Thiago Barbalho
Data Scientist
Brazil
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolThiago Barbalho is a Data Scientist and PhD researcher in Computer Science with 11 years of experience building exact and heuristic optimization models for scheduling under natural and industrial catastrophe scenarios. He blends academic rigor from his doctoral work at Université Le Havre Normandie with practical industry impact, now applying optimization and data-driven decision making at Suzano. Comfortable in Python and C/C++, he has contributed to quality and test automation for the widely used pygame library, improving robustness in core drawing and collision functionality. His background spans research and teaching roles in Brazil and France, reflecting an ability to translate complex combinatorial models into reliable, production-ready solutions. Notably, he focuses on crisis-aware scheduling problems—an uncommon but high-impact niche that bridges operations research and real-world resilience.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. in Computer Science, Ph.D. in Computer Science at Université Le Havre NormandieB.Sc. in Computer Science, B.Sc. in Computer Science at Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do NorteM.Sc. in Computer Science, M.Sc. in Computer Science at Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido
Github Skills (8)
unit-testing10
game-development10
pygame10
python10
test-automation10
testing10
game-dev9
sdl9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
pygame/pygame
Jul 2019 - Oct 2019
🐍🎮 pygame (the library) is a Free and Open Source python programming language library for making multimedia applications like games built on top of the excellent SDL library. C, Python, Native, OpenGL.
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:13 commits, 9 PRs, 12 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Thiago's contributions focused on improving the testing of the `pygame` library. They implemented new tests for the `draw` module, specifically targeting the `circle`, `ellipse`, and `arc` functions. The commits also included tests for `Rect` object methods like `unionall` and `collidedict`, ensuring the library's functionality and reliability. Additionally, the user fixed issues related to zero-sized rectangles in collision detection, improving the robustness of the library.
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gacheiro/beecrowd
Nov 2018 - Jul 2024
Contributions:41 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 8 months
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