GALGOS - Algorithms, Optimization and Simulation Group (former ATD-Lab)

What we do The Algorithms, Optimization and Simulation Group is a research laboratory associated with the Department of Informatics at PUC-Rio whose main focus is the development and application of algorithmic methods for handling and analyzing large volumes of data and resource optimization for medium and large systems. The lab members are encouraged to develop a strong expertise in quantitative methods, working with classical techniques of algorithm design, mathematical programming techniques and machine learning techniques. Projects Among the recent academic and industrial laboratory projects, stand out from the RC project (with the FAST-SearchandTransfer) aimed at automatically extracting relevant content of Web pages; the development of Web Collectors for scheduling policies (research sponsored by UOL); the project to develop algorithms for planning and operational problems and their construction processes, evolution and maintenance (sponsored by GAPSO); and the PRONAV project (sponsored by Petrobras) studying algorithms, based on previous project, to generate the movement of light products and dark along the coast of Brazil. Further evidence of the quality of projects and research carried out by Galgos members are publications in major scientific vehicles of areas of Computing and Operations Research, including, ACM Tois, SICOMP, Mathematical Programming, ACM Talg, WWW, IPCO, among others. The Galgos also offers courses and consulting for companies.