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still works at AT&T Labs Research in Florham Park, New Jersey. His
job involves a lot of traveling, mainly for conferences or for research
collaborations. During the last 18 months, Mauricio has been
hosting Ricardo Silva from the Fed. U. of Lavras in Brazil.
Ricardo is working on a post-doc with Mauricio.
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| Mauricio at Serralves Museum in Porto | Mauricio outside Taverna Félix in Braga, Portugal | |
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| | Mauricio with Brian McIntee and Ricardo Silva in San Diego |
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| Mauricio in NYC in May | Mauricio at U. do Porto in March | Mauricio clearing the snow from the driveway |
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In March,
Mauricio traveled to Porto, Portugal to work with José Gonçalves at the
U. of Porto. On his way to Porto, Mauricio stopped in Madrid and
visited Sasha, who was spending a semester there. Besides walking a lot in Madrid with Sasha, Mauricio also visited Abraham
Duarte at U. Rey Juan Carlos and had tapas with Sasha, Abraham, and Maria, Abraham's wife.
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| Mauricio at U. Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid | Mauricio with Abraham and Maria in Madrid |
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| Mauricio in Gaia with view of Porto behind | Mauricio with Daniela and Gabriela in Porto |
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| Mauricio with José Gonçalves at U. do Porto | | Mauricio and José Gonçalves eating grilled shrimp |
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| Mauricio with students at U. do Porto | Mauricio with Ana Viana in Porto | Mauricio with Ana and Vasco having coffee in Porto |
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 | Besides working with José at the Economics Department of U. do Porto, Mauricio met
many old friends, including José's wife and daugther Daniela and
Gabriela, Ana Viana, Jorge and Ana Pinho de Sousa, and Dalila Fontes.
Ana Viana and her brother, Vasco, took Mauricio to visit several
cities north of Porto, including Ponte de Lima, where they ate arroz de sarrabulho, and Braga. |
| Mauricio with Jorge and Ana at fish restaurant in Matosinhos, Portugal | | |
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| Mauricio having arroz de sarrabulho (rice soaked in pig's blood with shredded chicken) in Ponte de Lima, Portugal | Mauricio with Dalila Fontes and José Gonçalves in Porto | Mauricio in downtown Porto |
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| Mauricio with Alec at School of CS at CMU in Pittsburgh | Mauricio lecturing at UNIRIO in Rio de Janeiro | Mauricio with Layni Neves and Adriana Alvim at UNIRIO in Rio de Janeiro |
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April, Mauricio flew to Pittsburgh to meet up with Lucia and Alec and
attend an orientation for students accepted to CMU's school of computer
science. Mauricio had to stay in New Jersey because there was a
risk of a strike being called by AT&T unionized workers.
Mauricio would have to go to Connecticut to work as a 411
telephone operator. Luckily the strike was called off. After
taking on average 8 hours each way to fly to Pittsburgh (counting
getting to and from airports, delays, etc.), Mauricio and Lucia decided
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| Mauricio's mom, Renalva, and aunt, Rubinete, in Itaipava | | |
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| Three Renalvas at Renlava's house in Itaiapava | Mauricio and João Phillips in Itaipava | Mauricio with Patricia Antunes in Itaipava |
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May, Mauricio traveled to Rio to work with Adriana
Alvim and attend the M.Sc. defense of their student Layni Neves.
Mauricio spent two weekends in Itaipava with his mom, Renalva.
In Itaipava he saw many friends, including his aunt Rubinete and
cousin Loala, Patricia Antunes, João and Beth Phillips, Jayme
Guimarães, as well as Maureen and the children of his late brother
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| Mauricio's niece Alexia in Itaipava | Mauricio with nice Dominique in Itaipava |
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| Mauricio with friends and family in Itaipava in May | Mauricio walking with friends in Itaipava |
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| Helena Ramalhinho Lourenço at U. Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona | Mauricio with Helena, Victor, and Vera in Barcelona | Inner patio at U. Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona |
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July, Mauricio traveled to Barcelona, Spain, to work with Helena
Ramalhinho Lourenço at U. Pompeu Fabra where he also met Daniel Serra.
In Barcelona, besides starting a research collaboration with
Helena, Mauricio was shown around town and enjoyed the company of
Helena's family, Victor, Vera, and Bruno.
He saw the Tour de France go by, the aquarium with Amazonian fish at the CosmoCaixa science museum, and many of Gaudi's masterpieces, including the Sagrada Familia and La Pedrera. |  |
| Mauricio at Tour de France in Barcelona | Tour de France in Barcelona |
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| Mauricio at U. Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona | | Amazonian aquarium at CosmoCaixa Science Museum in Barcelona |
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| View from La Pedrera in Barcelona | Sagrada Familia and Aguas de Barcelona tower seen from La Pedrera | |
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conference.
At
the meeting, Mauricio met many metaheuristic friends, including Celso
Ribeiro, Ana Viana, Helena Ramalhinho, Éric Taillard, Adriana Alvim,
Rafael Martí, Abraham Duarte, Manuel Laguna, and Paola Festa.
