Department of Biomedical Engineering, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE)

Wellington Pinheiro dos Santos received a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Electronics Engineering (2001) and MS in Electrical Engineering (2003) from the Federal University of Pernambuco, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Campina Grande (2009). He is currently a Professor of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Center of Technology and Geosciences – Engineering School of Pernambuco, Federal University of Pernambuco, acting in Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering and Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering (2011). His research interests are: digital image processing, pattern recognition, computer vision, evolutionary computation, numerical methods of optimization, computational intelligence, computer graphics, virtual reality, game design, and applications of Computing and Engineering in Medicine and Biology.