Carlos Natalino (Member, IEEE) received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Pará, Pará, Brazil, in 2011 and 2016, respectively. From June 2016 to March 2019, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow with the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, where he was a Visiting Researcher from 2013 to 2014. He is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. He has authored or coauthored more than 40 papers published in international conferences and journals. His research focuses on the application of machine learning techniques for the optimization and operation of optical networks. He was a TPC Member in several international conferences and workshops, and a reviewer in several journals.