Marco Carvalho, Ph.D.

Marco M. Carvalho is the executive vice president and provost of Florida Institute of Technology, where he also serves as a professor in computer sciences.

He graduated in mechanical engineering from the Federal University of Brasilia, where he also completed his M.Sc. in mechanical engineering with specialization in dynamic systems. Dr. Carvalho also holds a M.Sc. in computer science from the University of West Florida and a Ph.D. in computer science from Tulane University, with specialization in machine learning and data mining.

Before joining Florida Tech in January 2012, Dr. Carvalho served as a research scientist at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, where he led research teams in areas including knowledge elicitation and modeling, distributed intelligent systems, tactical communication systems and human-automation teamwork for cyber operations and defense. During his tenure at IHMC, Dr. Carvalho also led research efforts sponsored by the Department of Energy and Department of Defense on the security of smart buildings and environmental sensor networks.

At Florida Tech, Dr. Carvalho serves as executive director of the L3Harris Institute for Assured Information, where he leads a number of research efforts on the interactions of humans and autonomous systems for critical missions and cyber operations. He also leads a number of federally funded efforts on cyber command and control and federated cybersecurity. He previously served as dean of the College of Engineering and Science.