Permanent Professor of PPGI
Research Line: Applied Intelligent Systems and Optimization
Started at PPGI: 01/2007
Work regime: 40h Full Time
CV Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/1841338064901299
Email: adriana@uniriotec.br
Academic Trajectory: Professor Adriana Alvim has a solid, diverse academic background that contributes to the graduate program’s excellence. Her undergraduate degree in Communication broadens her perspective on the interaction between technology and society. She completed her master’s and doctoral degrees in Computer Science at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), consolidating her expertise in the field. In addition, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland, HEIG-VD, in Switzerland, deepening her knowledge and broadening her research perspectives. Since the creation of the graduate program, Professor Alvim has played a central role, serving as the instructor of the mandatory course in Algorithm Analysis and Design, which is essential to students’ training and ensures they have a solid foundation to face academic and professional challenges.
Scientific Contribution: Professor Alvim has distinguished herself in the field of heuristics, combining scientific rigor and a methodological approach to solve complex optimization problems. Recently, her scientific output has included four articles published in the Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI), the most relevant event in the field in Brazil, and one in the Brazilian Symposium on Operations Research (SBPO). In addition, she has supervised four master’s students, demonstrating her commitment to training new researchers and disseminating knowledge.
Contribution to the PPGI: Within the PPGI-UNIRIO, Professor Alvim plays an essential role in consolidating the program’s theoretical foundations.
Training of Researchers: Professor Alvim emphasizes the importance of a methodological and results-oriented approach in student training, encouraging them to develop their research with clarity and objectivity. The quality of her supervision is evidenced by the awards for dissertations she has supervised.
Key qualities highlighted by Professor Adriana:
- Excellence in Research and Teaching
- Experience in heuristics and optimization, combining theoretical rigor and practical applications.
- Responsible for the mandatory course Analysis and Design of Algorithms, essential in the students’ training.
- Collaborations
- Partnership with other professors from PPGI-UNIRIO is evidenced by co-supervisions.
- Impact on Researcher Training
- Supervision of four master’s students in the past four years.
- Encouragement of the development of methodologically sound and applied research.
- Supervised a master’s dissertation that won the 3rd best master’s dissertation award at the 56th Conference of the Brazilian Society of Operational Research (SBPO).
- National and International Visibility
- Partnership with a university in Mexico, expanding the impact of research.
- Publication in relevant conferences, consolidating her work in the scientific community.
- Continuous search for new collaborations to expand research opportunities.
Plans for 2025-2028
Professor Alvim seeks to expand her academic collaborations, particularly in areas such as optimization heuristics. Recently, she resumed her partnership with a university in Mexico, expanding the impact and visibility of her work. Among the challenges she faces are the need for access to data for new research and strengthening the program’s participation in international conferences.
- Expansion of national and international collaborations
- Explore opportunities for new national, international, and interdisciplinary partnerships.
- Strengthen collaboration with universities in Mexico.
- Expansion of research in Heuristics and Optimization
- Develop new research projects applying heuristics to emerging problems.
- Encourage the application of heuristics to computational challenges in different areas.
- Greater engagement in scientific publication
- Expand participation in international events and publication in journals to increase the visibility of research.
- Stimulate the academic output of supervised students by promoting joint publications.
