Welcome!
My name is Daniel and I am a computer scientist who works as an assistant professor at Loyola University Chicago, USA.
I investigate the application of techniques from the fields of Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Media Forensics, and Biometrics to make our society better.
Here is my CV.
I am honored to be among the recipients of the 2026 Vincent J. Duminuco, S.J. Award for Assessment Leadership, offered by Loyola University Chicago in recognition of outstanding service in assessing and fostering Computer Science students’ learning. I am grateful to share this distinction with Prof. Karima Ennaoui for our collaborative work.
Interests
- Computer Vision
- Machine Learning
- Media Forensics
- Biometrics
Education
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PhD in Computer Science, 2016
University of Campinas, Brazil
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MSc in Computer Science, 2008
Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
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BSc in Computer Science, 2006
Federal University of Pará, Brazil
Publications
Projects
Assessment of scientific research integrity through the detection of image tampering in scientific papers.
Career
Assistant Professor
Member of the Department of Computer Science at the College of Arts & Sciences.
Assistant Research Professor
Member of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) and of the Center for Research Computing (CRC).
Research Scholar
Postdoctoral researcher at the Computer Vision Research Lab (CVRL).
Research Fellow
PhD student at the Reasoning for Complex Data (RECOD) Lab.
Systems Analyst
Full-stack lead developer.
Instructor of the Systems and Database Programming 40h module within the Corporate Databases Graduate Program.
Systems Analyst
Back-end programmer.
Research Fellow
MSc student at the Centro de Informática (CIn).
Service
General Chair
- 11th ACM Workshop on Information Hiding and Multimedia Security (IH&MMSec), 2023.
Competition Chair
- IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB), 2026.
- Recod.ai/LUC - Scientific Image Forgery Detection, hosted at Kaggle, 2026.
Workshop Organizer
- Scientific Image Forensics Workshop (SCIFOR), IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2026.
Associate Editor
- IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (T-IFS) Journal, 2023 – present.
- Elsevier Pattern Recognition (PR) Journal, 2023 – present.
Guest Editor
- IEEE Security & Privacy Special Issue on Synthetic Realities and AI-generated Contents, 2024.
Reviewer
Journals
- IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (T-IFS) Journal.
- IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (T-PAMI) Journal
- IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society (TTS) Journal.
- IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC) Journal.
- Elsevier Pattern Recognition (PR) Journal.
- Elsevier Computer Vision and Image Understanding (CVIU) Journal.
- Elsevier Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation (JVCI).
- Springer Signal, Image, and Video Processing (SIVP) Journal.
Conferences
- ECVA ECCV Workshop on Foundation and Generative Models in Biometrics (FoundGen-Bio), 2026.
- AAAI International Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM), 2026.
- Springer European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), 2022.
- Springer European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECMLPKDD), Workshop of Deep Learning and Multimedia Forensics – Combating fake media and misinformation, 2023.
- CVPR Workshop on Foundation and Generative Models in Biometrics, 2026.
- CVPR Workshop on Media Forensics (WMF), 2024, 2020 – 2022.
- IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), 2022.
- IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2022, 2021.
- IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2021 – 2025.
- IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Systems (ICAS), 2021.
- IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB), 2025, 2023, 2022.
- IEEE International Workshop on Information Forensics and Security (WIFS), 2022, 2021.
- IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2023, 2020.
- IEEE WACV Workshop on Deepfakes and Presentation Attacks in Biometrics (DeepPAB), 2020.
- ACM Workshop on Information Hiding and Multimedia Security (IH&MMSec), 2024 – 2026.
- ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval, 2017.
- SBC International Conference on Graphics, Patterns, and Images (SIBGRAPI), 2023, 2022.
Grant Proposals
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Panel, 2025.
- Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center (CBCC) Seed Grant, Loyola University Chicago, 2026, 2025.
Program Committee
- IEEE SPS/Google International Symposium on Synthetic Media Attribution and Detection (ISSMAD), 2026.
Technical Committee
- IEEE Signal Processing Society Education Center Editorial Board, 2022 – 2023.
- IEEE Information Forensics and Security Technical Committee (IFS-TC), 2021 – 2023.
Thesis Committee
- João Bachiega Jr. Doctoral, University of Brasilia, defended March 2025.
- Rachel Gordon. Master’s, Loyola University Chicago, defended May 2024.
- Edoardo Cannas. Doctoral, Politecnico di Milano, defended April 2024.
