IEEE Fellow · Full Professor · Unicamp

Anderson Rocha

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.

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About

In a nutshell.

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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.

By the numbers

A career measured in impact.

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Scientists worldwide

Citations and h-index: Google Scholar, June 2026.

Research

Teaching machines to see, reason — and tell the truth.

Synthetic Realities

Detecting deepfakes, AI-generated media, and disinformation — keeping digital content trustworthy.

Digital Forensics

Image provenance, forgery detection, and authorship attribution that bring scientific rigor to evidence.

AI for Health & Wellbeing

Machine learning for diabetic retinopathy, Alzheimer's, COVID-19 diagnosis, and wearable-based care.

Energy & Industry

Data-driven forecasting and reservoir intelligence for the energy sector, in partnership with Shell and Equinor.

Journey

From São Thomé das Letras to the world.

2000–2003

B.Sc. in Computer Science

Federal University of Lavras, Brazil

2006–2009

Ph.D. in Computer Science

Unicamp, with a research stay at the University of Colorado — awarded Best Brazilian Ph.D. Thesis in CS (CAPES).

2009

Joins Unicamp faculty

Institute of Computing, University of Campinas

2014

Habilitation (Livre-Docência) · Heads Recod.ai

Coordinating one of Latin America's leading AI labs

2019–2023

Director, Institute of Computing

Leading the institute through a full elected term

2022

Full Professor of AI & Digital Forensics

University of Campinas (Unicamp)

2023

Elected IEEE Fellow

For extraordinary contributions to science and research

2025–2027

IEEE Distinguished Lecturer · IFS-TC Chair

IEEE Signal Processing Society & Biometrics Council; chairing the Information Forensics and Security TC.

Honors

Recognition with bright colors.

IEEE Fellow (2023)

Reserved for select members with extraordinary contributions

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Forbes Top 10 in Tech & Innovation (2025)

Forbes Latina, professionals shaping technology

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Zeferino Vaz Award (2025)

Unicamp's most prestigious distinction for scientists

7× Google Research Awards

Latin America, for cutting-edge computer science (2016–2022)

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Microsoft & Google Faculty Fellow

Honoring researchers likely to become thought leaders

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Brazilian Academies of Sciences & Forensic Sciences

Elected affiliate member of both academies

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Top 2% Scientists Worldwide

Stanford/PLOS and Research.com rankings

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IEEE Distinguished Lecturer (2026–2027)

IEEE Signal Processing Society

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IEEE Biometrics Council Distinguished Lecturer (2025–2027)

IEEE Biometrics Council

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Global footprint

Research without borders.

Visiting researcher at 16 institutions across 11 countries and territories — hover a country or a dot to explore.

Brazil — homeBelgiumSwitzerlandFranceIsraelItalyNetherlandsPeruTurkeyUnited States of America

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Flagship projects

Big questions, bold partners.

Horus

FAPESP · 2024–2029

AI techniques to detect and forestall synthetic realities — fighting deepfakes before they spread.

Viva Bem

Samsung · 2022–2028

An AI hub for health and wellbeing: wearables, biosignals, and proactive care.

Shell-ML / Orogene

Shell Brasil · 2019–2029

Machine learning to decode complex production data in Brazil's Pre-Salt fields.

H.IAAC

MCTI / Softex · 2020–2025

Hub for Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Architectures — manifold learning for human activity and behavior understanding.

DARPA Semafor & MediFor

DARPA, USA · 2016–2024

Media integrity analytics for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, with Purdue University.

Speaking & Advisory

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Anderson speaks worldwide on AI, synthetic realities and digital trust — for academia, industry and government, in four languages.

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