Felipe Sonntag Manzoni

About Me

Felipe Sonntag Manzoni is a PhD. Candidate and a Subtstitute Teacher at the Instituto de Computação at the Universidade Federal do Amazonas (IComp/UFAM). He earned his Master in Computer Science from UFAM in 2021 and his current research interests include Software Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, Machine Learning, Artificial Inteligence, and Language Models, focusing on the adoption of ML/IA/LLM practices and models in the SE area as well as focusing on the adoption and implementation of SE practices on the ML/IA/LLM system development and projects. Also, Manzoni has a strong background on software evaluation processes and comparison studies for SE fields as well as being interested in Games development and evaluation through Playability and Game Experience fields. On the bussiness side, Manzoni is currently a Senior Quality Analyst and have developed activities in multiple architectures and scenarios as VR/AR, mobile devices, financial scopes and Windows applications (as UWP). Moreover, Manzoni is currently the Managing Partner of the _Manzoni's Franquias_ company, having the _Mestre da Obra Boa Vista_ unit under it's administration.

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Background

Academic

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Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science - UFAM</br> Software Engineering & Artificial Inteligence</br> </br> Master in Computer Science - UFAM</br> Software Engineering & Human-Computer Interaction</br> </br> Bachelor Degree in Computer Science - UFAM</br>

Bachelor degree in Computer Science in 2018, Master in Computer Science with focus in SE and HCI applied to games evaluations. Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science with focus on the field of SE for AI/ML.

Work

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Senior Software Quality Analyst</br> Multiple Companies

• Develop activities and be responsible for the overall quality and testing efforts of all the software deliverables inside the allocated project. Having the main activities as described:
  • Automated Test Development;
  • Test Management;
  • Software Development Process Engineering;
  • Software Quality Evaluation and CI/CD Quality
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  Substitute Teacher</br> Instituto de Computação - Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM)

  
  • Teaching subjects in Computer Science, Software Engineering, and Computer Engineering:
    • (Teacher) Numerical Analysis;
    • (Teacher) Verification, Validation and Testing;
    • (Monitor) Practice in Software Engineering
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    Managing Partner</br> Manzoni's Franquias - Mestre da Obra BV

    
    • Managing partner inside the Manzoni's Franquias company that contains the holding for the franchised unit of Mestre da Obra in Boa Vista / RR.
      • Unit administration;
      • Management decisions and budgeting;
      • Unit processes, improvements and strategy;
      • Management of unit employees;
      </ul> --- ## Research and Development Interests
      • Software Engineering, Software Development Process, Agile Development;
      • Software Quality, Testing, Test Automation;
      • Artificial Inteligence, Machine Learning, Language Models;
      • Data Management, Data Engineering, Data Mining;
      --- ## Selected Publications ### Conference Papers
      • Felipe S. Manzoni, Tayana Uchôa Conte, Milene Silveira, Simone Barbosa. </br> Straight to the Point - Evaluating What Matters for You: A Comparative Study on Playability Heuristic Sets. Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems. 2020, Prague/Czech Republic, v. 2. p. 499-510.
      • Felipe S. Manzoni, Bruna Moraes Ferreira, Tayana Uchôa Conte. </br> NExPlay - Playability Assessment for Non-experts Evaluators. Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, 2018, Funchal/Portugal, v. 2. p. 451-462.
      • Felipe S. Manzoni, Rávella Rodrigues, Ana Carolina Oran Rocha. </br> Exploring the Use of ChatGPT for the Generation of User Story Based Test Cases: An Experimental Study. Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, 2025, Porto/Portugual, v. 2. p. 292-299.
      ### Under Development
      • Felipe S. Manzoni, Ana Carolina Oran, Leonardo Carneiro Marques. </br> Let's Talk About Quality: a decade of gathered AI/ML project development knowledge.
      • Felipe S. Manzoni, Camilla Rosas Gomes, Rayssa Campos dos Reis, Ana Carolina Oran, Leonardo Carneiro Marques. </br> Structuring a Development Process for AI/ML Projects: a look into industry driven issues.
      --- ## Certifications and Other refs I am currently:
      • An accredited MPS.Br Software Implementer
      • Certified on CTFL Foundation level
      • Certified on ARMv8-A TrustZone Technical Training Course
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      Contacts

      • fsm2@icomp.ufam.edu.br
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        Office Address
        Instituto de Computação - Setor Norte - Campus UFAM
        Av. Gal. Rodrigo Octávio, 3000 - Japiim, Manaus, AM, Brazil

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