- William Theisen. Doctoral, University of Notre Dame, defended April 2024.
- Pedro Valois. Master’s, University of Campinas, defended August 2022.
Proposal Reader
- Aliya Haas. Master’s, Loyola University Chicago, proposed February 2026.
- Jason Luce. Doctoral, Loyola University Chicago, proposed January 2026.
- Deeksha Arun. Doctoral, University of Notre Dame, proposed March 2025.
- Mahsa Mitcheff. Doctoral, University of Notre Dame, proposed November 2024.
- Gil de Carvalho. Master’s, University of Campinas, proposed July 2024.
- Edoardo Cannas. Doctoral, Politecnico di Milano, proposed November 2023.
- João Bachiega Jr. Doctoral, University of Brasilia, proposed November 2022.
- William Theisen. Doctoral, University of Notre Dame, proposed June 2022.
- Samuel Grieggs. Doctoral, University of Notre Dame, proposed May 2021.
- Thamiris Coelho. Master’s, University of Campinas, proposed December 2021.
- Pedro Valois. Master’s, University of Campinas, proposed August 2021.
Faculty Search Committee
- Algorithms Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Loyola University Chicago, 2024.
- Cybersecurity Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Loyola University Chicago, 2023.
Speaker
- Misuse of AI in Research: From Data Production to Manuscripts, Plenary talk hosted at the 9th World Conference on Research Integrity (WCRI), Vancouver, 2026. Information online.
- Towards Responsible AI: Challenges and Strategies, Panel hosted by the Office of Global and Community Engagement, Loyola University Chicago, 2025. Co-authored with Joseph Vukov, Florence Chee, and Brian Green. Available online.
- Semantic Forensics – Charting a Path Through a Generative Tomorrow, Panel hosted at the IEEE Conference on Cognitive and Computational Aspects of Situation Management (CogSIMA), 2025. Co-authored with Michael Kozak, Jill Crisman, and Vladimir Barash. Information online.
- GenAI in Higher Education: A Critical Approach, Workshop hosted by the Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy (FCIP), Loyola University Chicago, 2025. Co-authored with Guofang Wan, Theodore Barnes, Hong Ma, Jing Yang, and Eric Chan-Tin. Available online.
- Scientific Integrity Verification Through Image Forensics, IEEE SPS-IFS TC Webinar, 2023. Available online and on Youtube.
- Fighting Scientific Misconduct with Media Forensics, 12th Annual Symposium on Digital Ethics, Loyola University Chicago, 2023.
- Image Provenance Analysis for Disinformation Detection, Red Hat Research, 2022. Co-authored with Walter Scheirer. Available online.
- Human-machine Pairing to Improve Computer Vision, IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB) and IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2022. Co-authored with Adam Czajka, Kevin Bowyer, and Aidan Boyd. Available on Youtube.
Advisor
Graduate Students
- Alisa Samakhval. Master’s, Loyola University Chicago, 2027.
- João Cardenuto. Doctoral, co-advised with Anderson Rocha, University of Campinas, defended November 2024.
Undergraduate Students
- Lorena Saba. Carroll and Adelaide Johnson Scholarship, Loyola University Chicago, 2027-2028.
- Abigail Daman. Provost Fellowship, Loyola University Chicago, 2027.
- Naomi Gebremichael. Women in Science Enabling Research (WISER) Program, Loyola University Chicago, 2027.
- Rehonoma Jahin. Provost Fellowship, Loyola University Chicago, 2025.
- Matt Hyatt. Scientific Integrity project, Loyola University Chicago, 2023.
- Yvette Diaz. Scientific Integrity project, Loyola University Chicago, 2023.
- Muhammad Khan. Undergraduate Summer Research Experience (USRE) Program, Loyola University Chicago, 2023.
- Madison Pickett. Undergraduate Summer Research Experience (USRE) Program, Loyola University Chicago, 2023.
Awards
Vincent J. Duminuco, S.J. Award for Assessment Leadership
Outstanding service in assessing and fostering student learning. Shared with Prof. Karima Ennaoui for our collaborative work.
Teaching Award
Rising Star for the St. Ignatius Loyola Award for Excellence in Teaching.
See certificate
Honor Student
Honors graduating student in Computer Science, class of 2005.
Contact
- dmoreira1@luc.edu
- +1 (773) 508-3572
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1052 W Loyola Ave
Loyola University Chicago
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Computer Science
Doyle Center 310, Lake Shore Campus, Chicago, IL 60626