Latin America BO-475 ESPINOZA TORRICO Walter Saul Consultant United Nations Dirección Area Computación e Informática Dirección General de Impuestos Internos PO BOX 10970 LA PAZ Bolivia Telephone: (591) 2-36.78.44 E-mail: espinoza@unbol.bo Language(s): Spanish; English Professional areas: Database (Software Engineering) Consultancy areas: Software Development. Database Consultant Professional societies: Association for Computer Machinery. Academic degree(s): M.Sc. Computer Science, May 1995, Arizona State University Education: University Mayor de San Andres, La Paz, Bolivia, 6; Northern Illinois University, IL, USA, 1; Arizona State University, AZ, USA, 2 Working experience: Database Administrator, USA, 1 year; Consultant, Nicaragua, 0.4 year; National Consultant, Bolivia, 2 year; University Professor, Bolivia, 3 years Notes:   BR-476 AKSTEIN Leonico Gérant du secteur de technologie appliquée aux utilisateurs Service de Ressources de l'Information (SERINF) PETROBRAS - Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. Av. Républica do Chilé, 65/1553 RIO DE JANEIRO 20035-900 Brazil Telephone: (55-21) 534 1927 Telex: (55-21) 2335 Telefax: (55-21) 260 2686 Language(s): Portugais; Anglais; Espagol Professional areas: Hardware (Hardware System Architecture); Specific Methodologies or Applications (Image Processing and Pattern Recognition); Networking (Wide Area Networks (WANs)) Consultancy areas: Neural Networks; Documentation systems; Image processing; Computer Architecture Professional societies: DECUS/BRESIL, "Digital Equipment Corporation User Society", Vice-President. Education: Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro - PUC-RJ-Brazil, 1974; PETROBRAS, Brazil, 1976 Working experience: Chef du Secteur de Technologie Appliquée aux utilisateurs (SETEC/DISUS/SERINF/PETROBRAS), 1990/1993; Responsable pour le choix d'une ligne d'ordinateur pour des départements à PETROBRAS et pour les réseaux étendus, 1985; Responsable pour l'intégration des bureaux à New York et Londres avec le bureau central à Rio de Janeiro, 1989; Responsable pour l'introduction de la technologie de EDI (Echange Electronique de Documents) à PETROBRAS. En étude la technologie de VIDEOCONFERENCE. Membre du groupe qui a déterminé les Tendances Technologiques de l'Informatique à l'entreprise pour la période 1993/97. Publications: Editorial, "Revista Decuscope", Rio de Janeiro; Articles techniques dans le contour de la PETROBRAS Notes: BR-477 ANIDO LOIS Manuel Senior Lecturer and Researcher Nucleo de Computacao Electronica Federal University of Rio de Janeiro P.O.Box 2324 20001-970 RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil Telephone: (55-21) 598 3163 Telefax: (55-21) 598 3163 E-mail: mlois@vidigal.nce.ufrj.br Language(s): Portuguese; English; Spanish Professional areas: Hardware (Hardware System Architecture); Software (Programming); Specific Methodologies or Applications (Computer Aided Engineering) Professional societies: Brazilian Society of Microelectronics; IEEE Computer Society. Academic degree(s): Ph.D., 1990, University of Southampton, U.K.; M.Sc., 1982, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Education: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1972-1976 Working experience: Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, present; Head of the Tedmos Group - a set of integrated CAD tools for VLSI design; Design and implementation of a reduced instruction set processor for computer image generation geometric computations, wire wrap, VLSI and assembler - Ph.D. studies, 1987-91 Publications: Design and Implementation of a RISC Processor for computer image generation, Ph.D. thesis, University of Southampton, U.K., 1990; A CAD system for teaching VLSI design, Panel'92-XVIII Latin American Informatics Conference, Las Palmas, Spain, 1992, pp70-78 Notes:   BR-478 AUTRAN DE ALMEIDA (JR) Eduardo Analyste de Systèmes SERINF - Service de Ressources de l'Information PETROBRAS - Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. Av. Republica do Chile, 65/1563 RIO DE JANEIRO 20035-900 Brazil Telephone: (55-21) 534 3747 Telex: (55-21) 23335 Telefax: (55-21) 220 2686 Language(s): Portugais; Anglais; Français Professional areas: Networking (Local Area networks (LANs)); Hardware (Hardware System Architecture) Consultancy areas: Local Area Networks (LANs); Wide Area Networks (WANs) Academic degree(s): Maîtrise en systèmes des ordinateurs, septembre 1990, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro; Programmeur Système, juillet 1990, PETROBRAS, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A., Rio de Janeiro, Brésil Education: Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brésil, 1980-1985 Working experience: Agent Conseil et Projetiste de Réseau Locaux Ethernet et Token Ring. Agent Conseil et Projetiste de l'Intégration de Réseaux Locaux et étendus. Coordinateur du groupe qui a déterminé les tendances technologiques de connexion des réseaux et des ordinateurs à l'entreprise pour 1993/1998. Coordinateur d'un réseau de télétraitement de plus de 40 ordinateurs : IBM et DEC étendu sur tout le territoire, PETROBRAS, Pétrole Brésilien, Rio de Janeiro, 1988-présent; Projetiste de matériel et logiciel d'un terminal 3270. Projetiste de matériel d'une carte de commande de bande. Programmation avec langage C, COBRA, Ordinateurs Brésilien S.A., 1986/88 Publications: "Installation d'un éditeur de voix en Réseau Local", SUCESU-SP, 1990 Notes:   BR-479 BLANCO DE CARVALHO José Ary Analyste de systèmes SERINF - Service de Ressources de l'Information PETROBRAS - Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. Av. Republica do Chile, 65/1627 RIO DE JANEIRO 20035-900 Brazil Telephone: (55-21) 534 2762 Telex: (55-21) 23335 Telefax: (55-21) 220 2686 Language(s): Anglais Professional areas: Software (Systems Analysis); Specific Methodologies or Applications (Artificial Intelligence/Expert System); Software (Software Engineering) Consultancy areas: Systems Development Academic degree(s): Maître en Physique, 1974, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brésil Education: COPPEAD - UFRJ, Brésil, 1987; Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brésil, 1970 Working experience: Gérant d'Appui au Développement de Systèmes, 1990; Coordinateur de Qualité, 1990; Gérant de Développement de Système d'Appui Opérationnel, 1986-1990; Analyste de Système, 1975-1986 Publications: "Système de Qualité en Informatique - une proposition", 2ème Congrès de Systèmes de Qualité et 2ème Séminaire sur normalisation Technique de l'Institut brésilien du Pétrole, 1991 Notes:   BR-480 BORGES Marcos Consultant Analyst Nucleo de Computacao Electronica Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Caixa Postal 2324 20001-970 RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil Telephone: (55-21) 598 3157 Telefax: (55-21) 270 8554 E-mail: mborges@nce.ufrj.br Language(s): Portuguese; English; Spanish Professional areas: Software (Software Engineering); Specific Methodologies or Applications (Database); Others (Hypertext) (Multimedia) Professional societies: ACM - Association of Computer Machinery; SBC - Society of Brazilian Computers; CLEI - Centro Lationoamericano de escudos de informatica; IFIP - International Federation of Information Processing. Academic degree(s): Ph.D., 1986, University of East Anglia, U.K.; M.Sc. 1981, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Education: Federal University of Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1978; University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, 1981-85 Working experience: System Analyst, working on Development and Implementation of Administrative Systems for the Government and Industry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, since 1975-present; Associate Professor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, since 1977; Executive Secretary, Latin American Centre for Studies in Informatics (CLEI) from 1989-1992; Head of Department of Computer Science, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 1991-93 Publications: A new approach to the generation of links in a hyperdocument, XII International Conference of the SCCC, Santiago, Chile, 1992; HYFOR - Uma Ferramenta de Apolo a Manutencas de Software Cientifico - VII Simposio Brasliero de Engeriaria de Software, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 1993 Notes: BR-481 CELESTE Alberto Mauricio Analyste de Systèmes SERINF - Service de Ressources de l'Information PETROBRAS - Petroleo Brrasileiro S.A. Av. Republica do Chile, 65/2234 RIO DE JANEIRO 20035/900 Brazil Telephone: (55-21) 534 2780 Telex: (55-21) 23335 Telefax: (55-21) 534 1053 Language(s): Portugais; Anglais Professional areas: Specific Methodologies or Applications (Database); Software (Systems Analysis) Consultancy areas: Database Academic degree(s): Maîtrise en Informatique, 1984, Pontificia Universidade Catolica - PPUC/RJ, Brésil Education: Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, PUC-RJ, Brésil, 1974 Working experience: Chef du Secteur Administration de Données de la Division de Planification du Service de Ressources de l'Information (SEDAD/DIPLAI/SERINF). Elaboration des projets conceptuels, logique et physicien des Bases de données dans quelques domaines à PETROBRAS. Participation au groupe de travail qui a défini l'ambiance relationnel des bases de données dans les réseaux coopératifs. Participation à l'élaboration et l'implémentation des procédures d'Administration de Données à PETROBRAS. Gestion du dictionnaire de données. Elaboration des modèles de l’administration de données. Présentation de diverses causeries sur bases de données et Administration de données à PETROBRAS et en divers congrès. Membre du groupe qui a déterminé les Tendances Technologiques de l'Informatique à l'entreprise pour la période 1993/97. Publications: "Administration de Données", Annales du Guide 16, Rio de Janeiro, Brésil, 1992 Notes:   BR-482 CRUZ Adriano Joaquim de Oliveira Senior Lecturer and Researcher Nucleo de Computacao Electronica and Departmento de Ciencias da Computacao Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Caixa Postal 2324 200O1-970 RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil Telephone: (55-21) 598 3163 Telex: 21-37466 Telefax: (55-21) 270 8554 E-mail: adriano@nce.ufrj.br Language(s): Portuguese; English Professional areas: Hardware (Hardware System Architecture) (Applications of Microprocessors); Software (Programming) Professional societies: Sociedade Brasileira de Computacao (Brazilian Computing Society). Academic degree(s): Ph.D., 1988, University of Southampton, United Kingdom; M.Sc., 1979, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Education: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1981-1983 Working experience: Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the Nucleo de Computacao Eletronica (Computing Center), Federal University of Rio, Brazil, 1991-present Publications: J.S. Aude et Al, "Multiplus: A Modular High Performance Multiprocessor", Proceedings of Euromicro 91, Vienna, 1991; A. J. De O. Cruz, "The Design of a Control Unit and Parallel Algorithms for a SIMD Computer", Ph.D. Thesis, University of Southampton, United Kingdom Notes:   BR-483 DOS SANTOS MOREIRA Edson Doctor Computer Science & Statistics Department University of Sao Paulo P.O. Box 668 13560-970 SAO CARLOS Sao Paulo, Brazil Telephone: (55-16) 2749136 Telefax: (55-16) 2749150 E-mail: edsmorei@icmsc.usp.br Language(s): English; Portuguese; Spanish Professional areas: Networking (Local Area Networks (LANs)) (Wide Area Networks (WANs)) (Operating systems) Consultancy areas: Networks; Multimedia. Multimedia Presentation of Video-Conferencing, and Video & Audio Technologies for Multimedia Professional societies: Brazilian Computer Society; International Association for Science and Technology Development (IASTED); International Society for Mini and Microcomputers Academic degree(s): Ph.D. in Computer Science, 1989, Victoria University of Manchester; M.Sc. in Applied Physics, 1984, University of Sao Paulo Education: University of Sao Paulo at Sao Carlos, Brazil, 1977-1984; University of Manchester, United Kingdom, 1985-89 Working experience: Soutenu une thèse de doctorat à l'Université de Manchester, 1989; Enseignement des sujets suivants : réseaux (locaux et étendus), systèmes opérationnels pour le 2ème et 3ème cycles; Recherche dans le domaine suivants : réseaux (mise en oeuvre des protocoles de communications, principalement TCP/IP pour de différents machines), multimédia (l'acquisition, la manipulation et la transmission des images dans les réseaux locaux), Consultant auprès des institutions gouvernementales Brésiliennes et des entreprises privées, Brésil; Chercheur invité, Université de Strathclyde, Glasgow, Ecosse, Jan et Fév 1993. Publications: Co-author: "Design Issues for a Distributed Hypermedia-Based Tutoring System (HyDTS)", Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Application in Industry, (IASTED'95), Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 1995; "A Window-Based network Monitor with Intelligent Topology Discovery", Proceedings on the International Conference on Intelligent Information Management Systems, Washington D.C., USA, June 1995; "Directly Connecting a Video Source on a TCP/IP Network", Proceedings of the International Conference on Multimedia/Hypermedia MIPRO'95, Croatia, May 1995 Notes: BR-484 FUKS Hugo Assistant Professor Informatics Department PUC-RIO R.M.S. Vicente 225 22453-900 Brazil Telephone: (55-21) 274 4449 Telefax: (55-21) 511 5645 E-mail: hugo@inf.puc-rio.br URL: http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~hugo/ Language(s): Portuguese; English; Spanish Professional areas: Others (Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)); Software (Software Engineering) (Systems Analysis) Consultancy areas: CSCW, Desktop Video Conferencing Professional societies: Brazilian Society of Computing (SBC), ACM. Academic degree(s): Ph.D. in Computer Science, 1991, Imperial College, University of London; M. Sc. in Informatics, 1984, PUC-RIO, Brazil Working experience: Assistant Professor, PUC-RIO, 4 years Publications: CHECK HTTP://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~hugo/ Notes: BR-485 GUIMARAES DE FARIA Antonio Carlos Ingénieur en Télécommunications SERINF - Service de Ressources de l'Information PETROBRAS - Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. Av. Republica do Chile, 65/2239 Centro RIO DE JANEIRO 20035-900 Brazil Telephone: (55-21) 534 3517 Telex: (55-21) 23335 Telefax: (55-21) 534 1053 Language(s): Portugais; Anglais; Espagnol Professional areas: Networking (Wide Area Networks (WANs)) Consultancy areas: Local Area Networks (LANs); Data Management Professional societies: DECUS/BRESIL, "Digital Equipment Corporation User Society", Coordinateur et professeur du cours de télétraitement (CEFET - RJ - BRESIL). Education: Pontificia Universidade Catolica Do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ), Brésil, 1989; Universidade de Brasilia, Brésil, 1985 Working experience: Divers travaux en communication de données, communication de texte et services internationaux de télécommunications, EMBRATEL (entreprise brésilienne de Télécommunications), 1985-1989; Gestion de Réseaux de Communications de Données à PETROBRAS, 1989; Communications de données en PABX numérique, 1989; Membre du groupe qui a déterminé les Tendances Technologiques de l'Informatique à l'Entreprise pour la période 1993/97 Publications: "Communication de données en PABX numériques" l'expérience de PETROBRAS, publié dans les annales du XXIII Congrès National d'Informatique, de la SUCESU, couronné avec mention d'honneur, 1990 Notes:   BR-486 IACHAN Ricardo Analyste de systèmes SERINF - Service de Ressources de l'Information PETROBRAS - Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. AV. Republica de Chile - 65/1626 - centro RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil Telephone: (55-21) 534 2949 Telex: (55-21) 23335 Telefax: (55-21) 220 2686 Language(s): Portugais; Anglais; Français Professional areas: Specific Methodologies or Applications (Computer Aided Engineering); Software (Systems Analysis) Consultancy areas: Office Automation; Telecommunications Systems Professional societies: Association des Ingénieurs de PETROBRAS; Association Brésilienne de Normes Techniques - Commission d'Etudes de Model 0S1; TELEBRAS , Groupe de Travail, Etude de X.400(GT100). Academic degree(s): M.B.A., 15 March 1990, Pontificia Universidade Catolica (PUC-RJ) - Brésil Education: Intituto Militar de Engenharia (IME-RJ), Brésil, 1976 Working experience: Chef du Secteur de Développement de Services Télématiques, 1986), Automation d'office (1986-90), Services Télématiques (1990); Développement de Systèmes (1980-83); Appui à l'utilisateur (CI) (1983-85); Planification de Systèmes (1985-86) Publications: Automation d'Office à PETRBRAS, SUCESU, 1988 Notes: BR-487 IADER Silva Software Engineer SERINF - Service de Ressources de l'Information PETROBRAS - Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. Av. Republica do Chile, 65/1605 RIO DE JANEIRO 20035-900 Brazil Telephone: (55-21) 534 2081 Telex: (55-1) 23335 Telefax: (55-21) 220 2686 Language(s): English; Portuguese; French Professional areas: Specific Methodologies or Applications (Artificial Intelligence/Expert System); Computers and Society (Public Policy-Decision Making) (Software Engineering) (Systems Analysis) Consultancy areas: Artificial Intelligence; Operations Research Academic degree(s): M.Sc., Systems Engineering, 1988, PUC-RJ- Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro Education: PUC-RJ- Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro 1980/1988 Working experience: Worked on the development of large linear programming systems modeling oil operations, upstream (oil exploration and production) and downstream (refining and distribution). These systems are based on mainframe platforms with PL/I, OMNI (Matrix Generator) and MPSX (Linear Optimizer) softwares,1986/1989; Working on the artificial intelligence area, especially knowledge-based expert systems. That includes knowledge acquisition and representation software coding on expert Shell and GUI interfacing with toolbox. All that on MS Windows platforms. These expert systems concerned drilling pipe recovery problems, refinery safety inspection procedures and catalyst selection,1990-present Notes:   BR-488 KALCKMANN DE ARAGAO Erico Analyste de systèmes Service de Ressources de l'Information Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - PETROBRAS Avenue Republica do Chile, 65/1653 20035-900 RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil Telephone: (55-21) 534 3368 Telex: 213335 PETR Telefax: (55-21) 220 2686 Language(s): Portugais; Français; Anglais Professional areas: Software (Application Software); Computers and Society (Public Policy-Decision Making) (Social Problem Solving) (Strategies and Planning) Academic degree(s): Ingénieur en electronique, 1966, Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica ITA, Brazil Education: University of Illinois, USA, Pos-graduation in computer science, 1969-70; Institut de recherche en informatique et automatique, au CEPIA - Cour E7, Verssaille, France, 1975 Working experience: Analyste de système responsable pour le développement de toutes les applications en informatique dans la compagnie, 1970-79; Responsable pour la division de logiciel de base, 1979-81; Responsable pour l'installation d'un centre d'informatique au bureau de la compagnie à New York, 1981-1984; Responsable pour l'installation d'un centre d'informatique dans la subsidiaire internationale, BRASPETRO, 1985-1992; Consultant du chef de l’organisation du traitement des ressources de l'information de la PETROBRAS, Brésil, 1992 Notes:   BR-489 LUIZ FERNANDO FOMES Soares Professor Departmento de Informática Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RIO) Marques de Sao Vicente, 225 RIO DE JANEIRO 22453-900 Brazil Telephone: (55-21) 274 44 49 E-mail: lfgs@infpuc.rio.br Language(s): Portugais; Anglais; Français Professional areas: Networking (Local Area Networks (LANs)) (Integrated Services Digital Networks (ISDNs)); Specific Methodologies or Applications (Database); Others (Multimedia) (Hypermedia) Consultancy areas: Multimedia. Multimedia Systems; Local Area Networks (LANs) Academic degree(s): Mestre em Ciencia em Engenharia Eletrica, 1979, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro; Doutos em Ciencia em Informatica, 1983, Pontifica Univesidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro Working experience: Coordination of Post-Graduate, Informatics Department, PUC-Rio, 1991/93; Visiting Professor, Universidade Technica Federico Santa Maria, Valparaiso, Chile, april 1993; Assistant Professor, PUC-RIO, 1988/92 Publications: "Data Communication Systems and Their Performance", L.F.M. de Moraes, E. de Sousa e Silva; L.F.G. Soares (Ed. Proceedings of the Third International Conference); Editoria North Holland; 1987; LAN - Based Real Time Audio/Data Systems; L.F.G. Soares e S.L. Martins; Proceedings of International Conference on Office Information Systems, Cambridge, MA. 1990; "The Nested Context Model for Hyperdocuments", M.A. Casanova, L. Tucherman, M.J. Lima, J.L. Rangel, N.R. Rodriguez, M.F.G. Soares; Proceedings of Third ACM Conference on Hypertext, San Antonio, Texas, 1991; "An Architecture for Hypermedia Systems Using MHEG Standard Objects Interchange", L.F.G. Soares; M.A. Casanova; S. Colcher; Proceedings of the Workshop on Hypermedia and Hypertext Standards, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1993 Notes:   BR-490 MARTINS Joberto Professor and Researcher Computer Networks Group UFPB- University of Paraiba Av. Aprigio Veloso, 882 - CP 10117 C. GRANDE 58109-090 PB Brazil Telephone: (55-83) 322 4032 Telefax: (55-83) 321 6624 E-mail: joberto@dsc.ufpb.br Language(s): English; French; Portuguese Professional areas: Computer Communications and Networks (ATM Technology) Consultancy areas: Computer Communications and Networks (Design, Specification); Strategic Planing (Technology Planning and Design, ATM, INTERNET, TCP-IP) Professional societies: IEEE (Member and Standard Committee Participant). Academic degree(s): Ph.D. on Computer Networks, May 1986, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (PARIS VI), France; M.Sc. Master of Sciences on Engineering, April 1979, PII/NVFFIC - Netherlands University Foundation/Philips International Institute, Holland Education: University of Paraiba, Brazil, 1972/77 Working experience: Researcher - CNPQ, Brazil and Abroad, 1977-present; Professor, University of Paraiba, Brazil, 1977-present; Consulting and Training - ITELCON, Brazil and Abroad, 1986- present; Researcher - Philips Research Labs NATLAB, Holland, 1978-79; Professor, Univ. PARIS VI, Paris, France, 1982-86; Professor - Int. Inst. National des Telecom. Iury - France, 1984-86; Post-Doctoral Research - ICSI - Berkeley University - USA. Publications: "A UNIX Distributed Application Support suitable for Mini & Microcomputer based Systems", 13° EUROMICRO, England, 1987; "Consideration about the Implementation of Mini-MAP Architectures on a Front-End Processor", IFAC, Mexico, 1990; "Supporting Production Management for Manufacturing", IFAC - IMS - Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, Michigan, 1992 Notes:   BR-491 MOURA Ana Maria Professeur Secao de Engenharia de Sistemas Instituto Militar de Engenharia Praça General Tiburcio 80 RIO DE JANEIRO 22290-070 Brazil Telephone: (55-21) 295 3232 Telefax: (55-21) 275 9047 E-mail: 59moura@imerj.bitnet Language(s): Portugais; Français; Anglais Professional areas: Specific Methodologies or Applications (Database); Software (Application software); Specific Methodologies or Applications (Computer Graphics) Consultancy areas: Database; Object-Oriented Database Systems; Data Modelling Professional societies: Sociedade Brasileiraa de Computaçao; Projet de coopération CAPES/COFFECUB avec le laboratoire MASI et l'IME. Academic degree(s): Maître en Génie de Systèmes, 1979, COPPE - Université Fédérale de Rio de Janeiro, Brésil; Doctorat Ingénieur, 1984, Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC), Compiègne, France Education: Institut de Mathématique, Rio de Janeiro, Brésil, 1972/75; COPPE-UFRJ, Brésil, 1976/1979; UTC Compiègne, France, 1981/84 Working experience: Professeur adjoint à l'IME (Institut du Génie Militaire), coordination du cours d'informatique au niveau de la post-graduation. Coordination des lignes de recherche en bases de données. Enseignement en disciplines dans le domaine de base de données au niveau de la graduation et post-graduation du cours de génie informatique, 1985-présent; Professeur adjoint dans le cours de graduation dans le département de Mathématique, Université Fédérale de Paraiba, Joao Pesor, Brazil, 1977/84 Publications: "Multimedia Object Management in an O-O Database Environment", Plenum Publishing Corporation, sortie USA, January 1994; "Un Ambiente O-O Desenvolvvimento de Metodos e Programas de Aplicacao en Banco de Dados", XIX Conferencia latina Americana de Informatica, Buenos Aires, Argentine, Août 1993; "An Interactive Query Language for an Object Oriented Database", XII International Conference of the SCCC, Santiago, Chile, October 1992 Notes:   BR-492 PRADO LOPES AUDE Eliana Researcher Research and Development Department Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (NCE/UFRJ) P.O.Box 2324. 