Hercules Antonio do Prado

Hércules Antonio do Prado is a researcher in Computer Science at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa Food Technology) and an assistant professor at the Catholic University of Brasília. He received his D.Sc. in Computer Science at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (2001) his M.Sc. in Systems Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1989). In 1999 he joined the Information Sciences Department of University of Pittsburgh as a Visitor Scholar, developing research for his doctoral program. He undergraduated in Computer Systems at the Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil (1976). His research interest includes data/text mining, neural networks, knowledge-based systems, and knowledge management.

Publications

Emerging Technologies of Text Mining: Techniques and Applications
Emerging Technologies of Text Mining: Techniques and Applications
Hercules Antonio do Prado, Edilson Ferneda. © 2008. 376 pages.
Massive amounts of textual data make up most organizations' stored information. Therefore, there is increasingly high demand for a comprehensive resource providing practical...