Prof. Fernando Gomide received B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Polytechnic Institute of the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil in 1975, M.S.E.E. degree from the University of Campinas, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Campinas, Sao Paulo, in 1979, and Ph.D. degree in systems engineering from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA in 1983. He is professor of the Department of Computer Engineering and Automation, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Campinas since 1983.