Clécio R. Bom
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Very Short version
Professor and Technology Researcher at Brazilian Center for Physics Research (CBPF, 2020)
Overview
- Professor at CBPF (2020–present).
- Assistant Professor at CEFET-RJ (2014–2020).
- Member of DeepSkiesLab (2017–present) deepskieslab.com
- Faculty at CBPF's graduate program in Applied Physics and Instrumentation (2018–present).
- Visiting Scholar at University of Chicago (2018).
- Visiting Researcher at Fermilab (2017–2018).
- PhD in Physics from CBPF (2017).
- Master in Physics from CBPF (2013).
- BSc in Physics from UFRJ (2011).
- Teaching degree from UCAM (2012).
Research Interests
- Deep Learning & Big Data
- LLMs/LRMs and foundational Models for Physics
- Observational Cosmology
- Multimessanger Astrophysics & Gravitational Waves
- Extragalactic Astrophysics
- Image Processing Applications
- Strong Lensing
- Oil & Gas Industry Deep Learning Applications
- Quantum Machine Learning
Honors
- Jacob Pallis Award by the Fulbright Commission (USA) and Brazilian Academy of Sciences (2025)
- Coordinator of Vera Rubin LLMS and Foundational Models taskforce (2025)
- Coordinator of Vera Rubin SLSC Strong Lensing Data Challenge (2024-2025)
- Researcher Prize from Brazil Conference at Havard and MIT (2024)
- Affiliated Member of Brazilian Academy of Sciences (2024)
- Appointed spokesperson Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey (2023)
- Appointed Builder (founder) status of DECam Local Exploration Survey (2023)
- Nominated to BRICS Young Scientist Forum by the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (2022)
- Brazilian Productivity grant (CNPq, 2022)
- Early Career Productivity Grant from Rio de Janeiro Science Foundation - (FAPERJ 2022)
- Early Career Scientist Grant (Apoio Cientista Fluminense Grant FAPERJ - 2022)
- Awarded by the Brazilian National Fund for Science and Technology Development (2022)
- 2022 Innovator Prize from Petrobras
- Invited talk at Frontiers of Science by the UK Royal Astronomical Society / FAPESP (2020)
- First Place in the II Strong Gravitational Lensing Finding Challenge (2020)
- Mentor in the awarded HackCovid19 project, sponsored by NVIDIA
- Appointed Visiting Scholar at University of Chicago (Feb–Apr 2018)
- High academic performance Scholarship FAPERJ - Nota 10 (2012)
- Honor Mention at Brazilian National Meeting of Physics Graduate Students (2011)
- Winning contribution at XVII CBPF Undergrad Workshop (2010)
Thesis
PhD Thesis (English)
Title: Probing Cosmology with Strong Lensing: from image processing to cosmological constraints.
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Master Thesis (Portuguese)
Title: Histórias consistentes em modelos de Cosmologia Quântica.
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