IEEE Fellow · Full Professor · Unicamp
Head of the Artificial Intelligence Lab (Recod.ai) at the University of Campinas, Brazil. Exploring how machines reason about complex data — and how AI can defend truth in the age of synthetic realities.
Anderson Rocha is a Full Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Forensics at the Institute of Computing, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil, where he leads the Recod.ai Artificial Intelligence Lab. His work sits at the intersection of AI, multimodal learning and digital trust. He is an elected affiliate member of both the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and the Brazilian Academy of Forensic Sciences, and has played a prominent role in the global research community through the IEEE Information Forensics and Security Technical Committee, where he served multiple terms, including as Chair.
Rocha is an IEEE Fellow and has received competitive research fellowships from Microsoft Research and Google Research, in addition to the Tan Chin Tuan Fellowship (Singapore) and the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association Fellowship. He is also an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer and an IEEE Biometrics Council Distinguished Lecturer. Recognized for his scientific impact, he is ranked among the top 2% most influential researchers worldwide by studies from Stanford/PlosOne and Research.com.
Citations and h-index: Google Scholar, June 2026.
Detecting deepfakes, AI-generated media, and disinformation — keeping digital content trustworthy.
Image provenance, forgery detection, and authorship attribution that bring scientific rigor to evidence.
Machine learning for diabetic retinopathy, Alzheimer's, COVID-19 diagnosis, and wearable-based care.
Data-driven forecasting and reservoir intelligence for the energy sector, in partnership with Shell and Equinor.
Federal University of Lavras, Brazil
Unicamp, with a research stay at the University of Colorado — awarded Best Brazilian Ph.D. Thesis in CS (CAPES).
Institute of Computing, University of Campinas
Coordinating one of Latin America's leading AI labs
Leading the institute through a full elected term
University of Campinas (Unicamp)
For extraordinary contributions to science and research
IEEE Signal Processing Society & Biometrics Council; chairing the Information Forensics and Security TC.
Reserved for select members with extraordinary contributions
Forbes Latina, professionals shaping technology
Unicamp's most prestigious distinction for scientists
Latin America, for cutting-edge computer science (2016–2022)
Honoring researchers likely to become thought leaders
Elected affiliate member of both academies
Stanford/PLOS and Research.com rankings
IEEE Signal Processing Society
IEEE Biometrics Council
Visiting researcher at 16 institutions across 11 countries and territories — hover a country or a dot to explore.
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AI techniques to detect and forestall synthetic realities — fighting deepfakes before they spread.
↗An AI hub for health and wellbeing: wearables, biosignals, and proactive care.
↗Machine learning to decode complex production data in Brazil's Pre-Salt fields.
↗Hub for Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Architectures — manifold learning for human activity and behavior understanding.
↗Media integrity analytics for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, with Purdue University.
Anderson speaks worldwide on AI, synthetic realities and digital trust — for academia, industry and government, in four languages.
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