Research

The program is divided into three main different areas of research.

DATA SCIENCE

This area brings together research that focuses on extracting knowledge from different data sources combined with analysis and processing techniques to discover the knowledge in different areas of domains such as aerospace, health, governance, and economics.

The following academics research this area:

• Profa. Dra. Ana Carolina Lorena (ITA)
• Profa. Dra. Denise B. Ferrari (ITA)
• Prof. Dr. Carlos Henrique Costa Ribeiro (ITA)
• Prof. Dr. Elton Sbruzzi (ITA)
• Prof. Dr. Filipe Verri (ITA)
• Profa. Dra. Juliana Garcia Cespedes (UNIFESP)
• Prof. Dr. Mauri Aparecido de Oliveira (ITA)
• Profa. Dra. Mariá C. V. Nascimento (UNIFESP)
• Prof. Dr. Rodrigo A. Scarpel (ITA)

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM

This area researches strategies, methods, and models to support the decision-making process.

The following academics research this area:

• Profa. Dra. Denise B. Ferrari (ITA)
• Prof. Dr. Luiz Leduino de Salles Neto (UNIFESP)
• Profa. Dra. Mischel Carmen N. Belderrain (ITA)
• Prof. Dr. Renato Cesar Sato (UNIFESP)
• Prof. Dr. Rodrigo A. Scarpel (ITA)
• Prof. Dr. Weldon A. Ludwick (University of Colorado)

OPTIMIZATION

This area focuses on the study of methods and models of operations research that generate, exact or approximate solutions to optimization problems.

The following academics research this area:

• Prof. Dr. Anibal Tavares de Azevedo (UNICAMP)
• Prof. Dr. Antonio Augusto Chaves (UNIFESP)
• Prof. Dr. Horacio Yanasse (UNIFESP)
• Prof. Dr. Luís Felipe Cesar da R.Bueno (UNIFESP)
• Prof. Dr. Luiz Antonio Nogueira Lorena (INPE)
• Prof. Dr. Luiz Leduino de Salles Neto (UNIFESP)
• Profa. Dra. Mariá C. V. Nascimento (UNIFESP)
• Prof. Dr. Nei Yoshihiro Soma (ITA)
• Prof. Dr. Vitor V. Curtis (ITA)