20001-970 RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil Telephone: (55-21) 598 3164 Telex: 37466 UFRJ BR Telefax: (55-21) 270 8554 E-mail: elaude@barra.nce.ufrj.br Language(s): English; Portuguese Professional areas: Hardware (Computer Hardware Applications); Specific Methodologies or Applications (Image Processing and Pattern Recognition); Others (Automatic Control) (Robotics) Professional societies: IEEE, SPIE, Brazilian Society of automatics, Brazilian Society of Computing Academic degree(s): M.Sc., 1981, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, 1986, University of Manchester, U.K. Education: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil, Electronics Engineering, 1972-76; Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (control systems), 1977-81; University of Manchester, England, 1982-86 Working experience: Design and implementation of a microprocessor-based temperature control system for a chemical process installed in a laboratory of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1978-80; Lecturer of control system courses at the Electronics Engineering Department of UFRT, 1978-81; Leader of the control B Research Project at NCF, 1987-93; Design and implementation of a control system for SCARA robot arm; computer vision capability; use of neural networks for speech recognition, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1992-93; Lecturer of robotics courses at the department of Computer Science of UFRJ, 1991-93 Publications: A self-tuning minimum variance controller based on multivariable multisample models, Proc. 32nd Midwest Symposium on circuits and systems, IEEE, Champaign, USA, 1989; A hardware accelerator for a robot arm multivariable self-tuning control, Proc. 1st IFAC workshop on architectures & algorithms for real time control, Bangor, U.K., 1991; Integrated self-tuning control accelerator & computer vision system for robot arms, Proc. of 1993 Spie Conf. on Applications of AI: machine vision & robots, Orlando, USA, 1993 Notes: BR-493 RIBEIRO Celso Full Professor Department of Computer Science Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro R. Marquês de Sao Vicente 225 RIO DE JANEIRO 22453 Brazil Telephone: (55-21) 274 4449 Telefax: (55-21) 511 5645 E-mail: celso@inf.puc-rio.br Language(s): Portuguese; French; English; Spanish Professional areas: Hardware and Systems (Parallel Computing); Specific Methodologies and Applications (Artificial Intelligence) Consultancy areas: Algorithms. Analysis and Design; Distributed Systems. Distributed Programming; Parallel Computing Professional societies: Latin-American Association of Operations Research (President, 1992-94); Brazilian Society of Operations Research (President, 1989-91). Academic degree(s): Docteur-Ingénieur (Computer Sicence) 1983, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, Paris (France); Master of Science/Systems Engineering, 1978, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil); Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (Computer Science), 1990, Université Paris XIII (France) Education: Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1972-1976 Working experience: Full Professor, Chairman, Department of Electrical Engineering (1985-89), Chairman, Department of Computer Science (1993-95),Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 12 years; Visiting Professor, Département de Mathematiques Appliquées, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada, 2 yrs; Planning Engineer, Department of Energy Studies : 1977-81, Department of Transmission Systems : 1981-83, ELETROBRAS - Brazilian State Power Board; Visiting Professor, UER d'Informatique, Université Paris VI, France, 2 months Publications: Three books and more than one hundred papers in international referred journals and symposia Notes: BR-494 SALEK AUDE Julio Director and Researcher Research and Development Department University Federal of Rio de Janeiro (NCE/UFRJ) P.O.Box 2324 20001-970 RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil Telephone: (55-21) 598 3200 Telex: 37466 UFRJ BR Telefax: (55-21) 270 8554 E-mail: salek@nce.ufrj.br Language(s): English; Portuguese Professional areas: Hardware (Hardware System Architecture) (Applications of Microprocessors); Specific Methodologies or Applications (Computer Aided Engineering) Professional societies: IEEE, SPIE, Brazilian Society of Microelectronics and Brazilian Society of Computing. Academic degree(s): M.Sc., 1978, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Ph.D., 1986, University of Manchester, U.K. Education: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil, Electronics Engineering, 1970-74; Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, M.Sc. in Computer Science, 1975-78; University of Manchester, England, Ph.D. in computer science, 1982-86 Working experience: Lecturer of a post-graduation course on CAD for VLSJ, 1988; Director of Technology at NCE/UFRJ, Brazil, 1990; Leader of the multiplus research project which aims at the development of a high-performance multiprocessor with a modular shared memory architecture; the development of a UNIX like operating system (mulplix) which is able to support medium grain parallelism; the design of a CMOS Sparc RISC microprocessor, NCE/UFRJ, Brazil, 1990-93; Supervisor of 7 M.Sc. thesis and one Ph.D. thesis, 1990-93; General Director, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 1992-present Publications: A design rule database to support technology adaptable applications, Proc. 23rd design automation conference, Las Vegas, USA, 1986; A comparative analysis of cache memory architectures for the multiplus multiprocessor, Proc. Euromicro'92, North Holland, Paris, France, 1992; ARCO: A cost-effective and flexible hardware maze router, Proc. Euromicro'93, Barcelona, Spain, North Holland, 1993 Notes: BR-495 SCHWABE Daniel Associate Professor Departement de Informatica PUC-RIO Marques de s. vicente 225 22453-900 RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil Telephone: (55-21) 274 4449 Telefax: (55-21) 511 5645 E-mail: schwabe@inf.puc-rio.br Language(s): English; Portuguese; Spanish Professional areas: Software (Software Engineering) (Application Software); Specific Methodologies or Applications (Artificial Intelligence/Expert System); Others (Hypertext) (Hypermedia) Academic degree(s): M.Sc., Informatics, 1975, Pontificia Universidade catolica do Rio de Janeiro; Ph.D, Computer Science, 1981, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Education: PUC-RIO, Brazil, 1972-76; UCLA, Los Angeles, USA, 1976-1981 Working experience: Associate Professor, Leader in research projects in expert systems and hypermedia applications, Consultant, PUC-RIO, Department of Informatics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Publications: Nasser, F.E.N.; Silva, A.P.A.; Araujo, L.A.N.; Schwabe, D.; Pereira, M.A.V.; Monticelli, A. - "Development of an Expert System for Long-Term Planning of Power Transmission Networks", Second Symposium on Expert System Application to Power Systems, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, 1989; Schwabe, D.; Caloini, A.; Garzotto, F.; Paolini, P., "Hypertext Development Using a Model Based Approach", Software Practice and Experience 22 (11), 1992; Garzotto F., Schwabe, D.; Paolini P.; "HDM - "A Model Based Approach to Hypermedia Application Design", ACM - Transaction on Information Systems, Vol. 11, No1, Janeiro de 1993, pp1-26 Notes:   BR-496 SILVEIRA Pedro Manoel Lecturer and Systems Analyst Nucleo de Computaçao Electronica Universidade Federal Rio de Janeiro Caixa Postal 2324 RIO DE JANEIRO 24000 Brazil Telephone: (55-21) 598 3133 Telefax: (55-21) 270 8554 E-mail: pedrom@barra.nce.ufrj.br Language(s): Portuguese; English; Spanish Professional areas: Specific Methodologies or Applications (Database); Software (Application Software); Software (Programming) Consultancy areas: System Engineering. System Modeling; Database Professional societies: Sociedade Brasileira de Computaçao (Brazilian Computer Society). Academic degree(s): M.Sc., 1981, COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Ph.D., 1986, University of Kent at Canterbury, England Education: Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro, Electrical Engineering, Brazil, 1970-1975 Working experience: System Analyst in several projects over the last 15 years; Database project for a power system, Brazilian Electricity Company; Head of the Computing Laboratory of the University (over 300 Staff); Lecturer, databases and programming languages; Editor of the Brazilian Computer Journal (Revista Brasileira de Computaçao), 2 years; Consultant, Brazilian Research Council (CNPS), Brazilian Education Secretary (MEC) Publications: Database Design and Query Reformulation with an inference machine, PhD, Kent, England, 1986; Introducao a Desentraliezçao e Ditribuçao do Processamento,"National Texts Competition", Brazil, 1981; Several articles in conferences Notes:     BR-497 SOBRAL DE MIRANDA Marcos Analyste de Systèmes SERINF - Service de Ressources de l'Information PETROBRAS - Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. Avenida Republica do Chile 65/1562 RIO DE JANEIRO 20035-900 Brazil Telephone: (55-21) 534 3579 Telex: (55-21) 23335 Telefax: (55-21) 534 3579 Language(s): Portugais; Anglais; Espagnol; Français Professional areas: Networking (Wide Area Networks (WANs)); Others (Computer Architecture and Organization) Consultancy areas: Computer Architecture; Wide Area Networks (WANs) Academic degree(s): M.B.A., juillet 1992, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Louvain, Belgique Education: Génie Electronique, Pontifica Universidate Catolica de Rio de Janeiro, Brésil, 1989/84 Working experience: Coordination : d'un réseau de télétraitement de + de 20 ordinateurs IBM & DEC, de projets d'implémentation d'une nouvelle technologie. Logiciels : ACF/VTAM, ACF/NCP, NetView, NetView/Access. Responsable du projet d'automatisation de l'Opération. Participation à l'implémentation d'un projet de Courrier Electronique IBM & DEC. Programmeur système DEC ALL-IN-ONE. Membre de l'équipe responsable par le soutien technique à l'opération du plus grand centre de calcul de l'entreprise avec + de 20 000 utilisateurs catalogués. Instructeur de Télétraitement dans le Cours de Formation des Analystes de Systèmes de l'entreprise. Responsable du développement de l'Architecture Client/Serveur. Technicien responsable du projet EDI. Membre du groupe qui a déterminé les Tendances Technologiques de l'Informatique à l'entreprise 1993/97, PETROBRAS, Rio J., 1985-présent Notes:   BR-498 TANAKA Asterio Professor/Researcher Systems Engineering Department Military Institute of Engineering Praca General Tibúrcio 80 RIO DE JANEIRO 22290-270 Brazil Telephone: (021) 973 56 49 Telex: (21) 38089 MNEX-BR Telefax: (021) 275 90 47 E-mail: tanaka@ime.eb.br Language(s): Portuguese; English; Spanish Professional areas: Database Consultancy areas: Databases; Information Systems Professional societies: ACM (Association for the Computing Machinery); SBC (Brazilian Computing Society); ABEM (Brazilian Association of Military Engineers). Academic degree(s): Ph.D. in Computer Sciences, Dec 12, 1992, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA; M. Sc. in Informatics, Dec. 16, 1985, Military Institute of Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Education: Military Institute of Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1975-77 & 1983-85; University of Florida, Gainesville, USA, 1989-90 Working experience: Professor/Researcher, Rio de Janeiro, BR, 1993 to date; Graduate researcher, Atlanta, USA, 1991-92; Graduate researcher, Gainesville, USA, 1989-90; system engineer, Brasilia, BR, 1985-88 Publications: ER-R: an enhanced ER model with situation-action rules to computer application semantics, Proc. Intl. Conf. an Entity-Relationship Approach, 1991; Active database modeling and design tools, IEEE Database Engineering, January, 1993; Database supported cooperative problem solving, Intl. Journal of Intelligent and Cooperative Information Systems, Vol. 2, No. 3, September 1993; Modeling events and rules in databases, Proc. Brazilian Symposium on Databases, 1994 Notes:   BR-499 WESTPHALL Carlos Professor Instituto de Informática Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) P.O.Box 15064 91501-970 PORTO ALEGRE Rio Grande do Sul Brazil Telephone: (55-512) 336 1785 Ex.: 6716 Telefax: (55-512) 336 5576 E-mail: westphal@infor.ufrgs.br Language(s): Portuguese; French; English Professional areas: Networking (Local Area Networks (LANs)) (Wide Area Networks (WANs)) (Integrated Services Digital Networks (ISDNs)); Others (Network Management) Professional societies: Bellcore, AT&T, GTE, British Telecom; Sirti; NKT Elektronik; L-Cube; Centro Studi e Laboratori Telecomunicazioni. Academic degree(s): M.Sc., Computer Science, 1988, UFRGS - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Algre, RS, Brazil; Ph.D., Computer Science, 1991, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France Education: Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France 1988-1991; UFRGS - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porote Algre, RS, Brazil, 1980-1988 Working experience: Professor at Federal University of Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil, present; Responsible for the Max Project at Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France; Advisor for graduate students at Federal University of Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil Publications: Broadband Network Management issues: ATM Network management, integrated Broadband communications networks and services, Copenhagen, 1993; Management in broadband networks: Fault Management in ATM Networks, IFIP'93, AIP Techniques for LAN and MAN Management, Versailles, France, 1993; Management Architecture for Networks of the future. IFIP/IEE International workshop on distributed systems: Operations and Management, Munich, Germany, 1992; Knowledge-based approach to heterogeneous network management. 