| Prof. Benjamin Baran obtained his D.Sc. in System and Computing Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil (1994), a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering at Northeastern University in Boston - MA (1987) and an Engineering degree in Electronics at the National University of Asuncion - Paraguay (1983). Currently he is the Coordinator of the first doctorate studies in Informatics at the National University of Asuncion - Paraguay , and full professor at the school of Engineering . He received several distinctions as the Paraguayan National Science Award, in 1996. He has been president of CLEI (Centro Latinoamericano de Estudios en Informatica) since 2004. His research interests include evolutionary algorithms, multiobjective optimization, parallelism, networking and the applied solution of multidisciplinary engineering problems. |
