Departamento de Ciência da Computação - UFMG

What Departamento de Ciência da Computação - UFMG does

DCC/UFMG is the Department of Computer Science at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), a public Brazilian federal university located in Belo Horizonte. Founded in 1976 and approaching its 50th anniversary in 2026, DCC/UFMG is one of Brazil's two flagship public CS departments and serves undergraduate, master's and doctoral students alongside a research faculty of approximately 95 CNPq-credentialed researchers and a staff of roughly 111 total. The operating model is non-commercial: the department is funded through federal allocations to UFMG, research grants from CNPq, CAPES and FAPEMIG, EMBRAPII-co-financed industry contracts, and modest extension-course revenue, with no tuition charged to students. Its "products" are not commercial goods but research outputs, trained graduates, and translational platforms; notable technology and platform components include the CIIA-Health medical-AI innovation center (built with Unimed-BH, Kunumi, Intel and Facens), the EMBRAPII Innovation Pole in Artificial Intelligence, Mobility and Cybersecurity, the newly approved INCT TILD-IAR (Trustworthy AI and Responsible Innovation) and INCT-IACiber (AI and Cybersecurity), and the u32BR BlueMacaw hardware-software prototype of a Brazilian microcontroller.

Core research areas are artificial intelligence (including trustworthy and applied/medical AI), cybersecurity, computer networks, and nanocomputing. Business-model mechanics center on three pillars: (1) a public-services academic mandate delivering degree programs at no tuition; (2) competitive federal/state research grants (INCT designations, CNPq/CAPES/FAPEMIG) that fund faculty and labs; and (3) EMBRAPII-mediated industry R&D contracts where firms co-finance applied projects routed through the department's Innovation Pole. Named customers/clients are primarily Brazilian industry partners (Unimed-BH, Kunumi, Intel, Facens, Huawei) and federal agencies (CAPES, CNPq, RNP), plus occasional international mission collaboration (NASA). Significant recent commercial-style signals include multiple international best-paper awards, the ACM IMC Test of Time Award in 2025, alumni-founded AI companies (Kunumi), and ongoing expansion of the EMBRAPII pole and INCT portfolio.

Name

Departamento de Ciência da Computação - UFMG

Legal name

Departamento de Ciência da Computação - UFMG

Website

https://dcc.ufmg.br

Company type

Public

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

DCC/UFMG is the public computer science department of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It trains undergraduate and graduate students, runs federally funded research in AI, cybersecurity, networks and nanocomputing, and operates EMBRAPII and CIIA-Health industry partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Belo Horizonte

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Public Higher Education (Government Funded): Federal public university with no tuition charges for undergraduate, master's, and doctorate programs. Funded by government budget allocations from MEC and research agencies.
2. Research Grants and Projects: Funding from CNPq, CAPES, FAPEMIG, and other agencies for research projects, INCTs (National Institutes of Science and Technology), and EMBRAPII unit operations.
3. Professional/Extension Courses: Paid professional training courses for companies and the community, offered through the extension programs. Courses like 'Programação 101' are offered free of charge.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

DCC/UFMG is a public academic department of the Federal University of Minas Gerais offering free undergraduate and graduate degree programs in computer science, information systems, data science, computer engineering, and computational mathematics. It conducts advanced research through National Institutes of Science and Technology (INCTs) in AI, cybersecurity, computational linguistics, and quantum/nanotechnologies, partners with industry via its EMBRAPII unit and the CIIA-Health AI-in-healthcare innovation center, and delivers paid corporate training and extension courses.

Product overview

DCC/UFMG is an academic department offering undergraduate and graduate education in computer science, operating multiple specialized research centers (CIIA-Health for AI in healthcare, INCT-IACiber for AI and cybersecurity, INCT TILD-IAR for responsible AI and computational linguistics, INCT IQNano for quantum and nano technologies), technology innovation units (EMBRAPII), and extension projects (Computer Network Insight, Synergia digital solutions center, Verlab robotics lab). The department functions as a research and education institution rather than a commercial product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PPGCC: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Computação - Graduate program in Computer Science
• Laboratório NanoComp
• Laboratório de Compiladores
• Laboratório PATREO
• Laboratório TREX
• CIIA-Health
• Unidade EMBRAPII DCC/UFMG
• Synergia

Products and services

• Bachelor's Degree Programs in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Computer Engineering, and Computational Mathematics