2nd International conference on Intelligence in Networks, Bordeaux, France, 1992 Notes:   CL-500 ALVAREZ-RUBIO Juan Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Chile Blanco 2120, Casilla 2777 SANTIAGO Chile Telephone: (56-2) 92736 Language(s): Spanish; English Professional areas: Computers and Society (Computer Uses in Education); Software (Software Engineering) (Programming) Consultancy areas: Computer Science Education Professional societies: Computer Science Chilean Society; President, Organization Committee of the First Latin-American Congress on Computer Science Education, 1991; Founder Member, Educational Computing Chilean Association, 1990; Founder and President, Computing Chapter, 1983/1986 - 1988. Academic degree(s): Engineer in Information Processing, April 1982, University of Chile; M.Sc. in Computer Science, November 1984, University of Waterloo, Canada Working experience: Coordinator/Lecturer, Computer Science courses for Computer Science Engineering/Master Programs and for Engineering Common Programs; Research Projects on Software Engineering (Programming Style on Object Oriented Languages), and Human-Computer Interaction (Portable Interfaces in X-window environment); Training courses for high school teachers and industry, 1987 - Present Publications: "An Introduction to Programming and Computer Tools Course," SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Sept. 1990; "Computing in Engineering Programs," First Interamerican Congress on Engineering Education, Puebla, Mexico, Aug. 1990; "An Introduction to Computing Course in an Engineering Common Plan, Proceedings of the 2nd National Congress on Engineering Education, Chile, June 1988; "A Survey of COBOL-85 on its actual application alternatives," Proceedings of IX System Engineering Congress, Santiago, Chile, Aug. 1986; "Style and Portability in COBOL-8X," Thesis, University of Waterloo, Canada, 1984/Proc. of Vth International Congress on Computer Science, Santiago, 1986 Notes:   CL-501 BAEZA-YATES Ricardo Associate Professor Department of Computer Science University of Chile Casilla 2777 SANTIAGO Chile Telephone: (56-2) 92736 E-mail: rbaeza@dcc.uchile.cl Language(s): English; Spanish Professional areas: Software (Application Software) ; Specific Methodologies or Applications (Database) (Computer Graphics) Consultancy areas: Object-Oriented Applications; Database; Computer Graphics. Interfaces; Information Systems Development. Information Retrieval Systems; Data Management. Organization and Algorithms Professional societies: ACM; IEEE; American Mathematics Society; European Association for Theoretical Computer Science; Chilean Computer Science Society. Academic degree(s): M.Sc. in Computer Science, January 1985, University of Chile; Ph.D. in Computer Science, May 1989, University of Waterloo, Waterloo-Ontario, Canada Working experience: Research Assistant (Ph.D.), University of Waterloo, Participation in the New Oxford English Dictionary Project, UK, 1987 - 1989; Post Doctorate Fellow, Centre for New OED, Waterloo, UK, 1989; Associate Professor, University of Chile, Research, Teaching and Academic Functions, 1989 - Present Publications: "A New Approach to Text Searching," Proc. of 12th ACM Conf. on Information Retrieval, Boston, USA, pp 168-175, 1989; "Algorithms for string searching: A survey ACM SIGIR Forum 23," pp 34-58, 1989; "A storage allocation Algorithm suitable for file structures," Information Systems, 1990; "Performance of B-trees with partial expansions," IEEE Trans. on Know & Data Engineering 1, pp 248-257, 1989 Notes:   CL-502 BERTOSSI Leopoldo E. Associate Professor Department of Computer Science, School of Engineering Catholic University of Chile Casilla 306 SANTIAGO 22 Chile Telephone: (56-2) 552 2375; 552 4441 Telefax: (56-2) 552 4054 E-mail: bertossi@ing.puc.cl Language(s): Spanish; English; German Professional areas: Specific Methodologies or Applications (Artificial Intelligence/Expert System) (Database); Others (Theory of Computation) Consultancy areas: Knowledge Based Systems. Knowledge Representation; Database. Deductive Database; Logic Programming; Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages. Computational Logic Professional societies: American Association Artificial Intelligence, (AAAI); Society Chilena de Ciencia de Computation, (SCCC). Academic degree(s): Licence Mathématiques, 1976, Catholic University of Chile; Ph.D. Sciences exactes, 1988, Catholic University of Chile Education: Catholic University of Chile, 1972/1976; University Freiburg, Germany, 1978/1979; Catholic University of Chile, 1981/1988 Working experience: Associate Professor on logical knowledge representation in artificial intelligence. More precisely, non-monotic reasoning applied to specification of data types and generic geometric concepts for automated geometry and specification by means of situation calculus of specifications of transactions on databases. Publications: "Approximation truth and the theory of errors", Springer, 1985; "The formal language and topological products", Zeitschvift F. Math. Logic, 1990; "The outer capacity of an internal set function", Zeitschvift F. Math. Logic, 1991; Circumscription in data logic for data type specification", to appear in J. Logic and Computation; "Circumscription and generic mathematical objects", Fundamenta Informatcze; "Towards efficient partial evaluation in logic programming", CLEI'92, Canarias Notes:   CL-503 CASAS-RAPOSO Ignacio Associate Professor Department of Computer Science, School of Engineering Catholic University of Chile Casilla 306 SANTIAGO 22 Chile Telephone: (56-2) 552 2375/552 4440 Telefax: (56-2) 552 4054 E-mail: icasa@ing.puc.cl. Language(s): English; Spanish Professional areas: Specific Methodologies or Applications (Database); Networking (Local Area Networks (LANs)); Software (Systems Analysis); Others (Modeling) (Information Systems Development) (Distributed Systems) Consultancy areas: Systems Development; Database; Local Area Networks (LANs) Professional societies: Association for Computing Machinery, (ACM); Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers, (IEEE); Chilean Computer Science Society, (SCCC); Engineering Society of Chile, (CICH). Academic degree(s): Ph.D. Computer Science, 1986, University of Toronto; Electrical Engineer, 1976, Catholic University of Chile Education: University of Toronto, Canada, 1979/1986; University of Chile, 1969/1975 Working experience: Full time professor of computer science at the Catholic University of Chile. Main research interests: performance evaluation and capacity planning of computer systems, database systems, local area networks Publications: "Modelacion de un Sistema de Teleproceso", Actas del Congreso Intern. Latincon'88 IEEE, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Abril 1988; "Druida : Una herramienta basada en conocimiento para el afinamiento de systemas UNIX", Actas del la XVIII Conferencia Latino-americana de Informatica, CLEI, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Espana, Sep. 1992; "A Buffer Management Model for Use in Predicting Overall Database System Performance", Proceedings 5th IEEE International COnference on Data Engineering, Los Angeles, EEUU, Febrero 1989 Notes:   CL-504 CORBINAUD PEREZ Ricardo Cordinador Escuela Informatica Escuela Informatica Facultal de Fingenieria Universidad Technolojica Methropolitana P.O.Box 9845, Jose Pedro Alessandri No. 1242 SANTIAGO Santiago Chile Telephone: (56-2) 272 4275 Telefax: (56-2) 272 4275 Language(s): Espanol; Ingles; Protuges Professional areas: Software (Application Software) (Programming); Computers and Society (Computer Uses in Education);Others (Hypertext) (Multimedia) Professional societies: ACHICE: Asociacion Chilena de Informatica y Computacion Educativa. Academic degree(s): Licenciado en Educion Matematica y Computacion, 1985 Education: Licenciado en Educacion Matematica y Computacion, Universidad Santiago de Chile, 1979-1984 Working experience: Professor de Estado de Matematica y Computacion, Universidad Santiago de Chile, 1979-1984; Docente Jornada Parcial Escuela de Adultos, Universidad Technologica Metropolitania (UTEM), 1990; Docente Jornada parcial are ciencia de la computacion, Universidad de las Altericas, 1992 Publications: Modulo de Auto Instruccion para la ensenanza de Algoritmos en Pseudolengua en la educacion media, 1985; Modula de Autoinstruczion para la ensananza de elementos de computacion (escuela de adultos utem), 1990; Modulo de autoinstruccion para la ensenanza de lenguaje de programacion pascal (escuela adultos utem) 1992 Notes:   CL-505 DAILEY Robert F. Professor Depto. de Ciencias de la Computacion Universidad de Chile Casilla 2777 SANTIAGO Chile Telephone: (56-2) 92736 Language(s): English; Spanish Professional areas: Specific Methodologies or Applications (Simulation) Consultancy areas: System Engineering. System Performance Evaluation Professional societies: IEEE; Member of O.R.S.A.(formerly); Sigma Xi (Associate). Academic degree(s): M.Sc. in Industrial & Systems Engineering, 1979, Ohio State University (O.S.U.); Ph.D. in Industrial & Systems Engineering, 1985, O.S.U., Columbus, Ohio, USA Education: O.S.U., USA, (7 years), 1977 - 1984; University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA, 1969 - 1974 Working experience: Professor, University of Chile, Santiago, Teaching courses in Performance Evaluation, Operating systems, Simulation and Networks; Community service with poor in Chicago, and in Santiago, Chile, 1988 - Present Publications: "Queue Control for Multiple Sequential Requests," Doctoral thesis, Ohio State University, 1985; "Message Traffic Controls in a Distributed Environment," IX Conference of the Chilean Computer Science Society, 1989 Notes: CL-506 FULLER David Doctor Computer Science Department Catholic University of Chile Casilla 6177 SANTIAGO 22 Chile Telephone: (56-2) 552 2375 Language(s): Spanish; English Professional areas: Specific Methodologies or Applications (Artificial Intelligence/Expert System); Software (Application Software); Computers and Society (Computer Uses in Education) Consultancy areas: Logic Programming; Programming Languages. Compiler Construction Professional societies: Vice-President, Chilean Computer Science Society. Academic degree(s): M.Sc. in Computer Science, July 1984, University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D. in Computer Science, February 1989, Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London Education: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 6 years; University of Califorina, Los Angeles, U.S.A., 1.5 years; Imperial College of Science and Technology, Lodon, U.K., 3.5 years Working experience: Professor/Researcher, University (Computer Science), Present Publications: "Device Independent TROFF Device Driver for the Line Printer and Diablo," M.Sc. Computer Science Thesis, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) U.S.A., 1984; Co-author, "Partial Evaluation and Mixed Computation of PROLOG Programs, New Generation Computing Journal, Vol. 6, No.2 & 3, pp.119-141, Springer-Verlag, Tokyo, 1988; "Partial Evaluation and Mix Computation in Logic Programming, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Computing, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London, U.K., 1989; "Static Analysis for Logic Programs, XVI Conferencia Latinoamericana de Informática CLEI 90, Asunción, Paraguay, 10-14 Sept. 1990 Notes:   CL-507 LATORRE ASTUDILLO Homero Director Escuela de Informatica Escuela de Informatica Universidad Tecnologia Metropolitana de Chile Avenida Jose Pedro Alessandri No. 1242 SANTIAGO, Chile Telephone: (56-2) 272 4522 Telefax: (56-2) 272 4522 Language(s): Espanol; Francés; Inglés Professional areas: Hardware (Hardware System Architecture) (Computer Hardware Applications) (Computer Hardware Applications); Networking (Wide Area Networks (WANs)); Specific Methodologies or Applications (Computer Aided Engineering); Computers and Society (Computer Uses in Education); Others (Robotics) (Automatic Control) Professional societies: IEEE - Computing and robotics section; ACCA - (IFACP) Chilean Society of Automatic Control; SCCC - Chilean Society of Computing Science. Academic degree(s): Magister en Ciencias de la Ingenieria, 1990, Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Doctorado (c) Ph.D. Ciencias de la Ingenieria, Candidato (Estudiante 2° Nivel), Estudiante de Ecole Polytechnique, Université Mmontreal, Quebec, Canada Education: Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile, Ingeniero Ejecucion Electricista, 1974-78; Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Licenciado en Ciencias de la Ingenieria, 1980-84; Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Ingeniero Civil Electricista, 1980-87; Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Magister en Ciencias de la Ingenieria, 1987-90; Université Montreal, Doct. Ciencias, 1991-93 Working experience: Docente electronica Digital/Microcomputadores, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, 1985-93; Investigador Asociado Robotica y Percepcion, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, 1987-93; Docente Investigador Informatica aplicada, Universidad Tecnologica Metropolitana de Chile, 1988-1993; Docente Informatica Aplicada/Tecnologia, Universidad de las Americas, Santiago, Chile, 1992-93 Publications: Bases procesamiento imagenes en computadores PC/Latorre. VIII Congreso Chileno Ingenieria Electronica/Concepcion, Chile, 1989; Sistema