In this talk, Mauricio will weave the narrative of my four-decade-long odyssey bridging the spheres of academia and industry. Initiated during his doctoral studies at the University of California, Berkeley, his first collaboration intersected with researchers from Fairchild Semiconductors, exploring semiconductor fabrication through simulation, and partnered with Narendra Karmarkar from AT&T Bell Labs, diving into the world of algorithm engineering of interior point methods for linear programming. The inception of GRASP and BRKGA will be discussed, their roots firmly planted in these interactions. He will share insights from my tenure as a research scientist at renowned institutions such as Bell Labs Research during the '80s and '90s, AT&T Labs Research from 1996 to 2014, and at Amazon Research between 2014 and 2022. He will contrast my work experiences at these institutions. Even though most of his professional life was spent within the confines of industrial research centers, he maintained robust interactions with academia worldwide, spanning continents from the Americas to Europe, Asia, and even the Russian Federation. In the process he supervised and mentored numerous MSc and PhD students. As we reach the final chapters of his narrative, we find his departure from Amazon in December 2022 and the beginning of a new journey as a visiting professor - a role that has guided me to this current moment.

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