COORDINATION OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH (CPG)
The Post-Graduate Programs of POLI (i.e. two years Masters Degree in: Civil Engineering, Computing Engineering,
Systems Engineering and Energy Technology) are intended to individuals who already have a University (Bachelor degree)
or technological higher education (third grade in some countries).

Masters Courses Lines of Research
Masters in Energy
Website: http://w2.portais.atrio.scire.net.br/upe-ppte/index.php/en/
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Luis Arturo Gómez Malagón
Vice-coordinator: Prof. Dr. Marcilio André Felix Feitosa
Planning and operation of energy systems:
- Energy and environment
- Strategic planning and management in energetic systems
- Use of wasted materials
- Control and automation of energetic systems
- Optimization of energetic system operation
Modeling technology and energy systems:
- Thermal cycles applied to power generation
- The development of co-generation process
- Thermochemical biomass gasification
- Sustainable production of biodiesel
- Mathematical modeling and computer simutation for production of fuel gas
- Solar energy
Masters in Systems Engineering
More information: Msc. program
Website: http://ppges.poli.br/
Coordinator: Prof. Carmelo José Albanez Bastos, PhD
Vice-coordinator: Prof. Francisco Madeiro Bernardino Jr., PhD.
Main research areas:
1. Cybernetics
2. Telematics
Associated research groups:
- Software engineering;
- Computer Networks and Telecommunications;
- Embedded systems;
- Computational Intelligence;
- Biosensors;
- Biological Modeling;
- Photonics
Main interesting:
- Biosensors and Photosensors;
- Biomedical applications;
- Biological modeling;
- Programmable hardware;
- Robotics;
- Cryptography and encoding;
- Digital signal processing;
- High capacity networks;
- Network sciences.
Masters in Computing Engineering
More information: Pos-graduation program
Website: http://mestrado.ecomp.poli.br/
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Byron Leite Dantas Bezerra, PhD.
Vice-Coordenador: Bruno José Torres Fernandes, PhD.
Main knowledge areas:
– Computer Engineering
– Computer Science
– Information Systems
Main research lines:
– Computational Intelligence
– Software Engineering
Main topics researched:
- Novel metaheuristics for solving real world problems
- Social Simulation & Stochastic Modeling
- Pattern recognition & Machine Learning
- Frameworks, Domain Specific Languages & Tools
Masters in Civil Engineering
More information: Presentation PEC
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Simone Rosa da Silva
Vice- Coordinator: Prof. Kalliny Patrícia Lafayette
Research Groups:
- Ergonomics and Occupational Safety and Health
- Engineering applied to the Environment
- Technology and Management of Building Construction
-Safety and Sustainable Development