I am a physicist pursuing a Ph.D. in Astrophysics. Recently, I concluded my Master’s degree in Astrophysics at the Universidade de São Paulo. I have extensive experience with Computational Physics, trying to unravel challenges in Physics with the help of computational methods. My primary focus is to use and create machine learning methods to help understand black holes’ physics. Mainly, I develop deep learning methods to simulate an accretion disk around a black hole by solving general relativistic hydrodynamic equations.

“No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.”
– Taylor Swift

Research interests

• Develop machine learning methods with application in Astrophysics, focused on black holes’ physics.
• Use and build deep learning techniques to understand and solve complex spatiotemporal processes.
• Create a path with physics-informed neural networks to gain explainability.
• Explore new state-of-the-art techniques in the machine learning field and comprehend the possible application to my research interests.
• Investigate numerical simulations with their pros and cons as a data generator to teach deep learning models.

Outreach

I care a lot about outreach and the opportunity to teach and bring knowledge to society, especially future generations. I want to inspire people to pursue a career in Computational Physics, particularly in the AI field. With that goal in mind, I started to spread information about those topics on social networks. I became Verified on Twitter in 2021, and I use this opportunity to bring awareness about Physics and AI.

Some outreach projects I participated:

• A piece I wrote for one of the most influential newsletter in Brazil (Folha de São Paulo).
• I wrote about what happens if someone falls in a black hole for Pint Of Science.
• I was interviewed about Physics Nobel 2020 for Jornal O Povo (a very famous newsletter in Brazil).
• I was a guest to talk about Artificial Intelligence at Pint Of Science Event 2021.
• A lecture about Computer Vision.
• I was invited as a guest in Mettzer Podcast (and others podcasts, you can find all of them on Spotify by searching Roberta Duarte).

And more! You can find more on Google search.

Ciência Todo Dia

I’m a screenwriter on the Youtube channel Ciência Todo Dia – a Youtube channel with +2 million subscribers owned and hosted by Pedro Loos.

Awards

I won an award as Outstanding Poster at the Mediterranean Machine Learning Summer School.

The link for the presentation is here.

Who Am I

Contact

• Twitter: @import_robs
• Instagram: @import_robs
• Email: rhoduarte@gmail.com