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Luis Guimarães is a Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, senior researcher at the Industrial Engineering and Management group of the research institute INESC TEC and co-founder of LTPlabs a management consulting firm. He’s main area of activity is Operations Research/Computer Science. Most of his research is problem-driven and aims to develop advanced analytic solutions to be applied in real-world problems. In this context, he has collaborated in more than 30 industry-based research and consulting projects with various companies in the areas of process industry, transportation, retail and energy. Author of several publications in international journals in the field of Operations Research.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Luis Guimarães

Citation names

  • Guimarães, Luis

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B515-1DAA-8679
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6293-5691
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=n98JP14AAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Scopus Author Id
37077129000

Email addresses

  • lguimaraes@fe.up.pt (Professional)

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2013
Concluded
 Programa Doutoral em Engenharia e Gestão Industrial (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Advanced Production Planning Optimization in the Beverage Industry" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved by Unanimity with Distinction
2009
Concluded
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Industrial e Gestão (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Production Planing in Supply Chain" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013/08/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
2013/08/01 - 2015/09/30 Postdoc (Research) Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
2012/09/01 - 2012/12/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universidade de São Paulo Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação, Brazil
2011/03/01 - 2011/07/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) Northwestern University Robert R McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, United States

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/12/10 - Current Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015/10/01 - 2025/12/09 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2014/09/01 - 2015/07/31 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2011/09/01 - 2012/02/28 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2010/09/01 - 2011/02/28 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2009/03/01 - 2009/07/31 Intern (Production Planning & Sales Forecast) Unicer Bebidas, SA, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/01/04 - Current Optimal design of hybrid renewable energy systems through advanced quantitative methods
2024.06757.BD
Supervisor
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/09/01 - 2024/07/01 Explainable Artificial Intelligence for the next-generation manufacturing: applications in scheduling and process control
FCT SFRH/BD/07619/2021
Supervisor
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/09/01 - 2023/07/31 Process improvement by data-driven decision-making
FEUP Prime
Supervisor
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2022/07/31 Integrating asset management decisions on a multi-dependent portfolio
SFRH/BD/149128/2019
Supervisor
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2016/09/01 - 2021/07/31 Product line selection in the fast-moving consumer goods industry
SFRH/BD/147235/2019
Supervisor
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2015/07/01 - 2018/01/31 On Improving Supply Chain Performance Through Integrated Vehicle Routing Problems
SFRH/BD/108251/2015
Supervisor
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/01/01 - 2025/12/31 SMARTgNOSTICS - Global Testing & Diagnostics Solutions for antimicrobial resistances
PRR - Aviso 2021-C05i01-01 PRR
Principal investigator
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
Ongoing
2021/10/01 - 2025/03/31 EU-SCORES: European Scalable Offshore Renewable Energy Source
101036457
Principal investigator
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Windext - Advanced maintenance, lifetime extension and repowering of wind farms supported by advanced digital tools
612424-EPP-1-2019-1-ES-EPPKA2-KA
Principal investigator
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2019/09/01 - 2023/08/31 XFLEX - Hydropower Extending Power System Flexibility
857832
Principal investigator
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2018/03/01 - 2022/02/28 INDTECH 4.0 - Novas tecnologias para a fabricação inteligente
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-026653
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 Agência para o Investimento e Comércio Externo de Portugal, E.P.E
Ongoing
2018/07/01 - 2021/06/30 Mobfood - Mobilização de conhecimento científico e tecnológico em resposta aos desafios do mercado agroalimentar
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-024524
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Ongoing
2019/09/01 - 2020/06/30 Integrid: bridging the gap
731218
Principal investigator
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2015/01/01 - 2018/12/31 TEC4Growth - Pervasive Intelligence, Enhancers and Proofs of Concept with Industrial Impact
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000020
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte
Concluded
2013/07/01 - 2015/09/30 BESTCASE-RL2 - Smart Manufacturing and Logistics
NORTE-07-0124-FEDER-000057
Post-doc Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte
Concluded
2014/03/01 - 2015/04/30 WholeChain: Quantitative Framework for Perishable Food Supply Chain Management
EXPL/EMS-GIN/1930/2013
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

Instituto Superior Técnico Centro de Estudos de Gestão, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Portugal

Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Luis Guimarães; Pedro Amorim; Teresa Bianchi de Aguiar; Bernardo Almada-Lobo. The Analytics Sandwich. 2025.
  2. Guimarães, L.; Figueira, G.; Amorim, P.; Almada-Lobo, B.. Modeling lot sizing and scheduling in practice. 2015.
    10.1007/978-3-319-24154-8_9
Book chapter
  1. Maria Alexandra Oliveira; Luis Guimarães; José Luís Moura Borges; Bernardo Almada-Lobo. "A Data-Driven Monitoring Approach for Diagnosing Quality Degradation in a Glass Container Process". 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-53969-5_22
  2. Guimarães, L; Almada-Lobo, B. "Sistema de apoio à decisão do orçamento anual de produção na indústria de bebidas". 2014.
    10.14195/978-989-26-0738-2_7
Conference paper
  1. Rodrigues, Gonçalo; Barbosa, Flávia; Schuller, Pedro; Silva, Diogo; Pereira, João; Azevedo, Rui; Guimarães, Luis. "Electric Charging Demand Forecast and Capture for Infrastructure Placement Using Gravity Modelling: A Case Study". 2023.
    10.1109/itsc57777.2023.10421918
  2. Barbosa, Flávia; Yamada, Felipe; Leitão, Armando; Guimarães, Luis. "A new aggregation methodology for the HPP Health Index". Paper presented in 33rd European Safety and Reliability Conference, 2023.
  3. Eduardo Bacalhau; Barbosa, Flávia; Luciana Casacio; Yamada, Felipe; Guimarães, Luis. "Mathematical Formulation of Markov Decision Process to Address Maintenance Policy in Photovoltaic Farms". Paper presented in 33rd European Safety and Reliability Conference, 2023.
  4. Luis Dias; Leitão, Armando; Guimarães, Luis. "Optimizing monitoring equipment investment for an asset portfolio with multiple-failure modes". Paper presented in 21º Congresso da APDIO (IO2021), Figueira da Foz, 2021.
  5. Luis Dias; Leitão, Armando; Guimarães, Luis. "Novel solution method for multi-unit systems Condition-based maintenance optimization". Paper presented in 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference and the 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference, 2020.
Journal article
  1. Maria Alexandra Oliveira; Luís Guimarães; José L. Borges; Bernardo Almada-Lobo. "A production quality monitoring approach based on a condition index: an application on the glass container industry". International Journal of Production Research (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2025.2485316.
    10.1080/00207543.2025.2485316
  2. Flávia Barbosa; Luciana Casacio; Eduardo Tadeu Bacalhau; Armando Leitão; Luís Guimarães. "Performance evaluation and benchmarking to inform dispatching rules for hydropower plants". Utilities Policy (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2024.101780.
    10.1016/j.jup.2024.101780
  3. Neves Moreira, F; Almada Lobo, B; Guimaraes, L; Amorim, P. "The multi-product inventory-routing problem with pickups and deliveries: Mitigating fluctuating demand via rolling horizon heuristics br". TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E-LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW (2022):
    10.1016/j.tre.2022.102791
  4. Amorim Lopes, M; Guimaraes, L; Alves, J; Almada Lobo, B. "Improving picking performance at a large retailer warehouse by combining probabilistic simulation, optimization, and discrete-event simulation". INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS IN OPERATIONAL RESEARCH (2021):
    10.1111/itor.12852
  5. Dias, L; Ribeiro, M; Leitao, A; Guimaraes, L; Carvalho, L; Matos, MA; Bessa, RJ. "An unsupervised approach for fault diagnosis of power transformers". QUALITY AND RELIABILITY ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL (2021):
    10.1002/qre.2892
  6. Dias, L; Leitao, A; Guimaraes, L. "Resource definition and allocation for a multi-asset portfolio with heterogeneous degradation". RELIABILITY ENGINEERING & SYSTEM SAFETY (2021):
    10.1016/j.ress.2021.107768
  7. Andrade, X; Guimaraes, L; Figueira, G. "Product line selection of fast-moving consumer goods *". OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE (2021):
    10.1016/j.omega.2020.102389
  8. Wei, WC; Amorim, P; Guimaraes, L; Almada Lobo, B. "Tackling perishability in multi-level process industries". INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH (2019):
    10.1080/00207543.2018.1554916
  9. Neves Moreira, F; Almada Lobo, B; Cordeau, JF; Guimaraes, L; Jans, R. "Solving a large multi-product production-routing problem with delivery time windows". OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE (2019):
    10.1016/j.omega.2018.07.006
  10. Teresa Bianchi-Aguiar; Elsa Silva; Luis Guimarães; Maria Antónia Carravilla; José F. Oliveira. "Allocating products on shelves under merchandising rules: Multi-level product families with display directions". Omega 76 (2018): 47-62. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.omega.2017.04.002.
    10.1016/j.omega.2017.04.002
  11. Neves Moreira, F; da Silva, DP; Guimaraes, L; Amorim, P; Almada Lobo, B. "The time window assignment vehicle routing problem with product dependent deliveries". TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E-LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW (2018):
    10.1016/j.tre.2018.03.004
  12. Wei, W.; Guimarães, L.; Amorim, P.; Almada-Lobo, B.. "Tactical production and distribution planning with dependency issues on the production process". Omega (United Kingdom) 67 (2017): 99-114. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85002062746&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.omega.2016.04.004
  13. Baldo, T.A.; Morabito, R.; Santos, M.O.; Guimarães, L.. "Alternative Mathematical Models and Solution Approaches for Lot-Sizing and Scheduling Problems in the Brewery Industry: Analyzing Two Different Situations". Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2017 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85028442955&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1155/2017/6754970
