Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

Personal DataTop

 

EducationTop


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 ExperienceTop


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 ScholarshipsTop


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

 

PublicationsTop


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

 

PresentationsTop


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

 

PostersTop


Modeling the Behavior of Individual Websurfers
B. Gonçalves, J. Ramasco
StatPhys 23

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

Fractal Model of Choroidal Neovascularization
B. Gonçalves, I. Schmack, J. C. Kao, C. L. Berglin, H. E. Grossniklaus
Retinal and Choroidal Angiogenesis, 2004

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

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

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

Tomography of the Internet
B. M. T. Gonçalves, J. F. F. Mendes
Networks: Structure, Dynamics And Function

 

Teaching Assistant ExperienceTop


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 SeminarsTop


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 SkillsTop

Operating Systems
  • Advanced Linux and OSX User
  • Moderately skilled Linux administrator in Red Hat, Fedora and Ubuntu systems
Programming languages
  • Extensive use of C/C++ for numerical Monte-Carlo simulations
  • Experience with Java, Perl, Python, Fortran and Visual Basic.
Tools
  • 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

 

LanguagesTop

  • 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)



 

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