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Luiz Velho

Luiz Carlos Pacheco Rodrigues Velho (born 5 June 1956) is a Brazilian applied mathematician working primarily on computer graphics and computer vision. He is a full researcher and professor at Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada (IMPA) and leading scientist of VISGRAF, laboratory that conducts researches in the field of modeling, rendering, imaging, and animation.

In 2010, Luiz Velho received the National Order of Scientific Merit for his scientific and technical contributions. In 2005, he was keynote speaker in [https://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/events/SGP05/speakers.html Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing], in Vienna.

His academic background includes a BE in industrial design from [https://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/events/SGP05/speakers.html ESDI-UERJ], a specialization in computer science from PUC-Rio, a MS in computer graphics from the MIT Media Lab, a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Toronto and a postdoctoral fellowship in applied mathematics from IMPA. Provided by Wikipedia