Dr. Haroldo Fraga de Campos Velho

Chemical Engineer (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul ? PUCRS, Brazil, 1983), M.Sc. and D.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul ? UFRGS, Brazil, 1988 and 1992), with emphasis on Nuclear Engineering and Computational Fluid Dynamics, respectively. He is currently a consultant of different Foundations for research support from the State of São Paulo (Fapesp), the State of Rio Grande do Sul (Fapesrgs), and FedChemical Engineer (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul ? PUCRS, Brazil, 1983), M.Sc. and D.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul ? UFRGS, Brazil, 1988 and 1992), with emphasis on Nuclear Engineering and Computational Fluid Dynamics, respectively. The academic carrier has started as a professor of the University of Caxias do Sul (UCS, Caxias do Sul, Brazil, 1987-1988) ? control theory and numerical methods. He jointed as a researcher to the National Institute for Space Research (INPE, Brazil) at 1988 up to now, working in the Associate Laboratory for Computing and Applied Mathematics (LABAC), being a Senior Researcher A-III since 2005. He has also been the Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Applied Computing (CAP, 1999-2002) in the INPE. He was Head of the LABAC-INPE (2001-2004), and Deputy of the Coordination of Special Technologies (COCTE-INPE, 2001-2004). During two periods, he was member of the Technical-Scientific Council (CTC-INPE, 2005-2008, 2012-2015). He was the Space and Environment Associate Director (INPE, 2008-2010). For the professional associations: elected as a Council member of the Brazilian Society of Computational and Applied Mathematics ? SBMAC (2005-2007); President of the Pan-American Association of the Interdisciplinary Computational Sciences (PACIS, 2013 until now). He has supervised 6 visiting and postdoctoral fellows, and 26 doctoral and 18 masters students. His research interests include inverse problems in space research, mathematical modeling of atmospheric turbulence, machine learning applied to geosciences, neural network as a new technique for data assimilation, scientific and hybrid computing. eral District (Fapdf). The academic carrier has started as a professor of the University of Caxias do Sul (UCS, Caxias do Sul, Brazil, 1987-1988) ? control theory and numerical methods. He jointed as a researcher to the National Institute for Space Research (INPE, Brazil) at 1988 up to now, working in the Associate Laboratory for Computing and Applied Mathematics (LABAC), being a Senior Researcher A-III since 2005. He has also been the Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Applied Computing (CAP, 1999-2002) in the INPE. He was Head of the LABAC-INPE (2001-2004), and Deputy of the Coordination of Special Technologies (COCTE-INPE, 2001-2004). During two periods, he was member of the Technical-Scientific Council (CTC-INPE, 2005-2008, 2012-2015). He was the Space and Environment Associate Director (INPE, 2008-2010). For the professional associations: elected as a Council member of the Brazilian Society of Computational and Applied Mathematics ? SBMAC (2005-2007); President of the Pan-American Association of Interdisciplinary Computational Sciences (PACIS, 2013 until now). He has supervised 6 visiting and postdoctoral fellows, and 26 doctoral and 18 masters students. His research interests include inverse problems in space research, mathematical modeling of atmospheric turbulence, machine learning applied to geosciences, neural network as a new technique for data assimilation, scientific and hybrid computing. He was in the team which received the Cuban Academy of Sciences award at 2016, the research entitled (http://www.revistaccuba.cu/index.php/revacc/issue/view/27/showToc). The NEC Award 2004: (SBAC-PAD, Foz Iguazu, Brazil).

Engenheiro químico (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul - PUCRS, Brasil, 1983), Mestre e Doutor em ciências em Engenharia Mecânica (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Brasil, 1988 and 1992), com ênfase em Engenharia Nuclear e Dinâmica dos Fluidos Computacional, respectivamente. A carreira acadêmica iniciou na Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS, Caxias do Sul, Brasil, 1987-1988), como professor de teoria de controle e métodos numéricos. É pesquisador do Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE, Brazil) de 1988 até o momento, atuando no Laboratório Associado de Computação e Matemática Aplicada (LABAC), tornando-se Pesquisador Titular A-III desde 2005. Foi também Coordenador do programa de Pós-graduação de Computação Aplicada (CAP, 1999-2002) no INPE. Foi Chefe do LABAC-INPE (2001-2004), e vice-Coordenador da Coordenação de Tecnologias Especiais (COCTE-INPE, 2001-2004). Durante 2 períodos, foi membro eleito do Conselho Técnico-Científico do INPE (CTC-INPE, 2005-2008, 2012-2015). Foi Diretor Associado de Espaço e Ambiente (INPE, 2008-2010). Atuando em Associações profissionais como membro eleito do Conselho da Sociedade Brasileira de Matemática Aplicada e Computacional - SBMAC (2005-2007) e é Presidente da Pan-American Association of Interdisciplinary Computational Sciences (PACIS, 2013 até o presente). Foi supervisor de 6 pesquisadores visitantes e pós-doutores, 26 doutores e 18 mestres em ciências. Seu interesse de pesquisa inclui problemas inversos em pesquisa espacial, modelagem matemática de turbulência atmosférica, aprendizado de máquina aplicado à geociências, redes neurais como uma nova técnica para assimilação de dados, computação científica e computação híbrida. Recebeu o prêmio da Academia de Ciências de Cuba em 2016, com a pesquisa intitulada (http://www.revistaccuba.cu/index.php/revacc/issue/view/27/showToc). Em 2004, prêmio NEC Award, como um dos autores do - 16th Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing (SBAC-PAD, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil).