CeMEAI

Name

CeMEAI

Legal name

Centro de Ciências Matemáticas Aplicadas à Indústria

Website

https://cemeai.icmc.usp.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

São Carlos

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. FAPESP Research Funding: Primary funding from FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation) as a CEPID (Research, Innovation and Diffusion Center) with approximately 17 million reais over five years, with potential renewal for two additional three-year periods. This constitutes the main financial support for research activities.
2. Research Agreements with Industry: Contracted research partnerships with companies including Petrobras, Oxiteno, FGV, Banco PAN, Copel, and others through formal university partnership agreements for specific R&D projects.
3. Corporate Education: Fee-based professional education programs including MBA, professional master's (MECAI), short courses, in-company training, and problem-solving workshops for industry.
4. Consulting Services: Mathematical consulting services through the Clínica Matemática providing expertise in mathematics, statistics and computing to companies and researchers on a fee basis.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CeMEAI is an applied mathematics research center that delivers mathematical, statistical, and computational solutions to industrial and public-sector problems through contracted research projects, consulting (Clínica Matemática), professional education (MECAI master's program, MBA, in-company training), and the WSMPI problem-solving workshop. It complements these services with standalone software tools (TANGO optimization library, SAO, SISGRES, ENOE, CRAN R packages) and operates the Analytics Laboratory and Euler HPC cluster as research infrastructure for collaborators.

