Filipe Alves

Filipe Alves serves as a Researcher at Polytechnic Institute of Bragança and pursues a PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering at University of Minho, with continuous research activity since 2017. His work bridges theoretical optimization frameworks and practical industrial applications through DTx - Digital Transformation CoLAB, a national R&D consortium focused on digital innovation.

His academic foundation includes:

• Bachelor's in Biomedical Engineering (Polytechnic Institute of Bragança)
• Master's in Biomedical Technology (Polytechnic Institute of Bragança)

Specializing in scheduling systems and metaheuristic algorithms, his research creates decision support tools for industrial automation and healthcare logistics. Key contributions address nurse scheduling, home healthcare routing, and virtual power plant optimization using MILP solvers and multi-agent architectures. His methodology integrates mathematical modeling with real-world constraints like time windows, resource capacities, and dynamic environments.

Publication analysis reveals three dominant trajectories: (1) Healthcare logistics optimization (40% of recent work), featuring nurse/home care scheduling solutions; (2) Energy systems management (30%), particularly virtual power plant coordination; (3) Public health applications (20%), including pandemic impact studies and waste management. This evolution demonstrates increasing interdisciplinary reach while maintaining core optimization expertise.

As an active DTx CoLAB member, he collaborates on digital transformation projects connecting academic research with industrial implementation. His current PhD research extends these efforts into industrial systems engineering frameworks for complex scheduling challenges.