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
Computer Architecture (Graduate Program in Informatics)
Quantum Computing (Graduate Program in Informatics)
Computer Architecture II and III (Undergraduate Program in Computer Science)
Parallel Computing (Undergraduate Program in Computer Science)
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.
Professional Services
Editorial Board
SBC International Journal of Computer Architecture Education
Abakós – Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies on Science and Informatics (PUC Minas)
Reviewer
Wiley Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience
ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems
IEEE Transactions on Computer
IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence
IEEE Access
IEEE Latin America Transactions
IET Electronics Letters
IEEE Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje (IEEE-RITA)
Elsevier Parallel Computing
Elsevier Journal of Systems Architecture
Elsevier Integration, the VLSI Journal
Elsevier Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing
Hindawi Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Springer Design Automation and for Embedded Systems
Science Journal of Computer Science
Conferences
Program Chair
WSCAD 2023; WPerformance 2021; WEAC 2011; WSCAD-WIC 2010
Program Committee
WPerformance 2023-2020, 2014-2012
EduComp 2023-2021
SBIE 2021; EduPar 2019
ICEIS 2023-2017
WSCAD 2023-2013
WSCAD-WIC 2023-2013, 2010
WSCAD-CTD 2023-2017, 2014
WAMCA 2023-2011
WEAC 2023-2011
SBESC 2017, 2014, 2013
ERAD-RS 2022-2018
ERAD-RJ 2017-2015
Reviewer
ICECS 2023-2020, 2016
FIE 2023, 2020, 2019, 2016-2012
ISCAS 2018
FPL 2014