Wanice Carlos Alfes is a metacognitive engineer focused on life sciences
The book ThinkMETA is a result of Alfes´s nine-year academic research.
She focuses on accelerating cognitive exponential growth for the future of human performance,
integrated with ethical H-AI (artificial intelligence) systems.
Following the advances in cognitive architecture, ThinkMETA introduces the METAP4-Method
—integrating concrete and original paths to enhance self-reinforcing loops for decision integrity,
complex problem-solving, and cognitive endurance
Anchored in the 4Ps of medicine (predictive, preventive, personalized, and participatory),
the METAP4-Method is built upon the principles of metacognitive engineering - emerging field
intersecting neuro-cyberpsychology, and bio-computational engineering.
Integrating metacognitive engineering to redefine performance
Metacognitive engineering is an emerging branch within cognitive architecture.
As the field evolves, it expands into the life sciences, framing cognition as a dynamic biological system capable of engineered acceleration.
Alfes operates to contribute to this shift by offering one of the first concrete, integrative methodologies for applying metacognitive principles to both human performance and ethical Human–AI system design.
Vision - Accelerate cognitive exponential growth and strategic originality by engineering human intelligence for high-performance, complex environments.
Mission - Develop ethical, replicable, and scalable methods through ViSP-Lab, advancing human cognitive capabilities, optimization models for ethical H-AI interactions, and reliability validation of Explainable AI (XAI).
ViSP-Lab: R&D interdisciplinary hub for metacognitive engineering
Acting as “Die Brücke” (The Bridge) by integrating:
German precision, Brazilian scalability ecosystems, U.S technology-transfer, and Swiss strategic innovation.
The ViSP-Lab concept originated in Alfes´s post-graduate program at Harvard University
and received faculty endorsement. Its core theoretical framework—integrating ethical H-AI trust
and Cognitive Bio-Design —was crystallized in her 2024 academic paper at MIT CSAIL.
ViSP-Lab proposes to act as an inter-disciplinary R&D hub between central organizations - Ieveraging collaboration with Brazil's tier research centers for ethical and operational pilot programs, which are replicable, and scalable in the EU under GDPR standards.
Currently, ViSP-Lab is in its second phase:
ViSP-Lab Bad Homburg Installation from Nov/2025 to May/2026.
Foundational qualifications of Alfes include: cyberpsychology of communication at FHWien (Vienna), disruptive innovation at the University of Oxford, global health at Harvard University,
engineering architecture and technologies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Professional Membership: IEEE Computer Society, ASEE American Society for Engineering
Education, Cyberpsychology Association of Europe, International Association for Metacognition, American Psychological Association (APA), American Public Health Association (APHA).
Alfes has family in Brazil and in Europe. She lives in Bad Homburg, Germany.
Dorotheenstrasse 48
D-61348 - Bad Homburg
contact@alfes-cyberpsychology.com
ORCID ID:0009-0005-9674-856X