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| PhD | |
| Joint program. PhD Physics and M.Sc. in Computer Science Emory University Dissertation: Numerical Study of Spin Glasses |
Spring 2008 Atlanta, GA |
| MS | |
| Condensed Matter Physics Universidade de Aveiro Thesis: Topology of Complex Networks |
06/2004 Aveiro, Portugal |
| BS | |
| Theoretical Physics Universidade do Porto Undergraduate Thesis: Crescimentos Epitaxiais e Interações Elàsticas |
10/2001 Aveiro, Portugal |
Research Experience
| Graduate Research Assistant | |
| Gabriel Istrate Los Alamos National Lab Summer Internship on Bisection Algorithms for Random Graphs |
06/2006 - 08/2006 |
| Graduate Research Assistant | |
| Julien Barré Los Alamos National Lab Summer Internship on Ensemble Inequivalence In Spin Systems |
06/2005 - 09/2005 |
| Graduate Research Assistant | |
| Fereydoon Family Emory University Research Rotation on Age Related Macular Degeneration |
01/2003 - 05/2003 |
| Graduate Research Assistant | |
| Stephan Koehler Emory University Research Rotation on Numerical Simulation of Fluid Flow using FEMLAB |
09/2002 - 12/2002 |
Awards and Scholarships
| Scholarship | |
| Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia Application of statistical models to the prediction of florescence dates of the vineyards of the Douro region. |
01/2002 - 06/2002 |
Publications
| Hysteretical Optimization In Spin Glasses | |
| B. Gonçalves, S. Boettcher, J. Stat. Mech. P01003 (2008), arXiv:cond-mat/0710.2138 | |
| Transport on Weighted Networks: When Correlations are Independent of Degree | |
| J. Ramasco, B. Gonçalves, Thys. Rev. E 76,066106 (2007) arXiv:cond-mat/0609776 | |
| Ensemble Inequivalence in Random Graphs | |
| J. Barré, B. Gonçalves, Physica A 386, 212 (2007) arXiv:cond-mat/0705.2385 | |
| Monte Carlo Study of the Elastic Interaction in Heteroepitaxial Growth | |
| B. Gonçalves, J. F. F. Mendes, Phys. Rev. E 65, 061602 (2002) arXiv:cond-mat/0204253 | |
| Magnetic Reversal Time in Open Long Range Systems | |
| F. Borgonovi, G. L. Celardo, B. Gonçalves,L. Spadafora, Submitted to PRE arXiv:cond-mat/0710.3935 | |
| "Golden Ratio" in Diffusion on the Tower-of-Hanoi Network | |
| S. Boettcher, B. Gonçalves, in Preparation. | |
| Hierarchical, Regular Small-World Graphs | |
| S. Boettcher, B. Gonçalves, H. Guclu, Submitted to PRL arXiv:cond-mat/0712.1259 | |
| Hysteresis Of the 1D Ising Chain with Long Range Interactions | |
| B. Gonçalves, S. Boettcher, in Preparation | |
| Studying Human Behavior Through Web Analytics | |
| B. Gonçalves, J. Ramasco, in Preparation | |
| The Core Peeling Algorithm for Graph Bisection | |
| B. Gonçalves, G. Istrate, A. G. Percus, S. Boettcher, in Preparation | |
| Belief Propagation for Graph Bisection | |
| A. G. Percus, G. Istrate, S. P. Kasiviswanathan, S. Boettcher, N. Hengartner, B. Gonçalves, in Preparation | |
Presentations
| Hysteresis of the Distance Dependent Sherrington-Kirkpatrick Spin Glass | |
| Assisi 2007 Long Range Interactions [pdf] | 07/05/2007 |
| Ensemble Inequivalence in Random Graphs | |
| Assisi 2007 Long Range Interactions [pdf] | 07/04/2007 |
| Transport On Weighted Networks: When Correlations are Independent of Degree | |
| APS March Meeting 2007 [pdf] | 03/06/2007 |
| Hysteretic Optimization For Spin Glasses | |
| APS March Meeting 2007 [pdf] | 03/05/2007 |
| Building a Linux Cluster on a Budget | |
| Condor Week 2006 [pdf][ppt] | 04/25/2006 |
| Evidence of Accelerated Growth by Edge Copying and Unfairness in the Evolution of the AS Level of the Internet | |
| APS March Meeting [pdf][ppt] | 03/16/2006 |
| Comparing Extremal and Hysteretic Optimization on the Satisfiability Problem | |
| APS March Meeting [pdf][ppt] | 03/13/2006 |
| Evidence of Accelerated Growth by Edge Copying and Unfairness in the Evolution of the AS Level of the Internet | |
| APS Four Corners Meeting [pdf][ppt] | 10/15/2005 |
Posters
| Modeling the Behavior of Individual Websurfers | |
| B. Gonçalves, J. Ramasco StatPhys 23 |
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| Relevance of the Topological Non-Connectivity Threshold in the Presence of a Heat Bath | |
| B. Gonçalves, F. Borgonovi, G. L. Celardo, L. Spadafora APS March Meeting, 2007 |
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| Fractal Model of Choroidal Neovascularization | |
