Cancio MONTEIRO was born on March 2, 1981 in Lospalos, Timor-Leste. He received his B.E. in National University of Timor Lorosa’e (UNTL) in 2005, and He has been working as a Lecturer at the same university from 2005-present. He obtained his M.Eng. and Ph.D. degree in the Graduate School of Engineering, Gifu University in 2012 and 2015, respectively. He is currently with Faculty of Engineering, Science and Technology of National University of Timor Lorosa’e. His research interest include low-power VLSI design for information security systems.