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Edge
Created in 2015, at the Computing Institute of the Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL), EDGE currently has more than 300 high-performance professionals, ready to meet the main needs of our partners for the technological development of industry 4.0 in the country, working in the Oil and Gas, Automotive, Logistics, Health, Agricultural, Information and Communication, Construction, Telecommunications, Transformation segments, among others.
Since 2020, we have been accredited as an Embrapii Unit, which confirms our skills, from a scientific and technological point of view, to work on Innovation projects for the industrial sector. In 2024, we were classified as Diamond Category, within the Institution’s operational maturity parameters.
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Areas of expertise
About us
Created in 2015, at the Computing Institute of the Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL), Edge has become a national reference in research and development projects, delivering results and driving people and companies towards innovation.
Spread across 7 laboratories, we have over 250 high-performance professionals, ready to meet the main needs of our partners, contributing to the country’s technological development.
Since 2020, Edge has been accredited as an Embrapii Unit, which confirms its competencies from a scientific and technological point of view to work on innovation projects for the industrial sector.
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Industrial automation
Edge has in its portfolio applications of software technologies, hardware and equipment that support the production processes of companies from the most varied segments, within this line increasingly linked to industry 4.0, encompassing cyber-physical systems, IoT and computing in cloud.
Embedded systems
Another area of Edge’s activity is focused on the development of devices with high capacity for processing and processing data allocated to another device or product, with the aim of performing a specific function within an application.
Artificial intelligence
Edge is strongly involved in artificial intelligence projects and applications with computer vision, natural language processing and other techniques/technologies, offering partners the possibility of enhancing results, increasing productivity and saving time.