Dr. Wellison Santos ☕️

Dr. Wellison Santos

(he/him)

Assistant Professor

UFRPE

Professional Summary

I am a Assistant Professor at the Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE) and a member of the SecLab. My research spans distributed systems, self-adaptive systems, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity, with a particular interest in microservices, cloud computing, and cyber threat intelligence. Previously, I was a researcher at CISSA, an EMBRAPII Competence Center for Cybersecurity at CESAR, where I worked on applied cybersecurity research.

Education

PhD in Computer Science

2020-03-01
2024-08-26

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

MSc in Computer Science

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

BSc in Computer Science

Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte

Interests

Cyber Threat Intelligence Artificial Intelligence Distributed Systems Cloud Computing

Experience

Assistant Professor

Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE)

Member of the SecLab, conducting research in distributed systems, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.

Researcher

CISSA/CESAR

Conducted applied research in cybersecurity at an EMBRAPII Competence Center.

Assistant Professor

Instituto Infnet

Taught DevOps and Linux system administration courses in postgraduate programs, covering software engineering and network engineering.

DevOps Engineer

SENAI Institute of Innovation for Information and Communication Technologies (ISI-TICs)

Worked on infrastructure automation and cloud computing.

Education

PhD in Computer Science

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Thesis on proactive adaptation of microservices-based applications.

MSc in Computer Science

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Thesis on machine-learning-based adaptation of microservices.

BSc in Computer Science

Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte

Summa Cum Laude (GPA: 9.2/10).
Research
(2025). How Much Does it Cost to Adapt a System?. 2025 IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Self-Organizing Systems Companion (ACSOS-C).
DOI
(2019). TrendsBot: Verificando a veracidade das mensagens do Telegram utilizando Data Stream. Anais Estendidos do XXXVII Simpósio Brasileiro de Redes de Computadores e Sistemas Distribuídos.