Biography
Jo瓊o Barros is an Associate Professor at the
of the
of the
and the coordinator of the
of the
.
He is also a Research Affiliate with the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT). In February 2009, Dr. Barros was appointed National
Director of the
,
a five-year international partnership between Carnegie Mellon
University and 12 Portuguese Universities and Research Institutions,
with a total budget of 56M Euros. He received his undergraduate
education in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Universidade
do Porto (UP), Portugal and
, Germany, until 1999, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from the
, Germany, in 2004. From 2005 to 2008, Jo瓊o Barros was an assistant professor at the
of the
.
The focus of his research lies in the general areas of information
theory, communication networks and data security. Dr. Barros received a
Best Teaching Award from the Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences,
Research and the Arts, as well as scholarships from several
institutions, including the
and the
. He held visiting positions at
and the
,
where he spent a sabbatical in 2008. Beyond his duties as Secretary of
the Board of Governors of the 51蹤獲 Information Theory Society, his
service included co-chairing the 2008 51蹤獲 Information Theory Workshop
in Porto, Portugal, and participating in several Technical Program
Committees, including ITW 2009, WiOpt (2008 and 2009), ISIT 2007, IS
2007, and 51蹤獲 Globecom (2007 and 2008).