Biomedical Computing for Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis (Advances in Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering) - Tapa dura

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Wellington Pinheiro dos Santos received a bachelor's degree in Electrical Electronics Engineering (2001) and MSc in Electrical Engineering (2003) from the Federal University of Pernambuco, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Campina Grande (2009). He is currently a Professor of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Federal University of Pernambuco, acting in Undergraduate and Graduate Programs in Biomedical Engineering. He is a member of the Graduate Program in Computer Engineering from the Polytechnic School of Pernambuco, University of Pernambuco, since 2009. He has experience in the area of Computer Science, acting on the following themes: digital image processing, pattern recognition, computer vision, evolutionary computation, numerical methods of optimization, computational intelligence, computer graphics, virtual reality, game design and applications of Computing and Engineering in Medicine and Biology. He is a member of the Brazilian Society of Biomedical Engineering (SBEB), the Brazilian Society of Computational Intelligence, and the International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE).

Washington Wagner Azevedo da Silva holds a PhD in Computer Science from the Federal University of Pernambuco - UFPE (2017) and a master in Computer Science from the Federal University of Pernambuco - UFPE (2011). He graduated in Systems Analysis at Universidade Salgado de Oliveira - UNIVERSO (2004). He did a post-doctorate at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Federal University of Pernambuco - UFPE (10/2017 to 10/2019) with Prof. Dr. Wellington Pinheiro dos Santos. He was a Test Engineer for the CIn / Motorola project (in the period from 10/05/2006 to 10/31/2007). He has experience in Computer Science, acting on the following subjects: Software Test Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Neural Networks, Hybrid Intelligent Systems, Handwriting Recognition, pattern recognition and Biomedical Engineering.

Maira Araujo de Santana has a Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) and member of the Biomedical Computing Research Group. She holds a degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Federal University of Pernambuco (2017). She has fluency in Portuguese (native language) and English, as well as basic knowledge of Spanish and German. She completed an internship in Clinical Engineering at Hospital das Clínicas de Pernambuco (09/2016 - 01/2017). She was a Scholarship for Science for Borders Program of the Federal Government / CAPES in the United States for one year (edict 180: 08/2015 - 08/2016), of which nine months (08/2015 - 05/2016) were dedicated to She has a BA in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), AL (USA) and in the last three months (05/2016 - 08/2016) she worked as a researcher at the Carl E Ravin Advanced Imaging Laboratories (RAILabs) - Duke University, NC, USA - deepening specific knowledge of the area of image processing (sub-area of Biomedical Engineering) and acquiring experience in laboratory stage, scientific production, programming in MATLAB language and Office package.