Mario Veiga Ferraz Pereira

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Mario Veiga Ferraz Pereira
Born (1953-03-12) 12 March 1953 (age 72)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Alma mater PUC-Rio
UFRJ
Occupation(s) Scientist
Engineer
Awards Franz Edelman Award Finalist (1985)
Order of Rio Branco (2002)
IEEE Fellow (2010)
National Order of Scientific Merit (Brazil) (2010)
IFORS Distinguished Lecturer (2018)
Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2021)
Scientific career
Fields Optimization
Operations research
Power systems
Institutions Eletrobras Cepel
PUC-Rio
EPRI
PSR (Founder)
Doctoral advisor Nelson Maculan

Mario Veiga Ferraz Pereira (born March 12, 1953) is a Brazilian scientist and engineer known as Mario Veiga in Brazil and Mario Pereira outside Brazil. He founded PSR, [1] a consulting and software development company in the energy sector. He is best known for his work in electrical engineering and operations research. Mario Pereira is also known for developing the Stochastic Dual Dynamic Programming algorithm, used to solve multistage stochastic programming problems, in particular in the context of power system operation and planning. [2]

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In 2021, Pereira was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for contributions to methodology and implementation of multistage stochastic optimization in hydroelectric scheduling, energy planning, and policy. [3]

Early life and education

Pereira was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Yeda Veiga Ferraz Pereira, the first Brazilian female Astronomer, [4] [5] and Mauro José Ferraz Pereira, both civil and electrical engineers and astronomers at the National Observatory (Brazil). He attended Colégio de São Bento and Colégio Santo Inácio. [6]

Pereira received his B.S. in electrical engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro in 1975, [7] [8] his M.S. and his Ph.D. in computer and systems engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in 1976, [9] and in 1985, [10] under Nelson Maculan Filho.

Career

Mario started his career as a researcher at Eletrobras Cepel, Brazil, in 1975, which he left in 1990. At Cepel, he worked on multiple topics at the intersection of power systems and operation research, including hydrothermal scheduling, [2] reliability, [11] power systems operations, [12] and inflow models. [13] During this period, he developed the Stochastic Dual Dynamic Programming algorithm, which is used to solve multistage stochastic optimization problems, particularly in hydroelectric scheduling. [2] [14] His algorithm led to software that became the official operation tool in Brazil. [15] It has been used in many other countries, including Canada, Colombia, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, and the United States. [16]

Between 1983 and 1985, he was a project manager at the Electric Power Research Institute, EPRI, in the United States. [17] At EPRI, Pereira worked with George Dantzig among several other researchers. [18] Moreover, between 1988 and 1990, he was also a professor of electrical engineering at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. [8] Between 1989 and 1990, he was vice president of the Brazilian Society of Operations Research  [ pt ]. [19]

In 1987, Pereira founded PSR, a consulting and software development company in the energy sector. He was CEO at PSR until December 2018, when he became Chief Innovation Officer (CINO). Pereira has continued his academic work [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] and developed multiple operations research based tools for power systems planning and operation. In 2001, he was an advisor to the presidency during the Brazilian energy crisis. He has consulted for multiple countries, including the United States, Canada, and many South America and Asia countries. [8] [6] [25] [26]

Awards and honors

Publications

Selected publications:

Books:

Book chapters:

