Full name:
André da Cruz Carvalho
Place of Birth:
Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
Education:
PhD in Mathematics
University of Porto, Portugal
Thesis title: Structure, algorithmics and dynamics of endomorphisms for certain classes of groups.
Supervisor: Prof. Pedro V. Silva (FCUP, U. Porto)
Master's degree in Mathematics
Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal
Thesis title: Frankl Conjecture.
Supervisor: Prof. António José de Oliveira Machiavelo (FCUP, U. Porto)
Undergraduate degree in Mathematics
Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal
Grants and honours:
My PhD thesis was awarded with the Fundação Eng. António de Almeida prize, for the best doctoral thesis defended at Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto in the years 2021-2023, in the areas of Mathematics, Statistics and Informatics.
Member of the European Mathematical Society Young Academy (EMYA), 2024
following a nomination by the Portuguese Mathematical Society
Selected to participate in the 10th Heidelberg Laureate Forum, 2023.
following a nomination by the National Committee for Mathematics
Bolsa de Doutoramento (PhD grant) SFRH/BD/145313/2019 funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), 2019.
Topic: Structure, algorithmics and dynamics of endomorphisms for certain classes of groups
Supervisor: Prof. Pedro V. Silva (FCUP, U. Porto)
Bolsa de Iniciação Científica under the project CANTE (PTDC/EIA-CCO/101904/2008), 2013.
Topic: Cryptography using cellular automata
Supervisors: Prof. António Machiavelo (FCUP, U. Porto) and Prof. Rogério Reis (FCUP, U. Porto)
Projects:
NOVA Math Targeted Research Projects (2023) - Algebraic-based Cryptographic Systems
Amount funded: 5000€
PI: António Malheiro (NOVA Math)
Other team members: Madalena Ascensão (NOVA Math), André Carvalho (NOVA Math), João Ribeiro (NOVA LINCS)
Teaching Experience:
Linear Algebra and Analytic Geometry II - 2nd semester 2024/2025, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (1st year undergrad)
Fundamental Algebra - 1st semester 2024/2025, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (1st year PhD course)
Algebra - 1st semester 2024/205, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (2nd year undergraduate)
Real Analysis II - 2nd semester 2023/2024, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (1st year undergraduate)
Invited assistant professor at School of Health (ESS), Polytechnic Institute of Porto (P. Porto) during the academic year 2018/2019
Courses taught: Biostatistics I, Biostatistics II and Experimental Planning Fundamentals
Organizational Experience:
Organizer of the Theoretical and Computational Algebra 2024
Organizer of the Theoretical and Computational Algebra 2025
Organizer of the 1st Semigroup Journey
Organizer of the 2nd Semigroup Journey
Organizer of the 93rd Seminaire Lotharingien de Combinatoire
Organizer of weekly seminars for the Algebra and Logic Group at NOVA Math
Organizer of weekly seminars for the Semigroups, Automata and Languages Group at CMUP
Organizer of the PhD students seminars at the Centre of Mathematics, University of Porto:
Research seminar program (RSP)
Informal CMUP PhD Seminar
Provided assistance in the organization of conference registration and technical support at the Contributed Paper Sessions and Special Sessions of the Joint International Meeting of the American, European and Portuguese Mathematical Societies held June 10-13, 2015 at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (Portugal)