Dr. Gomes received his Ph.D. in computer science from North Dakota State University, Fargo, with a focus on optimizing sliding window-based algorithms for deriving topological variables and verification using machine learning. His research interests pertain to analyzing and implementing deep learning algorithms to process big data in biomedical informatics and computer vision. A significant portion of this research employs high-throughput computing. Dr. Gomes enjoys teaching computer science courses and fostering the spirit of student-faculty collaborative research in his research lab and campus.