FRANCISCO A. O. NASCIMENTO was born in Araruama, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He received the B.Sc. degree from the University of Brasília (UnB), and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He is currently a Full Professor at University of Brasilia and he is the head of the Digital Signal Processing Research Group. Earlier posts include CEPEL/ELETROBRÁS, IBM Brazil Scientific Center, Ministry of Science and Technology (SEI/MCT), and lead researcher in the Telecommunications Research and Development Center. Partnerships with Z-Tecnologia received FINEP innovation awards three times, and once upon a time with WISE Telecommunications Industry. His research interests include digital signal processing, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), instrumentation, embedded electronic systems, and real-time programming. Systems developer proficient in C/C++, C#, Python, and MATLAB.


B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Brasília (1982), M.Sc. (1985) and Ph.D. (1988) from UFRJ, including a sandwich doctorate with IBM. I am Full Professor at UnB and coordinator of the Digital Signal Processing Research Group (GPDS). 


