Nivio Ziviani | |
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Born |
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil | August 27, 1946
Alma mater |
University of Waterloo Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro Federal University of Minas Gerais |
Known for | Akwan Information Technologies |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer science |
Doctoral advisor | Gaston Gonnet |
Nivio Ziviani, a Brazilian researcher born in the city of Belo Horizonte on August 27, 1946, holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, 1971, a master's degree in informatics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, 1976, and a Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Waterloo, 1982. [1] [2] As a researcher, he is known for his projects in information retrieval and recommendation systems. In 2011, he received the Scientific Merit Award from the Brazilian Computer Society. [3] Ziviani has Erdös number 2. [4] [5] Currently, he is an emeritus professor in the Computer Science department of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, [3] [2] is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, [6] he is part of the National Order of Scientific Merit in the Commendator class, [7] and coordinates the Laboratory for Treating Information (LATIN). [8]
Among his contributions, he produced three books:
He created one of the first search engines for the web and fomented the development of companies through his scientific production with respect to Recommendation Systems. [3] He was co-founder of the Miner Technology Group in 1998, which was acquired by Grupo Folha de S.Paulo / UOL in 1999, and Akwan Information Technologies in 2000, bought by Google in 2005. [3] With Akwan, Google started its R & D Center in Latin America [12] [13] located in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Among his most recent activities, he was co-founder of a start-up called Kunumi, [8] co-founder of the Information Retrieval Research Group at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, General Co-chair of the 28th ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, [14] co-founder and member of the Steering Committee of the International Conference on String Processing and Information Retrieval. [14] [15]
Nivio Ziviani | |
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Born |
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil | August 27, 1946
Alma mater |
University of Waterloo Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro Federal University of Minas Gerais |
Known for | Akwan Information Technologies |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer science |
Doctoral advisor | Gaston Gonnet |
Nivio Ziviani, a Brazilian researcher born in the city of Belo Horizonte on August 27, 1946, holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, 1971, a master's degree in informatics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, 1976, and a Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Waterloo, 1982. [1] [2] As a researcher, he is known for his projects in information retrieval and recommendation systems. In 2011, he received the Scientific Merit Award from the Brazilian Computer Society. [3] Ziviani has Erdös number 2. [4] [5] Currently, he is an emeritus professor in the Computer Science department of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, [3] [2] is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, [6] he is part of the National Order of Scientific Merit in the Commendator class, [7] and coordinates the Laboratory for Treating Information (LATIN). [8]
Among his contributions, he produced three books:
He created one of the first search engines for the web and fomented the development of companies through his scientific production with respect to Recommendation Systems. [3] He was co-founder of the Miner Technology Group in 1998, which was acquired by Grupo Folha de S.Paulo / UOL in 1999, and Akwan Information Technologies in 2000, bought by Google in 2005. [3] With Akwan, Google started its R & D Center in Latin America [12] [13] located in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Among his most recent activities, he was co-founder of a start-up called Kunumi, [8] co-founder of the Information Retrieval Research Group at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, General Co-chair of the 28th ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, [14] co-founder and member of the Steering Committee of the International Conference on String Processing and Information Retrieval. [14] [15]