Professional Position

Academic Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Mathematics (Equivalence), University of Minho, May 1999
• Ph.D. in Mathematics/Informatics, Laboratoire d’Informatique Théorique et Programmation (actual LIAFA), University of Paris 6, France, November 1998
• Aproval in the Provas de Aptidão Pedagógica e Capacidade Científica, University of Minho, July 1993
• Licenciatura in Teaching of Mathematics, University of Minho, July 1989

Present Positions

• Associate Professor at the Departamento de Matemática da Universidade do Minho, since February 2009
• Member of the Centro de Matemática-CMAT

Research Interests

• Finite semigroup theory

• Language and automata theory

Participation in Research Projects

• SAL (Semigroups, Automata and Languages), PBIC/C/CEN/1021/92
• AGC (Algebra, Geometry and Combinatory), Praxis/2/2.1/ MAT/63/94
• ASMICS (Algebraic and Syntactic Methods in Computer Science), Contract 3166 from the European Communities Commission, program ESPRIT-Basic Research Actions
• INTAS project Combinatorial and geometric theory of groups and semigroups and its application to computer science, INTAS 99-1224
• PAS (Algorithmic problems in finite semigroup theory), POCTI/32817/MAT/2000
• Automata, profinite semigroups and symbolic dynamics, Egide/Grices 11113YM, PESSOA French-Portuguese project, 2006-2007
• AutoMathA (Automata: from Mathematics to Applications), ESF, 2005-2010
• ASA (Autómatos, Semigrupos e Aplicações), PTDC/MAT/65481/2006