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Jeová Farias

Unsupervised Learning Discrete Optimization Image Segmentation Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Biomedical Image Analysis
Bowdoin College Computer Science

About

Dr. Jeová Farias is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Bowdoin College, specializing in Computer Vision and Machine Learning. His research primarily focuses on unsupervised learning problems, specifically utilizing discrete optimization, statistics, and deep learning to advance image segmentation and data clustering. He has a significant background in developing interpretable models and has applied his expertise to complex imaging challenges, including Biomedical imagery and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) for remote sensing. Dr. Farias earned his PhD from Brown University, an MSc from the Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, and his undergraduate degree from the Universidade Federal do Ceará. In the classroom, he bridges theory and practice through courses like Deep Learning for Computer Vision, where he guides students in using frameworks like PyTorch to solve real-world visual recognition problems.

Research Performance Summary

27
Total Papers
320
Total Citations
8
H-Index
2016-2025
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

SAR image segmentation with Renyi's entropy

Year: 2016

Citations: 42

Venue: IEEE Signal Processing Letters 23 (11)

Latest Recorded Paper

Appearance Estimation and Image Segmentation via Tensor Factorization

Year: 2025

Citations: 0

Venue: IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2025
5
2024
3
2023
4
2022
2
2021
2
2020
1
2019
2
2018
1
2017
5
2016
2

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 5
Journal 9
Book 0

Top Coauthors

JFSR Neto Neto

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 5
Citations 1
Avg. Citations / Paper 0.2
H-Index 1

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 12
Citations 47
Avg. Citations / Paper 3.9
H-Index 4

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 10
Citations 272
Avg. Citations / Paper 27.2
H-Index 6

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

j.farias@bowdoin.edu

Detected Research Keywords

Sar Image Segmentation Neural Networks Fast Level Set Formulation Parameter Optimization Multiscale Improving Log Cumulant Log Cumulant Estimation Information Sar Imagery Spectral Image Segmentation Estimation Sar Images Image Segmentation Tensor