adquisicion y control datos celda electroquimica/Latorre. Gauther/IX Congreso Chileno Control Automatico/Temuco, Chile, 1990; Sistema control datos tiempo real celda electroquimica/Latorre. Gruthier/VI Simposium Internacional Aplicaciones en Informatica Industrial/Antofagasta, Chile, 1990 Notes: CL-508 MORALES Hernando Consultant Lawyer Ramirez y Asociados Santa Lucia 150 Piso 5º SANTIAGO Chile Telephone: (56-2) 633 7704 Telefax: (56-2) 633 0521 Language(s): Spanish; French; English Professional areas: Computers and Society (Public Policy-Decision Making) (Social Problem Solving) (Organization Impacts) (Informatics and Law) (Computer Security) (Software Protection) (Data Management) Consultancy areas: Public Policy-Decision Making; Social Problem Solving. International Problems Solving; Strategies and Planning; Organization Impacts. Legal Impact of Informatics Professional societies: President, Corporación Chilena para el Desarrollo de la Informática y el Derecho, Santiago; Delegate to Latin America, Consulenti Associati, Milano, Italy; Consultant, Centro para la Enseñanza de la Informática, Madrid, Spain. Academic degree(s): Lawyer Licensed on Law and Social Sciences, Aug. 1967, University of Chile; Graduated in International High Studies and International Right, July 1975, Institute of Political Sciences (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and International Juridical Committee of the Organization of American States Working experience: Chilean delegate to several International and Interamerican Conferences about Informatics (Policies, Law), like IBI (Rome) Conference of Latin American Authorities on Informatics (CALAI), Regional Centre (Madrid) for Teaching on Informatics, etc.; Legal Advisor of the Government of Chile in Informatics Policies and Law; Private Consultant; Invited Professor at Universities of Spain (Católica de Madrid, Extremadura and Baleares) and Italy (Milano) in Informatics and Law; Director, X International Course on Informatics and Law, Santiago, Chile; President, Chilean Association for Development of Informatics and Law; Member, Board of "Universidad de Ciencias de la Infomática", Santiago, Chile Publications: "Protección Jur¡dica del Software (The law Protection of Software)," Santiago, 1987; "Formación Avanzada en Inform tica (Advanced Studies on Informatics)," Madrid, 1989; "La Ensenanza del Derecho Inform tico (Teaching Informatics Law)," Madrid, 1989 Notes: CL-509 NUSSBAUM Miguel Professor Department of Computer Science, School of Engineering Catholic University of Chile Casilla 306 SANTIAGO 22, Chile Telephone: (56-2) 552 2375 Telefax: (56-2) 552 4054 Language(s): Spanish; English; German Professional areas: Specific Methodologies or Applications (Artificial Intelligence/Expert System); Software (Systems Analysis) (Application Software) Consultancy areas: Expert Systems; Strategies and Planning Professional societies: American Association for Artificial Intelligence; Sociedad Chilena de Ciencia de la computación; IEEE. Academic degree(s): Electrical Engineer, 1980, P. Universidad Católica, Santiago, Chile; M.Sc. in Computer Science, 1984, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA., USA; Doctor der Technischen Wissenschaften, 1988, Eidgenössigche Hochschule, Zürich, Suiza Education: P.Universidad Católica de chile, Santiago, Chile, 1974 - 1979; Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA., USA, 1983-84; Eidgenössigche Hochschule, Zürich, Suiza, 1985-88 Working experience: Professor, School of Engineering, Department of Computer Science, Catholic University of Chile, Applying expert systems (ESs) for doing a MPR II system and developing ESs for a major Chilean airline's crew & scheduling planning, for Catholic University room scheduling and for a Chilean paper manufacturer's intelligent manuals; Consultancy to an international consulting firm and one of the biggest Chilean banks; Delt with a project for developing a shell for a particular planning problems Publications: Co-author, "Parallel Processing of Deductive Databases on a Commercial Multiprocessor", International Conference on Databases, Parallel Architectures, and Their Applications, Miami Beach, Florida, March 7-9, 1990; "Building a Deductive Database", Ablex Publishing Corporation, New Jersey, USA, 1990; "A Support Environment for Interactive and Automatic Scheduling", Orbel 5 Fifth National congress on Quantitative Methods for Decision Making, Brussels, Jan.18-19, 1990; "Sistemas Expertos, Investigación Cientifica y Empresa", "El diario" 16 de Enero 1990; Co-author, "Production Planning and Scheduling: A Bottom-Up Approach" 4th International Conference, July 11-14 1989, Cambridge, UK Notes: CL-510 PINO Jose A. Professor Depto. de Ciencias de la Computacion Universidad de Chile Casilla 2777 SANTIAGO Chile Telephone: (56-2) 92736 Language(s): Spanish; English Professional areas: Computers and Society (Public Policy-Decision Making); Software (Application Software) (Software Engineering) Consultancy areas: Public Policy-Decision Making; Software Development Professional societies: IFIP regional member; Member of IFIP TC 13; President of Chilean Computer Science Society. Academic degree(s): M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering, 1972, University of Michigan; Ph.D. in Computer Science, 1977, University of Michigan, USA Education: Universidad de Chile, Santiago, 1966-71; University of Michigan, USA, (5 years) 1971-77 Working experience: Member of Committee for Policy development in Computing for the Chilean Government, 1989-90; Project Leader, TEXTRIEVE: first software system produced in Chile for export, 1980 - 1981; Member, Programme Committee for the Third Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI), Boston, USA, 1989; President, Programme Committee for the XVI Latin-American Conference on Computing, Asunción, Paraguay, 1990; Professor, Universidad de Chile, Teaching & Thesis advising, and coordinating a master program and an Engineering curriculum, Present Publications: Co-author, "A Low-Cost Intuitive Interface for an Information Retrieval System," Int. J. on Policy and Information 13, No.2, pp 35-42, 1989; "A Generalized Algorithm for Centrality Problems on Trees," Journal of the ACM 36, pp 349-361, 1989; "SATS: A Microcomputer-based Support for Teaching Structural Analysis," Journal of Microcomputer Applications 11; "Information Retrieval using Microcomputers," Microprocessing and Microprogramming 18 (1-5), pp 623-628, 1986; "MIGRATIONS: A Microcomputer-based Generalized Information Retrieval System," Quaestiones Informaticae 3 (2), pp 11-13, 1984 Notes:   CL-511 POBLETE Patricio Chairman Department of Computer Science University of Chile Blinco Encalada 2120, Casilla 2777 SANTIAGO Chile Telephone: (52-2) 92736 Language(s): English; Spanish Professional areas: Specific Methodologies or Applications (Database); Software (Software Engineering); Computers and Society (Public Policy-Decision Making) Consultancy areas: Public Policy-Decision Making; Database Professional societies: Vice-President of the Chilean Computer Society; Member of ACM. Academic degree(s): M.Sc. in Computer Science, 1977, University of Waterloo, Canada; Ph.D. in Computer Science, 1982, University of Waterloo, Canada Education: University of Chile, Santiago, 1970-75; University of Waterloo, Canada, (5 years), 1976-82 Working experience: Professor, University of Chile, Teaching Analysis of Algorithms and Databases, and doing research on the same fields, 1983 - Present; Visiting Professor, University of Waterloo, Canada, Tought Databases and did research on Data Structures and Analysis of Algorithms, 1987; Chairman, Department of Computer Science, Advising government agencies about computing policy and equipment purchases, Present Publications: Co-author, "Analysis of the Expected Search Cost in Skip Lists," Proc. SWAT 90, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 447, Springer-Verlag, pp 160-172, 1990; "Last-Come-First-Served Hashing," Journal of Algorithms 10, pp 228-248, 1989; "Two Hybrid Methods for Collision Resolution in Open Addressing Hashing," Proc. SWAT 88, Lecture notes in Computer Science 318, Springer-Verlag, pp 113-119, 1988; "An Implicit Binomial Queue with Constant Insertion Time," Proc. SWAT 88, Lecture notes in Computer Science 318, Springer-Verlag, pp 1-13, 1988; "Transforming Multiway Trees into a Practical External Data Structure," Acta Informatica 26, pp 193-211, 1988; "Searchability in Merging and Implicit Data Structures," BIT 27, pp 324-329, 1983; "Approximating Functions by Their Poisson Transforms," Information Processing Letters 23, pp 127-130 Notes:   CL-512 VICTOR HUGO Muñoz Electronic Engineer EDP Management SYNAPSIS S.A. Santo Domingo 1141 SANTIAGO Chile Telephone: (56-2) 696 9594; 696 9083 Language(s): Spanish; English Professional areas: Software (Systems Analysis); Computers and Society (Organization Impacts) (Public Policy-Decision Making) Consultancy areas: Data Processing; Systems Analysis; Software Engineering Professional societies: Director, Chilean UNIX Society. Academic degree(s): Electronics Engineering, 03/28/81, Federico Santa Maria University Education: Federico Santa Maria University, Valparaiso, Chile, 03/73-12/80 Working experience: Supervisor/Manager/Professor, Software Development, System Engineering, EDP management, Data Processing Centre, Computer Architecture, Digital Systems, Operating Systems, Automatic Control, Present Notes: CL-513 ZAPATA CACERES Santiago Academico Escuela Informatica Escuela de Informatica Universidad Technologica Metropolitana de Chile P.O.Box 9845 Jose Pédro Alessandri # 1242 SANTIAGO Chile Telephone: (56-2) 272 4522 Telefax: (56-2) 272 4375 Language(s): Spanish; English Professional areas: Computers and Society (Public Policy-Decision Making) (Organization Impacts) (Strategies and Planning); Software (Software Engineering) (Application Software); Others (Computer Aided Engineering) Consultancy areas: Application Software. in productive sectors; Information Systems Organization; Operations Research; Project Management. Project Evaluation Professional societies: ACCA (Chilean Society of Automatic Control); DECUS (Digital Equipment Computer Users Society; CICH (Colegio Ingenieros de Chile). Academic degree(s): Licenciado en Ciencias de la Ingeniera, 1991, Universidad de Santiago de Chile Education: Universidad Technica del Estado, Chile, 1974/78; Universidad de Santiago de Chile, 1979/81 Working experience: Academico Escuela Informatica, Area Systemas, Universidad Technologica Metropilitana, 1985-present; Investigador Informatica Aplicada, Desarrollo de Software Clientifico para laboratorio de Electroquimica, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, 1983-present; Academico Informatica Aplicada, Gestion Technologica, Investigacion de Operationes, Universidad de las Americas, Santiago, Chile, 1990-present Publications: "Desarrollo Paquete Computacional Optimizaon para la optimizacion de experimentos industriales", Tilogia (ISDS), Vol.5, N°9, Instituto Profesional de Santiago, 1985; "Easy refine: an computer program refinement crystallographics", Journal Applied Crystallographics, Paper N°J870415 - MS 148, 1987; "Steepest Ascent Methodology", Trilogia (ISDS), Vol.7, N°12, Instituto Profesional de Santiago, 1987 Notes:   CO-514 CORZO Fabio Head and Director Department of Systems and Informatics A.A. 1055 CUCUTA Colombia Telephone: (975) 75 35 15 Language(s): Spanish; English Professional areas: (Software Engineering) (Object-Oriented Technology) (Computer Aided Engineering) Consultancy areas: Software Engineering Professional societies: ACIS (Colombian Association of Syst. Eng.); Club Cazadores. Academic degree(s): Ph.D., Dec. 1981, University of Sheffield U.K.; MSc., Sept. 1973, University of Sheffield, U.K. Education: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Civil Engineer, Colombia, 5 1/2 yrs Working experience: Director of Postgraduate School U.F.P.S., Cucuta, Colombia, 1988-91; Dean of Engineering Faculty U.M.B., Bogota, Colombia, 1994-95; Professor Department of Systems and Informatics U.F.P.S., Cucuta, Colombia, 1988-95; Head and Director of the Department of Systems and Informatics, Cucuta, Colombia, 1995-present. Publications: Mathematical Modeling of Fracture Paths, University of Sheffield, 70 p. Sheffield, 1981; Software Engineering and CASE tools, Univ. Feo. de P. Santander, 200 p. in editing and publishing process. Notes:   CO-515 FORERO Willliam Director of Computer Education Programme Graduate Programmes Antonio Narino University Calle 59 # 37-71 BOGOTA Colombia Telephone: (57-1) 22 18 754 Language(s): Spanish; English Professional areas: Computers and Society (Computer Uses in Education); Specific Methodologies or Applications (Computer Aided Engineering); Networking (Local Area Networks (LANs)) Consultancy areas: Computer Aided Engineering; Computer Uses in Education Professional societies: IEEE, ACUC, ACIS. Academic degree(s): Specialist in Computer Education, 1985, Antonio Marino University, Bogota; M.Sc. Computer Science, 1989, Barry University, Miami, USA; Ph.D., Computer Science, 1993, Nova University, Fort Landerdale, USA Education: INCCA University, Bogota, Colombia, 1977/82; Antonio Marino