Research Group

Agentic Complex Systems

We study emergent phenomena and capabilities within and across generative systems trained for natural language communication.

The emergence of minds from societies of mindless components.

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Current Projects

AI-Assisted Systematic Reviews of Medical Literature

We develop multi-agentic systems to support Evidence-Based Medicine.

AI Safety and Alignment Auditing

We develop methods to evaluate robustness, harmful prompt detection, and alignment dynamics in large language models.

Collective Intelligence in Multi-Agent Systems

We analyze coordination, cooperation, and emergent behavior in interacting agents at scales beyond individual human oversight.

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Medium

  • April 2026. Luiz Felipe Guain Teixeira. Large Language Models for Systematic Reviews: What Multi-Agent Approaches Can Teach Us. Medium
  • March 2026. Eduardo Amorim. Robustness of Language Models against Harmful Prompts in an Underrepresented Language. Medium
  • March 2026. Felippe Alves. Emergent Misalignment: sneaky general misbehavior from a few specific bad examples. Medium
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Publications

  • 2026. E. A. Amorim, C. Zanchettin. Robustness of Language Models against Portuguese Harmful Prompts.
  • 2025. D. B. Costa, F. Alves, R. Vicente. Moral Susceptibility and Robustness under Persona Role-Play in Large Language Models. arXiv:2511.08565.
  • 2025. D. B. Costa, R. Vicente. Deceive, Detect, and Disclose: Large Language Models Play Mini-Mafia. arXiv:2509.23023.
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Journal Club

Every week, we choose one paper as a pretext for discussion and idea generation.

See here the topics we have discussed.

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Our Team

Postdocs

Postdoc photo Dr. Davi Bastos CostaPostdoctoral Researcher
Postdoc photo Dr. Felipe PereiraPostdoctoral Researcher
Postdoc photo Dr. Luiz F. Guain TeixieraPostdoctoral Researcher

PhD Students

PhD student photo Felipe RubimPhD Student
PhD student photo Estevão VieiraPhD Student

Master Students

Master student photo Gabriel CostaMaster Student
Master student photo Sergio BoniniMaster Student
Master student photo Lucas PortaMaster Student
Master student photo Gustavo MezzovillaMaster Student
Master student photo Leonardo ValadaoMaster Student
Master student photo Giovanni DalviMaster Student
Master student photo Carlo LemosMaster Student

Undergrad Students

Undergrad student photo Thais MartinsUndergraduate Student
Undergrad student photo Thainara AssisUndergraduate Student
Undergrad student photo Gustavo BernardoUndergraduate Student
Undergrad student photo Gabriel MattosUndergraduate Student
Undergrad student photo Vinicius GuimarãesUndergraduate Student
Undergrad student photo Marina ReuterUndergraduate Student
Undergrad student photo Inácio CapituleioUndergraduate Student
Undergrad student photo Henrique TavaresUndergraduate Student

Associated Researchers

Associated researcher photo Prof. Rodrigo VeigaUniversity of Nottingham
Associated researcher photo Felipe PoloUniversity of Michigan
Associated researcher photo Prof. Luiz MormilleUniversity of Soka
Associated researcher photo Eduardo AmorimTELUS Digital
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Support

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Contact Us

TELUS Digital Research Hub
Center for Artifical Intelligence and Machine Learning (CIAAM-USP)
rvicente@usp.br