Rafael D. C. Santos

Rafael D. C. Santos received the degree in data processing technology from the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Belém, Brazil, in 1990 and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science (applied artificial intelligence) from the Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech), Kitakyushu, Japan, in 1995 and 1998, respectively. He is currently with the Associated Laboratory for Computing and Applied Mathematics (LAC), National Institute for Space Research (INPE), doing research and development on data mining and artificial intelligence projects. His main areas of interest are applied artificial intelligence, data mining, image processing, and distributed heterogeneous information systems.