CARLOS DIEGO C. P.Computer ScientistEntrepreneurProfessor
Carlos Diego
Cavalcanti Pereira
Specialist in Software Engineering, Distributed Systems, Cloud Computing, Data and Artificial Intelligence. Master and Doctor in Computer Science. Professor and Entrepreneur.
About
Founder and Chief Executive & Technology Officer at Valcann, university professor at CESAR School, Visiting Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Amazon Web Services Ambassador in Latin America. More than two decades devoted to computing, whether in the classroom or in the market, always at the frontier between the generation of knowledge and its practical application.
Disciplines
Two territories, one method
Content, reflection and research organized in two complementary fronts — the technical rigor of computing and the rigor of thought of the sciences.
Software Engineering, Cloud & AI
The Software Engineering topics shaping the future of computing: distributed systems, cloud computing, data and artificial intelligence.
Explore → SciencesMethod, evidence & development
A multidisciplinary space connecting science, entrepreneurship and human development — from the scientific method to critical thinking.
Explore →Brazil's first doctoral defense in Software Engineering
“I became interested in technology as a child, curious about a friend's computer. Since then, that curiosity has grown and borne real fruit: I founded Valcann, a cloud-computing company where I serve as CEO.”
In August 2023, Carlos Diego defended the thesis “Capacity Planning of Cloud Computing Workloads” — the first thesis of a Doctorate program in Software Engineering in Brazil. A milestone for CESAR School and for the field.
Research & Development
Areas of work
Research, development and technical advisory across four fronts of Computer Science.
Software Engineering
Software architecture, design patterns and development processes — from design to continuous evolution.
Distributed Systems
Production-ready systems, SaaS architecture, observability and reliability engineering.
Cloud Computing
Cloud-native applications and capacity planning of workloads.
Data & AI
Data strategy and architecture, governance and trustworthy artificial intelligence.
Research lines
Topics for undergraduate, master's and doctoral work, with objectives and references.
View lines → In progressOngoing research
Current projects on trustworthy AI, capacity planning and the economics of generative AI.
View research →Featured project
The Trilogy
One study · two essays
An academic study and two essays on education, learning and personal development — what truly shapes people: method, effort, family and the role of the school. In Portuguese, English and Spanish.
- 01Pedagogical systems and the limits of intervention at the level of method · research
- 02The Whales, the Messy Room, and the Education Everyone Wants to Reform · essay
- 03The Invisible Substrate of Success: merit, chance and accumulated factors · essay
Conviction
“We should be encouraged from an early age to embrace criticism and to change in the face of new evidence.”Carlos Diego C. P.
