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Alberto A. Pinto serves as a full Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal. He concurrently holds a research position at the Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support within the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering (LIAAD, INESC TEC), where he has been Research Coordinator since May 1, 2011.
His academic journey began with a Master's thesis at the University of Warwick (1989) under David Rand, followed by a PhD (1991) on universality features of maps at the boundary between order and chaos. As a postdoctoral researcher with Dennis Sullivan at the City University of New York, he expanded his foundational work in dynamical systems.
Pinto's research spans both theoretical and applied domains, with significant contributions to dynamical systems (particularly fine-scale structure of hyperbolic diffeomorphisms), game theory, mathematical economics, and financial mathematics. His work bridges pure mathematics with practical applications in immunology, epidemiology, climate science, and energy systems. He has published over one hundred scientific articles and authored the influential book 'Fine Structures of Hyperbolic Diffeomorphisms' (2010).
His recent publications (2024-2025) demonstrate continued scholarly productivity across diverse fields including cooperative game theory, machine learning applications in pedestrian modeling, financial market prediction, and economic equilibrium theory. These works reflect his evolving research trajectory from pure dynamical systems toward increasingly interdisciplinary applications.
- President of International Center for Mathematics (CIM) 2011-2016
- President of General Assembly of CIM since 2016
- Founder and co-Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Dynamics and Games (2014-present)
- Executive Coordinator of Scientific Council of Exact Sciences and Engineering at FCT (2009-2010)
Pinto has supervised numerous graduate students across mathematical economics, game theory, and financial mathematics. His editorial work includes founding the Springer Proceedings in Mathematics series through 'Dynamics and Games I and II' (2011), and contributing to multiple volumes in the CIM Series in Mathematical Sciences published by Springer-Verlag. At INESC TEC, he leads research in artificial intelligence and decision support systems, connecting theoretical mathematics with practical computational applications.
