Prof. Dr. Ariel Soares Teles is currently an associate professor at the Federal Institute of Maranhão (IFMA/Campus Araioses), coordinator of the Laboratory of Innovation and Research in Informatics (LiPi/IFMA), coordinator of the Innovation Factory at IFMA/Campus Araioses, permanent professor in the Postgraduate Program in Biotechnology at UFDPar (PPGBiotec/UFDPar), associate researcher at the Laboratory of Intelligent Distributed Systems (LSDi/UFMA) and Neuro-innovation Technology & Brain Mapping Laboratory (NITLAB/UFDPar). His research is centered on leveraging technology to improve healthcare outcomes and address mental health challenges through cutting-edge digital solutions. Key areas of investigation include the integration of technology in healthcare delivery, in particular, on the following topics of health informatics: machine/deep learning, data analytics, natural language processing, computer vision, mobile/ubiquitous computing, and serious games.