Bruno Baère

Senior Software Engineer — 15+ years building C++ visualization systems

C++ Software Engineer Game AI & Adaptivity Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) CSPO

Core developer of V3O2, a geology & geophysics visualization suite at Instituto Tecgraf (PUC-Rio). M.Sc. Computer Science; researcher in Game AI and dynamic difficulty adaptivity.

Instituto Tecgraf (PUC-Rio) • Hybrid, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • PT-BR native • English B2

Certifications

WES Verified

ScrumMaster

Product Owner

Resumé

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Experience

15+ years at Instituto Tecgraf (PUC-Rio) on the V3O2 visualization suite. Details limited by NDA — see the V3O2 product page (Tecgraf). Full bullet history in the CV above.

Senior Software Engineer — Instituto Tecgraf, PUC-Rio

Jan 2020 — Present • Hybrid, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

C++17 • Qt • GTK+ • Boost • GitLab CI/CD

Core developer on V3O2 (geology & geophysics); led a 5–6 person team (2022–2024); two-month release train with 700+ Boost.Test tests; hired ~4 engineers; led the Rocky Linux 8 upgrade.

Product Owner — Instituto Tecgraf, PUC-Rio

Feb 2018 — Jan 2020 • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Scrum • Roadmaps • Stakeholder Management

Scrum PO for V3O2: client needs into roadmaps and stories; built the hiring process; demoed at client fairs.

Systems Analyst — Instituto Tecgraf, PUC-Rio

Aug 2011 — Feb 2018 • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

C++ • OpenGL • Qt • GoogleTest • Valgrind

V3O2 seismic/well-log visualizer for Petrobras; test tooling in Lua; co-led a Scrum workshop.

Researcher — ICAD/VisionLab, PUC-Rio

Apr 2009 — Aug 2011 • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

C# • DirectX • Games Research

Games and simulation research; built a C# DirectX shade-tree editor.

Academic & Research Profiles

Publications

Design de Jogos de RPG Digitais: Uma investigação sobre a experiência de jogo

Chagas, M. das G. de A., Araujo, B. B. P. L. de, Faria, W. V., Loureiro, C. G., Carmo, M. I. M. M., Donato, N. J., Silva, T. S. T., Maidantchik, V. D., Marques, Y. L. M. de M. (2015)

Proceedings of XIV SBGames 2015 • Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

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ComFiM: A Cooperative Serious Game to Encourage the Development of Communicative Skills between Children with Autism

Ribeiro, P. C. ; de Araujo, B. B. P. L. ; Raposo, A. (2014)

Proceedings of XIII SBGames 2014 • Porto Alegre, Brazil

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Evaluating dynamic difficulty adaptivity in shoot'em up games

de Araujo, B. B. P. L. ; Feijó, B. (2013)

Proceedings of XII SBGames 2013 • São Paulo, Brazil

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Um estudo sobre adaptatividade dinâmica de dificuldade em jogos

de Araujo, B. B. P. L. ; Feijó, B. (Advisor) (2012)

Master's Dissertation • PUC-Rio, Brazil

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Análise de Motores Gráficos 3D para Simulação de Fluídos

de Araujo, B. B. P. L. ; Feijó, B. (2008)

XVI Seminário de Iniciação Científica da PUC-Rio

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Desenvolvimento de uma Biblioteca de Funções para Simulação no Torque Game Engine

de Araujo, B. B. P. L. ; Feijó, B. (2007)

XV Seminário de Iniciação Científica da PUC-Rio

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Conferences & Presentations

ComFiM: A Cooperative Serious Game to Encourage the Development of Communicative Skills between Children with Autism

XIII SBGames • Porto Alegre

Year: 2014 Slides (PDF)

Dificuldade Adaptativa em Jogos - Considerando jogadores casuais e hardcore

Semana de Ciência e Tecnologia • UniRio

Invited talk at UniRio (Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro) by Prof. Geiza Maria Hamazaki.

Year: 2014 Slides (PDF)

Evaluating dynamic difficulty adaptivity in shoot'em up games

XII SBGames • São Paulo

Year: 2013 Slides (PDF)

Um estudo sobre adaptatividade dinâmica de dificuldade em jogos

M.Sc. Presentation • PUC-Rio

Year: 2012 Slides (PDF)

Community & Service

Global Game Jam 2020 — Venue Co-organizer, PUC-Rio

Global Game Jam • Rio de Janeiro

Co-organized the PUC-Rio jam site for GGJ 2020.

Year: 2020 GGJ Profile

Volunteer Reviewer — Elsevier

Peer Review • Since 2016

Invited peer reviewer for Elsevier journals since 2016.

Since: 2016

Games Developed

Adaptive Shooter

2012

C++ • AI Dynamic Difficulty Adaptivity

2D shoot'em up game developed for my M.Sc. thesis in Computer Science at PUC-Rio. The game uses artificial intelligence to detect player performance in real time and adapts enemy stats to match player skill level.

Details Itch.io GitHub

Lights Out

2012

Puzzle Game • Award Winner

Presented at Festival Games Brasil 2013. Selected for FILE Games 2012. Won 3rd place in People's Choice Award at SBGames 2011 (Salvador, Brazil). Earlier version presented at Gamecraft 2011.

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You Are Trash

2010

Java 6 • GTGL Engine

Edutainment puzzle/action game focused on recycling trash cans and environmental awareness, built in Java using the GTGL engine.

Details Download GitHub

MOLD

2010

Unity 2.6 • Arcade Retro

Class project developed using Unity 2.6 implementing a customized, vibrant reimagining of the classic Space Invaders arcade gameplay.

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Seu Espião Safado

2011

Print-and-Play • Board Game

A print-and-play social deduction game of deceit and cold war espionage. Presented at Gamecraft 2011 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Available in Portuguese (PT-BR).

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