Pedro Baeta

• Activities: - Design of hardware architectures for accelerating Machine Learning methods (Focus on Tree-Based Method). • Important Knowledge: - Integrated Circuit Design (VLSI Design / Digital Circuits Design). - MatLab (Statistical Learning Toolboxes/Apps). - Python (Scikit-Learn Library for Machine Learning). - System Verilog programming (State-of-the-art FPGA devices). - Xilinx Vivado™ Design Suit.

Intern with Bosch Research and Technology Center North America, Bosch LCC, Sunnyvale/CA (USA) • Activities: - Design and test of CMOS Low-Power Image Sensors. - PCB Design. - Design of Hardware in the loop FPGA system for testing ASIC Image Sensor. - Review academic publications. • Important Knowledge: - PCB Design (Altium Designer). - FPGA Design (VHDL / Verilog). - ASIC testing and hardware in loop testing (Linux, Cadence Virtuoso, Matlab). - Laboratory test of CMOS Image Sensors.

• Research Topic: - Energy Harvesting • Activities: - Analog Circuit Design and Layout in Cadence® Virtuoso® Analog Design Environment - PCB layout and manufacturing - Revision of academic work

MSXi Consulting - Betim/MG (Brazil) / Consultant with FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) • Activities: - Design of electrical and electronic diagrams of Power-train Systems, Driver Assistance Systems and User Command Interface. - Requirements Capture and Rapid Prototyping. - Technical specifications of vehicle functions of Power-train Systems, ADAS, and UCI. • Important Knowledge: - UML (Unified Modeling Language). - Embedded Systems. - Automotive network protocols (LIN, CAN, etc.).

Continental Advanced Tires & Systems Technology / R&D Department, (Hannover, Germany) • Main Project: - Tire Pressure Monitoring System, CPC (Conti Pressure Check™) • Activities: - Technical specification. - Vehicle test data storage and analysis. - Evaluation of external influences such as temperature and humidity on the functionality of the CPC. • Important knowledge: - Embedded systems devices. - Automotive network protocols (LIN, CAN, etc.). - Vector CANoe. - Excel VBA

Tutor (University Work) • Activities: - Support fellow students to learn the Fundamentals of electromechanical energy conversion and Electric Machines Theory. - Support students in their tasks and experiments in the Laboratory of Energy Conversion.

Engineering Department of the Banco do Brasil S/A (English: Bank of Brazil) - National Bank Institute • Activities: - Automation Projects (PLC Programming). - Budgeting of Engineering Works. - Planning of technical maintenance. - Revision of electrical low and medium voltage projects.

Member of the BAJA SAE Team of CEFET-MG, Belo Horizonte – MG (Brazil) Baja SAE competitions are a simulation of real-world engineering challenges. This project is run by students who represent their university at global and regional university level competitions. General Activities: - Design of an off-road car prototype (from design concept, going throughsSpecification and finally fabrication of the prototype). - Development of a basic telemetry system. - Vehicle Wiring harness design and assemble.

• Master's thesis: "Design and Comparison of Hardware Architectures for Accelerating the Inference Core of Tree-Based Classification Ensembles: an FPGA perspective". • Concentrations: - Circuits and System (CMOS Analog Circuit Design and VLSI System Design) - Distributed Embedded Systems

Scholarship from CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel) • Concentrations: - Renewable Energy (Wind Energy) - Power Engineering (Generation, Transmission, and Distribution of Electricity) - Biomedical Engineering (Computer and Robot-Assisted Surgery)

Scholarship from CEFET-MG • Concentrations: - Renewable Energy (PV-Cells) - Power Engineering (Generation, Transmission, and Distribution of Electricity) - Digital Control Engineering and Signal Processing

• Thesis: - "Signal Processing Techniques applied to Seizure EEG Waves" • Concentrations: - Power Engineering (Generation, Transmission, and Distribution of Electricity) - Control Engineering (Modern Control) - Microelectronics and Signal Processing