Work Experience

1988 - ...

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Now I am an associate professor (that's the middle rank for university professors in Portugal). Other than my normal teaching and research activities, I was deputy director of the Faculty from 1988 to 1991 (the director was Prof. Leopoldo Guimarães), and also director of the Computer Center for the Faculty (now called Serviço de Informática), from 1988 to 1993.

1983 - 1988

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
In Portugal, an assistant that gets a PhD transmutes into a professor, automatically. That's the lowest kind of professor, called "professor auxiliar", and that was my "title" until 1988. I was in charge of courses on Programming. Actually, I wrote a book, called "Pascal - Técnicas de Programação", which was quite popular at the time, and sold 7000 copies.

1977 - 1983

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
After I graduated, I had a job as an assistant. Actually, I did not have to work too much. After a year, I went to France, for my PhD and stayed there three years, in Grenoble. I came back in 1981, and since my French PhD was not "recognised" in Portugal, I redid it and repassed it, in 1983.

1976

Universidade Nova de Lisboa
After having studied Electrical Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico, I move to the newly created Universidade Nova de Lisboa, to study Informatics. During my last year, I had a job as a "monitor", that is a student who helps younger students with their lab work.

1973 - 1976

Escola Industrial e Comercial de Setúbal
This is a secondary school is a town 40 km south of Lisbon. I was a teacher of Mathematics there, for three years. At the same time I was a student at Lisbon's Instituto Superior Técnico.

Education

1978-1981

Université Scientifique et Médicale de Grenoble, now called Université Joseph Fourier.
I went to Grenoble in 1978, first to get a DEA (diplôme d'études approfondies) in Informatics, which I did in 1979, and then a doctorat de troisième cycle also in Informatics, in 1981.

1975-1977

Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Having had three years of Electrical Engineering, I move to the newly Universidade Nova de Lisboa, to study Informatics. Within two years I got my licenciatura em Engenharia Informática.

1971 - 1975

Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa
I was studying Electrical Engineering, but those were hard times. The school was often closed by the authorities to avoid student protest against the political situation. I did not graduate (see above).

1969 - 1970

St George's School, Newport, Rhode Island
I did the senior year there, as an AFS exchange student.

1963 - 1971

Liceu de Oeiras
Secondary school (except school year 1969-1970).

Activities

• I was elected Southern Regional coordinator for the Informatics college at the Portuguese Engineering Society (2001-2004). Previously, I was a member of the coordination committee of that college (1998-2001).
• I was member of the jury of the European Contest for Young Scientists, in Milan, 1997. Then, I was the president of the jury in Porto, 1998, and in Thessalonikiki, 1999.
• I was a member of the evaluation board of informatics and informatics engineering degrees by Portuguese universities, in 1998 and 1999. The chairman of this board was Prof. Alexandre Cerveira. I was also member of the accreditation committee for informatics engineering at the Portuguese Engineering Society, in 1999. The chairman of this committee was Prof. António Dias de Figueiredo.
• I took part in a Tempus project to set up a new degree in Informatics at the University of Lodz, branch at Bielsko-Biala, Poland, (1996-1998).
• I gave training courses on various aspect of software development to several Portuguese companies: EID, INETI, IBM, Alcatel, OGMA, PT, CTT, ANA (agora NAV), Papelaco.
• I was a member of the EDDI project, from 1983 to 1986. This project put together a consortium of Portuguese universities to help establish an Informatics degree at the University of Luanda, in Angola. It was a great project and a great experience. The leaders of the project were Prof. José Manuel Graça Martins (now at EF) and Prof. Madalena Quirino (now retired).