Mário A. T. Figueiredo
Also known as Mario A. T. Figueiredo
Mário A. T. Figueiredo studies signal processing, machine learning and optimization. His research includes image restoration, segmentation and methods for inverse problems. Figueiredo earned an IST master’s degree in 1990 and a doctorate in 1994. His thesis addressed medical-image segmentation, image restoration and related applications. Figueiredo began his IST faculty career in 1994. He taught information theory, machine learning and image processing during that career. Figueiredo’s contributions include image restoration, segmentation, optimization for inverse problems, sparsity and machine learning. He also held the Feedzai machine-learning chair at the time of the interview.
- Now at
- Feedzai and Instituto Superior Técnico
- Works
- 382
- Citations
- 26,554
- h-index
- 59
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.
Timeline
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1990–1994
Training in image analysis
Figueiredo earned an IST master’s degree in 1990 and a doctorate in 1994. His thesis addressed medical-image segmentation, image restoration and related applications.
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1994
Starting an academic career
Figueiredo began his IST faculty career in 1994. He taught information theory, machine learning and image processing during that career.
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2024 interview
Optimization and learning research
Figueiredo’s contributions include image restoration, segmentation, optimization for inverse problems, sparsity and machine learning. He also held the Feedzai machine-learning chair at the time of the interview.
Sources and credits
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