Graduated in Mathematics by UNESP, campus of S.J. Rio Preto, in 1986. Master in Computer Science by the Computing Institute of UNICAMP, Campinas, in 1990. Doctor in Electrical Engineering by the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering of UNICAMP, Campinas, in 1997. He did a sandwich doctorate internship at King's College London, London, UK, from 1995 to 1997, in Computer Vision. He received a postdoctoral fellowship at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA, from 2004 to 2005, with Professor Anil K. Jain , in the area of ​​Biometrics. He was the head of the Computing Department, UNESP, campus of Bauru, from 2002 to 2004. He was the coordinator of the Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, UNESP, Bauru, from 2008 to 2010. He was coordinator of the Post-Graduation Program in Computer Science at UNESP from 2010 to 2014. He is currently coordinator of the Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science at UNESP, campus of Bauru.