About me
Kecia de Moura
I am an ML researcher and data professional with 10+ years of experience across research, data analysis, and software development. Throughout my career, I have worked across technology companies and research institutions in Brazil, Hungary, and Canada, building everything from ETL pipelines and BI systems to ML models and full-stack applications. I am always keen to connect and explore new ideas! Let's get in touch!
Education
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Ph.D. Candidate in Engineering
École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), Expected 2027
Montreal, QC, Canada -
M.Sc. in Computer Science
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), 2019
Major: Computational Intelligence
Recife, PE, Brazil -
B.Sc. in Computer Engineering
Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco (UNIVASF), 2012
Petrolina, PE, Brazil
Courses & Certifications
Knowledge Badge - DevOps Essentials for Data Engineering
Code QualityVersion ControlContinuous IntegrationUnit TestingPySpark
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Knowledge Badge - Build Data Pipelines with Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines
Data Pipeline DevelopmentIncremental ProcessingETL Pipeline DebuggingChange Data CaptureStreaming Data Processing
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Knowledge Badge - Deploy Workloads with Lakeflow Jobs
Data Workflow OrchestrationDirected Acyclic Graphs (DAGs)Workflow AutomationError Handling TechniquesFault-Tolerant Design
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Knowledge Badge - Introduction to Apache Spark
Data ProcessingApache SparkPython ProgrammingDistributed SystemsData Transformation
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Knowledge Badge - Data Ingestion with Lakeflow Connect
Data IngestionBatch ProcessingStreaming DataMetadata EnrichmentJSON Flattening
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Knowledge Badge - Get Started with Databricks for Data Engineering
Data engineeringDatabricks SQLDelta LakeData transformationWorkflows orchestration
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Distinctions & Awards
- Best Paper Award — ICPR 2026 Received the Best Student Paper Award in the Document Analysis and Recognition track at the 28th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2026).
- Best Paper Award — ICPR 2024 Received the Best Student Paper Award in the Document Analysis and Recognition track at the 27th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2024).
- CNPq Master's Scholarship Awarded a graduate scholarship by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) to support my Master's research in Computational Intelligence at Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE).
- PIBIC Undergraduate Research Scholarship Awarded a PIBIC (Institutional Scientific Initiation Scholarship Program) scholarship funded by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) to support my undergraduate research on rainfall pattern characterization at Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco (UNIVASF).
Software Registration
- GERARD — Educational Interface for Additive and Multiplicative Structures Registered educational software that provides an interactive environment to support the teaching and learning of additive and multiplicative structures, helping students develop mathematical reasoning and problem-solving skills.