Keywords to my research interests: cellular automata, evolutionary computation and artificial life.

The actual topics of my research interests and how active I've been in them can be better appreciated through conceptual maps than can be drawn from the perspective of my publications. Additionally, it´s also worth checking the corresponding conceptual maps drawn from the perspective of my present and former students in those areas.

Research grants I currently hold:

q       Two research grants for the project entitled “Computing with cellular automata and their temporal or spatial compositions”:

      - Proc. 2005/04696-3 from Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), Aproximate value: US$ 60,000. Ongoing from May 2006 (until April 2009).

  - Ref. Edital 2007, from Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa (MackPesquisa). Aproximate value: US$ 15,000. Ongoing from Feb 2008 (until Jan 2009).

q     Mathematica Academic Grant (Ref. 1149) from Wolfram Research, entitled “Some cellullar automata issues in the NKS approach”. Benefit: software licences (Mathematica, gridMathematica and NKS-Explorer). Ongoing from Sept 2003 (until Jan 2009, annually renewed).