About me
About me
Current position
Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT)
School of Energy Systems
Department of Energy Technology
Yliopistonkatu, 34
53850, Lappeenranta
Finland
Room: 3416
e-Mail: gustavo.de.almeida@lut.fi
Current activities
LUT AI expert group (with the aim of supporting teaching and research), since 2024
Researcher, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT), Finland, since 2023
Collaborator, Computational Intelligence Research Laboratory, UFMG, Brazil, since March 2015
Member of the Evaluation Committee of Technical Papers, The Pulp and Paper Brazilian Journal (O Papel), since Sep 2014
Earlier positions
Associate Professor, Dept of Chemical Engineering, Engineering School, Federal U. of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil, Feb 2015 - Dec 2023
Permanent faculty member, Graduate Program in Chemical Engineering, Federal U. of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil, Jan 2016 - Jan 2024
Visiting researcher, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT), Finland, 2022 - 2023
Collaborator faculty member, Specialization course in Applied Statistics, Dept. of Statistics, Federal U. of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil, 2017 - 2018
Leader of the CNPq Brazilian Research Group: Industrial Big Data and Visual Analytics, Brazil, 2016 - 2023
Collaborator faculty member, Graduate Program in Chemical Engineering, U. of Sao Paulo (USP), Brazil, Jul 2016 - Jun 2019
Sub-coordinator, Graduate Program in Chemical Engineering, Federal U. of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil, May 2016 - May 2018
Permanent faculty member, Graduate Program in Chemical Engineering, Federal U. of Sao Joao del-Rei (UFSJ), Brazil, Aug 2014 - May 2021
Visiting professor, U. of Coimbra, Portugal, 2011
Founder and coordinator of the Data Analysis Group (DAG), UFMG and UFSJ, Brazil, 2009 - 2023
Professor, Federal U. of Sao Joao del-Rei, Brazil, 2009 - 2014
Postdoc, Federal U. of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2006 - 2008
Research internship, IDIAP Research Institute, Switzerland, 2005
Industrial internship, Aracruz Celulose pulp mill, Brazil, 2004
Industrial internship, CENIBRA (Celulose Nipo-Brasileira) pulp mill, Brazil, 2002
Education
Dr, Chemical Engineering, U. of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2006
Keywords:
Hidden Markov model, statistical sequential pattern recognition, process monitoring, abnormal situation management, benchmark industrial process, industrial case study
Specialization, Pulp and Paper, U. of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2004
MSc, Chemical Engineering, Federal U. of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2003
Keywords:
Neural network, regression, sensitivity analysis, industrial case study
Improvement, Production Management, IETEC Institute for Technological Education, Brazil, 2002
BE, Chemical Engineering, Federal U. of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2000
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