Joao Gabriel De Souza Vale

Joao Gabriel is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Operations Research at North Carolina State University. He earned his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Brasilia in Brazil. He has experience with Data Science and contributed to research in simulation and machine learning. His research interest lies in combining machine learning and optimization to improve decision making , especially in the context of predict then optimize.

Outside academia, Joao spends time watching soccer, especially Brazil’s national team matches. He also enjoys playing volleyball and reading fantasy books.