto Alegre)
  • 28/01/2010 - Metallica (Av. Severo Dullius - Porto Alegre)
  • 03/02/2010 - The Cranberries (Pepsi On Stage - Porto Alegre)
  • 16/03/2010 - Guns n' Roses (FIERGS - Porto Alegre)
  • 27/05/2010 - Aerosmith (FIERGS - Porto Alegre)
  • 10/04/2011 - Muse / U2 (Morumbi Stadium - São Paulo)
  • 26/06/2011 - Kleiton e Kledir (Teatro São Pedro - Porto Alegre)
  • 01/10/2011 - Maná / Maroon 5 / Coldplay (Rock In Rio - Rio de Janeiro)
  • 25/03/2012 - Roger Waters (Gigantinho - Porto Alegre)
  • 09/10/2013 - Megadeth / Black Sabbath (FIERGS - Porto Alegre)
  • 22/05/2016 - Nivea Viva Rock Brasil (Praça Wilson Lins - Salvador)
  • 28/05/2017 - Shinedown / Iron Maiden (The O2 Arena - London, UK)
  • 08/07/2017 - The Killers (British Summer Time Hyde Park - London, UK)
  • 24/08/2017 - Kasabian / Two Door Cinema Club / Bastille (Reading Festival, UK)
  • 11/11/2017 - U2 (Trafalgar Square - London, UK)
  • 01/03/2018 - Imagine Dragons (The O2 Arena - London, UK)