DrHelard Becerra
BDIC Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Computer Science
School of Computer Science
- BDIC Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Computer ScienceSchool of Computer Science
- University College Dublin, School of Computer Science
BIO
Dr. Helard Becerra is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science at University College Dublin (UCD). His research interests include multimedia quality of experience, machine learning, immersive media, and digital health. He has collaborated on various projects funded by industry partners, such as the Dialogue Understandability project with Xperi Inc., and on EU-funded projects, including the Horizon 2020 project Precise4Q for personalized medicine. Dr. Becerra obtained his B.Sc. degree in Computer Science from Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco (UNSAAC), Peru, in 2010, and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Brasília (UnB), Brazil, in 2013 and 2019, respectively. In 2019, he worked as a researcher at Samsung R&D Institute Brazil. He has also served as a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Insight Centre for Data Analytics at QxLab, University College Dublin. Dr. Becerra is actively involved in mentoring and assisting with the supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate students.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN APPOINTMENTS
- Post Doctoral Research Fellow Lvl IUniversity College Dublin, School of Computer Science, Dublin, Ireland20 Nov 2019 - 9 May 2021
- Post Doctoral Research Fellow Lvl IIUniversity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland10 May 2021
- Assistant Professor in Computer ScienceUniversity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland1 Jul 2024
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Visiting ResearcherDublin Institute of Technology, School of Computing, Ireland26 Jun 2017 - 10 Apr 2018
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- ResearcherSamsung (Brazil), São Paulo, Brazil11 Mar 2019 - 25 Oct 2019
- ResearcherNext Project - University of Brasilia, Brazil1 Apr 2018
DEGREES
- PhDUniversity of Brasília
CERTIFICATIONS
- QQI Level 6 Project Management CertificationDCM Learning
- Research IntegrityUniversity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland21 Dec 2019Research Integrity: Concise (core course)
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Grant Writing In The Life Sciences (Training Course for postdocs)University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Teaching and Learning (seminar series for postdocs)University College Dublin, Ireland11 Dec 2019
- Communicating For Impact - A Fresh Approach To Communicating Complex ConceptsUniversity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland9 Feb 2023
- Intellectual Property And Your Research - What Do Postdocs Need To KnowUniversity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland3 May 2023
- Scientific Paper Writing (Life Sciences)University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland25 Jan 2021
- Universal Design For Teaching and LearningUniversity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland2 Oct 2023
LANGUAGES
- EnglishCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- Spanish - Latin AmericanCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- PortugueseCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review