In this episode of the IEEE Signal Processing Society podcast, Dr. Rogério Augusto Bordini, a Post-doctoral Researcher and Science Journalist at the Artificial Intelligence Lab., Recod.ai, University of Campinas (Unicamp), interviews Dr. Anderson Rocha, Full Professor at the University of Campinas (Unicamp) specializing in Artificial Intelligence, Digital Forensics, and Reasoning for Complex Data. Their conversation explores how modern signal-processing techniques have been explored in various social sectors.

Dr. Anderson Rocha

Professor Anderson Rocha, Former Director of Unicamp's Institute of Computing and two-time Chair of the IEEE Information Forensics and Security Technical Committee, was named an IEEE Fellow in 2023, an IEEE SPS Distinguished Lecturer in 2025, and an IEEE Biometrics Council Distinguished Lecturer also in 2025. Closing a remarkable year, he was awarded the prestigious Zeferino Vaz Prize—Unicamp's highest recognition. Recognized as one of the world's top scientists by Stanford, PLOS ONE, and Research.com, he holds fellowships from Microsoft and Google and co-founded the Recod.ai AI Lab at Unicamp over 16 years ago.

In this episode, Dr. Rocha discusses applications of signal processing spanning digital forensics, wearable sensors, deepfake detection, and misinformation mitigation, while highlighting core algorithms, real-world healthcare applications, and emerging AI-driven forensic tools, and also provides insights into his research group's key differentiator—a humanistic, expert-in-the-loop approach to solution design.