Biography
João 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, João 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 ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ Information Theory Society, his
service included co-chairing the 2008 ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ 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 ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ Globecom (2007 and 2008).