Luiz-Rafael Santos

Luiz-Rafael Santos

Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics and Optimization

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Biography

I am Professor of Applied Mathematics and Optimization at Departamento de Matemática of Federal University of Santa Catarina - UFSC, located in Blumenau, SC, Brazil. Currently, I serve as Vice-President of the Brazilian Society of Computational and Applied Mathematics (SBMAC). I was a visiting professor at Management Sciences and Engineering Department in Stanford University (2023), and at Departamento de Matemática Aplicada in IMECC/Unicamp (2023-2024). I am also a member of the Laboratory of Computational and Applied Mathematics — LABMAC, where open-source solvers and algorithms in applied mathematics are developed.

My research interests include analysis and implementation of convex and nonconvex optimization algorithms, algorithms for data science and machine learning, and numerical linear algebra.


Resumé (in English).

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Interests

  • Optimization
  • Machine Learning Algorithms
  • Operations Research
  • Numerical Linear Algebra

Education

  • PhD in Applied Mathematics, 2014

    Unicamp, Brazil

  • MSc in Applied Mathematics, 2008

    Unicamp, Brazil

  • BSc in Mathematics, 2004

    FURB, Brazil

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics and Optimization

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Sep 2025 – Present Blumenau, SC, BR

 
 
 
 
 

Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics and Optimization

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Sep 2014 – Sep 2025 Blumenau, SC, BR
 
 
 
 
 

FAPESP Visiting Researcher at IMECC

Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Ago 2023 – Jan 2024 Campinas, SP, BR
 
 
 
 
 

Visiting Assistant Professor of Management Sciences and Engineering

Stanford University

Jan 2023 – Jul 2023 Stanford, CA, US
 
 
 
 
 

PhD Candidate in Applied Mathematics

Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Mar 2009 – Jul 2014 Campinas, SP, Brasil

Fellowships

  • CNPq Research Fellowship, level 1D, 2023–Present
  • FAPESP Visiting Researcher, 2023–2024