Wallace Lira
Coquitlam,BC
Summary
Accomplished Graphics Engineer with a strong track record at Huawei Canada, specializing in computer graphics, computer vision, and machine learning. Demonstrated expertise in research, evidenced by publications in top-tier venues. Proven ability to manage teams while driving advanced technical development to achieve project goals. Seeking to leverage skills in innovative projects that push the boundaries of technology.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Graphics Engineer
Huawei Canada
Burnaby, British Columbia
05.2023 - Current
- Working at Huawei Canada's Vancouver Graphics and Technology Lab.
- Responsible for researching, proposing, developing, and optimizing computer graphics systems, utilizing computer vision, and machine learning techniques.
- Focus on improving efficiency, scalability, and user experience in graphics applications.
Research Assistant
Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, Canada
01.2017 - 04.2023
- Worked as a Research Assistant, focusing on various lines of investigation, including part correspondence for 3D shapes, fabrication methods, CycleGAN-based image-to-image translation (closely related to modern Diffusion methods), and a novel single-view 3D reconstruction
- Additionally, conducted research on the extrapolation capabilities of generative adversarial networks and generated a dataset for autonomous driving
Teaching Assistant
Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, Canada
09.2017 - 12.2021
- Served as a Teaching Assistant for courses including Geometric Modelling, Introduction to Computer Graphics, and Introduction to Computing Science (Programming I and II)
- Responsibilities included creating content for and teaching interactive labs for programming tutorials, focusing on both deep learning and computer graphics
Software Engineer
Instituto Tecnológico Vale
Belém, Brazil
05.2013 - 07.2015
- I worked at the research institute of a major Brazilian mining company.
- Acquiring extensive knowledge in mining operations, with a focus on mineral extraction, transport, work safety, and sustainable development.
- Conducted several lines of investigation, including proposing railroad safety management reports that adhere to usability principles, developing an improved method for evaluating usability based on Cognitive Walkthrough, and creating software for evaluating a human-brain interface using EEG signals.
- Developed an interactive word cloud tool used in internal decision-making processes for Vale Mining Company.
- Additionally, I engaged in general software engineering and development to meet various stakeholder needs, such as tools for visualizing noise pollution and railroad incident reports, and implementing an OpenCV pipeline to identify plant species from their leaves.
- The focus of the work was on computer science, with an emphasis on computer vision, and usability research.
- I worked at the research institute of a major Brazilian mining company.
Team Manager
Universidade Federal do Pará
, Brazil
05.2007 - 12.2009
- Leading a software engineering team responsible for the development of a web news portal.
Education
Master of Science - MS - Computer Science
Universidade Federal do Pará
Brazil03.2013
Bachelor of Science - BS - Computer Science
Universidade Federal do Pará
Brazil12.2009
Doctor of Philosophy (Unfinished) - Computer Science
Simon Fraser University
CanadaSkills
- Research skills
- Computer Graphics
- Computer Vision
- Machine learning
- Usability
- Fabrication
- Optimization Algorithms
Select Publications
- Slice3D: Multi-Slice Occlusion-Revealing Single View 3D Reconstruction, Yizhi Wang, Wallace Lira, Wenqi Wang, Ali Mahdavi-Amiri, Hao Zhang,Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
- Raidar: A rich annotated image dataset of rainy street scenes, Jiongchao Jin, Arezou Fatemi, Wallace Lira, Fenggen Yu, Biao Leng, Rui Ma, Ali Mahdavi-Amiri, Hao Zhang, Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision, 2021
- GANHopper: Multi-Hop GAN for Unsupervised Image-to-Image Translation, Wallace Lira, Johannes Merz, Daniel Ritchie, Daniel Cohen-Or, Hao Zhang, European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), 2020
- Fabricable Eulerian Wires for 3D Shape Abstraction, Wallace Lira, Chi-Wing Fu, Hao Zhang, ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH ASIA 2018), 37, 6, 1-13
- Deformation-driven shape correspondence via shape recognition, Chenyang Zhu, Renjiao Yi, Wallace Lira, Ibraheem Alhashim, Kai Xu, Hao Zhang, ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH 2017), 36, 4, 1-12
- Wearable computing for railway environments: Proposal and evaluation of a safety solution, Bruno V Ferreira, Gerson Serejo, Mylena R Ferreira, Danilo F Ferreira, Leon Cardoso, Ewelton Yoshidome, Helder Arruda, Wallace Lira, Jair Ferreira Jr, Eduardo Carvalho, Gustavo Pessin, Cleidson de Souza, IET Intelligent transport systems, 11, 6, 2017
- VCloud: Adding Interactiveness to Word Clouds for Knowledge Exploration in Large Unstructured Texts, Wallace Lira, Fernando Gama, Hivana Barbosa, Ronnie Alves, Cleidson de Souza, Proceedings of the 31st Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, 2016
- Anticipatory EEG Signals for Detecting and Classifying Game Interaction Onset, Alexandre Gomes, Fredson Santos, Wallace Lira, Bruno Gomes, Schubert R Carvalho, XVII Symposium on Virtual and Augmented Reality (SVR), 31-32, 2015
- Experimenting on the cognitive walkthrough with users, Wallace Lira, Renato Ferreira, Cleidson de Souza, Schubert Carvalho, 16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services - MobileHCI, Toronto, 2014
- A Visual-Analytics System for Railway Safety Management, Wallace Lira, Ronnie Alves, Jean Costa, Gustavo Pessin, Lilyan Galvao, Ana Cardoso, Cleidson de Souza, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 34, 52-57, 2014
Timeline
Graphics Engineer
Huawei Canada
05.2023 - Current
Teaching Assistant
Simon Fraser University
09.2017 - 12.2021
Research Assistant
Simon Fraser University
01.2017 - 04.2023
Software Engineer
Instituto Tecnológico Vale
05.2013 - 07.2015
Team Manager
Universidade Federal do Pará
05.2007 - 12.2009
Master of Science - MS - Computer Science
Universidade Federal do Pará
Bachelor of Science - BS - Computer Science
Universidade Federal do Pará
Doctor of Philosophy (Unfinished) - Computer Science
Simon Fraser University
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