Mauricio G. C. Resende (born July 27, 1955 in Maceió, Brazil) is a Brazilian-American research scientist with contributions to the field of mathematical optimization.
He is best known for the development of the metaheuristics GRASP (greedy randomized adaptive search procedures),[1] and BRKGA (biased random-key genetic algorithms)[2] as well as the first successful implementation of Karmarkar’s interior point algorithm.
[8] Additionally, he gave multiple plenary talks[9] in international conferences and is on the editorial boards of several scientific journals.
[14] Until December 2022, he worked at Amazon.com as a Principal Research Scientist in the Mathematical Optimization and Planning group.
[15] Previously, he was Lead Inventive Scientist at AT&T Bell Labs where he worked for over a quarter century.