About me
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Instituto Federal Catarinense (IFC) - Campus Blumenau. Joined the Informatics Graduate Program (PPGInf) at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) as a Master's student in 2024, accelerating directly into the Ph.D. in Computer Science in June 2025. My graduate research studies deep learning-driven computer vision methodologies for Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS).
Selected Publications

Toward Advancing License Plate Super-Resolution in Real-World Scenarios: A Dataset and Benchmark
Nascimento, V., Lima, G.E., Ribeiro, R.O., Schwartz, W.R., Laroca, R., Menotti, D
Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society

Toward Enhancing Vehicle Color Recognition in Adverse Conditions: A Dataset and Benchmark
Lima, G.E., Laroca, R., Santos E., Nascimento Jr. E., Menotti, D.
Conference on Graphics, Patterns and Images (SIBGRAPI)

Improving Vehicle Identification Through Advanced Fine-Grained Vehicle Classification
Lima, G.E., Laroca, R., Santos E., Nascimento Jr. E., Menotti, D.
Conference on Graphics, Patterns and Images (SIBGRAPI) / Work in Progress

Enhancing Vehicle Identification in Challenging Conditions Through Fine-Grained Classification
Santos E., Lima, G.E., Laroca, R., Nascimento Jr. E., Menotti, D.
Conference on Graphics, Patterns and Images (SIBGRAPI) / Work in Progress
Research Projects
- 2022-2022: Computer Security Education: Use of Treasure Hunt Games as a Pedagogical Tool.
- 2021-2021: Development of a Bi-functional Mobile Robot.