Service

To Societies

2023—       2nd secretary of the Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Operacional (SOBRAPO, the Brazilian OR Society).

2022—      Member of the Special Commission on Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization (CE-ACO) of the Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (SBC, the                                     Brazilian Computer Society).

Editorial Board

2023—     Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society (Senior Editor of Optimization and Operations Research).

Referee activity

Annals of Operations Research, Computers & Operations Research, European Journal of Operational Research, EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics, International Journal of Production Research, International Transactions in Operational Research, Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, Journal of Heuristics, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Operations Research, Transportation Science, Transportation Research Part B,  Transportation Research Part E,  and INFOR: Information Systems and Operational Research.

Member of the Scientific/Program committee of national and international conferences

Organization of seminars

2024

Joerg Fliege, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): Opportunities for Operational Research, University of Southampton, UK, seminar held at UFPB.

Giulia Dotti, Enhancing Intra-Logistics in the Ceramic Tile Industry: Insights from Discrete Event Simulation and Decision Support System, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE), Italy, seminar held at UFPB

2023

Sebastián Quintero, The New OROps: Build more decision models, not more decision tools, Nexmv, USA, online (co-organized with AIROyoung).

Meinolf Sellman, Machine Learning to Optimization Pipelines – Fallacies and Promises, InsideOpt, USA, online (co-organized with AIROyoung). 

Francisco Saldanha da Gama, Stochastic Districting, University of Sheffield, UK, online (co-organized with AIROyoung). 

Francesca Maggioni, Bounding multistage optimization problems under uncertainty, University of Bergamo, Italy, online (co-organized with AIROyoung). 

Vinicius Loti de Lima, Integer programming based Methods Applied to Cutting, Packing, and Scheduling, Atoptima, France, seminar held at UFPB. 

Holger Teichgraeber, Temporal Resolution in Energy Systems Optimization Models, Archer Aviation, USA, online. 

Somayeh Torkaman, From Return to Exchange: The Value of an Omni-channel Journey, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Netherlands, online

2022

Vassilis Digalakis Jr, Decarbonizing OCP, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, online.

Rafaela Veloso, Experiências e desafios trabalhando com otimização, Accenture, Brazil, online. 

Gabriela Furtado, Pesquisa Operacional e Mercado Livre – uma parceria de sucesso, Mercado Livre, Brazil, online. 

Oscar Porto, Data Science e Advanced Analytics: visão geral, cases e perspectivas, DHAUZ, Brazil, online.

2021

Janny Leung, Public Transport for Smart Cities, University of Macau, China, online.

Thiago Serra, What Makes Neural Networks So Expressive, and What Could Make Them Smaller? Some Answers Based on Polyhedral Theory and Mixed-Integer Linear Programming, Bucknell University, USA, online.

Claudia Archetti, Comparison of formulations for the inventory routing problem, ESSEC Business School, France, online.

Sophie Parragh, Branch-and-bound for multi-objective integer programming, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, online.

Kris Braekers, Integrated optimization of manual picker-to-part warehouse operations, Hasselt University, Belgium, online.

Juan José Salazar González, Orienteering Problem with Synchronization, Universidad de La Laguna, Spain, online.

David Pisinger, Green liner shipping with optimization, DTU, Denmark, online.

Maryam Darvish, Logic-Based Benders algorithms for a Time-Dependent Vehicle Routing Problem, Laval University, Canada, online.

Leandro Coelho, Traffic and the city: Traffic, Data and Optimization, Laval University, Canada, online.

2019

Vitor Nesello, Coluna: An Open-Source Branch-Cut-and-Price Framework, Atoptima, France, seminar held at UFPB.

2018

Bruno Bruck, Support decision systems for Carpooling and a Maintenance Timetable Problem, HEC, Canada, seminar held at UFPB.

2015

Ruslan Sadykov, A Bucket Graph–Based Labeling Algorithm with Application to Vehicle Routing, INRIA Bordeaux, France, seminar held at UFPB.

2014

Bruno Bruck, Non-Elementary Formulations for the Single Vehicle Routing Problem with Deliveries and Selective Pickups, Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE), Italy, seminar held at UFPB.

Christian Prins, Order-first split-second methods for vehicle routing problems, Université de technologie de Troyes, France, seminar held at UFPB.

Celso Satoshi Sakuraba, Algoritmos de busca local para o problema de ordenação linear, Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS), seminar held at UFPB.

Dina Smirnov, The Two-Phase Distribution Problem, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, seminar held at UFPB.

2013

Manuel Iori, Combinatorial Benders’ Cuts for the Strip Packing Problem, UNIMORE, Italy, seminar held at UFPB.

Thibaut Vidal, Hours of service regulations in road freight transport: an optimization-based international assessment, CIRRELT, Canada, seminar held at UFPB.

Rafael Martinelli, Geração de Colunas para Otimização, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada, seminar held at UFPB.

2012

Maria Battarra, The Traveling Salesman Problem with Pickups, Deliveries and Handling Costs, University of Southampton, UK, seminar held at UFPB.

2011

Artur Pessoa, Métodos Computacionais Aplicados a Projetos de Arranjo Físico Industrial, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Brazil, seminar held at UFPB.

Eduardo Uchoa, Modelos de Otimização em Gestão da Produção e Logística, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Brazil, seminar held at UFPB.

Organization of academic events

2021

Member of the organization committee of the LIII Simpósio Brasileiro de Pesquisa Operacional (SBPO, the Brazilian OR Conference), João Pessoa, Brazil

2020

Member of the organization committee of the LII Simpósio Brasileiro de Pesquisa Operacional (SBPO, the Brazilian OR Conference), João Pessoa, Brazil

2014

Member of the organization committee of the XVIII Escuela Latinoamericana de Verano en Investigación Operativa, Areia, Paraíba, Brazil

Organization of special sessions in academic events

2024

Models and algorithms for real-life combinatorial optimization problems at EURO 2024.

2023

Combinatorial optimization problems under uncertainties at IFORS 2023.

2019

Sustainable transportation at MIC 2019.