Thesis and Dissertation Contest on Databases (CTDBD)

We are pleased to announce the works accepted for the second phase of the Thesis and Dissertation Contest on Databases – CTDBD of SBBD 2025. The works will be presented on the SBC channel (https://www.youtube.com/@sbcoficial/) on the dates and times defined below. Congratulations to the selected participants!

DOCTORATE

Online session: 08/12 (Tuesday), 6:00 PM

Committee: Karin Becker (UFRGS), Ricardo Ciferri (UFSCar), Sergio Lifschitz (PUC-Rio)
Link: To watch the Master’s dissertation presentations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOUjBmXQKgA

Title: A Comprehensive Exploitation of Instance Selection Methods for Automatic Text Classification — “Doing More with Less”
Author: Washington Cunha (DCC – UFMG)
Advisor: Marcos André Gonçalves (DCC – UFMG)
Co-advisor: Leonardo Chaves Dutra da Rocha (DCOMP – UFSJ)

Title: Provenance Data as First-Class Citizens for Workflow Analysis in Deep Learning
Author: Débora Pina (PESC/COPPE – UFRJ)
Advisor: Marta L. de Queirós Mattoso (PESC/COPPE – UFRJ)
Co-advisor: Daniel Cardoso Moraes de Oliveira (IC – UFF)

MASTER’S

Online session: 08/14 (Thursday), 6:00 PM

Committee: Ângelo Brayner (UFC), Fábio Porto (LNCC), Marco Antônio Casanova (PUC-Rio)
Link: To watch the PhD thesis presentations: https://www.youtube.com/live/i3yD9Jp9QFw

Title: CarboFarm: Data Integration and Knowledge Generation for Agricultural GHG Inventories
Author: Luiz Fernando Santos (DCC-UFJF)
Advisor: Regina Maria Maciel Braga (DCC-UFJF)
Co-advisor: José Maria N. David (DCC-UFJF)

Title: Combining Ontology and Deep Learning for Sensor Data Integration and Critical Event Prediction
Author: Jefferson do Nascimento Amará (DCC-UFJF)
Advisor: Victor Ströele de Andrade Menezes (DCC-UFJF)
Co-advisor: Regina Maria Maciel Braga (DCC-UFJF)

Title: BioF4C-Frame: A Framework for Feature Preparation and Selection applied to Ecological Data Classification
Author: Luma Rios Delponte (INE – UFSC)
Advisor: Carina F. Dorneles (INE – UFSC)
Co-advisor: Simone S. Werner (INE – UFSC)