Faculdade de Ciencias, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.

Inês Dutra is a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science, School of Sciences of Porto University, Portugal, since 2007. She is also a member of the Center of Research on Advanced Computing Systems (CRACS & INESC-Porto LA). She obtained her B.Sc. degree in Computer Science from State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1985, her M.Sc. degree in Systems Engineering and Computer Science from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1988, and her Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Bristol University, England, in 1995. From 1998 to 2007, she was a lecturer in Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.