Jayme Luiz Szwarcfiter (born July 5, 1942, in

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) is a

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Biography

Szwarcfiter graduated in 1967 in electronic engineering from the

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro or University of Brazil (UFRJ; pt, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro or ') is a public research university located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the largest federal university in the ...

(UFRJ). He received his MA in 1971 from COPPE. In 1975 he obtained his PhD in computer science from the

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, England, under supervision of Leslie Blackett Wilson. He is currently a professor emeritus at UFRJ. The

Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society The ''Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society'' (JBCS) is the flagship scientific journal of the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC). It is a quarterly journal. Its aim is to publish original research papers, serving as a forum for disseminating i ...

dedicated a special edition in 2001 to Szwarcfiter's major publications. Among others, he has written joint articles with

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and

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Awards

He received the Award of Scientific Merit from the Brazilian Computer Society in 2005. In April 2006 he won the Almirante Álvaro Alberto prize in computer science, one of the most important academic recognitions in Brazil. Szwarcfiter is also one of the recipients of the

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(National Order of Scientific Merit). In 2011, Prof. Szwarcfiter was elected a Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.

Books

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References

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