Henrique

Henrique Cota de Freitas received his BS in Computer Science (2000) and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (2003) from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas), Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and Ph.D. in Computer Science  (2009) from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil. From 2011 to 2013, he was the Head of the Graduate Program in Informatics at PUC Minas. In 2015-2016, he was a visiting researcher at INRIA and Université Grenoble Alpes (GIANT campus), Grenoble, France, funded by the Brazilian Research Council (CNPq). He is a member of IEEE and SBC (Brazilian Computer Society), and since 2004, he is a professor at PUC Minas. 

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Teaching

Awards

Parallel Programming Marathon (Advisor)

First place: Parallel Programming Marathon (in WSCAD 2019). Matheus Souza, Felipe Soares (Graduate Program in Informatics).

Special honor: Parallel Programming Marathon (in WSCAD 2017). Matheus Souza (Graduate Program in Informatics), João Paulo Novais and Lucas Maciel (Computer Engineering).

Special honor: Parallel Programming Marathon (in WSCAD 2017). Pedro Henrique Penna (Graduate Program in Informatics), Bruna Arantes (Computer Engineering), Davidson Lima (Computer Science).

Special honor: Parallel Programming Marathon (in WSCAD 2016). Lucas Maciel, João Paulo Novais (Computer Engineering) and Daniel Carmo (Graduate Program in Informatics).

First place: Parallel Programming Marathon (in WSCAD 2014). Matheus Souza (Graduate Program in Informatics), Gabriel Garcia and Pedro Penna (Computer Science).

Second place: Parallel Programming Marathon (in WSCAD 2013). Matheus Queiroz (Graduate Program in Informatics), Pedro Penna e Daniel Carmo (Computer Engineering).

Undergraduate, Masters and Doctorate (Advisor)

Best PhD thesis of the Graduate Program in Informatics (PUC Minas): Pedro Henrique Penna (student), Henrique C. Freitas (advisor), Jean-François Méhaut (advisor), 2021.

Best undergraduate conclusion work (Computer Engineering): Lucas Maciel (student), Henrique C. Freitas (advisor), PUC Minas, 2018.

Second best undergraduate conclusion work (Computer Engineering): João Paulo Novais (student), Henrique C. Freitas (advisor), PUC Minas, 2018.

Best undergraduate conclusion work (Computer Science): Pedro Henrique Penna (student), Henrique C. Freitas (co-advisor), João Caram (advisor), PUC Minas, 2016.

Special honor: 22o Seminário de Iniciação Científica da PUC Minas. Pedro Henrique Penna (student), Henrique C. Freitas (advisor), 2014.

Best undergraduate conclusion work (Computer Science): Amanda Maria Pinho Amorim (student), Henrique C. Freitas (advisor), PUC Minas, 2013.

Special honor: 13o Seminário de Iniciação Científica da PUC Minas. Ivan Araújo (student), Henrique C. Freitas (advisor), 2005.

Academic Recognitions (Teaching)

Four Academic Recognitions granted by PUC Minas since its proposal in 2017.


Publications (Co-author)

Special honor (undergraduate student paper): Lucas Oliveira (student), Thiago Nogueira (student), Henrique C. Freitas, Workshop de Iniciação Científica (WSCAD-WIC). Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (SBC), 2022.

Second best paper: Pedro Penna, Márcio Castro, Patrícia Plentz, Henrique C. Freitas, François Broquedis, Jean-François Méhaut, Simpósio em Sistemas Computacionais de Alto Desempenho (WSCAD), 2017.

Special honor (undergraduate student paper): João Paulo Novais (student), Matheus A. Souza, Henrique C. Freitas, Workshop de Iniciação Científica (WSCAD-WIC). Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (SBC), 2017.

Second place (undergraduate student paper): João Paulo Novais (student), Matheus A. Souza, Henrique C. Freitas, Workshop de Iniciação Científica (WSCAD-WIC). Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (SBC), 2016.

Special honor (undergraduate student paper): Márcia A. N. Silva (student) and Henrique C. Freitas, In: Simpósio em Sistemas Computacionais (Workshop de Iniciação Científica – WSCAD-WIC), Porto de Galinhas. SBC, 2013.

Best paper award: Poliana A. C. Oliveira, Fátima L. P. Duarte-Figueiredo, Carlos A. P. S. Martins, Henrique C. Freitas, Christiane Ribeiro, Márcio Castro, Vania Marangozova-Martin, Jean-François Méhaut, IADIS Applied Computing, 2011.

Best paper award: Christiane Ribeiro, Márcio Castro, Vania Marangozova-Martin, Jean-François Méhaut, Henrique C. Freitas, Carlos A. P. S. Martins, IADIS Applied Computing, 2011.

Second place (undergraduate student paper): Pedro Penna (student), Ricardo S. Ferreira (co-advisor), and Henrique C. Freitas (advisor), Workshop de Iniciação Científica (WSCAD-WIC), 2011.

Best paper award: Manuela Ferreira, Vicente Cruz, Rodrigo kassick, Henrique Freitas, Phillipe Navaux, Latin American Conference on High Performance Computing (CLCAR), 2011.

Best paper award: Henrique C. Freitas, Carlos Martins, Flávio Wagner, Phillipe Navaux, VII Workshop em Sistemas Computacionais de Alto Desempenho, WSCAD 2006, Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, SBC.

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