Filipe Brandão
Head Of Development at AMPL Optimization Inc.
Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Top SchoolFilipe Brandão is Head of Development at AMPL Optimization with 12 years of engineering experience, leading product-grade development of numerical optimization tooling from Porto, Portugal. He blends deep academic training—a PhD and top-scoring bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Computer Science from the University of Porto—with pragmatic leadership of engineering teams. Filipe’s hands-on expertise in numerical methods and linear algebra is evidenced by contributions to the GNU Scientific Library (gsl) where he modernized code for broader compiler compatibility and maintained AMPL bindings. He is comfortable navigating both low-level C/CMake ecosystems and higher-level product priorities, ensuring scientific correctness and portability. Known for converting rigorous research into production-ready systems, he emphasizes maintainability and cross-platform robustness. Colleagues rely on him for technical judgment that bridges academic rigor and shipping reliable optimization software.
12 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 18 ou of 20, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 18 ou of 20 at Faculty of Science, University of Porto
English, Portuguese
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Github Skills (17)
c1110
c1710
numerical-methods10
linear-algebra10
lib9
code-library9
compiler8
compatibility8
compile8
gurobi6
optimization6
api6
bin-packing6
python6
dat-protocol6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
ampl/gsl
Sep 2016 - Mar 2022
GNU Scientific Library with CMake build support and AMPL bindings
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 36 commits, 14 PRs in 5 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Filipe primarily focused on updating and improving the GNU Scientific Library (GSL) within the repository, demonstrating expertise in linear algebra and numerical methods. Their contributions include updating GSL to newer versions and refactoring the codebase by replacing deprecated functions. The user replaced `log2(x)` with `log(x)/log(2)` to ensure broader compatibility across compilers and platforms and also replaced several instances of "%zu" with "F_ZU".
lapackcppcmakescientific-computingc-plus-plus
fdabrandao/pympl
Aug 2015 - Apr 2019
Contributions:2 releases, 201 commits, 105 pushes in 3 years 8 months
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