University, Bogota, Colombia, 1984/85; Barry University, Miami, USA, 1987/89; Nova University, Fort Landerdale, USA, 1989/92 Working experience: Director of Computer Education Programme, coordination of all the curricula, Advice on the use of Computer in Education, Identification of text materials, software, present Publications: "Superpilot for teachers", 1987; "Introduction to Wordstar, 1988; "Pilot for IBM PC & Compatibles", 1989; DBASE III Plus, 1989 Notes:   CO-516 FRANKY Maria Consuelo Associate Professor Department of Systems and Computer Engineering University of Los Andes A.A. 4976 BOGOTA Colombia Telephone: (57-1) 286 61 85 Telex: 42343 UNAND CO Telefax: (57-1) 284 15 70 E-mail: cfranky@uniandes.edu.co Language(s): Spanish; English Professional areas: (Distributed Systems) Consultancy areas: Distributed Systems; Software Applications (Local Area Networks) Professional societies: ACIS, Colombian Association of systems and computer engineers; CLEI, Latinoamerican Association in Informatics (representing for Colombia). Academic degree(s): Doctor in Informatics, January 1982, University of Lille I, Lille, France; D.E.A. in Informatics, October 1979, University of Lille I - Lille, France Education: University of Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, 1972-1977; University of Lille I, Lille, France, 1978-1982 Working experience: Associated professor and researcher, University of Los Andes, 13 years; Development of software tools for programming distributed systems, University of Los Andes, 7 years Publications: "JOYCE+ : Model and Language for multi-site distributed systems", IEEE-ACM Second International Symposium on Database in Parallel and Distributed Systems, Dublin-Ireland, July 1990; "DGDBM : programming support for distributed transactions over replicated files", ACM-SIGOPS, July 1995 Notes:   CO-517 GUZMAN Germán Electronics Engineer/Teacher Sistemas EAFIT University AA 3300 MEDELLIN Colombia Telephone: 574-94-2660 500 Telefax: 574-268 25 99 E-mail: gguzman@sigma.eatit.edu.co Language(s): Spanish; English Professional areas: Hardware and Systems (Peripheral Devices) Consultancy areas: Interfaces to computer and microprocessors and sensors Academic degree(s): Specialist in Information Systems, EAFIT University, 1984; Specialist in Computerized technique of production, EAFIT University, 1993 Education: Universidad Distrital Fco. José de Caldas, Bogotá, Colombia, 5yrs; Universidad EAFIT, Medellín, Colombia Working experience: Teacher of Hardware in informatics, Medellín, 5yrs; Engineer of Maintenance in computers, Bogota/Medellin; Engineer of maintenance in communication VHF & UHF, 1yr; Engineer observer in research of oil, East of Colombia, 1 yr Notes:   CO-518 LONDOÑO Félix Jefe Departamento Informática y Sistemas Departamento Informática y Sistemas Cra 49 Nº7 sur 50 MEDELLIN Colombia Telephone: (574) 385 72 82 Telefax: (574) 266 42 84 E-mail: flondoño@sigma.eafit.edu.co Language(s): Spanish; English Professional areas: (Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)) (Human Computer Interaction) Consultancy areas: Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) Professional societies: "Program and review committee workshops on enabling technologies: infrastructure for collaborative enterprises". Academic degree(s): Ph.D. Electrical & Comp. Engineering, Concurrent Engineering, 1990, West Virginia University; M.Sc. Computer Science, 1985, West Virginia University Education: Univ. Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellin, Colombia, 1976-80 Working experience: Jefe Dpto. Inf. y Sistemas, Univ. EAFIT, 1992-95; Leader-technical coordination, Concurrent Eng.-Reg. Center Publications: Co-author, "Managing chaos: Coordinating a virtual team", Proceedings First Workshop on Enabling Technologies for Concurrent Engineering. Concurrent Engineering Research Center. Mogantown, WV 20506 Notes: CO-519 MARIÑO Olga Assistant-professor Computer Science Department University of Los Andes (Bogota) BOGOTA Colombia Telephone: (57-1) 286 61 85 Telefax: (57-1) 286 61 85 E-mail: omariño@uniandes.edu.co Language(s): Spanish; French; English Professional areas: (Artificial Intelligence) (Computer Aided Instruction) (Programming) (Programming Languages) Consultancy areas: Artificial Intelligence; Knowledge Based Systems. Knowledge Representation; Computer Uses in Education; Software Development Professional societies: RIBIE : Iberian-american educational informatics network (from Spanish CYTED-O). Academic degree(s): Ph.D. Thèse de troisiême cycle: Computer Science, Speciality : Artificial Intelligence, 1993, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France; M. Sc. (Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies) D.E.A.: Computer Science, 1989, Ecole Nationale Politechnique de Grenoble, Grenoble, France Education: Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, 5 years, Systems and Computer Engineer Working experience: Assistant-Professor, University of Los Andes, 1986-88; Research Assistant, INRIA-IMAG Grenoble, France, 1988-92; Assistant-Professor, University of Los Andes, 1992-Present Publications: "Classification d'objets composites dans un système de représentation de connaissance multipoints de vue", RFIA, 1991; "Mechanisme d’indifférence dans les systèmes de représentation de connaissances orientées objets multi-points de vue, PH. D. report, Grenoble, France 1991; co-author : "Multiple Perspectives and Classification mechanism in object-oriented representation", 9th European Conference on A.I., ECAL, Stockholm, 1990; "El Razonamiento dosificatorio como soporte a los sistemas educativos inteligentes : aplicación al diagnóstico médico", II congreso Iberoaméricano de Informática Educativa, Lisboa, Portugal, 1994. Notes:   CO-520 PARDO GARCIA, Carlos Eduardo Docente Sistemas e Informática Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander Av. Gran Colombia 12E-96 CUCUTA Colombia Telephone: 975-75 24 52. 975-78 21 63 Language(s): Spanish; English Professional areas: Computer Communications and Networks (Local Area Networks (LANs)) (Wide Area Networks (WANs)) (Integrated Services Digital Networks (ISDNs)) Consultancy areas: Software Development. "ISODE"; Local Area Networks (LANs) Professional societies: ACIS, Asociación Colombiana de Ing. de Sistemas. Academic degree(s): M.Sc. Teleinformatica, 16 December 1994, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogota, Colombia Education: Universidad Piloto de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia, 5 yrs, Degree : Ingeniero de Sistemas Working experience: Docente, Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander, 5yrs; Estudio Maestría Teleinformática, Universidad Distrital, Bogotá, Colombia Publications: UDENET, Revista Universidad Distrital, 16 p. August 1994 Notes:   CO-521 RUEDA Camilo Professor Ingeniería de Sistemas Universidad Javierana AA. 8264 CALI Colombia Telephone: (57) 2 - 555 21 73 Telefax: (57) 2 - 555 28 23 E-mail: crueda@ujarisc.ujavcali.edu.co Language(s): Spanish; English; French Professional areas: (Artificial Intelligence) (Programming) (Computer Uses in Other Systems) Consultancy areas: Constraint satisfaction; Visual languages; Sound synthesis Professional societies: Xigma XI, scientific Research Society of North America. Academic degree(s): MSc. Computer Science, 1975, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; (E.E.) Computer Science, 1976, MIT Education: Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, 5 yrs; MIT, Cambridge, Mass. U.S.A., 4 yrs Working experience: Professor, Teaching & Research, Univ. Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, 5 yrs; Dean of Engineering, Admin. + Teaching U.A.M., Manizales, Colombia, 6 yrs; Researcher, Research, IRCAM, Paris, France, 4yrs; Professor, Teaching & research, U. Javeriana, Cali, Colombia, 1 yr Publications: "A visual programming Environment for constraint-Based Musical composition", XIV Congresso Brasileiro de Computaçao, 1994; The music representation project at IRCAM ", I.C.M.C., 1993; "KANT: a critique of pure quantification", I.C.M.C., 1994 Notes:   CO-522 RUIZ Fernando Coordinador Posgrado en Informática Escuela de Ingeniería Sistemas Universidad Industrial de Santander A.A. 678 BUCARAMANGA Colombia Telephone: 97 36 34 89 E-mail: fruizd@uiscol.uis.edu.co Language(s): Spanish; English Professional areas: (Public Policy-Decision Making) Professional societies: ACCIS; ACCIO; SISTEUIS5GIABCOL (Fuzzy Logic); LASPAU. Academic degree(s): Master of Engineering in Computer and Systems, May 1980, Renselaev Polytechnic Institute (Troy, N.Y., USA) Education: Universidad Industrial de Santander Bucaramanga, Colombia, 13 years; Universidad del Norte Barranquilla, Colombia, 4 years; Universidad Industrial de Santander Bucaramanga, Colombia, 3 years Working experience: Systems Engineer, University UIS, 1.5 yrs; Teacher, Univ. UIS, 10 yrs; Curriculum Program Director, University UIS, 2 yrs; Chairman of the department, Univ. UIS, 2 yrs; Graduate studies co-ordinator, Univ. UIS, 1 yr; Teacher, Universidad Norte, 3 yrs Publications: Realism in Simulation; International Symposium in Discontinuous Simulation, 5 p., Bucaramanga 1993; Digital Simulation Strategies; VIII Encuentro de Informática Universitaria, 20 p., Barranquilla 1991; Simulation a pragmatic approach; U.I.S; 184 p., Bucaramanga, 1993 Notes:   CO-523 TORO CORDOBA Victor Manuel Professor Systems and Computing Engineering University of Los Andes Carrera 1 N. 18A-10 - P.O.Box 4976 BOGOTA Colombia Telephone: (57-1) 28 66 185 Telefax: (57-1) 28 41 570 E-mail: vmtoro@andescol.uniandes.edu.co Language(s): Spanish; French; English Professional areas: Software (Software Engineering) (Programming) ; Others (Curricula Design) Consultancy areas: Software Engineering. Software tools for big projects; Software Quality and Standards. Assurance plans; Curriculum Development Professional societies: Colombian Association of Computing System Engineers (ACIS); Ibero American Network of Software Technology (RITOS). Academic degree(s): Docteur 3ème cycle, 1982, Université de Lille I, France; Computing Systems Engineer, 1978, University of Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia Education: University of Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, 1977 Working experience: Professor responsible for the Software engineering courses on undergraduate and master levels on "Introduction to Software Engineering" and "Advanced Software Engineering"; Coordinator of a research group "FIDIAS: foundations of informatics and Software engineering" of 5 professors in related areas; Consultant and/or Developer of various projects of information systems in industry and in the government; Curriculum designer, development for different educational programs in our university (undergraduate, masters, continued education to industry...) and in others universities in Colombia and South America Publications: "Organizing and documenting large C programs", XVI Latin American Conference in Informatics, Caracas, 1991; "Specification, Desinging and Prototyping of interactive Systems", XII Latin American Conference in Informatics, Bogota, 1987; "Assessing Computer Science Programs in Latin America", XI Latin American Conference in Informatics, Montevideo, 1986; "Identifying Subsystems of Complex Systems", IFAC Congress, Warsaw, 1983 Notes:   CO-524 TREFFTZ Christian Professor Departamento de Informática y Sistemas Universidad EAFIT A.A. 3300 MEDELLIN Colombia Telephone: (57-4) 266 05 00 Ext. 280 Telefax: (57-4) 266 42 48 Language(s): Spanish; English Professional areas: Parallel Computing Consultancy areas: Parallel Computing Professional societies: IEEE. Academic degree(s): Ph.D. Computer Science, June 1994, Michigan State University Education: M. Sc. Computer Science, June 1989, Western Michigan University Working experience: Programmer, Colombia, 5 yrs; Teaching Assistant, USA, 6 yrs; Research Assistant, USA, 1 yr; Professor, Colombia, 1 yr Publications: "A Scaleable Eigenvalue Solver for Symmetric Tridiagonal Matrices", Proceedings of the 6th SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing, Norforlk VA 1993; "A Parallel Algorithm for the SVD Problem in Bidiagonal Matrices", Proc. of the 7th SIAM Conf. on Parallel Processing , San Fco. CA, 1995 Notes:   CO-525 TRUJILLO John Teacher Computer Sciences Universidad EAFIT A.A. 3300 MEDELLIN Colombia Telephone: (574) 266 05 00 E-mail: jtruji@sigma.eafit.edu.co Language(s): Spanish; English; French Professional areas: Computer & Education Consultancy areas: Comp. Education Technical Support Academic degree(s): M.Sc. Computer Science, 1979, Univ. PARIS VIII Education: Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia, 5 yrs; Univ. PARIS VIII, Paris, France, 2 yrs; Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA, 2.5 yrs Working experience: Computer & Education, EAFIT Univ., 5 yrs; Teacher in Control & Automation, EAFIT Univ., 5 yrs; Technical Support Electronic Lab, Indiana Univ., 2.5 yrs; Technical Support for Electronic Devices, Autography of Colombia, 1.5 yrs Publications: "Colombian Interscholar Communications Networking", Third International Symposium on Telecommunications in Education Tel-Ed'94 Albuquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Nov. 