Rui Pedro Charters Lopes Rijo

Rui Rijo is Professor of Computer Science at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria. He received his Phd in Computer Science from the Trás-os-Montes University and his Engineering degree from Instituto Superior Técnico (Technical University of Lisbon). He has more than ten years of experience as senior information systems consultant in, among others countries, Tokyo (Japan), Macau (China), Hong-Kong (China), São Paulo (Brazil), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Madrid (Spain), Amsterdam (Holland), Madrid (Spain) and Lisbon (Portugal). His publications include book chapters and papers in refereed national and international conferences and journals. He was the general chair of HCist - International Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies and associate editor of the International Journal of Web Portals and editor of the International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications. He was the dean of the Healthcare Informatics course and currently is the dean of the Master on Healthcare Information Systems Management. His is also Pesquisador Visitante Especial (PVE-CSF/CAPES, prcess number: 88881.068176/2014-01) at Universidade de São Paulo (USP) with the project "Healthcare software evaluation from the perspective of the relation between the patient and health professionals". He is Pro-President of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria. His current research interests include project management, software engineer, and health information systems.

graduation at Engenharia Informática e de Computadores from Universidade de Lisboa - Instituto Superior Técnico (1996) and doctorate at Engenharia Informática from Universidade de Trás-os-Montes- Alta Douro (2008). Has experience in Computer Science, focusing on Core Software