Vidya and BRAVA Energia Present Paper at OTC Houston: A New Chapter in Corrosion and Integrity Management
This year, at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, a new benchmark was set for offshore asset maintenance and corrosion control. Vidya, in collaboration with BRAVA Energia, presented a technical paper exploring a game-changing approach to the industry’s enduring challenge: reducing the risk of corrosion while optimizing operational efficiency in brownfields. Titled "Digitalization of the Corrosion Identification Process Using Digital Technologies in Mature Fields", the paper was co-authored by teams from Vidya and BRAVA Energia, including: Lincon D’Aquila, Integrity and Maintenance Manager at Brava, Otavio Correa, Vidya’s CEO, Jorge Mariano, Vidya’s VP US, and André Andrade, Marketing [...]
AI, Computing, and What’s Next: What we learned at NVIDIA GTC 2025
Vidya Technology attended NVIDIA GTC 2025, widely known as the Super Bowl of AI, represented by Vinicius Bartolomeu, CPO at Vidya. This year’s event focused on the accelerated evolution of AI, with groundbreaking announcements that are redefining how we engage with the world. From scaling intelligent systems to increasing autonomy, integrating AI with the physical world, and exploring its convergence with quantum computing, GTC 2025 showcased a future that is already unfolding. These advancements are no longer just concepts—they are actively transforming industries, including the ones we work with at Vidya. Here are our key insights and takeaways from [...]
Spatial Computing 101: NeRFs vs. Gaussian Splatting
Navigating real-world environments virtually with the same level of precision, detail, and interactivity experienced in person. It may sound futuristic, but this is what Spatial Computing technologies offer—it leverages advanced algorithms to create 3D models of real-world environments, enabling users to interact with data in a more immersive way. And, despite its sci-fi definition, the potential applications are incredibly efficient, especially in industries like oil and gas, mining, refineries, and other large-process operations. Still, how can real-world scenarios be precisely recreated in a virtual setting? In most cases, when a reality-based 3D model is built, it doesn’t represent a 100% [...]
Top 5 Industry Tech Trends of 2025
2024 surely was a year to remember for technology, from AI being central to every industrial innovation, to advancements in renewable energy that accelerated the transition to a greener future. As we step into 2025, the question looms: which of these technologies—and others—will take the spotlight and shape the trajectory of our world? 1. Sci-fi robotics Remember those movies that pictured robots as an integral part of society? Well, 2025 might be the year that brings this to reality. Despite being a highly anticipated technology, recent advancements are making these innovations available to a wider range of consumers. [...]
How AI is Enhancing Wind Turbine Integrity
Wind turbines have become the symbol of clean energy production. As global priorities shift toward clean energy sources, the demand for wind power has rapidly increased in the last few years. Still, despite its ecological appeal, wind energy production faces limitations and challenges that require intricate processes and solutions, just like any other energy industry. Fortunately, technology advancements are helping the industry address these pressing issues and operate more sustainably and safely. In this manner, what defines those ‘’pressing issues’’ impacting wind energy operations? The Challenges of Wind Energy Operations As the demand for wind energy grows, so [...]
Natural Language Processing: How AI is learning to speak Human
In the past 2 years, many aspects of modern life have changed with the advent of Generative AI. What before could be interpreted as impossible, is now part of people’s daily routines worldwide. Chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot are enhancing the human ability to perform tasks, automating many of them and reducing the time required to perform complex activities. One of the most impressive capabilities of these chatbots is their ability to engage in human-like conversations. That means computers will mimic how humans talk, comprehending the meaning of words and sentences. And, based on their acquired knowledge, the model [...]
Industrial GenAI 101
Generative AI marks a groundbreaking milestone in the evolution of artificial intelligence, not just in its capabilities but in its reach and impact. While it may not be the single most important development in AI's history, it has certainly captured the public's attention like no other. Now, businesses of all sizes, across industries, can harness AI's power without needing a team of data scientists or advanced technical knowledge. According to Statista, the Generative AI market, which was just over $23 billion in 2022, surged to nearly $45 billion by the end of 2023. This rapid growth, averaging about $20 billion [...]
Awarded paper: A Digital Approach for Safety Control and Process Intervention
Classified by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as one of the riskiest industries, oil and gas operations face numerous challenges, including equipment failures, accidents, and safety hazards. Certainly, this sector is subjected to safety threats due to the complex processes and hazardous environments in which it operates. For this reason, high-complexity facilities such as oil and gas need to target safety and risk assessments as fundamental pieces of operational management. In this context, Vidya presented two technical articles regarding our deeptech solutions at ROGe 2024. The first presentation, which took place on September 23rd, discusses the Digital Process Safety application. [...]
AWS announces Generative AI acceleration with Vidya
It is an honor to share that Vidya was selected for the AWS Gen Ai Energy Lab. This Amazon program is an enterprise accelerator designed to spur co-innovation through partnerships and trials. Among over 800 applications, Vidya was selected for the Generative AI for Clean Energy. The partnership between Amazon Web Services and Vidya was announced at the AWS Energy Symposium, taking place Aug. 13-14, 2024, in Houston, Texas. The conference united energy and utility leaders, partners, and startups aiming to forge the industry's future by reinventing energy. This program allows us to accomplish our next step in Vidya’s platform [...]
Computer Vision 101: How can AI see things?
A world where computers can understand the environment around them simply by looking. This isn't science fiction anymore. It’s the new frontier of artificial intelligence called Computer Vision. It can perceive its surroundings and interpret visual information to identify objects, colors, shapes, and areas. This technology consists of a model that learns information from multidimensional data, such as images or videos, enabling machines to develop a visual perception like humans. Today, Computer Vision systems can analyze vast amounts of visual data with incredible accuracy. But how exactly was Computer Vision developed? How does it work? And what are the [...]
