Achievements, Honours and Recognitions
2021
- IET "Celebrating Impact" feature
- IET Mike Sargent Medal Finalist, results end of Oct.
- UK Inspiring Fifty 2021 Winner, AccelerateHer
- Engineer of the Year 2021, Engineering Talent Awards (Royal Academy of Engineering, McLaren Racing)
- Associate Professorship in Management Science, University of Quebec,
- Computer Weekly Most Influential Women in IT long list 2021
- Winner - Rooke Award of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- Winner - Engineering Heroes, Top 50 Women in Engineering, International Women in Engineering Day
- Data Leader of the Year Finalist, Women in IT Awards
- Twenty in Data Winner, Women in Data UK
- Grace Hopper Conference EMEA grant, Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
- Technology Ambassador, AllBright Club
- AI Professional of the Year Finalist, Computing Magazine
- Digital Star Winner, Lloyds Banking Group & Everywoman Awards
2020
- The Freedom of the City of London (Freeman), City of London
- Member of the Interplanetary Internet SIG, The Internet Society
- Commencement Speaker, Faculty of Engineering - UCL Graduates 2020
- International Engineer (IntPE), Washington Accord & UK Engineering Council
- European Engineer (EUR ING), Fédération Européenne d'Associations Nationales d'Ingénieurs
- Freeman, Worshipful Company of Engineers
- Most Influential Women in UK Tech list, ComputerWeekly
- Fellow, The Institute of Engineering and Technology
- Certified Professional Data Engineer, Google
- AI Principles Ethics Fellowship, Google
- Future Stars of Tech 2020: AI, Finalist (Top 5)
- Cognition X Rising Starts in AI, Finalist (Top 3)
- Woman of the Year, Finalist - Women in IT Excellence Awards
- Hero of the Year, Finalist -Women in IT Excellence Awards
- Rising Star of the Year, Finalist - Women in IT Excellence Awards
- Member of UCL CS Department Athena Swan Committee 2010-2020, Winner of Minerva Informatics Equality Award
2019
- Honorary Associate Professorship, University College London
- Chartered Engineer - UK Engineering Council
- Fellow, The Royal Society of Arts
- Cast member of the TV Series Documentary "Em Movimento" - Winner of "Grand Prize for Journalism" (BRA)
- Elected Member of the IET Technical Communities Network committee, IET Annual Elections 2019
2018
- Book Publishing, Data as Infrastructure for Smart Cities, the IET
- Women as Future Leaders Inspire Program, Class of 2018, McKinsey
- Winner of the Data Leader Award - MEDIA, MARKETING, INTERNET & LEARNING, Information Age
- Technology Innovation Award Finalist (Top 3), WISE Campaign
- Digital Leaders 100 list
- Young Digital Leader of the Year Finalist (Top 5), Digital Leaders
2017
- Winner of the WES Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards , WES Prize 2017, WES-IET
- Recipient of the Romberg Grant, Heidelberg Laureate Foundation
- Google Developer Challenge Scholarship, 2017
- NVIDIA Accelerated Computing Developer Program 2017
- Android Developer Scholar, Google
2016
- Rising Star Awards Finalist (Top 5), We are The City UK
- Honorary Research Associate, University College London
- 6 out of 200 Researchers, Heidelberg Laureate Forum - Germany
- Google Anita Borg Grant, Google
2015
- TEDx invited speaker, Smart Cities, TEDx Women
- Heidelberg Laureate Forum Scholarship, University College London
- ACM Conference Grant – Sweden
- Research Grant from ARUP to develop a Reference Architecture for the Internet of Things - UK
- Google Global Scholarship, USA
2014
- 100 Next Generation of Women Leaders, McKinsey (Selected from a pool of 4500 young professionals).
- Winner of the ACM Research Competition 2014 - USA
- Recipient of two ACM Conference Awards - USA
- Visiting Scholar Scholarship – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - USA
- Inspiration Awards for Women Finalist (Top 3) – Inspirational Student - UK
- Women in Engineering Society Scholarship - UK
- Conference Scholarship, Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI)
2013
- Intel Fellowship “Doctoral Student Honour Award”, Intel 2013
- Google Global Scholarship, Google 2013
- Architecture and Engineering Award Winner, British Federation of Women Graduates
- Doctoral Summer School Scholarship, SIEMENS
- Doctoral Summer School Scholarship, European Institute of Innovation & Technology
- Winner of the IBM Smart Cities Competition, IBM Laboratories, Hursley Park - UK
- Google Conference Travel Awards
2012
- Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship, Google 2012
- Doctoral Summer School Scholarship, European Institute of Innovation & Technology
- University Bursary, University College London
- Associate Fellow, The UK Higher Education Academy
- Professional Member, British Computer Society
2011
- PhD Computer Science Scholarship, Faculty of UCL Engineering – UK
- PhD Computer Science Scholarship, European and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) – UK
- Grant to pursue Certificate in Integrated Business Processes, Lancaster University & University Duisburg Essen
- PhD Computer Science Scholarship, Brazilian Government (CNPq) - Brazil
- Natcor Stochastic Modelling scholarship, EPSRC
2010
- Conference Award from Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
- Scholarship for the Pre-sessional Course “English for Academic Purposes” from Lancaster University - UK
- PhD Management Science Scholarship from Lancaster University, UK
- PhD Computer Science Scholarship from University of Birmingham, UK
- PhD Computer Science Scholarship, Centro Universitário Barão de Mauá - Brazil
- PhD Computer Science Scholarship from Brazilian Government (CAPES) - Brazil
2009
- Conference Travel Award, CAPES
- Visiting Professorship, MBA in Logistics Systems, University of Parana - Brazil
2008
- MPhil in Electrical Engineering Scholarship from Brazilian Government (CAPES) - Brazil
- Postgraduate Research Grant from Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), University of Sao Paulo - Brazil
- Conference Award, XI Brazilian Conference in Health Informatics
2007
- Valeditorian Student, Centro Universitário Barão de Mauá, Brazil
- Best Student in Computer Science (2007 class) - Brazilian Computer Society
- Gold Medal in robotics competition from Centro Universitário Barão de Mauá, Brazil
2006
- Scientific Initiation Program Scholarship from Centro Universitário Barão de Mauá, Brazil
- Conference Award, 8º Conference of Scientific Initiation and Research of the University of Ribeirão Preto
- Conference Award, VII Conference of Scientific Initiation of the Federal University of São Carlos
- Conference Award, 15th International Symposium of Scientific Initiation
2003
- BSc Computer Science Scholarship, Government of State of São Paulo – Brazil
A very special "Thank you" to all the organisations that supported my studies and my professional career, including:
