Anderson Alvarenga de Moura Meneses

anderson@idsia.ch

+41 79 780 0894

 
 

 

 Academic Background

  • Currently pursuing a PhD degree in Nuclear Engineering (COPPE / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) with a Partial Doctorate Fellowship at IDSIA. Supervisors: Roberto Schirru and Luca Gambardella.

  • MSc in Nuclear Engineering (Particle Swarm Optimization applied to the Nuclear Reactor Reload Problem), COPPE / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2005. Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Schirru.

  • Specialization in System Analysis, Project and Management. Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2008.

  • Physics Teacher Degree, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 2000.
  Interests

  • Nuclear Engineering (In-core Fuel Management / Nuclear Reactor Reload Problem and Medical Imaging)

  • Combinatorial Optimization

  • Swarm Intelligence (Particle Swarm Optimization and Ant Colony Optimization)

  • Artificial Neural Networks

  • Music, Football, Movies and Books.

Reviewer

  • Progress in Nuclear Energy 2008

  • International Nuclear Atlantic Conference 2007

  • International Nuclear Atlantic Conference 2005

Membership

  • Student Member of the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society

Awards

  • 2009 IEEE NSS/MIC Trainee Award - Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society

  • 2008 IEEE NSS/MIC/RTSD Trainee Award - Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society

 
  Publications

International Journals

  • MENESES, A. A. M.; GAMBARDELLA, L. M.; SCHIRRU, R. A New Approach for Heuristic-Guided Search in the In-Core Fuel Management Optimization. In Press. Progress in Nuclear Energy. doi:10.1016/j.pnucene.2009.07.007.

  • MENESES, A. A. M.; SCHIRRU, R. Study of Confinements in the Particle Swarm Optimization for Application to the Nuclear Reactor Reload Problem. International Journal of Nuclear Knowledge Management. To be published.

  • MENESES, A. A. M.; MACHADO, M. D.; SCHIRRU, R. Particle Swarm Optimization applied to the nuclear reload problem of a Pressurized Water Reactor. Progress in Nuclear Energy, 51, 319-326, 2009.

  • PEREIRA, C.M.N.A. ; SCHIRRU, R. ; LAPA, C.M.F. ; CANEDO, J.A.C. ; WAINTRAUB, M. ; MENESES, A. A. M. ; BAPTISTA, R.P. ; SIQUEIRA, N.N. Particle Swarm Optimization Applied to Nuclear Engineering Problems. International Journal of Nuclear Knowledge Management, v. 2, p. 313-332, 2007.

 International Conferences

  • MENESES, A. A. M. ; PINHEIRO, C.J.G. ; GAMBARDELLA, L. M.; SCHIRRU, R. ; BARROSO, R.C. ; BRAZ, D. ; OLIVEIRA, L.F. Neural Computing for Quantitative Analysis of Human Bone Trabecular Structures in Synchrotron Radiation X-Ray mCT Images. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference 2009. To be published.

  • MENESES, A. A. M.; GAMBARDELLA, L. M., SCHIRRU, R. A Nuclear Heuristic for Application to Metaheuristics in the In-Core Fuel Management Optimization. 2009 International Nuclear Atlantic Conference. To be published.

  • MENESES, A. A. M.; SCHIRRU, R. Influence of the Confinement in the Particle Swarm Optimization of Combinatorial Problems for Application to the Nuclear Reactor Reloading. Computational Intelligence in Decision and Control: Proceedings of the 8th International FLINS Conference. London: World Scientific, 2008. p. 1075-1080.

  • MENESES, A. A. M. ; PINHEIRO, C.J.G. ; SCHIRRU, R. ; BARROSO, R.C. ; BRAZ, D. ; OLIVEIRA, L.F. Artificial Neural Networks Applied to Bone Recognition in X-Ray Computer Microtomography Imaging for Histomorphometric Analysis. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 2008, Dresden.

  • MENESES, A. A. M. ; MACHADO, M. D. ; MEDEIROS, J. A. C. C. ; SCHIRRU, R. Particle Swarm Optimization with Random Keys applied to the Nuclear Reactor Reload Problem. Proceedings of the International Nuclear Atlantic Conference 2007. Brazil, 2007.

  • MENESES, A. A. M.; SCHIRRU, R. Particle Swarm Optimization applied to the Combinatorial Problem in order to solve the Nuclear Reactor Fuel Reloading Problem. Applied Artificial Intelligence: Proceedings of the 7th International FLINS Conference. London: World Scientific, 2006.

  • MENESES, A. A. M.; SCHIRRU, R. Particle Swarm Optimization Aplicado ao Problema Combinatório com vistas à Solução do Problema da Recarga em um Reator Nuclear (in portuguese). Proceedings of the International Nuclear Atlantic Conference, Brazil, 2005.

Local Conferences

  • MENESES, A. A. M. ; SCHIRRU, R. Guaranteed Convergence Particle Swarm Optimization Model Adapted to Combinatorial Problems for Application to the Nuclear Reactor Reload Problem. XI Encontro de Modelagem Computacional (XI Meeting on Computational Modeling), Brazil, 2008.

  • MENESES, A. A. M. ; PINHEIRO, C.J.G. ; SCHIRRU, R. ; BARROSO, R.C. ; BRAZ, D. ; OLIVEIRA, L.F. Redes Neurais Artificiais Aplicadas ao Reconhecimento de Tecido Ósseo em Imagens Médicas para Apoio ao Diagnóstico Clínico. XI Encontro de Modelagem Computacional (XI Meeting on Computational Modeling), Brazil, 2008.

  • VALENTE, O.J.L. ; MENESES, A. A. M. ; PINHEIRO, C.J.G. ; SCHIRRU, R. ; BARROSO, R.C. ; BRAZ, D.; OLIVEIRA, L.F. Reconhecimento de Padrões em Imagens Digitalizadas através de Redes Neurais Artificiais. XI Encontro de Modelagem Computacional (XI Meeting on Computational Modeling), Brazil, 2008.

  • CARDOSO, T.N. ; MENESES, A. A. M. Otimização com Enxame de Partículas - Validação e Aplicação à Função Multimodal de Himmelblau. XI Encontro de Modelagem Computacional (XI Meeting on Computational Modeling), Brazil, 2008.

  • MENESES, A. A. M. ; SCHIRRU, R. Particle Swarm Optimization Model for Combinatorial Problems: Behavior Analysis and Case Study for the Nuclear Reactor Reloading. X Encontro de Modelagem Computacional. (X Meeting on Computational Modeling), Brazil, 2007.