Ernesto Cordeiro Marujo is an associate professor of Operations Research and Statistics at the Fundamental Sciences Department of ITA (Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica) in Brazil. He holds a PhD in Operations Research from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Throughout his career, Professor Marujo has held various teaching positions. He served as a teaching assistant for the Senior Executives Program at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He has also been a professor for BSP-Business School São Paulo and the ESPM Master's Program in Innovation Management. At ITA, Professor Marujo has been a longstanding faculty member. He has held positions such as Head of the Decision Analysis Department and Pro-rector of Research and Development of the Institute. His expertise extends to consulting in areas related to quantitative methods for decision analysis and the economic and financial impact of projects. In terms of research, Professor Marujo focuses on the analysis of stochastic (probabilistic) processes, statistics, and optimization. These areas of interest encompass studying and developing methods to analyze and model uncertain and random events, statistical techniques for data analysis, and optimizing decision-making processes. Overall, Professor Ernesto Cordeiro Marujo has made significant contributions to the field of Operations Research and Statistics through his academic and research activities, as well as his consulting work.