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Vinícius Moreira Nascimento

Researcher Engineer · AI & Cybersecurity

Researcher and Engineer at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity, with a strong interest in applying AI-driven solutions to enhance system security, threat detection, and cyber defense. My work combines machine learning, network security, and emerging technologies to develop intelligent, reliable, and secure systems.

Research Interests

AI Security · Cyber Threat Intelligence · Mobile Network Security (5G/6G) · IoT/Edge and Smart Infrastructure Security · Anomaly Detection · Protection of large-scale distributed and autonomous systems.

Welcome to my digital workspace. Here you will find the projects, research, and experiences that have shaped my journey across Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Telecommunications, and Computer Engineering. Whether you are a recruiter, researcher, student, or simply curious about my work, I invite you to explore the portfolio and learn more about the ideas and technologies that inspire me.


Cybersecurity & Artificial Intelligence Intern Feb 2026 - Aug 2026
Orange Innovation
  • Developed a FastAPI-based system processing over 10,000 daily requests in the Cyber Threat Intelligence domain, enabling dynamic filtering of WAF alerts using AI models.
  • Applied VAE + HDBSCAN with domain adaptation on honeypot-collected data to improve WAF alert prioritisation across Orange subsidiary environments.
AI SecurityCTIFastAPIVAEHDBSCANDomain AdaptationPython
Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare Intern Apr 2025 - Aug 2025
Centre François Baclesse
  • Developed unsupervised learning pipelines for stratification and prioritisation of over 600 oncology patients using PCA, UMAP, K-Means and DBSCAN on multidimensional clinical data.
  • Supported rapid patient grouping during healthcare crisis scenarios.
Healthcare AIPCAUMAPK-MeansDBSCANPythonData Analysis
First Lieutenant - Signals Branch Feb 2018 - Jun 2024
Brazilian Army
  • Managed monitoring and network infrastructure with over 10,000 assets using Zabbix, Grafana and Python, aligned with ITIL and COBIT practices.
  • Led a 10-person team responsible for network monitoring across all 12 Brazilian Army regions, operational support and IT procurement exceeding R$ 1,000,000.
  • Commanded a Signals Platoon in the Amazon Forest (2019-2021), supporting tactical communications in remote environments.
Network SecurityZabbixGrafanaPythonLeadershipITILAdaptation

M.Sc. Computer Engineering Sep 2024 – Sep 2026
ENSICAEN
  • Specialisation in Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence. Double-degree programme with UnB (Brazil).
  • International academic merit scholarship — BRAFITEC programme (Brazil-France university exchange).
CybersecurityAIDouble DegreeBRAFITEC
B.Eng. Communications Network Engineering Aug 2017 – Dec 2026
Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
  • Pursued in parallel with military service as a Temporary Signals Officer and international exchange in France.
  • Teaching assistant for Transport Protocols and Routing, and Algorithms and Data Structures.
TelecommunicationsNetworkingCybersecurityTeaching Assistant



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Programming
PythonSQLBashC/C++TypeScriptJava
AI & Machine Learning
PyTorchTensorFlowscikit-learnHugging FaceLangChainRAGReinforcement Learning
Cybersecurity
Threat IntelligenceSIEMMITRE ATT&CKSplunkWiresharkBurp SuiteMetasploitNmap
Wireless & RF
CSI FingerprintingRF Fingerprinting802.11GNSSSignal ProcessingSDRGNU Radio
Data & MLOps
PandasMLflowWeights & BiasesSparkDatabricksSnowflake
Cloud & Infrastructure
AWSDockerKubernetesGrafanaZabbixGitCI/CD

2024
BRAFITEC International Scholarship
Brazil-France university exchange programme (CAPES/Campus France). Merit-based scholarship awarded for the double-degree M.Sc. at ENSICAEN, Caen, France.
2021
Medalha do Serviço Amazônico — Bronze Clasp
Brazilian Army. Awarded for two years of effective service in the Brazilian Legal Amazon region as a Communications Officer at the 23rd Jungle Signal Company, Marabá, Pará.
2018
Medalha-Prêmio Coronel Correia Lima
Brazilian Army. Awarded to the 1st-place graduate of the Reserve Officers Training Course, in recognition of academic excellence, leadership performance and exemplary conduct.

PLA Explorer
2026

Interactive research tool for exploring Physical-Layer Authentication using CSI fingerprinting and Siamese CNNs. Visualizes model performance, confusion matrices, and signal patterns.

CSI FingerprintSiamese CNNPyTorchReactVite AIAI SecurityCybersecurity interactive demo
Generative AI & Computer Vision — Bayeux Museum
2026

Industrial project with GREYC laboratory and the Bayeux Museum. Interactive solutions using generative AI and computer vision to promote the cultural heritage of the Bayeux Tapestry.

Generative AIComputer VisionSAMCLIPHugging Face AIOthers
Social Engineering Attack Demonstrator
2025

Educational demonstrator of a social engineering attack using a malicious PDF, a Discord-integrated chatbot, LLM APIs, and Metasploit — aimed at security awareness.

Social EngineeringLLMsMetasploitOffensive Security CybersecurityAI Security
IoT & Embedded Security — Smart Water Meter
2023

R&D project for a Smart Water Meter with 5G connectivity and secure authentication using X.509 certificates.

IoTEmbedded SecurityX.509PKI5G CybersecurityOthers
Corporate Network Simulation — GNS3
2023

Full corporate network simulation in GNS3 integrating Snort, Suricata, Wazuh, Zabbix, Kali Linux, and an OSPF backbone with VLAN segmentation.

GNS3SnortSuricataWazuhOSPFVLAN CybersecurityOthers