Multi-objective Optimization
Evolutionary algorithms, hyper-heuristics and hybrid methods for problems with conflicting objectives.
Vinicius Renan de Carvalho
Vinicius is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer and Digital Systems Engineering (PCS) at the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (Poli-USP).
Research interests
My research is centered on Artificial Intelligence, optimization and intelligent decision-making systems.
Multi-Agent Systems
Distributed decision-making, cooperation and social choice mechanisms in intelligent systems.
LLMs for Optimization and Decision-Making
Language models as solvers, search components, heuristic controllers and agents.
Scheduling and Resource Allocation
Task and workflow scheduling, resource selection and cloud computing.
Software Engineering
Artificial Intelligence and optimization applied to software development, testing and evolution.
Sustainable Computing and Carbon Emissions
Assessment and reduction of carbon emissions associated with computational systems and software artifacts.
Recent news
Aug 2026
Joined PCS / Poli-USP as an Assistant Professor
Faculty position in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science at the Department of Computer and Digital Systems Engineering.
2026
Applied Soft Computing paper on LLMs and cloud scheduling
Integrating Heuristics and Large Language Models for Multi-Objective Carbon-Aware Cloud Workflow Scheduling.
2026
CHAINS at GREENS@ICSE
Collaborative Hub for Advancing Innovative and Sustainable Software Supply Chains.
2025
IEEE Access paper on sustainable cloud scheduling
A Multi-Armed Bandit hyper-heuristic for cost, makespan and carbon-emission optimization.