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Luiz F. Autran M. Gomes

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Gender	Male
Industry	Education
Occupation	Professor do Ensino Superior
Location	Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern/Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Introduction	My major professional interest has always been connected to decision aiding and decision making. I have worked as a consultant and I have served as advisor to more than a hundred masters theses and doctoral dissertations in that area. The vast majority of these theses and dissertations have been applied to managerial decision making problems in the real word. My students learn how to structure and analyze these problems in order to produce feasible recommendations to decision makers. I completed my PhD in Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1976. My original background is Civil Engineering: I graduated in 1968 from the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and I received the MSc degree from Michigan State University in 1970. I spent a sabbatical (1985/86) teaching at the Polytechnic University of New York and with an Alexander-von Humboldt/Krupp research fellowship at the University of Stuttgart. Through this blog I trust that I will be able to exchange views and opinions with people with similar interests and expertises throughout the world.
Interests	Filosofia pós-moderna, música clássica, jazz, filmes clássicos, história das cidades
Favorite Movies	Ivã, o terrível, Alexandre Nevsky, Jornada da alma, High spirits (não sei o título em português), Jules e Jim, Les enfants du paradis, e muitos outros mais.
Favorite Music	Danny Boy, Cantata de Alexandre Nevsky, música clássica, ópera (ex: Moses und Aron) e cool jazz, de um modo geral.
Favorite Books	O princípio esperança, I, II e III (Ernst Bloch), Notes on the synthesis of form (Christopher Alexander), Fogo Morto (José Lins do Rego), Ulysses (James Joyce), Grande Sertão: Veredas (Guimarães Rosa), e muitos, muitos outros mais.