About
I am a Ph.D. student of Computational Geometry at the Department of Mathematics of Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, supervised by Rodrigo Silveira and Irene Parada. I work at the UPC research group on Discrete, Combinatorial and Computational Geometry.
Education
- Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics (Expected 2029)
- Departament de Matemàtiques
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- Currently enrolled
- Masters in Animation and Digital Arts for AAA Video Games (2025)
- Tech Talent Center
- UPC Schools
- Webpage: Centuria Games
- Masters in Innovation and Research in Informatics (2023)
- Facultat d'Informàtica de Barcelona
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- Mention in Advanced Computing
- Thesis: Combinatorial and Numerical Optimization Techniques for Floorplanning
- Degree in Engineering in Informatics (2020)
- Facultat d'Informàtica de Barcelona
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- Mention in Computing
- Thesis: Preprocessing techniques for Integer Linear Programming
Research
- Shortest Descending Path is not solvable within ACMQ
- V Franco-Sánchez, A Herrero, R Silveira (2025)
- Video presentation on YouTube
- Swap distance minimization beyond entropy minimization in word order variation
- V Franco-Sánchez, A Martí-Llobet, R Ferrer-i-Cancho (2024)
Teaching
- Interacció i Diseny d'Interficies (2024-2025)
- Interaction and Interface Design
- UPC FIB, Laboratory teacher
- Gràfics (2024)
- Graphics
- UPC FIB, Laboratory teacher
Miscellaneous
- The Magic of Nonogram Solving
- A brief article on using Constraint Satisfaction Solving techniques to solve nonograms that's actually just an article on global constraint implementation in disguise.
Contact Information
- Departament de Matemàtiques
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
- Edifici Omega (office 421), Campus Nord
- Jordi Girona, 1-3
- 08034 Barcelona
- Spain
- Email: victor.franco.sanchez@upc.edu