Vladimir Costa de Alencar 

I am a Ph.D. Professor & Data Scientist.

I have a Ph.D. in Natural Resources with an emphasis on optimization models based on linear programming (2009, UFCG, Brazil). 
I have a Master's Degree in Computer Science (1992, UFCG, Brazil).
I have two degrees:  Computer Science (1990, UFCG, Brazil) and Radiology (2017, Faculdade Mauricio de Nassau, Brazil).
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I work as a Professor and Researcher at Universidade Estadual da Paraiba (UEPB), Campina Grande, PB,  Brazil.
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I am a Data Scientist and Data Engineering.  I work with Big Data Analytics, NoSQL, Python, Linux, Cloud Computing, Machine Learning,  Epidemiology,  Social Media Analysis, Deep Learning, and Artificial Intelligence.
 
​I'm the Director of a Data Analysis Laboratory (LANA), Campina Grande, Brazil.