Luiz Velho


Luiz Carlos Pacheco Rodrigues Velho 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 and leading scientist of VISGRAF, laboratory that conducts researches in the field of modeling, rendering, imaging, and animation.
In 2010, Luis Velho received the National Order of Scientific Merit for his scientific and technical contributions. In 2005, he was keynote speaker in , in Vienna.
His academic background includes a BE in Industrial Design from , 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.

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