Anderson Rocha is a Full-Professor at the Institute of Computing, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil. He received his B.Sc (Computer Science) degree from Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), Brazil in 2003, and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. (Computer Science) from University of Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil, in 2006 and 2009, respectively. In 2014, he obtained his Livre Docência (in French, it would be equivalent to Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches or HDR). His main interests include Artificial Intelligence, Digital Forensics, and Reasoning for Complex Data. He has actively worked as a program committee member in several important Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, and Digital Forensics events and has been an associate editor of important international journals such as the IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (T.IFS), Elsevier Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation (JVCI), the EURASIP/Springer Journal on Image and Video Processing (JIVP) and the IEEE Security Privacy Magazine. He is an elected affiliate member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC) and the Brazilian Academy of Forensic Sciences (ABC). He is a two-term elected member of the IEEE Information Forensics and Security Technical Committee (IFS-TC) and its chair for the 2019/2020 term. He is a Microsoft Research and a Google Research Faculty Fellow, important academic recognitions given to researchers by Microsoft Research and Google, respectively. In addition, in 2016, he has been awarded the Tan Chin Tuan (TCT) Faculty Fellowship, a recognition promoted by the Tan Chin Tuan Foundation in Singapore. He has been the principal investigator of a number of research projects in partnership with public funding agencies in Brazil and abroad as well as national and multi-national companies having already deposited and licensed several patents. He was the Institute of Computing's Director for the 2019-2023 term. He is a Brazilian CNPq research scholar, level 1C. Finally, currently is on a Sabbatical visit at the Idiap Research Institute in Switzerland.
Anderson Rocha é Professor Titular (Full-Professor) do Instituto de Computação, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp). Graduou-se em Ciência da Computação pela Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA) em 2003. Concluiu o mestrado (2006), doutorado (2009), Pós-Doutorado (2009) em Ciência da Computação pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp). Obteve a Livre-Docência em 2014. Suas principais áreas de atuação são Inteligência Artificial, Computação Forense e Inferência em Dados Complexos. Tem participado como membro de comitê de programa de diversos eventos importantes em Visão Computacional, Reconhecimento de Padrões e Computação Forense e atuado como editor associado de importantes periódicos internacionais tais como o IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (T.IFS), Elsevier Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation (JVCI), Springer/Eurasip Journal on Image and Video Processing (JIVP) e a IEEE Security Privacy Magazine. É membro afiliado eleito da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (ABC) e da Academia Brasileira de Ciências Forenses (ABCF). Foi o chair do IEEE Information Forensics and Security Technical Committee (IFS-TC) para o biênio 2019/2020. É um Microsoft Research e um Google Research Faculty Fellow, reconhecimentos acadêmicos promovidos pela Microsoft Research e pela Google, respectivamente. Adicionalmente, em 2016 tornou-se um Tan Chin Tuan (TCT) Faculty Fellow, reconhecimento feito pela Tan Chin Tuan Foundation de Singapura. É coordenador de diversos projetos de pesquisa financiados por agências de fomento e empresas nacionais e multi-nacionais tendo diversas patentes licenciadas. Foi Diretor do Instituto de Computação da Unicamp no quadriênio 2019-2023. É bolsista de produtividade do CNPq 1C. Finalmente, está em Sabático no Idiap Research Institute na Suíça.
