1. Graduate Studies in Computer Science PPGCC- PUCRS

2. Graduate Studies in Computer Science oACADEMIC PROGRAMS Today - 63 students, 76 MSc thesis presented and approved 30-40 new students each year 3 quarters of courses each year MSc and PhD curricula PPGCC- PUCRS

3. Graduate Studies in Computer Science oMasters Curriculum (2 years) 24 credit units in courses (1 st year=credits, 2 nd year=thesis) 1 credit=~15 course hours 8 mandatory credits 16 credits in elective courses Two Monographs (2 nd and 3 rd quarters of first year) MSc Thesis Proposal Defense by end of 1 st year Thesis checkpoint – paper+presentation by middle of 2 nd year MSc Thesis Defense by end of 2 nd year PPGCC- PUCRS

4. Graduate Studies in Computer Science oPhD Curriculum (4 years, under implementation) 36 credit units in courses (12, if after an MSc degree) 10 mandatory credits 26 credits in elective courses Three Monographs (2 nd, 3 rd and 4 th quarters) Qualifying exam by middle of 2 nd year Thesis proposal, by end of 2 nd year Thesis checkpoint – paper+presentation by end of 3 rd year PhD Thesis Defense by end of 4 th year PPGCC- PUCRS

5. Research Areas Artificial Intelligence Digital Systems and Computer Architecture Information Systems Parallel and Distributed Computing Scientific Computing PPGCC- PUCRS

6. Artificial Intelligence

7. PPGCC- PUCRS Researchers oLúcia Maria Martins Giraffa Dr., UFRGS, Brazil / Leeds University - 1999 o José Carlos Bins Filho Dr., Colorado State Univ., USA, 2000 o Vera Lúcia Strube de Lima Dr., Univ. Joseph Fourier - Grenoble, France,1990 Artificial Intelligence

8. Natural Language Processing Reference Resolution Information Retrieval Context representation Intelligent Tutoring Systems Student modeling Teaching strategies Pedagogical Games Multi-agent Systems Modeling and Design of MAS Agent Architectures and Implementation Multi-agent Systems applied to Education Distance Education Cooperative environments Digital Libraries PPGCC- PUCRS Artificial Intelligence Research Subjects

9. Digital Systems and Computer Architecture PPGCC- PUCRS

10. Digital Systems and Computer Architecture Researchers o Prof Fernando Gehm Moraes Dr., Université de Montpellier II, LIRMM, France, 1994 o Prof Ney Laert Vilar Calazans Dr., Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 1993 PPGCC- PUCRS

11. Research Subjects Digital Systems and Computer Architecture Methods and tools for reconfigurable Hw design Reconfigurable VLSI devices and architectures Dynamic and Partial Reconfiguration Applications: Telecommunications Computer Architecture Domotics Neural Networks for Image Processing Hw/Sw Prototyping and Co-design

12. PPGCC- PUCRS Information Systems

13. PPGCC- PUCRS Researchers oDuncan D. A. Ruiz, Dr., UFRGS, Brazil, 1995 oJorge Luis Nicolas Audy Dr., UFRGS, Brazil, 2001 oKarin Becker Dr., FUNDP, Belgium, 1993 o Ricardo Bastos, Dr., UFRGS, Brazil, 1998 Information Systems

14. PPGCC- PUCRS Research Subjects Multi-agent Systems Modeling Enterprise Modeling Knowledge Discovery in Databases Data Warehouse Object-oriented Reuse Technologies Production Workflow Temporal and Active Database Systems Information Systems

15. Parallel and Distributed Processing PPGCC- PUCRS

16. Parallel and Distributed Processing Researchers o Avelino Francisco Zorzo Dr., University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 1999 o César Augusto Fonticielha De Rose Dr., Univ. Fried. Karlsruhe, Germany, 1998 o Celso Maciel da Costa Dr., Université J. Fourier - Grenoble, France, 1993 o Fernando Luís Dotti Dr., Tech. Univ. Berlin, Germany, 1997 PPGCC- PUCRS

17. Research Subjects Computer Networks New Internet protocols, e.g. IPv6, RTP Multimedia support Parallel Systems Global timing Resource management Distributed Systems Mobile computing Distributed shared memory Fault Tolerance Parallel and Distributed Processing PPGCC- PUCRS

18. Scientific Computing PPGCC- PUCRS

19. Scientific Computing Researchers oDalcidio Moraes Claudio Dr., Univ. Fried. Karlsruhe, Germany, 1979 o João Batista de Oliveira Dr., Tech. Univ. Hamburg, Germany, 1996 oOsmar Norberto de Souza Dr., University of London, UK, 1994 o Paulo Henrique Lemelle Fernandes Dr., Inst. Nat. Polytech. de Grenoble, France, 1998 PPGCC- PUCRS

20. Scientific Computation Research Subjects Continuous Optimization Discrete Simulation Markovian Models Numerical Methods Performance Evaluation Scientific Visualization Bio-Informatics PPGCC- PUCRS