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║ > Ahirton Lopes ║
║ > PhD · Electrical Engineering · Mackenzie University ║
║ > Google Developer Expert · Microsoft MVP ║
║ > AI Educator · Researcher · International Speaker ║
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I research and teach Artificial Intelligence — from fundamentals to frontier models. My work spans academia, corporate training, and the developer community across Brazil and beyond.
Currently building open-access courses on ML, Deep Learning, Generative AI, and Reinforcement Learning while helping organizations navigate real-world AI adoption.
| 🎓 | PhD & MSc in Electrical Engineering · Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie |
| 🤖 | Professor · FIAP — MBA in AI, Machine Learning & Data Science |
| 🌐 | Google Developer Expert · Machine Learning |
| 🏆 | Microsoft MVP · Artificial Intelligence |
| 🎤 | International Speaker · TDC · DevFest · Campus Party · Microsoft Reactor |
PhD Thesis ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
Early Detection of Students at Risk of Dropout
Using Administrative Data and Machine Learning
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
| Citations | h-index | i10-index | Publications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | 4 | 1 | 10+ |
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Mastering Reinforcement Learning
Hands-on notebooks on classical and modern RL algorithms, from Q-Learning to Deep RL. ⭐ 38 · Python · OpenAI Gym |
Mastering Machine Learning
Open courseware on ML fundamentals and applied projects. ⭐ 38 · Scikit-learn · Keras · Python |
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Transformers & BERT Fine-tuning
Fine-tuning BERT and Transformer models for NLP tasks, hands-on notebooks. ⭐ 15 · HuggingFace · PyTorch |
Unsupervised Learning
Practical implementations of K-Means, PCA, Apriori, LDA. ⭐ 16 · Scikit-learn · Python |
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Security ML
AI & ML applied to Cybersecurity, course materials and demos at FIAP. ⭐ 13 · Python |
Mastering AI Agents
Building AI Agents beyond chatbots, slides, prompts and datasets. ⭐ 4 · Copilot Studio · Google ADK |


