Fernando Buarque

Prof. Dr. Fernando Buarque is a Visiting Professor at the University of Münster, affiliated with the School of Business and Economics and the Department of Business Information Systems and Logistics. His research focuses on swarm intelligence algorithms, evolutionary computation, parallel computing, and optimization techniques applied to supply chain management. He collaborates closely with Prof. Hellingrath's research group and holds a DIC PhD and AvH (likely Alexander von Humboldt) fellowships.

Key research areas include parameter control for optimization algorithms, high-level parallelization strategies, and application of metaheuristics to real-world problems. His work emphasizes GPU-based parallelization, algorithmic skeletons, and sensitivity analysis of hyper-heuristics. Recent contributions address parameterless population size control and learning properties of reinforcement learning in algorithmic frameworks.

Publications span journals like Applied Soft Computing and International Journal of Parallel Programming, with conference contributions at IEEE events and the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO). His research bridges theoretical advancements with practical implementations in logistics and supply chain optimization.