I am Associate Professor in Computational Design at the University of Madeira, Portugal, and vice-president of the Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute. I lecture in the areas of computer-aided design and human-computer interaction and am director of the undergraduate course on Interactive Media Design. I also lecture in the Civil Engineering programme and the Master of Human-Computer Interaction. In 2007 I taught in the department of Art and Design, in areas of graphical and industrial design.

The Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute (Madeira-ITI) is a not-for-profit innovation institute of the University of Madeira, founded by the University of Madeira, Madeira Tecnopolo, and Carnegie Mellon University. The institute was created in December 2009 in order to provide a home for the many collaborations between these partners, in both research and education. The work of the institute mainly concentrates on innovation in the areas of computer science and human-computer interaction.

"He who thinks that knowledge is expensive, does not know the cost of stupidity."
 - Alexander Rinnooy Kan, Chairman of the Socio-Economical Council - 17 April, 2010.