Tuesday, 12/20/2016
Pedro Henriques, Assistant
Professor from the Department of Informatics (DI) of the EEUM, took office as
the new Director of the DI of the EEUM on the 12th December.
To Pedro Henriques, this nomination represents “the confidence placed in
me to fulfill this mandate”, he refers. “I intend to understand the School’s
philosophy and support it in building a stronger department. I also want to
work closely with the directors of the centres we have – ALGORITMI and HASLab –
and we will try to bring all these forces together in order to have a serene,
strong and visible department”, he adds.
Pedro Henriques completed his bachelor degree in Electrotechnical/Electronics
Engineering in 1977 at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto
and his PhD in Computer Science in 1993 at the University of Minho. In 2012, he
completed the Habilitation Exams at the same institution, having supervised
more than a dozen doctoral theses. He is a researcher at the ALGORITMI Research Centre, on
Computer Science and Technology, developing his activity also as professor and
researcher in the areas of Program Comprehension, Visualization and Animation
and Data Mining preparation.
He was Member of the Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence
(APPIA) and President of the Coordination Board for 2006-2007, 2008-2009, and
2010-2011. He was also coordinator of several research projects, as well as
co-author of several book publications. He also contributed to the publication
of numerous scientific articles in international journals.
The
DI is responsible for the dissemination of fundamental and specialised
knowledge in the areas of science and computer technology, with particular
emphasis on the fields of Software Engineering, Distributed and Parallel
Systems, Communications and Computer Networks, Information Security and Data
Engineering. The department focuses on a rigorous approach to solving computer problems based on the
adoption of formal models and systematic methods of analysis and development.
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