Product overview

CeMEAI (Centro de Ciências Matemáticas Aplicadas à Indústria) is a FAPESP-funded research center (CEPID) at ICMC-USP São Carlos that offers a portfolio of products and services focused on applied mathematical sciences for industry. The portfolio includes: (1) MECAI professional master's degree program for industry-oriented training; (2) WSMPI workshop event connecting academia with industry; (3) Matemática Clínica consulting service; and (4) various software tools including TANGO optimization algorithms, SAO online evaluation system, SISGRES waste management, and multiple R packages (forecTheta, bayesDccGarch, NoiseFiltersR, mfe, utiml) for statistical analysis and machine learning. The center also operates the Analytics laboratory for massive data analysis and the Euler high-performance computing cluster.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MECAI Professional Master's Program Professional master's degree program in Mathematics, Statistics, and Computing Applied to Industry that bridges university-industry relations and provides training for professionals in applied mathematical sciences.
• WSMPI Workshop on Mathematical Solutions for Industrial Problems Week-long intensive workshop connecting researchers and students with companies and public institutions to develop mathematical solutions for real industrial problems, featuring participation from national and international institutions including MIT and IMPA.
• Clínica Matemática Consulting Service Consulting service in Mathematics, Statistics, and Computing for companies and researchers, providing solutions through a structured intake process: request submission, meeting with domain expert researchers, and solution presentation or referral.
• TANGO Optimization Library Collection of free software under GNU license providing trustable algorithms for nonlinear general optimization problems, developed by researchers José Mario Martínez and Ernesto Birgin.
• Sistema de Avaliação Online (SAO) Online evaluation system registered with INPI (RS10910-3), developed by researchers Francisco Louzada Neto and Anderson Ara Souza for standardized online assessment purposes.
• SISGRES Municipal Solid Waste Management System Municipal Solid Waste Management System (Sistema de Gestão de Resíduos Sólidos) developed for environmental management applications.
• ENOE Wireless Sensor Network Software Wireless sensor network software for monitoring urban rivers, registered with INPI (BR512016001777-5), authored by Jó Ueyama and team.
• forecTheta R Package R software package for forecasting time series using the Theta Method, version 2.2, published on CRAN.
• bayesDccGarch R Package R software package implementing the Bayesian Dynamic Conditional Correlation GARCH model for multivariate financial time series, published on CRAN.
• NoiseFiltersR R Package R package for label noise filters for data preprocessing in classification tasks, published on CRAN.
• mfe Meta-Feature Extractor R Package R package for extracting meta-features from datasets for meta-learning applications, published on CRAN.
• utiml Multi-Label Learning Utilities R Package R package providing utilities for multi-label learning algorithms, published on CRAN.
• Analytics Laboratory (Laboratório Analytics) Massive Data Analysis Laboratory conducting research in data science, machine learning, data streams, data mining, data preprocessing, data quality, complex networks, and dynamic systems.
• Euler High-Performance Computing Cluster High-performance computing cluster operated by CeMEAI for numerical simulations and computational research workloads.
• Corporate Education Programs Fee-based professional education offerings including MBA programs, short courses, in-company training, and problem-solving workshops for industry, delivered through ICMC-USP.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successful research collaboration with 30+ companies including Petrobras, Embraer, and major financial institutions
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability9 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 June 2026MIT students participated in the 12th WSMPI workshop, bringing international talent to work on industrial challenges alongside Brazilian researchers.
• IMPA (Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 June 2026IMPA students participated in the WSMPI workshop as part of their applied mathematics program, contributing to industrial problem-solving.
• UFAL (Universidade Federal de Alagoas)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 June 2026NES (Novo Ensino Suplementar) project from UFAL brings students to participate in workshops and collaborates on talent development in mathematics.
• StonecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 June 2026Brazilian fintech company participating in WSMPI with challenges on economic group identification and e-commerce logistics optimization.
• HapvidacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 June 2026Healthcare provider working with CeMEAI on patient demand forecasting and medical scheduling optimization.
• Tribunal de Contas do Estado de Alagoas (TCE-AL)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 June 2026State audit court using AI-powered document organization solutions developed through WSMPI collaboration.
• CopelcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 December 2018Electric utility partnership for integrated self-recovery platform for distributed generation and smart grid management.
• OxitenominorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 November 2014Chemical industry partnership for production planning optimization problems.
• PetrobrascoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 July 2012Long-standing research partnership covering two-phase flow developments for refining processes and multi-scale methods for petroleum reservoir simulation.
• ICMC-USP (Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary host institution and main research hub for CeMEAI activities. Located in São Carlos, a major Brazilian research center.
• UFSCar (Universidade Federal de São Carlos)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociated institution in the CEPID-CeMEAI network. CCET-UFSCar participates in collaborative research activities.
• UNICAMP (Universidade Estadual de Campinas)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIMECC-UNICAMP is an associated institution contributing researchers and expertise to the CeMEAI network.
• UNESP (Universidade Estadual Paulista)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIBILCE-UNESP and FCT-UNESP are associated institutions contributing to the CeMEAI research network.
• IAE (Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAerospace research institute associated with CeMEAI, contributing expertise in computational mechanics and aerospace applications.
• IME-USP (Instituto de Matemática e Estatística)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMathematics and Statistics institute at USP contributing researchers to the CeMEAI network.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• INRIA (Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique): French national research institute for digital sciences and applied mathematics, with deep industry collaboration programs. Comparable in mission (applied math/computing for industry), scale (~10K+ staff), and public-funder structure.
• Fraunhofer Society: Germany's applied research network performing contract R&D for industry across multiple institutes. Closely comparable to CeMEAI in its academic-industry bridge model, multi-institute structure, and government co-funding.
• UNICAMP IMECC: Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Scientific Computing at UNICAMP, one of CeMEAI's core partner institutions. Highly comparable as a Brazilian academic unit specializing in applied mathematics for industry.
• Stanford ICME (Institute for Computational & Mathematical Engineering): Stanford institute partnering mathematics, computing, and engineering with industry and government. Comparable in applied mathematical research for industrial problems, professional master's programs, and corporate partnership models.
• The Fields Institute: Canadian mathematics research institute affiliated with the University of Toronto, hosting research programs, workshops, and industry engagement. Comparable in mission, academic affiliation, and industry-academic events.
• Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR): Indian research institute combining mathematics, computer science, and applied research with national strategic priorities. Comparable as a multidisciplinary applied research center in an emerging economy with mixed public-private funding.
• IMPA (Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada): Brazil's flagship pure and applied mathematics research institute, also based in Brazil and partnering with CeMEAI on WSMPI. Highly comparable as a national center of excellence connecting advanced math research with industry and government applications.

Broad incumbents

• CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas): Spain's largest public research institution spanning natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering. Comparable as a publicly funded multidisciplinary research umbrella with industry engagement programs.
• Max Planck Society: Germany's largest basic and applied research organization with dozens of institutes. Compares as a broader publicly funded research umbrella organization where CeMEAI sits as a single specialized center.

Others

• RAND Corporation: US-based nonprofit research institution performing contract research for government and industry using quantitative methods. Comparable as a nonprofit, contract-based applied research model with similar engagement formats.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

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