Jonas Gomes, jonas@impa.br

I am a professor at the Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics, IMPA, in Rio de Janeiro. Also, I am the head of the Department for Computer Activities at IMPA.

I took my Phd in Mathematics in 1984, at IMPA  in the area of Riemannian Geometry.  My advisor was Prof. Manfredo P. do Carmo.  I worked as the R&D manager of the graphics team at Globo Television Network from 1984 to 1988. I started the computer graphics research lab at IMPA in 1990 (Visgraf Lab). This is a research and development Lab that supports a graduate program in computer graphics.

I have published several books and research articles in the area of  computer graphics. I have organized four SIGGRAPH courses: ``Modeling in Graphics'' at SIGGRAPH '93,  ``Warping and Morphing of  Graphical Objects'' at SIGGRAPH '94 and SIGGRAPH '97, and I was a co-organizer of the course "From Fourier Analysis to Wavelets" in  SIGGRAPH '98 and 99'. I have also organized several courses at the Brazilian Mathematical Colloquium and at the Brazilian Symposium of Computer Graphics and Image Processing.

My current research interests include Computer Graphics, Vision and Image Processing. Also I am very interested in Information Technology and Distance Learning.

I am the Chief editor of the book series Série de Computação e Matemática. This series publishes books in portuguese language that covers both the use of computers in mathematics, and the use of mathematical models in computer science.

I am a Member of the editorial board of Matemática Universitária and of Projeto Euclides. Two traditional publishing projects from IMPA, covering mathematics in the undergraduate and graduate levels.

I am a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. Also, I am a member of SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group in Computer Graphics of the ACM), SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) and SBM (Brazilian Mathematical Society).