awards


Benzelius award, Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala - Sweden, 2022
I was awarded the Benzelius Award (Benzeliusbelöningarna) due to my 'contributions to fundamental method development in machine learning and control technology, as well as its use to solve important problems in cardiology'. The prize is awarded yearly by the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala (Kungliga Vetenskaps-Societeten i Uppsala): the oldest of the royal academies in Sweden, founded in 1710. Named after Erik Benzelius, the prize is awarded to young researchers and comes with the amount of 25000 kronors.
Best Ph.D. Thesis in Engineering and Physical Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2021
My Ph.D. thesis was awarded the best Ph.D. thesis defended in 2020 in engineering and physical sciences at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil. In portuguese: Grande Premio de Teses na área de ciências exatas e da terra e engenharias.
Best Ph.D. Thesis in Electrical Engineering, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2021
My thesis was awarded the best Ph.D. thesis defended in 2020 in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil. The thesis was then forwarded to compete with the thesis from all other Engineering and Physical Sciences departments at the university (where it was also awarded the best thesis, see the award above).
Young Author Award (Honorable Mention), 19th IFAC Symposium on System Identification - Online, 2021
I have been one of the three finalists of the Young Author Award with the paper `Beyond Occam’s Razor in System Identification: Double-Descent when Modeling Dynamics'.
Best Poster Award, SciLifeLab Science Summit - Uppsala, Sweden, 2019
I have been awarded the best poster award for the work `Automatic Diagnosis of Short-Duration 12-Lead ECG using a Deep Convolutional Network'.
Travel Award, Machine Learning for Health (ML4H) Workshop at NeurIPS - Montreal, Canada, 2018
I have been awarded the travel award for the work `Automatic Diagnosis of Short-Duration 12-Lead ECG using a Deep Convolutional Network' and had my expenses covered by the award.