Resumé
 


General

  • Born: 01 April 1959, Porto Alegre, Brazil

  • Degrees: BEng (Electrical Eng.) 1984  MSc (Computer Science) 1986, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) PhD (Systems Design Eng.) 1994, University of Waterloo (Canada)

  • Present Post: Associate Professor of Computer Science, Institute of Computer Science, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil 91501-970

  • Office: (+55) (51) 3308 7128

  • Fax: (+55) (51) 3308 7308

  • Email: jacobs@inf.ufrgs.br

  • Society Membership: Brazilian Society for Computer Science (SBC), The Institute of Electrical  and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Senior Member), Professional Engineers Ontario, Canada (P.Eng.)

Academic Experience

  • March 1998 - Present :   Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil. Appointed Associate Professor of Computer Science 1998; Associate Professor across Computer Science Institute and Electrical Engineering Graduate Programme. Leader of the Image Processing Group (Institute of Computer Science). Current research interests : image processing and applications, visual information retrieval, multimedia data processing and communication.

  • April 1996 - February 1998 : Federal School of Engineering at Itajubá (EFEI), Itajubá, Brazil. Appointed Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering 1996.

  • August 1994 - March 1996 : University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. NSERC Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, across Pulp and Paper Center and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

  • August 1985 - April 1989 : Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Brazil. Appointed Lecturer in Computer Science 1985, Assistant Professor 1988, Chair of Continuing Education Program 1988 - April 1989.

Industrial Experience

  • July 1993 --- July 1994 : Morphometrix Inc./MDS Laboratories/National Research Council (NRC), Toronto, Canada. Senior Research Scientist; researched and developed image processing algorithms and software tools to be included in a pre-screener prototype for Papanicolau smears, supervised 1 junior researcher, and performed administrative tasks. The results obtained in this work were essential to the approval of Can$ 5.000.000,00 in funding, to develop the next phase of the project.

  • June 1987--- April 1988 : Metrixer Industrial Automation Inc., Novo Hamburgo, Brazil. Electrical Engineer. Developed automation projects for the shoe manufacturing industry (industrial sawing machines, and leather area measurement instruments).

  • April 1983--- January 1984 : CGR/Brazilian Company of Radiology, Săo Paulo, Brazil. Electrical Engineer. Installed and maintained medical imaging equipment (X-Rays, Nuclear Medicine and Ultrasound).

   Summary of Research Activities

More than 50 research papers and 2 book chapters, on image processing, visual information retrieval, multimedia data processing and communication, systems modelling and simulation, and their applications. Supervised 2 PhD, 8 MSc and 5 BSc completed theses (several are ongoing). Patented 2 image processing systems and 1 computer program. Received 5 awards for academic and research achievements (Canada and Brazil). Several long-standing international research collaborations in image processing and its applications, visual information retrieval, and in computer modelling and simulation (UK, USA, Canada, Israel, France, Australia and Portugal). Acted as a committee member in doctoral programs in Brazil and in France, and as reviewer for international Journals (e.g. IEEE Trans. on Image Processing,  IEEE Trans. on Medical Image Processing, IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Journal of SBC, etc.). Has been a consultant to several professional and research organizations (e.g. IEEE - The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, SBC - Brazilian Computer Society, CAPES - Research Funding Agency of the Brazilian Ministry of Education, CNPq - Brazilian Council of Research, FAPERGS - Research Funding Agency of the Rio Grande do Sul State - Brazil). Has been awarded grants by CNPq (Brasil), CAPES (Brasil), NSERC (Canada), NRC (Canada), ESPRC (UK), British Council (UK), and private companies in Brazil and abroad. Recently, has been elevated to rank I-C in the CNPq Research Funding System (one of the higher ranks in the Brazilian Research and Funding System).