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EXPOFOREST WITH THEM: EMBRAPA WILL HAVE WOMAN IN HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION

Researcher Silvia Massruhá will be the next president of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation. According to the Brazilian Communication Agency (EBC), the Minister of Agriculture, Carlos Fávaro, said in a personal Instagram account that he will make the nomination. It will be the first time that a woman occupies the position.

According to Fávaro, Silvia “fulfills all the requirements” to assume the position. Born in Passos (MG), she has been at Embrapa since 1989. She holds a degree in Systems Analysis from the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, a master’s degree in automation from the Faculty of Electrical and Computing Engineering at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), and holds a PhD in Applied Computing from the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe).

Silvia has been ahead of Embrapa Agricultura Digital since September 2021. She leads projects in the area of ​​software engineering, artificial intelligence and scientific computing applied to agriculture. According to data published on the Embrapa website, the sector it directs is responsible for approximately 100 technical-scientific publications and 25 software on the themes of abductive logic, fuzzy logic, machine learning techniques, data mining and texts focused on animal handling and diagnosis of plant diseases.

Photo: Magda Cruciol/Embrapa

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