Welcome

The research group led by professor Helton Maia (PI) from the School of Science and Technology (UFRN/ECT) at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) is at the forefront of research in Machine Learning and Computer Vision. Our team of researchers is deeply committed to pushing the boundaries of these fields, constantly exploring innovative techniques and algorithms to address real-world challenges.
List of Projetcs
- Robotic Arm Control
- Safe Distance Between Vehicles Using Drones
- Mice Tracking - PCA
- Mice Tracking - CNN
- Artificial Intelligence for Music
- Hand Prosthesis Control
- Navigation of Robots
Classes
- Programming Language with Python - LiP/ECT
- Computer Vision
- Deep Learning
Books and Chapters
- Python Book
- Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience – Editors’ Pick 2021
- Object Recognition Using Convolutional Neural Networks
- Artificial Neural Networks and Efficient Optimization Techniques for Applications in Engineering
Extra Content
Publications
(doi) MENEZES, RICHARDSON ; MAIA, HELTON . An Intelligent Chess Piece Detection Tool. In: Seminário Integrado de Software e Hardware, 2023, Brasil. Anais do L Seminário Integrado de Software e Hardware (SEMISH 2023), 2023. p. 60.
(doi) MENEZES, RICHARDSON ; DE MIRANDA, ARON ; MAIA, HELTON . PyMiceTracking: An Open-Source Toolbox For Real-Time Behavioral Neuroscience Experiments. In: 2022 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2022, New Orleans. 2022 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2022. p. 21427-21465.
(doi) SILVA FILHO, D. C. ; MEDEIROS, R. A. C. ; Maia, H. . Classificação de Caracteres Manuscritos para Correção Automática do Sistema Multiprova. In: X Escola Regional de Informática de Goiás (ERI-GO), 2022. 2022: Anais da X Escola Regional de Informática de Goiás, 2022. p. 141-152.
(doi) MENEZES, R. S. T. ; CORDEIRO, A. M. ; MAGALHAES, R. M. ; Maia, H. . Classification of Paintings Authorship Using Convolutional Neural Network. In: XV Brazilian Congress on Computational Intelligence (CBIC), 2021, Joinville, Santa Catarina. Anais do XV Congresso Brasileiro de Inteligência Computacional, 2021.
(doi) FREITAS, V. Y. F. ; MENEZES, R. S. T. ; VIDAL, F. ; Maia, H. . Estimation of Safety Distance Between Vehicles on Highways Using YOLOv4 from Aerial Images. In: XV Brazilian Congress on Computational Intelligence (CBIC), 2021, Joinville, Santa Catarina. Anais do XV Congresso Brasileiro de Inteligência Computacional, 2021.
(doi) PEIXOTO, HELTON M.; CRUZ, ROSSANA M. S. ; MOULIN, THIAGO C. ; LEÃO, RICHARDSON N. . Modeling the Effect of Temperature on Membrane Response of Light Stimulation in Optogenetically-Targeted Neurons. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, v. 14, p. 1, 2020.
(doi) BASTOS, MATEUS ELOI DA SILVA ; FREITAS, VICTOR YESO FIDELIS ; DE MENEZES, RICHARDSON SANTIAGO TELES ; MAIA, HELTON . Vehicle Speed Detection and Safety Distance Estimation Using Aerial Images of Brazilian Highways. In: Seminário Integrado de Software e Hardware, 2020, Brasil. Anais do Seminário Integrado de Software e Hardware (SEMISH 2020), 2020. p. 258.
(doi) DE MENEZES, RICHARDSON SANTIAGO TELES ; LUIZ, JOHN VICTOR ALVES ; HENRIQUE-ALVES, ARON MIRANDA ; SANTA CRUZ, ROSSANA MORENO ; MAIA, HELTON . Mice Tracking Using The YOLO Algorithm. In: Seminário Integrado de Software e Hardware, 2020, Brasil. Anais do Seminário Integrado de Software e Hardware (SEMISH 2020), 2020. p. 162.
(doi) MENEZES, RICHARDSON SANTIAGO TELES DE ; LIMA, LUCAS DE AZEVEDO ; SANTANA, ORIVALDO ; HENRIQUES-ALVES, ARON MIRANDA ; CRUZ, ROSSANA MORENO SANTA ; MAIA, HELTON . Classification of Mice Head Orientation Using Support Vector Machine and Histogram of Oriented Gradients Features. In: 2018 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), 2018, Rio de Janeiro. 2018 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), 2018. p. 1-3240.
(doi) PONTES, HEMERSON ; DE MEDEIROS, GILVANDRO ; BORGES, JOANDERSON ; MAIA, HELTON . Sistema de Computação Paralela e Distribuída Utilizando Raspberry Pi e Apache Hadoop. In: Escola Potiguar de Computação e suas Aplicações, 2018, Brasil. Anais da Escola Potiguar de Computação e suas Aplicações (EPOCA 2018), 2018. p. 124.
(doi) MIKULOVIC, SANJA ; PUPE, STEFANO ; PEIXOTO, HELTON MAIA ; DO NASCIMENTO, GEORGE C. ; KULLANDER, KLAS ; TORT, ADRIANO B. L. ; LEÃO, RICHARDSON N. . On the photovoltaic effect in local field potential recordings. Neurophotonics, v. 3, p. 015002, 2016.
(doi) PEIXOTO, HELTON M; MUNGUBA, HERMANY ; CRUZ, ROSSANA MS ; GUERREIRO, ANA MG ; LEAO, RICHARDSON N . Automatic tracking of cells for video microscopy in patch clamp experiments. Biomedical Engineering Online (Online), v. 13, p. 78, 2014.
(doi) PEIXOTO, H. M.; DINIZ, A. A. R. ; ALMEIDA, N. C. ; DE MELO, J. D. ; DORIA NETO, A. D. ; GUERREIRO, A. M. G. . Modeling a system for monitoring an object using artificial neural networks and reinforcement learning. In: 2011 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2011 San Jose), 2011, San Jose. The 2011 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks. v. 01. p. 2327-2332.
(doi) PEIXOTO, H. M.; GUERREIRO, A. M. G. ; DORIA NETO, A. D. . Image Processing for Eye Detection and Classification of the Gaze Direction. In: The 2009 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, 2009, Atlanta. IJCNN 2009 Conference Proceedings, 2009. p. 2475-2480.