References

  1. ↑ "Team « PSR" . Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  2. 1 2 3 Pereira, Mario VF; Pinto, Leontina MVG (May 1991). "Multistage stochastic optimization applied to energy planning" . Mathematical Programming. 52 (1–3): 359–375. doi:10.1007/BF01582895.
  3. 1 2 "NAE Member". www.nae.edu. Archived from the original on 2024-03-10. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  4. ↑ "Yeda Veiga Ferraz Pereira (in Portuguese)". olhardigital.com.br. 28 March 2023. Archived from the original on 2024-03-10. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  5. ↑ "Yeda Veiga Ferraz Pereira (in Portuguese)". www.jb.com.br. 9 May 2023. Archived from the original on 2024-03-10. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  6. 1 2 3 "Brazilian Academy of Sciences (in Portuguese)". www.abc.org.br. Archived from the original on 2024-03-10. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  7. ↑ "PUC-Rio Alumni presentation (in Portuguese)". www.ctc.puc-rio.br. Archived from the original on 2024-03-10. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  8. 1 2 3 "Lattes Platform CV (in Portuguese)". lattes.cnpq.br. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  9. ↑ Pereira, Mario V.F. (1976). Implementação de um modelo de intercambio entre subsistemas de geração de energia (PDF) (MSc thesis). UFRJ. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  10. ↑ Pereira, Mario V.F. (1985). Aplicação de análise de sensibilidade no planejamento da expansão de sistemas de geração/transmissão (PDF) (DSc thesis). UFRJ. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  11. ↑ Oliveira, Gernson; Pereira, Mario VF; Pinto, Leontina MVG (November 1989). "A technique for reducing computational effort in Monte-Carlo based composite reliability evaluation". IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 4 (4): 1309–1315. Bibcode:1989ITPSy...4.1309O. doi:10.1109/59.41680.
  12. ↑ Monticelli, Alcir; Pereira, Mario VF; Granville, Sergio (February 1987). "Security-constrained optimal power flow with post-contingency corrective rescheduling". IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 2 (1): 175–180. Bibcode:1987ITPSy...2..175M. doi:10.1109/TPWRS.1987.4335095.
  13. ↑ Pereira, Mario VF; Oliveira, Gerson; Costa, C.; Kelman, Jerson (1984). "Stochastic streamflow models for hydroelectric systems" . Water Resources Research. 20 (3): 379–390. Bibcode:1984WRR....20..379P. doi:10.1029/WR020i003p00379.
  14. ↑ Shapiro, Alexander (February 2011). "Analysis of stochastic dual dynamic programming method" . European Journal of Operational Research. 209 (1): 63–72. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2010.08.007.
  15. ↑ Maceiral, M.; Penna, D.; Diniz, A.; Pinto, R.; Melo, A.; Vasconcellos, C.; Cruz, C. (11–15 June 2018). Twenty Years of Application of Stochastic Dual Dynamic Programming in Official and Agent Studies in Brazil-Main Features and Improvements on the NEWAVE Model . 2018 Power Systems Computation Conference. doi:10.23919/PSCC.2018.8442754.
  16. ↑ "PSR SDDP" (PDF). www.psr-inc.com. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  17. ↑ "EPRI Journal, June 1985" (PDF). eprijournal.com. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  18. ↑ Granville, S.; Pereira, M. V. F.; Dantzig, G. B.; Avi-Itzhak, B.; Avriel, M.; Monticelli, A. (February 1988). "Mathematical decomposition techniques for power system expansion planning: Volume 1, Decomposition methods and uses: Final report, 1988". www.osti.gov. OSTI   5530475. Archived from the original on 2024-03-10. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  19. ↑ "Sobrapo Boards (in Portuguese)" (PDF). www.sobrapo.org.br. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-03-10. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  20. ↑ Binato, Silvio; Pereira, Mario; Granville, Sergio (May 2001). "A new Benders decomposition approach to solve power transmission network design problems". IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 16 (12): 235–240. Bibcode:2001ITPSy..16..235B. doi:10.1109/59.918292.
  21. ↑ Pereira, Mario; Granville, Sergio; Fampa, Marcia; Dix, Rafael; Barroso, Luiz (February 2005). "Strategic bidding under uncertainty: a binary expansion approach". IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 20 (1): 180–188. Bibcode:2005ITPSy..20..180P. doi:10.1109/TPWRS.2004.840397.
  22. ↑ da Costa, Luiz Carlos; Thomé, Fernanda; Dias Garcia, Joaquim; Pereira, Mario (January 2021). "Reliability-Constrained Power System Expansion Planning: A Stochastic Risk-Averse Optimization Approach". IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 36 (1): 97–106. arXiv: 1910.12972 . Bibcode:2021ITPSy..36...97D. doi:10.1109/TPWRS.2020.3007974.
  23. ↑ Pardalos, Panos; Rebennack, Steffen; Pereira, Mario; Iliadis, Niko (1 September 2010). Handbook of Power Systems I. Springer Berlin, Heidelberg. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-02493-1. ISBN   978-3-642-02492-4.
  24. ↑ Rebennack, Steffen; Pardalos, Panos; Pereira, Mario; Iliadis, Niko (29 August 2010). Handbook of Power Systems II. Springer Berlin, Heidelberg. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-12686-4. ISBN   978-3-642-12685-7.
  25. 1 2 "Brazilian Academy of Engineering (in Portuguese)". anebrasil.org.br. Archived from the original on 2024-03-10. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  26. ↑ "PSR Team". www.psr-inc.com. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  27. ↑ "Franz Edelmand Award Finalists 1985". www.informs.org. Archived from the original on 2024-03-10. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  28. ↑ Terry, L.; Pereira, M.; Araripe Neto, T.; Silva, L.; Sales, P. (January 1986). "Coordinating the Energy Generation of the Brazilian National Hydrothermal Electrical Generating System" . INFORMS Interfaces. 16 (1): 18–38. doi:10.1287/inte.16.1.16.
  29. ↑ "Brazilian Order of Rio Branco". pesquisa.in.gov.br. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  30. ↑ "IEEE PES Fellows 2010". IEEE Power and Energy Magazine. 8 (2): 82. March 2010. doi:10.1109/MPE.2009.935479.
  31. ↑ "Brazilian National Order of Scientific Merit". pt.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  32. ↑ "Brazilian National Order of Scientific Merit". cnpem.br. 8 March 2010. Archived from the original on 2024-03-10. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  33. ↑ "IFORS". www.ifors.org. Archived from the original on 2024-03-10. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
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