10-13 1994; Las Tecnologías en la Educación, II Congreso Ibero-Americano de Informática en Educación, Lisboa, Portugal, Oct. 24-29 1994 Notes:   CO-526 URIBE Rodolfo Director Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE) Avenuda Eldorado, Apartado Aéreo 80043 SANTAFE DE BOGOTA D.C. Colombia Telephone: (57-1) 221 3164; 222 1100 Telex: 44573 Telefax: (57-1) 222 2107 Language(s): Spanish; English Professional areas: Computers and Society (Computer Uses in Education) (Public Policy-Decision Making) (Social Problem Solving) (Organization Impacts) (Strategies and Planning); Software (Software Engineering) (Systems Analysis) Consultancy areas: Strategies and Planning Professional societies: ALPHA-PI-MU (Honored Student), USA; National Professional Council of Economics, Colombia; Operation Research Society of America. Academic degree(s): B.Ar. in Industrial Economy, March 1968, Universidad de Los Anges, Bogota DE, Colombia; M.Sc. in Industrial and System Engineering, March 1975, Ohio University , Anthens, Ohio, USA Education: Ohio University, Ohio, USA, 2 years; Universidad de Los Anges, Bogota DE, Colombia, 7 years Working experience: Professor, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota DE, 2 years; Professor & Studies Coordinator, Universidad del Rosario, Bogota, 3 years; Professor & Quantitative Methods Department, Bogota DE, 4,5 years; Secretary of Informatics, Administrative Department of the Presidency, To define governmental policy in informatics, produce and control the indicative plan in informatics and its execution, promote research and development activities in informatics, diffuse informatics over the country, advise the Colombian President in law projects related to author's rights in design and production of software and hardware, and coordinate the government institutions in the management of informatics affairs; Director, DANE, present Notes:   CO-527 VILLALOBOS Jorge Alberto Associate Professor Systems and computing Eng. Dept. Universidad de Los Andes A.A. 4976 SANTAFE DE BOGOTA Colombia Telephone: (57-1) 286 61 85 Telex: 42343 UNAND CO Telefax: (57-1) 284 18 90 E-mail: jvillalo@uniandes.edu.co Language(s): Spanish; French; English Professional areas: Object-Oriented Technology Consultancy areas: Object-Oriented Software Engineering Professional societies: ACIS (Colombian Association of Systems Engineering); ACA (Colombian Association of Automation) Academic degree(s): M.Sc. Informatics (D.E.A. en Informatique), Sept. 1986, Institut National Polytechnoque de Grenoble, France Education: Universidad de Los Andes, 1978-1982, Colombia; Universidad Politecnica de Cataluña, 1989-1990, España Working experience: Associate Professor, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, 7 yrs Publications: "Estructura de Datos : Un enfoque desde tipos abstractos", 357 pp. Mc-Graw Hill. 1988 ; "Diseño y Menejo de Estructuras de Datos en C", 382 pp., Ediciones Uniandes, 1995 Notes: CO-528 ZEA Claudia María Directora Línea de Informática Educativa Informática y Sistemas Universidad EAFIT A.A. 3300 MEDELLIN Colombia Telephone: (57-4) 385 73 71 Telefax: (57-4) 226 42 84 E-mail: czea@sigma.eafit.edu.co Language(s): Spanish Professional areas: Computer Uses in Other Areas Consultancy areas: Computer Uses in Education; Multimedia Professional societies: Red Iberoaméricana de Informática Educativa; Asociación de Ingenieros de Sistemas. Academic degree(s): M.Sc. Educación - Tecnología Educativa, Oct. 1994, Universidad de Antioquia Education: CEDESISTEMAS, Medellín (Colombia), 3 yrs; Universidad EAFIT, Medellín, 5 yrs; Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, 3 yrs Working experience: Profesora - Investigadora, U. EAFIT, 8 yrs Publications: Estructuración de Ambientes de Aprendizaje con Multimedia, Memorias Seminario "Multimedios" U. Católica de Chile, Mayo, 1995; Conexiones : Una Propuesta para la Educación Básica Colombiana, Revista Enlaces, 3, Chile, 1995 Notes: CR-529 ARAYA MARIN Adrian Computer Consultant Omar Dengo Foundation Apdo. 1032-2050 SAN JOSE Costa Rica Telephone: (506) 221144 Telefax: (506) 221654 Language(s): Spanish; English Professional areas: Specific Methodologies or Applications; Software; Hardware Consultancy areas: Information Systems Organization Professional societies: ACM; Consultant, UNDP, UNESCO. Academic degree(s): M.Sc. in Computer Science, May 1978, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Ph.D. December 1982, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee Education: Peabody College for Teacher, Nashville, TN, Master Degree, 1,5 years; University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica, 4 years Working experience: Consultant, UNDP, Director of Program of Informatics for the Community, Omar Dengo Foundation, 1989-90; Part Time Professor/Visiting Researcher, University of Costa Rica/University of California, 1987-88 Publications: "Los avances en tecnología de almacenamiento óptico: el disco compacto de memoria de Lectura exclusiva (DC-MLE)," Technología en Marcha, 9 (4), pp.59-73, 1990 Notes:   CR-530 ARCE-ARENALES Manuel Lecturer and Researcher Universidad de Costa Rica Ciudad Universitaria Rodrigo Facio, San José, Costa Rica SAN JOSE Costa Rica Telephone: (506) 240504 Language(s): Spanish; English Professional areas: Specific Methodologies or Applications (Artificial Intelligence/Expert System); Software (Systems Analysis); Computers and Society (Social Problem Solving) ; Others (Natural Language Processing) Consultancy areas: Computational Linguistics; Artificial Intelligence Professional societies: Society for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (Costa Rica). Academic degree(s): B.Sc. Computer Science, 1984, Universidad de Costa Rica; Ph.D. Linguistics, 1989, University of Colorado, Boulder Education: Western Michigan University, USA, 1 year; University of Colorado, Boulder, USA, 5 years Working experience: Lecturer/Researcher, University, Discrete Mathematics, Computers and Society, Knowledge Representation, Natural Languages, Present Notes: CR-531 FONSECA Clotilde Executive Director Omar Dengo Foundation P.O.Box 1032-2050 SAN JOSE Costa Rica Telephone: (506) 22 11 44 Telefax: (506) 22 16 54 Language(s): Spanish; English; French; Italian Professional areas: Computers and Society (Computer Uses in Education) (Public Policy-Decision Making); Others (Computer Uses in Other Systems) Consultancy areas: Social Problem Solving. Technology and Education Policy; Computer Uses in Education; Computer Uses in Other Systems Professional societies: Steering Committee of Image; European Learning Technology Association. Academic degree(s): Masters in Public Administration, 1992, Harvard University, Working experience: Director of the Costa Rican Computers in Basic Education Program; Executive Director of the Omar Dengo Foundation; Lecturer and Participant in multiple specialized conferences and seminars; Project developer for several initiatives within the Omar Dengo Foundation; UNDP Consultant in the Area o f Computer uses in education; Research on impact of computers in Education Publications: "Computadoras en la Escuela Publica Costarricense : La Puesta en Marcha de una Decision", Ediciones de la Fundacion Omar Dengo, San José, Costa Rica, 1991; "The Computer: A Door to Educational and Social Opportunities", Keynote Speech Proceedings of the ICTE Meeting Held at MIT, March 1993; "La informatica en el Horizonte del Siglo XXI" ("Educational Informatics in the Perspective of the XXI Century"), El Mobilizador, N°3, Panama City, Panama, pp 19-23, August 1992; "Interinstitutional Framework for the Introduction of Computers in a Developing Country: the Costa Rican experience", Education and Informatics: Strengthening International Corporation, Vol.2, UNESCO, Paris, 1989 Notes:   CU-532 GUSTAVO Alfonso Anzardo Systems Analyst Division de Exportacion de Productos y Servicios Informaticos Instituto Nacional de Sistemas Automatizados y Technicas de Direccion (INSAC) Calle 24, No 107, Apto. 24, Miramar PLAYA C. de la Habana Cuba Telephone: ((53-7) 228 218; 228 316; 228 245 Telex: 051-2484 Telefax: (53-7) 331 233 Language(s): Spanish/English Professional areas: Software (Systems Analysis); Specific Methodologies or Applications (Database); Software (Programming); Others (Programming) (Software Engineering) Academic degree(s): Ingénieur en système automatisé de direction, 1986, Institut Supérieur Polytechnique José Antonio Echeverria Education: Faculté des Systèmes, Institut Supéreur Polytechnique Jossé Antonio Echeverria, La Habane, Cuba, 5 ans Working experience: System Analyst, reprogramming, system design and analysis (CLIPPER), project execution, software development, present Notes:   CU-533 MONTES ROJAS Jose Manuel Systems Analyst Division de Exportacion de Productos y Servicios Informaticos Instituto Nacional de Sistemas Automatizados y Technicas de Direccion (INSAC) Calle 24, No 107, Apto. 24, Miramar PLAYA C. de la Habana Cuba Telephone: (53-7) 228 218; 228 316; 228 245 Telex: 051-2484 Telefax: (53-7) 331 233 Language(s): Spanish; English Professional areas: Software (Systems Analysis); Specific Methodologies or Applications (Database); Software (Programming) Consultancy areas: Systems Analysis; Systems Development. Microcomputer Applications Academic degree(s): Ingénieur en systèmes automatisés de Direction, 1986, Institut Supérieur Polytechnique José Antonio Echeverria Education: Faculté des Systèmes, Institut Supérieur Polytechnique José Antonio Echeverria, Cuba, 1981/86; Ecole de langues étrangères Eduardo D. Camacho, Cuba, 1986/88 Working experience: Analyste-programmeur, du système de contrôle de l'embarquement/réception des marchandises; du système de contrôle des contrats internationaux de, du système de bulletin de paie, Entreprise Autoimport; Etude de faisabilité pour l'automatisation générale de l'Institut Cubain d'Endocrinologie; Etude de faisabilité et analyse pour l'automatisation de la Société Graphitel; Conception et Programmation du système de contrôle des entreprise et les commerciaux de la société Centersoft; Conception et Programmation du système de controle des projets de la Société Centersoft; Conception et Programmation d'un système de contrôle des facteurs de production de Centersoft; Préparation des produits pour l'exportation Notes:   SV-534 IBARRA Rafael Director Computer Center Universidad Centroamericana "Jose Simeon Canas" Autopista Sur SAN SALVADOR San Salvador El Salvador Telephone: (503) 734400 Telefax: (503) 733563; 731010 E-mail: ribarra@huracan.cr Language(s): Spanish; English; French Professional areas: Computers and Society (Computer Uses in Education) (Organization Impacts); Software (Systems Analysis) Professional societies: University Magazine Editorial Staff; IDRC (Canada) International Instructor. Academic degree(s): Electrical Engineer, December 1982, Universidad Centroamericana "Jose Simeon Canas"; Business Administration, September 1986, Universidad Centroamericana "Jose Simeon Canas" Education: NCR Educational Center, Dayton, USA 3.5 m, 1981; Aaron Ofri International Center, Israel, 1992 Working experience: Computer Center Manager; External Consultant in the fields of Informatics introduction, implementation and rightsizing in several Educational, Industrial, Commercial and Financing companies; Project Manager in the developing and implementing of information Systems, both new and migrated. Publications: Computer Centre Management (Parts I & II); UCA, San Salvador, March 1992; Systems Auditing (Parts I & II); UCA San Salvador, September 1992. Notes: GU-535 AVILES RODAS Victor Hugo Methods and Systems Engineer Organization & Methods (O&M), General Management Empresa Eléctrica de Guatemala 6 ave. 8-14 zona 1 Guatemala, Central America GUATEMALA 01001 Guatemala Telephone: (501) 2 30 30 50 Telex: 5223 EMPRELGU Telefax: 502 2 50 18 88 Language(s): Spanish Professional areas: Strategies and Planning (Local Area Networks (LANs)) (Programming) Consultancy areas: Application of Information Systems in Organizations Professional societies: Asociación de Informática de Guatemala (ADIG); Colegio de Ingenieros de Guatemala (CIG) Professional College. Academic degree(s): M.Sc. Master Degree in Industrial Management, pending 6 months for graduation, Rafael Landivar University Education: Mariano Galvez University, Guatemala, Guatemala, 6 years; UNYSYS de Guatemala, Guatemala, Guatemala, 1 month; SYNERCOM, Houston, Texans, USA, 1 month; INCAE, San Jose, Costa Rica, 1 month Working experience: Methods & Systems Engineer, Evaluation and Application of Information Systems in Organizations. This includes Management and Systems Areas, Guatemala, 2 years; Programming University Professor and Thesis Assistance, Guatemala, 4 years; Head Engineer of Computer Department, Systems Development and Implementation for Office Automatization, Guatemala, 7 years Publications: Electronic Mail and its application in the Guatemalan Public Data Network, 1992 Notes:   GU-536 CONCHESO MERINO Marisol Sub-General Manager 6 Av. 0-60 zona 4 torre I of. 909 GUATEMALA 01-004 Guatemala Telephone: (502) 2 35.20.14. (502) 2 35.24.22 Telefax: (502) 2 35.19.90 Language(s): Spanish; English Professional areas: System Analysis (Database) Consultancy areas: Programming and