Personal Data

• Born in Porto, Portugal, in 1947 January 11.
• Married, with two children.
• URL: http://www.fe.up.pt/~fjr/

Academic Studies

• Licensee in Electrical Engineering by the School of Engineering of the University of Porto, with the final classification of 17 out of 20 (1970).
• Doctor of Philosophy by the University of Sussex, with a thesis entitled Microprocessors in Signal Processing (1981).
• Título de Agregado by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the School of Engineering of the University of Porto (1998).

Professional Career

Present positions

• Member of Board of Directors and Scientific Co-ordinator at IDIT - Institute for Development and Innovation in Technology (1999-).
• Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the School of Engineering of the University of Porto (1988-).

Previous positions

• Senior Researcher at CCP - CIM Centre of Porto (1990-1999), Member of the Board of Directors (1991-1994), President (1995-1999).
• Senior Engineer at MultiSistemas, Lda. (1983-1987).
• Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering of the School of Engineering of the University of Porto (1981-1988).
• Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering of the School of Engineering of the University of Porto (1974-1975).
• Senior Lecturer at the Department of Electrical Engineering of the School of Engineering of the University of Porto (1973-1981).
• Researcher at the Centre of Electrical Engineering of the University of Porto (1971-1990).
• Junior Lecturer at the Department of Electrical Engineering of the School of Engineering of the University of Porto (1971-1973).

R&TD Activities

Conferences

• Member of the Organising Committee of the Conference on Cybernetic Modelling of Adaptive Organizations APOR 73, Porto, School of Engineering, 1973.
• Participation in the Biological Engineering Society 20th Anniversary International Conference, London, 1980.
• Participation in the Sixth Annual Microprocessor Workshop on Microprocessor Applications, Liverpool, 1980.
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the II Congresso Português de Engenharia Biomédica, BioEng'90, Aveiro, 1990.
• Participation in the III Congresso das Comunicações Preparar Portugal, Lisboa, 1990.
• Member of the International Programme Committee of PARLE 92 Parallel Architectures and Languages Europe, Paris, 1992, PARLE 93, München, 1993 and PARLE 94, Athens, 1994.
• Member of the Organising Committee and participation in the Workshop CIMPI I - European Research in CIM. Impact on Portuguese Industry, Porto and Lisbon, 1992.
• Member of the Program Committee of VECPAR'93, 1st International Meeting on Vector and Parallel Processing, Porto, 1993.
• Participation in the Advanced Study Institute 1995, Life Cycle Approaches to Production Systems, organised by the Network of Excellence in Intelligent Control and Integrated Manufacturing Systems, Lisbon, 1995.
• Participation in the EUREKA European-Israeli High Technology Brokerage Event, Cesarea, Israel, 1995.
• Organisation and participation in the CCP - CIM Centre of Porto Presentation Day, Porto, 1995.
• Invited participation in the Workshop on Advanced Control Systems for Integrated Manufacturing, ESPRIT IiM, Brussels, 1995.
• Invited participation in the session Best Practice Actions Driving the Change, EITC '95, Brussels, 1995.
• Invited participation in the Workshop on Information Technology for Manufacturing SMEs, ESPRIT IiM, Brussels, 1996.
• Participation in the Séminaire Économique Communauté Urbaine de Brest, Lisboa, 1996.
• Member of the Programme Committee of the Advanced Summer Institute Life Cycle Approaches to Production Systems: Management, Control, Supervision, Toulouse, France, 1996
• Participation in the Workshop O V Programa-Quadro e a Investigação em Tecnologias de Informação e Telecomunicações, JNICT, Lisboa, 1996.
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the Conference Controlo'96, Porto, 1996.
• Participation in the Conference Integration in Manufacturing (IiM) 96: Information Technology and Manufacturing Partnerships - Delivering the Promise, Galway, Ireland, 1996.
• Invited participation and presentation entitled História, Desenvolvimento e Perspectivas da Internet, in the Simpósio sobre Internet e Desenvolvimento Profissional, Fafe, 1996.
• Invited participation in the II Reunião de Quadros da empresa Barbosa & Almeida, SA, Vimeiro, 1997.
• Member of the International Programme Committee of ISIP'97 - Integrated and Sustainable Industrial Production, 6as. Jornadas Nacionais de Projecto, Planeamento e Produção Assistidos por Computador, Lisboa, 1997.

International Committees

• Expert of portuguese delegation to 5th FP Competitive and Sustainable Growth programme, key action Innovative Products, Processes and Organisations, European Union, (1999-).
• Member of the Electronic Trade and Industrial Information Systems Advisory Group, DG III, European Commission (1997-1998).
• National representative to the Intelligent Manufacturing Systems ad hoc Group, ITC, European Commission (1991-1996).
• National representative to Committee D, Electronic and Optical Devices and Applications, of U.R.S.I. (1989-).