He is currently, a researcher at CITI-FCT/UNL - Center for Informatics and Information Technologies, FCT/UNL. Full Professor of Computer Science (retired June 2013) ("Professor Catedrático de Arquitectura de Sistemas Computacionais") He has degrees in Electrical Engineering (Telecommunications and Electronics), Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, 1975, and in Informatics Engineering / Computer Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1979. Has a PhD in Computer Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1989, and an Habilitation ("Agregação") in Computer Science (Concurrent, Distributed and Parallel Computational Systems and Architectures), Faculty of Science and Technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. 2001.