| B. Gonçalves, I. Schmack, J. C. Kao, C. L. Berglin, H. E. Grossniklaus Retinal and Choroidal Angiogenesis, 2004 |
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| Fractal Modeling of Choroidal Neovascularization II | |
| B. M. T. Gonçalves, J. C. Kao, F. Family, C. L. Berglin, H. E. Grossniklaus Retinal and Choroidal Angiogenesis, 2004 |
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| Growth Rates of Choroidal Neovascularization in Age-Related Macular Degeneration | |
| B. B. Germain, C. L. Berglin, E. Garcia, B. M. T. Gonçalves, B. Myles, H. E. Grossniklaus 2004 ARVO Annual Meeting |
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| Fractal Modeling of Choroidal Neovascularization | |
| B. M. T. Gonçalves, J. C. Kao, F. family, C. L. Berglin and H. E. Grossniklaus 2004 ARVO Annual Meeting |
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| Tomography of the Internet | |
| B. M. T. Gonçalves, J. F. F. Mendes Networks: Structure, Dynamics And Function |
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Teaching Assistant Experience
| Physics 421 - Thermal Physics Physics 361 - Analytical Mechanics Grader |
Fall 2007 |
| Physics 526 - Statistical Physics Physics 365 - Electrodynamics I Grader |
Spring 2007 |
| Physics 526 - Statistical Physics Grader |
Spring 2006 |
| Physics 503A - Classical Mechanics I Grader |
Fall 2005 |
| Physics 142 - Introductory Physics II Lab section T. A. and Grader |
Spring 2005 |
| Physics 142 - Introductory Physics I Lab section T. A. and Grader Physics 503A - Classical Mechanics I Grader | Fall 2004 |
| Physics 142 - Introductory Physics I Recitation section T. A. |
Fall 2003 |
Conferences and Seminars
| STATPHYS 23 | |
| Genova Congress Center Genova, Italy | 07/09/2007 – 07/13/2007 |
| Assisi 2007 Long Range Interactions | |
| Domus Pacis Assisi, Italy | 07/04/2007 – 07/07/2007 |
| APS March Meeting | |
| Colorado Conference Center Denver, CO | 03/05/2007 – 03/09/2007 |
| Condor Week 2006 | |
| Fluno Convention Center Madison, WI | 04/24/2006 – 04/27/2006 |
| APS March Meeting | |
| Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore, MD | 03/13/2006 – 03/17/2006 |
| APS Four Corners Meeting | |
| University Of Colorado At Boulder Boulder, CO | 10/14/2005 – 10/15/2005 |
| Retinal And Choroidal Angiogenesis | |
| Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine Nashville, TN | 10/15/2004 – 10/16/2004 |
| 2004 Association for Research in Vision and Oftalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting | |
| Broward County Convention Center Fort Lauderdale, FL | 04/25/2004 – 04/29/2004 |
| Networks: Structure, Dynamics, and Function | |
| Hotel La Fonda Santa Fe, NM | 05/12/2003 – 05/16/2003 |
| International Conference On Nanobiology 2001 | |
| Emory University Atlanta, Ga | 10/25/2001 – 10/27/2001 |
| 1ª Escola Nacional de Nanociências e Nanotecnologia | |
| Universidade de Aveiro Aveiro, Portugal | 09/27/2001 – 09/28/2001 |
| Euroconference on Transport and Dynamics in Complex Electronic Materials | |
| Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto Porto, Portugal | 09/03/2001 – 09/07/2001 |
| Advanced School on Recent Developments in Large-Scale Scientific Computing | |
| Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto Porto, Portugal | 07/03/2001 – 07/06/2001 |
| 6th International Symposium on Research in High Magnetic Fields | |
| Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto Porto, Portugal | 07/30/2000 – 08/03/2000 |
Computer Skills
Operating Systems
- Advanced Linux and OSX User
- Moderately skilled Linux administrator in Red Hat, Fedora and Ubuntu systems
- Extensive use of C/C++ for numerical Monte-Carlo simulations
- Experience with Java, Perl, Python, Fortran and Visual Basic.
- Regular use of Matlab and Mathematica for numerical and analytical computation
- Experience with FEMLAB and MySQL
- I built a high performance low budget linux cluster using Condor and DRBL running on diskless nodes, as described in http://www.linux.com/articles/49654
- I routinely use the Condor cluster software to run my simulations and since 2006, I’ve been using the Open Science Grid computing resources through Condor-G
Languages
- Portuguese - Native Speaker
- English - Fluent (280/300 in the TOEFL)
- Spanish - Conversational - Limited
- Italian - Conversational - Limited
- French - Basic - Familiar
- Japanese - Basic - Familiar (JLPT Level 4)


