Albert López i Serrano
Hi! I am Albert López, an Intern in the ACT working in tackling multiple rendezvous interplanetary missions as complex combinatorial problems. I joined the team to work on discrete optimization problems arising from mission design problems, in particular those arising in missions involving multiple planned encounters with celestial bodies.
Originally from a small town near Barcelona, Spain, I started my academic journey studying Fundamental Mathematics at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. During my Bachelor's I started developping an interest for nature-inspired algorithms for discrete optimization taks. After some time working on problems set on graphs and taking part in the First Space Optimization Competition I moved to Paris to pursue my first master's degree, in Fundamental Mathematics, where I focused on different topics surrounding algebraic topology. Finished the master's degree, I took a small hiatus consulting in Optimization before going back to pursue an online master's degree in Data Science, and now interning in the ACT with the goal to contribute to Space Engineering from my background in Optimization and more broadly Mathematics.
Most of my work involves mixing exact methods with approximated ones (heuristics) to solve problems that can be formulated as Integer Linear Programs applied to different domains: originally social network analysis, later industrial planning problems and now Space-related problems.