Congratulations to Stefan Voss for orgainizing a nice conference. |
| Mauricio with Ana Viana at the Gröniger beerhouse in Hamburg | Mauricio with Helena and Ana in the Gröniger beerhouse |
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| Paola Festa and Éric Taillard near the Rathaus in Hamburg | Mauricio with Adriana Alvim celebrting Bastile Day in Hamburg |
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| Mauricio with Celso Ribeiro at MIC 2009 banquet on a boat in Hamburg | Mauricio with Paola Festa and Celso Ribeiro in St. Pauli district of Hamburg | |
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| Mauricio with Adriana Alvim and Éric Taillard having a Weissbier | Mauricio with Ana Viana and Celso Ribeiro at MIC 2009 banquet |
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| Carlos Oliveria and Janaína with baby Lucas at Mauricio's 54th | Diogo Andrade shows off baby Tomas at Mauricio's 54th | Beto Avritzer prepares another caipirinha |
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| Sasha, Alec, and André at Mauricio's 54th | Maria and Lewis Norwood at Mauricio's 54th |
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| Lucia presents the churrasco at Mauricio's 54th birthday | | Letícia Cataldi with baby Tomas at Mauricio's 54th |
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| Mauricio prepares to blow out 54 candles | Mauricio blows out 54 candles | Lucia congratulates Mauricio |
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at CMU, attended the ISMP 2009 meeting in Chicago, and drove Sasha to
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| Alec turns 18 and moves to Pittsburgh to go to CMU | | Mauricio with Sasha in Ann Arbor adding a U. of Michigan sticker to the Jetta |
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| Mauricio with João Lauro Facó in Chicago | Mauricio with Marcia Fampa in Chicago | Mauricio surrounded by hot pepper in Chicago |
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| Mauricio with Bea Machado at ISMP 2009 in Chicago | | Mauricio with Abilio Lucena and João Lauro Facó at ISMP 2009 in Chicago |
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| Chicago | Mauricio with Raphael Chabar at ISMP 2009 in Chicago |
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| Peruvian tourists in Lima | Futsal on the beach in Lima | Peruvian ceviche at Pescados Capitales restaurant in Lima |
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| Mauricio in Lima | Mauricio with José Luis González Velarde in Lima, Peru | Mauricio with fellow conference attendees in Lima |
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September, Mauricio went to Lima, Peru, to lecture
at an operations research conference organized by the math department
of the U. San Martin. His host there was Prof. Ricardo Lopez. He
met many old friends there, including José Luis González Velarde from
Mexico and Nair Abreu from Rio de Janeiro. |  |
| Mauricio with José Luis in dowtown Lima | | Mauricio with host Ricardo Lopez in Lima |
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| Mauricio at Lima's Magic Water Show | Mauricio at Lima's Magic Water Show | Mauricio eating a chupe de camarones in downtown Lima |
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| Brian McIntee and daugther Sherri in Carlsbad, California | Mauricio with Brian McIntee in Carlsbad, California | Brian McIntee with daugther Shannon in Carlsbad, California |
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2009 meeting in San Diego. There, he saw old friend Brian McIntee
and his two beautiful daugthers Sherri and Shannon. |  |
| Mauricio with Panos Pardalos and Chris Floudas at INFORMS 2009 in San Diego | | Mauricio having dinner with friends at INFORMS 2009 in San Diego |
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November, Mauricio traveled to Brazil once again. This time to
lecture at a school on evolutionary computing at the Fed. U. of
Minas Gerais (UFMG)
and to work work with Celso Ribeiro in Rio.
During this trip, Mauricio spent three weekends with his
mom in Itaipava.
In
Belo Horizonte, Mauricio had lunch with fellow UC Berleley alumni
Marcio and Eduardo, had a beer with former student Thiago Noronha and
friends Alexandre Cunha, Martin Ravetti, and Sebastián Urrutia, and had
dinner with cousin Marco Aurélio and his family. |
| Mauricio with Marcio Bunte de Carvalho and Eduardo Rios Neto at UFMG in Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Mauricio with Alexandre Cunha, Thiago Noronha, Martin Ravetti, and Sebastián Urrutia at the bar Pingüim in Belo Horizonte | |
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| Mauricio's godson Breno (standing) with brother Renan (sons of Jayme Guimarães and Andrea Miranda) in Itaipava | View from Lélio's loft in Rio de Janeiro |
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| In Rio, Mauricio stayed at Lélio Facó's loft. |  |  |
| Mauricio with friends and family in Itaipava in November | Mauricio stayed in Lélio's loft in Rio de Janeiro |
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| Mauricio's mother, Renalva, in Itaipava | Mauricio mom, Renalva, with granddaugther Dominique in Itaipava |
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| Mauricio with nephew Thomas in Itaipava | Mauricio's niece Alexia in Itaipava |
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After so much traveling, Mauricio was glad to spend the last seven weeks of the year in New Jersey.
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| | Mauricio with niece and god-daughter Dominique in Itaipava |