Valfride Nascimento

I am a PhD candidate in Computer Science at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), where I work on computer vision, image super-resolution, and visual recognition. My research investigates how recognition systems can remain useful when image quality is limited by distance, motion, compression, weather, acquisition hardware, or other real-world conditions. I develop super-resolution models, task-aware objectives, datasets, and evaluation protocols that connect image restoration with downstream recognition, particularly for automatic license plate recognition and intelligent transportation systems. I am also interested in reproducible research through public benchmarks, transparent evaluation, and open-source implementations.

Computer VisionImage Super-ResolutionVisual RecognitionPattern RecognitionMachine LearningIntelligent Transportation
Valfride Nascimento
Valfride W. NascimentoDepartment of Computer Science · UFPR

First-author research

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2025JBCS

Featured work

Toward Advancing License Plate Super-Resolution in Real-World Scenarios: A Dataset and Benchmark

Valfride Nascimento, Gabriel E. Lima, Rafael O. Ribeiro, William Robson Schwartz, Rayson Laroca, David Menotti

Introduces UFPR-SR-Plates, a benchmark with 10,000 real-world tracks and 100,000 paired low- and high-resolution license plate images.

2024SIBGRAPI

Enhancing License Plate Super-Resolution: A Layout-Aware and Character-Driven Approach

Valfride Nascimento, Rayson Laroca, Rafael O. Ribeiro, William Robson Schwartz, David Menotti

Presents layout- and character-aware learning strategies for reconstructing license plates while preserving recognition-relevant information.

2023C&G

Super-Resolution of License Plate Images Using Attention Modules and Sub-Pixel Convolution Layers

Valfride Nascimento, Rayson Laroca, Jorge de A. Lambert, William Robson Schwartz, David Menotti

Combines attention and sub-pixel operations with an OCR-informed objective for heavily degraded license plate images.

2022SIBGRAPI

Combining Attention Module and Pixel Shuffle for License Plate Super-Resolution

Valfride Nascimento, Rayson Laroca, Jorge de A. Lambert, William Robson Schwartz, David Menotti

Studies attention-based single-image super-resolution under severe degradation and releases the RodoSol-LR-HR dataset.

Datasets, benchmarks, and code

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Dataset · Benchmark

UFPR-SR-Plates

Paired real-world license plate imagery for super-resolution, temporal analysis, and recognition research.

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Model · Source code

LCDNet / LPSR-LACD

Layout-aware and character-driven license plate super-resolution with OCR-guided learning.

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Dataset

RodoSol-LR-HR

Controlled low- and high-resolution image pairs for evaluating reconstruction across degradation levels.

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Research, collaboration, and reproducibility.

Email is the best way to reach me.

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