Languages; LAN; Databases and System Analysis Professional societies: Colegio de Ingenieros de Guatemala; ADIG. Academic degree(s): Systems Engineering Computer Science, 10 June 1988, Universidad Francisco Marroquín Education: Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala, Guatemala, 5 Working experience: Programmer in Application Software, INFOEXPRESS S.A., 4; Systems Analyst, INFOEXPRESS S.A., 9; Sub-General-Manager (Administration), INFOEXPRESS S.A., 9 Notes:   JM-537 HAMILTON Sezvin Managing Director Dataprox Computer Systems Limited 17 Tangerine Place KINGSTON 10 Jamaica Telephone: (1809) 926 4954; 926 4608 Language(s): English Professional areas: Software (Systems Analysis) (Software Engineering) (Application Software) (Programming); Computers and Society (Computer Uses in Education) (Public Policy-Decision Making) (Social Problem Solving) (Organization Impacts) (Strategies and Planning); Specific Methodologies or Applications (Database) (Artificial Intelligence/Expert System) (Computer Aided Engineering) (Computer Graphics) (Image Processing and Pattern Recognition) Consultancy areas: Software Applications; Software Development; Database; Expert Systems Professional societies: Jamaica Computer Society (Affiliate of British Computer Society); The Jamaica Institute of Management (Council Member); Institute of Management Consultants of Jamaica. Academic degree(s): B.Sc., 1980, University of the West Indies; M.B.A., 1990, Nova University, Florida, USA Working experience: Managing Director/Information Systems Manager/Systems Director/System and Operation Coordinator/Senior system Analyst/Programmer Analyst, Dataprox Computer Systems Limited (DCSL), Performs the duties of Chief Executive Officer of DCSL, and Information Technology Company with three divisions: (1) Consulting & Software Development, (2) Hardware Sales and Support, (3) EDP Education and Training; Manage the EDP Division of a large group of company specializing in Building materials and Supplies. Installs a total on-line real time system, for all aspect of the company's business, using micro and mini computers; Supervises the systems development and computer operations department of a large agrocompany; Designs systems and EDP applications using COBOL and RPG, 1975 - Present Notes:   MX-538 AGUILAR Antionio Vice President for Academic Support General Direction for Information Systems University of Las Americas-Puebla Sta. Catarina Mártir, Cholula PUEBLA 72820 Mexico Telephone: (22) 29 20 02 Telefax: (22) 29 22 66 E-mail: asanchez@udlapvms-pue.udlap.mx Language(s): Spanish; English Professional areas: Computer Architecture & Organization (Parallel Computing) Consultancy areas: Computer Architecture and organization; Object-Oriented Applications (Object-Oriented Technology); Artificial Intelligence; Parallel Computing Professional societies: AAAI; SMIA; SMCC. Academic degree(s): Ph.D. in Computer Science with Minors in Operating Research and Management, 1983, The George Washington University; M.Sc. in Computer Science with "Exceptional Performance", 1976, The George Washington University Education: University of Las Américas-Puebla, Cholula, Puebla, México, 15 years Working experience: General Director for Information Systems, UDLA, 1995-1994; Vice President for Academic Support, UDLA, 1994-present; Visiting Scholar in Cybernetics, The George Washington University, 1998; Vice President for Academic Affairs, UDLA, 1985-88; Dean School of Engineering, UDLA, 1984-85; Chairman, Department of Electrical Eng. and Computer Science, UDLA, 1982-84; Associate Professorial Lecturer, The George Washington University, Summer 1982-83; Professor of Computer Science, UDLA, 1981; Part time Professor in Computer Science, UDLA Ibero Univ., 1978-81; Graduate Teaching Assistant, CIES-IMSS Mexico The George Washington Univ., 1977-79; Math Instructor at High School Level, College Oxford Mexico, 1973-74 Publications: Expert Systems at Universidad de las América World Congress on Expert Systems, 1991; Learning Automata : An Alternative to Neural Networks Symposium on Natural an Artificial Intelligence, 1991; Pattern Recognition using a Learning Automata Network, II FAW Workshop on Neural Networks and Adaptive Learning ULM, 1990; AER : Pattern Recognition using a Network of Learning Automata (co-author) II Congreso Iberoaméricano de LA. Morelia, 1990 Notes: MX-539 BAJAR Victoria General Director Computing Academic Division Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM) Ap. postal 105-127, Col. Polanco 11560 MEXICO D.F., Mexico Telephone: (52-5) 280 3390 Telefax: (52-5) 282 0501 Language(s): Spanish; French Professional areas: Software (Systems Analysis) (Software Engineering); Others (Computer Uses in Education) (Curricula Design) (System Engineering) (Information Systems Development) Consultancy areas: Curriculum Development; Computer Engineering; Information Systems Development; Software Engineering Professional societies: ANIEI (National Association of Computer Schools): founder, President to 1990; AMIAC (Mexican Academy of Computers); AMEI (Mexican Association of Computer Executives); USA: ACM, IEEE, France: AFCET; Spain: AEIA, Argentina: SADIO. Academic degree(s): Licence (Bach.) Sciences, July 1964, Sciences Faculty, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina; Ph.D., Computing Sciences, February 1973, Scientific and Medical University of Grenoble, France. Working experience: Head of Computing Division, Academic Department of Computing and Academic Department of Digital Systems, Mexico, from 1979; President/Founder of National Association of Computing Schools (universities and technological Institutes), Mexico; Director/Organizer, summer school for Computing Professors of universities and technological institutes, Mexico; President, Programme Committee of National Congress of Computing, Mexico, 1994 Publications: "High Lever Education in Informatics: formal teaching at universities, training at enterprises" (paper and consulting statistics); INEGI (National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics, Mexico), Bulletin Vol. XVI, No. 7, page 12-38, 1993; "Curricula Models on Computing and Informatics", Spetil publication of INEGI, 1990; "Analysis and considerations about teaching of Informatics in the 90's in Mexico", 21 JATTO-Bs. As., Argentina, 1992; "Informatics Education in Developing Countries", 12th World Computer Congress, IFIP 92, Madrid, Spain, 1992. Notes: MX-540 CARBALLIDO Jorge Martinez Technical Director INAOE P.O.Box 51 72000 PUEBLA Mexico Telephone: (52-22) 472011; 472044 Language(s): English; Spanish Professional areas: Networking (Local Area Networks (LANs)); Software (Application Software); Hardware (Computer Hardware Applications) Consultancy areas: Local Area Networks (LANs) Professional societies: IEEE. Academic degree(s): Ph.D., November 1982, Oregon State University, USA; M.Sc. E.E., June 1978, Oregon State University, USA Notes: MX-541 DELGADO-VILLEGAS Jose-Antonio Technical Manager Unidad de Computo El Colegio de Mexico A.C. Camino Al Ajusco # 20, Fedregal de Anta Teresa, Tlalpan Mexico 01000 MEXICO, D.F. Mexico Telephone: (52-5) 652 06 83 Language(s): English Professional areas: Networking (Local Area Networks (LANs)) (Neural Networks); Specific Methodologies or Applications (Computer Graphics) (Database) (Computer Aided Engineering); Software (Programming) (Systems Analysis); Computers and Society (Strategies and Planning) (Computer Uses in Education) Consultancy areas: Local Area Networks (LANs); Neural Networks. Problem Solving using neural networks; Object-Oriented Applications Academic degree(s): B.Sc. in Communications and Electronics Engineering, November 1986, Instituto Politecnico National, Mexico; M.Sc. in Computer Science, July 1990, Centro de Inverstigacion y Estudios Avanzados del IPN. Mexico, D.F. Working experience: Technical Manager, El Colegio de Mexico A.C., His activities involved technical area such as selection, maintenance, installation of software and hardware in micro & mini platforms and projects on the planning, design and implementation of institutions' LANs, 1983-90 Publications: "Experimental Evaluation of Several Ways of Quad-tree Coding," Report Serie Amirilla Cinvestav, Mexico D.F., pp 1-85, 1987; "An Automatic Realization of Wave Digital Filters," Proceedings of International Conference on CAD/CAM, IFIP, Mexico D.F., August 1988; "Modeling Systems Using Petri Nets and Small Talk," Currently being reviewed by the Committee of SOOPA, Marist College, NY, USA Notes:   MX-542 DIEZ-MARTINEZ Felipe President & Managing Director ORACLE DE MEXICO EJERCITO NACIONAL 579 MEXICO D.F. 11520 Mexico Telephone: (525) 728 64 00 Telefax: (525) 203 50 06 Language(s): Spanish; French; English Professional areas: Specific Methodologies or Applications (Database) Education: University of Mexico, Mexico D.F.; Mechanical & Electrical Engineering University of Illinois, Urban Champain, III, USA, Planning & Marketing Working experience: President and Managing Director, present Notes:   MX-543 FARRE GLASS Alma Luisa Dir. de Información Estadística y Análisis de Ciencia y Tec. Dirección Adjunta de Política Científica y Tecnológica Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Technolía (CONACYT) (México) Av. Constituyentes 1046, 3ER Piso, Col. Lomas Altas MEXICO D.F. C.P. 11950 Mexico Telephone: (525) 327.74.38 Telefax: (525) 327.76.58 E-mail: farre@mailer.main.conacyt.mx Language(s): Spanish; French; English Professional areas: Artificial Intelligence (Public Policy-Decision Making) Consultancy areas: Multimedia & Hypertext Professional societies: OCDE as Mexican Delegate by CONACYT Academic degree(s): M.Sc. Masters Degree in Computing Sciences, Artificial Intelligence, October 4, 1995, Fundación Arturo Rosenblueth Education: UNAM FCPyS, Mexico D.F., Mexico, 2 1/2 years; Colegio de México, Mexico D.F. Mexico, 4 years Working experience: Professor (Artificial Intelligence), UNAM, Mexico, 3years Publications: "Información, Conocimiento, Herramientas para su Recuperación", Simposium Internacional de Computación, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México (Memory of the Event), November 1994 Notes: MX-544 GUERRA ORTIZ Víctor General Director Dirección General de Servicios de Cómputo Académico Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Circuito Exterior MEXICO Ap. PC 20-059, Mexico Telephone: (52-5) 622 85 41 or 42 Telefax: (52-5) 622 85 40 Language(s): Spanish; English Professional areas: Computers and Society (Computer Uses in Other Systems) (Strategies and Planning) Professional societies: Sociedad Méxicana de Computación en la Educación (SOMECE); Asociación Nacional de Institutciones de Educación en Informática, A.C. (ANIEI). Academic degree(s): Ph.D. Mathematical Sciences, 1974, Rice University, Houston, USA; M.Sc. M.A. Mathematical Sciences, 1972, Rice University, Houston, USA Education: National University of Mexico, Mathematics, Mexico, 1965-69 Working experience: Director General de Servicios de Cómputo Académico, UNAM, Mexico, 1987-Present; Secretaria Académico de la Coordinación de la Investigación Científica, UNAM, México, 1985-88; Jefe del Departamento de Sistemas de Cómputo, IIMAS, UNAM, México, 1982-85; Coordinador de la Maestría en Ciencias de la Computación, IIMAS, CCH, UNAM, México, 1982-84; Jefe del Departamento de Sistemas de Cómputo, IIMAS, UNAM, México, 1979-1980; Professor de Asignatura "A" Definitivo, Maestría en Ciencias d ela Computación, CCH, UNAM, 1976-85; Subdirector del Centro de Servicios de Cómputo, UNAM, 1975-76 Publications: Manual de Forth. Comunicaciones Técnicas, IMMAS, UNAM No. 80, 1984; FORTH, Un Poderoso Lenguage, Compumundo Vol. I, No.1, Abril 1984; Programas de FORTH, Compumundo Vol I, No.l2, Mayo 1984; El Lenguaje FORTH. Ciencia y Desarrollo, pp. 129-134 Núm. 64 Año XI, Sep.-Oct. 1985; Guía para la Selección de Equipos de Cómputo. Ciencia y Desarrollo, pp. 122-129, Núm. 63, Año XI, Jul.-Ago. 1985; CO-AUTHOR "El Posgrado como Fundamento para le Mejoramiento de la Universidad, OMNIA Año 4, Núm. 12, Sept. 1988; Teoría y Práctica CALCULO, Revisión Técnica de la versión en español, Sistemas Técnicos de Edición, S.A. de C.V., Abril 1990; INTRODUCCION AL BASIC, Revisión de la versión en español, Sistemas Técnicos de Edición, S.A. de C.V., Abril 1990 Notes: MX-545 LEMAITRE Christian Researcher Laboratorio Nacional de Informatica Avanzada, A.A. Research and Technological Development Laboratory (LANIA) Rébsamen, No. 80, Xalapa 91090 VERACRUZ Mexico Telephone: (91-28) 18 13 02/18 53 52/18 56 62 Telefax: (91-28) 18 15 08 E-mail: cll@xalapa.lania.mx Language(s): Spanish; French; English Professional areas: Specific Methodologies or Application (Artificial Intelligence) (Strategies and Planning) Consultancy areas: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Uses in Other Areas, Public Policy Decision Making, Strategies and Planning Academic degree(s): Ph.D. (3ème cycle) in Applied Mathematics (mention Informatics), 1994, University of Paris VI, Paris, France Education: National University of Mexico, B.Sc. in Physics, 4 years Notes:   MX-546 LOYO-VARELA Maria Cristina Director General Laboratorio Nacional de Informatica Avanzada, LANIA, A.C. Research and Technological Development Laboratory