Assistant Professor 

• Computer Sciences

LWSN 2142C 

49-62331 

ribeirob@purdue.edu 

https://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/ribeirob/ 

https://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/ribeirob/ 

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Ph.D. in Computer Science,
Title: “On the Design of Methods to Estimate Network Characteristics”
Department of Computer Science
Advisor:
Don Towsley
May 2010.

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
B.S. & M.S. in Informatics & Computer Engineering.
March 2001, July 2003 

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Postdoctoral fellow
Department of Computer Science
Mentor: Christos Faloutsos
June 2013 – 2015.

Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Visiting Researcher
Department of Physics
May 2012 – May 2013.

University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
Posdoctoral Researcher
Department of Computer Science
Mentor: Don Towsley
May 2010 – May 2013 

Data Mining, Network Science, Computer Networks, Statistical Models & Inference 

ACM SIGMETRICS 2016 Best paper Award, 2016

IEEE NetSciCom’14 Best Paper Award, 2014

CAPES Scholarship to pursue Ph.D., 2004–2008

CNPq Scholarship to pursue M.S., 2002–2003 

The overarching theme of my work is the principled forecasting, measurement, analysis, and mining of large-scale complex social and communication systems. Networks are everywhere as they naturally frame some of the highest impact computing applications: from online social networking, to Web search, to product recommendations, to mobile ad-hoc networking. My research blends practical issues with theory, focused on how new theoretical results can advance novel applications.