Education
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DSc in Industrial Engineering
PUC-Rio & Université Libre de Bruxelles
March, 2009
Title obtained from PUC-Rio University located at Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil
- Thesis Title (translated to English): ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION APPLIED TO SWITCH ENGINE OPERATIONS PLANING
- Supervision: Prof. José Eugênio Leal from PUC-Rio University
- Co-supervision: Dr. Thomas Stützle from IRIDIA (Institut de Recherches Interdisciplinaires et de Développements en Intelligence Artificielle), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
During my Phd I worked as an invited researcher for one year at IRIDIA Artificial Intelligence lab, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, developing a custom coded ACO based algorithm to tackle the railroad yard locomotives operation planing problem.
The prescriptive advanced analytics model validation and cost reduction estimation was done based on a real life case study.
My Phd Thesis
My Phd research deals with the modeling and solution of a complex real-life problem: the locomotive operations planning in railway yards. Its main motivations are the efficient and sustainable use of the yard’s resources and the reduction of the wagon cycle. The low consumption of computational resources and the quality of the solutions obtained show that the proposed algorithm is capable of producing efficient solutions to problems with real proportions and characteristics. The problem presentation, as well as the modeling and the method developed for the problem solution is presented in a light, simple and instructive way with detailed explanations.
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MSc in Informatics
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
May, 2006
Title obtained from Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, located at Vitória (ES), Brazil, with dissertation titled “ANT COLONY COMPETITION APPLIED TO SWITCH ENGINE ASSIGNMENT IN RAILROAD YARDS (translated)” under the supervision of Dra. Lucia Catabriga.
The dissertation proposes a meta-heuristic method based on a multiple ant colony optimization system to solve the problem of switch engines assignment in a railroad yard. According to the proposed modeling, the problem presented here is similar to the one known in the literature as a Full Truckload Pickup and Delivery Problem with Time Windows and Capacity Constraints (PDPTWC) and the objective is to fulfill a set of transportation requests with minimal cost, which is described as a multi-objective function. The specific characteristics of this problem are presented and a solution method based in the COMPETants algorithm is developed for the switch engine designation.
Postgraduate Certificated in Project Management
IETEC
Dec, 2001
Title obtained from IETEC – Instituto de Educação Tecnológica, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
The course was based on the PMI Methodology and the final postgraduate work was a real life project to upgrade the OS release in an on premise UNIX server farm.
Bachelor of Mathematics
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
Dec, 1986
- Title obtained from Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, located in Vitória (ES), Brazil
During undergraduation period I have taken some MSc degree level summer courses in Applied Mathematics in the following institutions in Brazil
- IMPA (Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics) is a research institution and a graduate school connected to the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovations ans Communications and Ministry of Education.
- UFRJ – (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) the 3rd best university in Brazil and the 7th best in Latin America (QS Rankings – 2018).
Employment
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July, 1987 - present
From junior to specialist and leader positions, in infrastructure, business partner and Information Systems areas, in the functions of architecture design, solution development and deployment, IT services and Innovation, I have performed a broad range of activities in the Information Technology Department worldwide at Vale for over 30 years.
Currently, my responsibilities include mostly training, research and development within the Artificial Intelligence Center (AI Center) at Vale.
These are my main duties at the moment
- Worldwide Data Science Training Program conceptualizing, designing, management and teaching
- Business to University and Research Centers partnerships agreements
- Corporate Data Science projects advisor
- Researcher in Artificial Intelligence
Main role: Advisory to AI project managers, business unit engineers and consulting personal to solve descriptive, predictive and prescriptive data analytics problems that emerges from real world industrial operations and planning scenarios.
Specialties: Vast knowledge and extensive experience in project management. Effective communication and interpersonal relationship skills. Ability to build and mobilize teams in order to reach objectives. Easiness to identify, analyze, formulate and solve industrial problems by applying specialized scientific methods. Natural motivation and initiative for applied scientific researches
Main products delivered most recently:
- Oman Pelletizing Plant predictive and prescriptive models build and transition to run advisory
- Worldwide Advanced Analytics Training Program design (version 2.0 – Corporate and community members audiences)
- Boot Camp in predictive analysis training – 600+ Business Units and IT Specialists trained in Brazil and 5 other countries abroad
june, 2019 - present
I work as a data science reference professor faculty member with the following roles
- Post-graduation course conceptualizing and design
- E-Learning and face to face Instructor-Led Training delivery
- Faculty mentoring to provide students guidance to term paper production
Recognition
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Student paper Award
INFORMS - The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
November, 2002
I was awarded in the first ever annual Student Research Paper Contest on analytics and fact-based decision making in railway application sponsored by Railway Application Session, a subdivision of INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences) for the paper
“Ant Colony Optimization Applied to Railroad Yard Planning”
ANPET 2015 scientific production award
ANPET - Associação Nacional de Pesquisa e Ensino em Transportes
November, 2015
I won this prize, together with three other fellows from GEMMAH, because our paper was selected as one of the best ones on “models and transportation planning techniques” submitted to the XXIX ANPET Congress.
Original paper title, in portuguese: “Planejamento do transporte de empregados por uma frota de ônibus fretada por meio de um modelo matemático baseado no Open Vehicle Routing Problem (OVRP)
July, 2015
Recognized in the 3rd IT Recognition Program event by receiving two certificates of appreciation for the outstanding job done in the follow initiatives:
- Vale production management operations and planing architecture and infrastructure design support
- Railroad operations planing prescriptive solution project management support
and also chosen by department colleagues as one of the employees that make a difference for the following value:
- Improve together
Certified Skills
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Language
Globally accepted qualifications
The certified language skill levels reported below uses for evaluation the popular CEFR standard (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). The six reference English levels are widely accepted as the global standard for grading an individual’s language proficiency.
The ALTE (Association of Language Testers in Europe) “Can Do” project developed a simplified set of 400+ descriptors in the form of “can-do statements”, each saying more simply what a learner can do at every level. For more details check the ALTE Can Do Statement and look for the levels reported below.
Issued by University of Cambridge
Issued by Ministère de lʼEnseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de lʼInnovation de la République Française
World Organization of Scout Movement (WOSM)
Worldwide recognized qualification
Awarded the Wood Badge in recognition for significant achievement in training programme for adults in scouting.
Certification issued by Escoteiros do Brasil, which is the Brazilian certified and recognized WOSM association.
Issued by Escoteiros do Brasil
Official Academic Curriculum links
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