joo pavo martins is a full professor of computer science and engineering in instituto superior tcnico technical university of lisbonhe was one of the persons behind the creation of the computer science and engineering degree of instituto superior tcnico in 1988 and one of the founders of the department of computer science and engineering at the same institute in 1998 between 2002 and 2004 he was the head of this department and again in 2009 for a twoyear termhe is also a software industry entrepreneurin 1986 together with ernesto morgado he founded siscog sistemas cognitivos sa a start up company devoted to the applications of artificial intelligence together they led the company to develop and deploy a series of complex software systems in railway and metro companies throughout europe these systems plan and manage more than 20000 people affect the life of millions of passengers and have been awarded by several prestigious organisations in europe and the usahe has been awarded a licentiate degree in mechanical engineering 1976 from instituto superior tcnico technical university of lisbon and a master of science in computer science 1979 and a phd in artificial intelligence 1983 from state university of new york at buffalojoo pavo martins is also an author and coauthor of the following publications epia89 proceedings lecture notes in artificial intelligence vol 390 heidelberg west germany springerverlag 1989 martins jp e morgado em introduction to computer science using pascal wadsworth inc 1989 martins j p an aibased approach to crew scheduling proc ieee conference on ai applications caia 93 1993 martins jp e morgado em introduo programao usando o pascal mcgrawhill portugal 1994 martins j p programao em scheme ist press 2004 martins j p and cravo maria dos remdios the chronicle of the fountain pen schiffer publishing ltd 2007 martins j p leite luiz gagean antnio meerschaum pipesebay 19992010 wwwblurbcom 2010 martins j p ed pipesebay 19992010 wwwblurbcom 2010 martins j p parker an illustrated history wwwblurbcom 2011 martins j p leite l e gagean a sheaffer an illustrated history wwwblurbcom 2011 martins j p leite l e gagean a lgica e raciocnio cadernos de lgica e computao volume 6 college publications 2014martins jp