Assistant Professor
Institute of Computing
University of Campinas
Av. Albert Einstein 1251, Campinas-SP, Brazil
pfsm (at) unicamp.br
Since 2026, I am assistant professor at the Institute of Computing at University of Campinas (Unicamp).
Before joining Unicamp, I was a research associate at the Faculty of Economics and Business at KU Leuven from 2022 to 2026, and an assistant professor at the Computer Science Department at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil) from 2019 to 2022. I also held postdoctoral research positions at Charles University (2018-2019) and the University of Campinas in Brazil (2017-2018).
I obtained my Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2017 at the University of São Paulo under supervision of Yoshiko Wakabayashi.
Combinatorial Optimization
Polyhedral Combinatorics
Algorithms
Graph Theory
Problems on partitioning and connectivity in the age of data: algorithms and computational challenges
CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Brazil), co-PI, since 2024
Optimization problems in signed graphs with applications in social networks
CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Brazil), co-PI, since 2024
Covering, packing and partitioning on graphs: theory and applications
FAPEMIG (Minas Gerais Research Foundation, Brazil), PI, 2021-2022
Algorithmic and structural aspects of Covering and Packing problems on graphs
FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation, Brazil), postdoctoral fellowship, 2017-2019