Joaquim Dias Garcia, Dsc

Head

Since 2015, he has led a research and development group at PSR for software based on numerical methods. He also researches advanced methodologies in stochastic optimization, equilibrium models, and reinforcement learning for large-scale applications in energy markets. He works as a developer of new computational systems for detailed operational planning, such as New Genesys, used in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. He is also a developer and instructor of PSR models such as SDDP, OptFlow, OptGen, and Coral.

Academic Background

  • DSc in Operations Research, Electrical Engineering, and Numerical Methods – PUC-Rio

  • BSc in Mathematics – PUC-Rio

  • BSc in Electrical Engineering – PUC-Rio; one-year academic exchange at UC Santa Barbara

Professional Experience

  • Author and co-author of more than 15 articles in specialized publications.

  • Open-source software developer.

  • Speaker and session organizer at several power systems and operations research conferences (INFORMS Annual Meeting, ISMP, ICSP, IEEE PES GM, PSCC, EURO).

  • Reviewer for journals and conferences:

    • IEEE Transactions on Power Systems – Outstanding Reviewer in 2019 and 2020

    • IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy

    • Electric Power Systems Research

    • INFORMS Journal on Computing

    • Computational Management Science Journal

    • Power Systems Computations Conference

    • PowerTech Conference

    • Brazilian Conference on Operations Research