Thomaz Maia de Almeida is currently an Assistant Professor at Federal Institute of Ceará (IFCE) - Maranguape Campus. He holds a PhD in Teleinformatics Engineering from Federal University of Ceará (2019), MSc in Teleinformatics Engineering from Federal University of Ceará (2012) and Postgraduation in Mobile Devices from Faculdade 7 de Setembro (2014). He has interests in Computing Vision, Digital Image Processing, Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence.

He has experience in

• Image processing of computerized tomography;
• image processing of echocardiography;
• Image processing of body scanners;
• Identification and recognition of car plates;
• Optical characters recognition on mobile devices;
• Access control by face recognition;
• Quality control and identification of cosmetic defects in the manufacture of laptops;
• Quality control in the manufacture of RAM chips;
• Quality control in the manufacture of electrical energy meters.