Dulcenéia Becker

Holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Applied Mathematics and Computing from Cranfield University, United Kingdom, a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Mathematics and Computing from Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul - UNISC and a Master of Science degree in Applied Mathematics from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS. Before pursuing her MSc, worked in the publishing industry as assistant manager and computer graphics designer. Also worked as a self-employed software developer. Before starting her PhD, she worked in academia as a lecturer for Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões, teaching graduate and undergraduate students, and as a researcher and technical assistant for CESUP - National Supercomputing Centre of Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. In the United Kingdom, she worked for AspenTech and Cranfield University as a research collaborator. In 2006, she joined the Gas Turbine Group of the Aeronautical Institute of Technology - ITA as a postdoctoral researcher. Currently, works as researcher at Federal University of Uberlandia. Her main areas of interest are parallel computing and numerical methods.

Possui doutorado em Matemática Aplicada e Computação pela Cranfield University, Reino Unido (2006), mestrado em Matemática Aplicada pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS (2001), e bacharelado em Matemática Aplicada e Computacional pela Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul - UNISC (1998). Realizou projeto de pós-doutorado no Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA). Atualmente, é pesquisadora associada do ICL (Innovative Computing Laboratory), na Universidade do Tennessee, em Knoxville, TN, EUA. Suas principais áreas de interesse são computação paralela e distribuída, computação de alta performance (HPC), álgebra linear numérica, sistemas de equações lineares, algoritmos e métodos numéricos.