Curriculum Vitae

This page complements the Publications, Group, and Media pages by highlighting other aspects of my academic activities. A full CV (PDF) is available upon request.

• 2013 – 2019   Ph.D., Doctor of Philosophy in Computing Science
  University of Alberta, Canada (Supervisors: Michael Bowling & Marc G. Bellemare)
  
• 2011 – 2013   M.Sc., Master of Science in Computer Science
  Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil (Supervisors: Luiz Chaimowicz & Giselle L. Pappa)
  
• 2006 – 2010   B.Sc., Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
  

• 2026 – 2031   Canada CIFAR AI Chair
  
• 2025       AAAI New Faculty Highlight
  
• 2025       RLC Outstanding Paper Award on Theory of Reinforcement Learning
  
• 2022       AISTATS Best Paper Honorable Mention
  
• 2021 - 2026   Canada CIFAR AI Chair
  
• 2016       AAMAS Best Paper Honorable Mention
  
• 2013 - 2018   Alberta Innovates Technology Futures Ph.D. Scholarship
  
• 2012       M.Sc. Early Achievement Award
  
• 2010       B.Sc. First Class Honours
  
  Additional awards (e.g., best reviewer, area chair, and workshop best paper) are omitted for brevity.

Conference Organization

• 2025       RLC Program co-chair
  
• 2024       RLC Awards co-chair
  
  

  Journal Editorships

• 2026 - Present   Co-Editor-in-Chief, Reinforcement Learning Journal (RLJ)
  
• 2026 - Present   Editorial Board, Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR)
  
• 2024 - Present   Editorial Board, Transactions on Machine Learning Research (TMLR)