FERNANDO LUCATELLI NUNES

Ph.D. in Mathematics     Ph.D. in Computer Science

Ph.D. in Computer Science

Institution: Utrecht University, Netherlands

Thesis submitted; defense scheduled for April 2026

Thesis: Freely generated categorical structures and automatic differentiation

Supervisors: Professor Gabriele Keller and Assistant Professor Matthijs Vákár

PhD Examination Committee: Professor Ieke Moerdijk, Professor Bart Jacobs, Professor Sam Staton, Professor Robin Cocket, and Professor Patricia Johann

Keywords: Programming language semantics, automatic differentiation, software correctness, program transformations, categorical semantics, logical relations, type systems, dependent types, algebraic effects

Period: November 2020 – November 2025

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