Paulo Carvalho
Geoscientific Software Developer at Petrobras
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolPaulo Carvalho is a geoscientific software developer with over a decade of experience building high-performance scientific visualization and data-processing tools for the oil & energy sector at Petrobras. He combines deep domain expertise in geostatistics (MPS, multivariate kriging, variograms) with systems-level C++ development using Qt, VTK, Open Inventor and Unix/Windows platforms. Paulo has integrated and extended geoscience frameworks like Gocad and SGeMS, authored plugins and Python scripts, and automated CI workflows with Git, Jenkins and GitLab to deliver robust E&P applications. With an academic foundation including a Master's in Geostatistics and ongoing PhD work, he bridges research and production code to solve complex subsurface problems. Based in Rio de Janeiro, he started his career across web and enterprise systems, giving him a practical appreciation for user-facing tools and legacy-system integration.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geostatistics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geostatistics at Federal University of Rio Grande do SulCollege, Computer Science, 88% (3.4 or B+/A- GPA equiv.), College, Computer Science, 88% (3.4 or B+/A- GPA equiv.) at Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroTechnical, Meteorology, Technical, Meteorology at Cefet/RJ - Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da FonsecaMaster’s Degree, Geostatistics, Master’s Degree, Geostatistics at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul / UFRGS
English, Portuguese, French
Github Skills (94)
mingw10
regression10
cart10
cpp10
markov-random-field10
random-forest10
variogram10
ninja10
geostatistics10
mingw-w6410
classification10
kriging10
svd10
simulation10
viewer10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
PauloCarvalhoRJ/gammaray
Feb 2017 - Oct 2022
GammaRay: a graphical interface to GSLib and other geomodeling algorithms. *NEW* in Apr, 11th: Contact analysis.
Contributions:56 releases, 480 commits, 148 PRs in 5 years 9 months
pythongslibstratigraphic-gridsimulationmarkov-chain-monte-carlo
embeddedmz/ParaViewScalarBarWidget
Dec 2019 - Jan 2024
Scalar bar widget taken from ParaView that can be used in VTK projects.
Contributions:2 PRs, 18 comments in 4 years 1 month
widgetparaviewscalarfluttervtk
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