About

The author started in Computing around the late IBM 1620 computer, installed in 1962, at the then Center for Numerical Calculation of the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo. He graduated as an Electronic Engineer from that School. He undertook postgraduate studies abroad, obtaining a Ph.D. degree in Computing.

He graduated in 1969 and earned a Ph.D. degree from Cornell University in 1974. He was a Professor at UNICAMP. His areas of interest are: computability theory and concrete complexity of algorithms.