Quantifiable outcome

• 95 researchers with CNPq productivity grants in CIIA-Health center, 19 among top researchers in Brazil
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• DCC Week Sponsors (BigData, Cadence, MOST, Hotmart, Vetta, Griaule, Levty)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2023Technology companies and organizations that sponsor the annual DCC Week event, connecting students with industry opportunities and supporting the department's bridge between academia and market.
• Unimed-BHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrivate healthcare company partner in CIIA-Health innovation center. Unimed-BH brings healthcare industry problems, data, and technological knowledge to the multidisciplinary AI research initiative. Part of the organizational arrangement that includes financing part of the project and contributing relevant industry insights.
• KunumicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnology company partner in CIIA-Health. Contributes technological expertise and financing to the AI for health research center. Active supporter of cybersecurity education initiatives including DCC Cyber Security Day events.
• IntelcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partner in CIIA-Health providing technological knowledge and computational expertise for AI research applications in healthcare. Intel brings hardware and software infrastructure knowledge to support the research center.
• FacenscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducation and technology partner in CIIA-Health contributing to the institutional arrangement of the research center. Facens brings educational and research collaboration to the multidisciplinary initiative.
• EMBRAPII (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa e Inovação Industrial)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDCC hosts an EMBRAPII unit that promotes research and innovation projects with industry. The unit connects academic research capabilities with industrial needs, offering R&D services and technology development partnerships with companies.
• RNP (Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDCC hosts PoP-MG (Ponto de Presença da RNP em Minas Gerais), the regional node of Brazil's National Research and Educational Network. Provides network infrastructure and services to academic and research institutions in Minas Gerais.
• Redecomep.bhminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMetropolitan network exchange point in Belo Horizonte. DCC participates in this initiative for internet traffic exchange and network optimization among academic and research institutions.
• Huawei ICT AcademyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDCC has partnered with Huawei ICT Academy to provide free technology courses to UFMG students. The partnership enables students to access Huawei's course offerings in areas like ICT and digital technologies.
• University of Waikato (New Zealand)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational research collaboration in Internet security. Professor Marinho Barcellos, researcher at University of Waikato, participates in international collaboration projects (Conhecimento Brasil) and INCT IACiber activities at DCC.
• NASAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNASA researcher participation in DCC Week 2026 event, bringing international perspectives on science and innovation to the department's annual event.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• CPqD: Brazilian ICT R&D center historically linked to Telebras — operated as a private non-profit with deep industry R&D partnerships. Comparable as a Brazilian R&D organization with EMBRAPII-style industry contracts.
• COPPE/UFRJ: Alberto Luiz Coimbra Institute for Graduate Studies at UFRJ — Brazil's largest federal graduate engineering/CS research complex with substantial industry engagement and EMBRAPII presence, broader in scope than DCC.
• Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica (LNCC): Brazilian national supercomputing and computational science laboratory under MCTI — comparable as a federally-funded research organization operating high-performance computing and AI research for Brazil.

Others

• Embrapa Informática Agropecuária: Federal agricultural IT research unit under Embrapa — analogous Brazilian federal-research model combining scientific R&D, industry partnerships, and graduate training, with similar funding/governance dynamics.

Direct peers

• Instituto de Matemática e Estatística da USP (IME-USP): Computer Science and Mathematics department at the University of São Paulo — Brazil's largest and consistently top-ranked CS program. Direct comparator in undergraduate/graduate CS training, INCT hosting, and EMBRAPII activity.
• Departamento de Informática da PUC-Rio: CS department at PUC-Rio — Brazilian private university with strong CS graduate program and industry partnerships; comparable in graduate training and applied research scope.
• Instituto de Informática da UFRGS (II-UFRGS): Computer Science institute at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul — another major federally-funded Brazilian CS department with PPGCC graduate program and AI/systems research comparable to DCC.
• Instituto de Computação da Unicamp (IC-Unicamp): CS institute at the State University of Campinas, a leading Brazilian CS graduate program with strong AI and systems research. Closely comparable in graduate program ranking, INCT participation, and industry engagement.
• Centro de Informática da UFPE (CIn-UFPE): Computer Science center at the Federal University of Pernambuco — a top-3 Brazilian CS program with strong AI/software engineering research. Comparable federally-funded Brazilian CS department with EMBRAPII presence.
• Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA): Brazilian federal technological institute with strong engineering/CS programs and aerospace/national-tech projects (analogous to DCC's national microcontroller and autonomous drone activities).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Subsidiaries8 records

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