RESEARCHERS
PUCRS

Introduction

César Marcon is a professor at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) since 1995. He received the B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineer, M.Sc. degree in Microelectronics and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in 1989, 1993 and 2005 respectively. He is Researcher PQ (title of research productivity recognition provided by CNPq). Prof. Marcon is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC). He is an advisor of M.Sc. and Ph.D. graduate students at Graduate Program in Computer Science and Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering, both programs of PUCRS. Author and coauthor of more than 150 papers published in prestigious journals and conferences, book chapters and technical reports covering topics of Network-on-Chip, Multiprocessor System-on-Chip, Video coding, and Wireless Sensor Network. He is a member of the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT) and the Brazilian Industrial Development Agency (ABDI). During the period 2009-2010, Professor Marcon was responsible for the Computer Engineering Course at PUCRS. He has advised and co-advised a postdoctoral fellowship, 9 Ph.D., 22 M.Sc., and dozens of undergraduate scientific researches. Prof. Marcon participates/participated as coordinator/researcher of several projects in the areas of telecom, telemedicine, and IoT. The budget of these projects surpasses US$ 5 million.