Plinio Thomaz Aquino Junior

Graduated in Computer Science from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in 1998. Master in Computer Science from UFSCar, in Software Engineering, completed in 2001. Master's degree developed with Germany-Brazil cooperation at the German National Research Center for Information Technology in Sankt Augustin, Germany. PhD in Electrical Engineering in the area of Digital Systems from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (USP-EP) in 2008.The thesis developed in the Technology and Software Laboratory at PCS - Polytechnic School - USP, applied in the Research Project of the São Paulo Government (e-Poupatempo). Joined at Centro Universitário FEI - Fundação Educacional Inaciana Padre Sabóia de Medeiros in 2003. Dedicates as a Full-Time Professor and Coordinator of the Computer Science Department at FEI, in addition to acting as a Master and Doctoral advisor in the Electrical Engineering Program at FEI, in the Artificial Intelligence Group Applied to Automation and Robotics (IAAAR). Responsible for the RoboCup @ Home Robotic Competitions Project, of the RoboFEI Team. Collaborator as advisor in the Professional Master's Program in Computer Engineering at the Institute for Technological Research (IPT). Mainly interested in the following areas: Human-Machine Interaction, Human Factors, Human-Robot Interaction, Internet of Things, Software Engineering, Intelligent Systems, Adaptive Interfaces and Intelligent Autonomous Robotics. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)