Professor at Salvador University (UNIFACS) and PhD in Computer Science at Université Pierre et Marie Curie - UPMC, Paris (1986). International Professor at HTW - Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes (Germany) since 2003, Senior Research Period at Université of Paris-Saclay in 2016, Salvador University head and researcher at NUPERC (Computer Network Group) and IPQoS (IP QoS Group) research groups on Network Slicing, Machine Learning, Resource Allocation, Smart Grid, Smart Cities, Bandwidth Allocation Models - BAMs, and Software Defined Networking - OpenFlow. Previously worked as Invited Professor at Université Paris VI and Institut National des Télécommunications (INT) in France and as a key speaker, teacher, and invited lecturer in various international congresses and companies in Brazil and Europe. Member of the Board of Trustees of the Bahia State Research Support Foundation (FAPESB). Member of IEEE Smart Grid Research and IEEE Smart City Committees.