Alan Livio Vasconcelos Guedes

Alan Livio Vasconcelos Guedes

Lecturer, University of Reading

About me

I am a Lecturer at the University of Reading working on leveraging machine learning to optimise both traditional and immersive media technologies. Previously, I was a postdoc at UCL and did PhD at PUC-Rio. I have experience acting as a team leader or PI in multiple funded research projects (e.g., immersive media, video analysis and interactive TV) and contributed to research communities (ACM SIGMM, SBC WebMedia) and standard committees (ITU-T SG16, Brazilian TV Forum).

Interests
  • Multimedia Systems
  • Computer Vision
  • Generative AI

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
University of Reading
Lecturer Researcher
University of Reading
March 2024 – Present Reading, UK
  • Contribute to Departament Teaching and Research
  • Supervised undergrad and postgraduate students.
 
 
 
 
 
UCL
Postdoc Researcher
UCL
April 2021 – March 2024 Reading, UK
  • Contribute to ACM SIGMM committees and workshop organiser;
  • Co-supervised undergrad and M.Sc. students.
  • SpheryStream project funded by EPSRC to Improve 360-video streaming with profile-based methods
 
 
 
 
 
PUC-Rio
Postdoc Researcher
PUC-Rio
October 2016 – January 2021 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Co-supervised undergrad and M.Sc. students.
  • VideoMR project, funded by Microsoft & RNP to detect inappropriate content in video scenes;
  • AML (Anti-Money Laundry) project, funded by BTG Bank, to detect financial transaction risk and anomaly detection.
  • GT-RAP project, funded by RNP, to develop a blockchain-based system for academic certificates.
  • SBTVD Conformance Test Suite for Ginga D profile, funded by the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology, to be used by TV manufacturers
 
 
 
 
 
PUC-Rio, LAVID Lab
PhD Researcher
PUC-Rio, LAVID Lab
March 2013 – September 2017 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Thesis used in international standards.
  • PUC-Rio Ginga implementation, funded by PUC-Rio Software Licenses, to be used by TV manufacturers;
  • SBTVD Conformance Test Suite for Ginga A/B/C profiles, funded by the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology, to be used by TV manufacturers.
 
 
 
 
 
Dynavideo
Research Engineer
Dynavideo
October 2012 – January 2013 João Pessoa, Brazil
  • Brasil4D project, funded by the World Bank, to transmit interactive TV content with social features to low-income families.
 
 
 
 
 
UFPB, LAVID Lab
M.Sc. Researcher
UFPB, LAVID Lab
October 2010 – September 2012 João Pessoa, Brazil
  • GingaStore, funded by RNP, to design a broadband system to deliver TV applications.
  • Art TVDI, funded by RNP, to design agile methods for TV application development.

Contact

  • Pepper Lane, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6DH
  • Room 142, Polly Vacher