Matheus Berto

Matheus Berto

(he/him)

MSc student in Computer Science

Federal University of São Carlos

Professional Summary

Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Computer Science and currently a Master of Science (MSc) student in the Graduate Program in Computer Science at the Federal University of São Carlos. As a member of the Intelligent Systems and Data Science Laboratory, contributed to multiple funded research projects in artificial intelligence and machine learning, including international internships. Research activities focus on practice-oriented computational intelligence methodologies, with emphasis on adaptive and interpretable systems operating across heterogeneous data modalities.

Interests
  • Applied, Explainable, and Multimodal Artificial Intelligence
  • Continual (or Incremental, Lifelong) Learning
  • Knowledge Representation and Discovery
  • Natural Language Processing

Education

 
 
 
 
 
Federal University of São Carlos
MSc in Computer Science
October 2024 – Present Sorocaba, Brazil

Current GPA: 3.84 / 4.0

 
 
 
 
 
University of Chile
BSc Exchange Student
March 2022 – July 2022 Santiago, Chile

Final score: 5.2 / 7.0

  • Virtual Mobility Pilot Program of the Association of Universities of the Montevideo Group, completed the course "Spatial Data Analysis and Geographic Information Systems" remotely
  • Spatial and demographic data analysis applied to decision-making, building interactive maps and dashboards using QGIS and Power BI
 
 
 
 
 
Federal University of São Carlos
BSc in Computer Science
March 2019 – September 2024 Sorocaba, Brazil

Final score: 9.03 / 10.0

  • Conducted a funded research internship abroad, resulting in conference and peer-reviewed publications
  • Worked as undergraduate teaching assistant in mathematics-related disciplines and organized student-led events
  • Received broad training in Computer Science, including topics such as algorithms, artificial intelligence, data science, deep learning, and machine learning

Research Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
Graduate Academic Visitor
August 2025 – Present Ingolstadt, Germany
 
 
 
 
 
University of Sheffield
Undergraduate Academic Visitor
September 2022 – December 2022 Sheffield, United Kingdom
  • Fully-funded international undergraduate research internship supervised by Dr. Carolina E. Scarton
  • Collaborated with the NLP Research Group at the School of Computer Science, investigating the use of deep bidirectional transformers to uncover latent knowledge from unstructured biomedical cancer literature
 
 
 
 
 
São Paulo Research Foundation
Undergraduate Researcher
January 2022 – May 2023 Sorocaba, Brazil
  • Full-time and funded undergraduate research project development
  • Project title: Discovery of latent knowledge in medical articles on Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Teaching Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Federal University of São Carlos
Graduate Assistant
March 2025 – July 2025 Sorocaba, Brazil
  • Facilitated the learning experience for BSc Computer Science students in a NLP course
  • Designed and proposed assignments aligned with course objectives, delivered lectures on core topics
 
 
 
 
 
Federal University of São Carlos
Undergraduate Assistant
September 2020 – January 2021 Sorocaba, Brazil

Working Experience

 
 
 
 
 
BTG Pactual
Summer Tech Intern
December 2020 – February 2021 São Paulo, Brazil
  • Worked as an undergraduate intern in BTG Pactual's Summer Tech vacation internship program
  • Part of the automation team, developing Robotic Process Automation (RPA) programs using the UiPath tool

Awards & Scholarships

Research Development Foundation (Fundep)
MSc research fellowship
  • Grant: 29271.02.01/2022.04-00
30th Brazilian Symposium on Multimedia and Web Systems (WebMedia)
Honorable Mention - WebMedia'24 Undergraduate Research Track
Research Development Foundation (Fundep)
Undergraduate research fellowship
  • Grant: 29271.02.01/2022.04-00
São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
Undergraduate research internship abroad
  • Grant: 2022/07236-9
São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
Undergraduate research fellowship
  • Grant: 2021/13054-8

Extracurricular Activities & Certificates

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30th Brazilian Symposium on Multimedia and Web Systems (WebMedia)
30th Brazilian Symposium on Multimedia and Web Systems
  • Participant
State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)
Training in Artificial Intelligence
  • Online course
Beets Jr.
Beets Jr: junior enterprise
  • Leader
Computer and Technology Week (SeCoT)
XIII Computer and Technology Week
  • Organizer
Duke University
Introduction to Machine Learning
  • Online course
Campinas Center of Junior Enterprises
District 36: Meeting of Junior Enterprises from the Campinas Center
  • Participant
DataCamp
Natural Language Processing in Python Track
  • Online course
DeepLearning.AI
Deep Learning Specialization
  • Online course
University of Michigan
Applied Machine Learning in Python
  • Online course
University of Washington
Machine Learning Foundations: A Case Study Approach
  • Online course
Campinas Center of Junior Enterprises
EXPOENTE: Meeting of Junior Enterprises from the Campinas Center
  • Participant
Imperial College London
Mathematics for Machine Learning: Linear Algebra
  • Online course
Computer and Technology Week (SeCoT)
XII Computer and Technology Week
  • Participant
Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar)
Simplifying the Agile Scrum Method
  • Online course
Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar)
Introduction to R Programming Language
  • Online course
Computer and Technology Week (SeCoT)
XI Computer and Technology Week
  • Participant