  14. Bianchi-Aguiar, T.; Silva, E.; Guimarães, L.; Carravilla, M.A.; Oliveira, J.F.; Amaral, J.G.; Liz, J.; Lapela, S.. "Using analytics to enhance a food retailer's shelf-space management". Interfaces 46 5 (2016): 424-444. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84991447059&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1287/inte.2016.0859
  15. Neves-Moreira, F.; Amorim, P.; Guimarães, L.; Almada-Lobo, B.. "A long-haul freight transportation problem: Synchronizing resources to deliver requests passing through multiple transshipment locations". European Journal of Operational Research 248 2 (2016): 487-506. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84942292379&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ejor.2015.07.046
  16. Almada-Lobo, B.; Clark, A.; Guimarães, L.; Figueira, G.; Amorim, P.. "Industrial insights into lot sizing and schedulingmodeling". Pesquisa Operacional 35 3 (2015): 439-464. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84956881802&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1590/0101-7438.2015.035.03.0439
  17. Figueira, G.; Amorim, P.; Guimarães, L.; Amorim-Lopes, M.; Neves-Moreira, F.; Almada-Lobo, B.. "A decision support system for the operational production planning and scheduling of an integrated pulp and paper mill". Computers and Chemical Engineering 77 (2015): 85-104. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84927749431&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.compchemeng.2015.03.017
  18. Guimarães, L.; Amorim, P.; Sperandio, F.; Moreira, F.; Almada-Lobo, B.. "Annual distribution budget in the beverage industry: A case study". Interfaces 44 6 (2014): 605-626. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84915826233&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1287/inte.2014.0747
  19. Guimarães, L.; Klabjan, D.; Almada-Lobo, B.. "Modeling lotsizing and scheduling problems with sequence dependent setups". European Journal of Operational Research 239 3 (2014): 644-662. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84906224201&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ejor.2014.05.018
  20. Guimarães, L; Amorim, P; Sperandio, F; Moreira, F; Lobo, BA. "Annual Distribution Budget in the Beverage Industry: A Case Study". Interfaces (2014):
  21. Guimarães, L.; Klabjan, D.; Almada-Lobo, B.. "Pricing, relaxing and fixing under lot sizing and scheduling". European Journal of Operational Research 230 2 (2013): 399-411. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84878942137&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ejor.2013.04.030
  22. Guimarães, L.; Klabjan, D.; Almada-Lobo, B.. "Annual production budget in the beverage industry". Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence 25 2 (2012): 229-241. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84855816265&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.engappai.2011.05.011
  23. Guimarães, L.; Santos, R.; Almada-Lobo, B.. "Scheduling wafer slicing by multi-wire saw manufacturing in photovoltaic industry: A case study". International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 53 9-12 (2011): 1129-1139. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79953026093&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00170-010-2906-x
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/09/01 - 2024/07/01 AI models for asset management in energy systems
Supervisor
 Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Industrial e Gestão (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021/09/01 - 2024/07/01 Explainable Artificial Inteligence for the next-generation manufacturing: applications in scheduling and process control
Co-supervisor
 Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Industrial e Gestão (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2023/12/01 Process improvement by data-driven decision-making
Supervisor
 Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Industrial e Gestão (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2023/01/01 Integrating asset management decisions on a multi-dependent portfolio
Supervisor
 Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Industrial e Gestão (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2022/01/01 Product line selection in the fast-moving consumer goods industry
Supervisor
 Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Industrial e Gestão (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015/07/01 - 2018/01/01 On Improving Supply Chain Performance Through Integrated Vehicle Routing Problems
Co-supervisor
 Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Industrial e Gestão (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/07/01 - 2023/07/08 Data Analysis for Operations Management MBA International Week 2023 Insper, Brazil
Distinctions

Award

2021 Augusto Queirós Novais 2018-2020
Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional, Portugal
2019 Pedagogical Award
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015 Isabel Themido Award
Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional, Portugal
2015 APDIO / IO2015 (Best Phd thesis in 2013 and 2014)
Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional, Portugal

Other distinction

2019 Honorable Mention | Isabel Themido Award
Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional, Portugal
2016 Finalist Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice
INFORMS, United States
2011 IEMS'11 - Best oral presentation
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Departamento de Engenharia e Gestão Industrial, Portugal
2009 PhD Grant SFRH / BD / 62010 / 2009
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal