PhD in Computer Science (Federal University of Minas Gerais, 2006). He is currently vice chair of the Postgraduate Program in Computing at the Institute of Computing at the Federal University of Amazonas. His research interests include Machine Learning Data Mining, and Information Retrieval, working mainly on the following topics: deep learning; topic extraction; smart interfaces; recommender systems; Web advertising and other digital media; identification and elimination of replicas and noise in search systems; machine learning techniques including classification and prediction; genetic programming; ranking in information retrieval systems; and Bayesian networks.

• Education:   Doctorate in Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Computação
• Location:   Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
• Year:   2006
• Lattes:   http://lattes.cnpq.br/6261175351521953
• E-mail:   marco.cristo@gmail.com