Bio

Breno Alves Beirigo was in Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil. His passion for computers led him to obtain a technical degree in informatics at the Federal Center of Technological Education of Minas Gerais (CEFET-MG) in 2009, and later a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), where he graduated with honors in 2014. As part of his bachelor studies, he developed several junior research projects, and in 2011 he was granted a one-year scholarship to study advanced sensor applications at the Hanze University of Technology in Assen, the Netherlands. In 2016, Breno obtained a master’s degree in Computer Science from UFV. His work focused on metaheuristics for combinatorial optimization problems arising in tourist trip planning. In parallel with his master’s degree, he has come full circle by also working as a lecturer at CEFET-MG, teaching technology-related disciplines to both technical and bachelor degree students. From November 2016, he started a Ph.D. project in the Section of Transport Engineering & Logistics, Department of Maritime & Transport Technology, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, under the supervision of Prof. Rudy R. Negenborn and Dr. Frederik Schulte. His research interests lie in the intersection of transportation, operations research, and artificial intelligence.