This is a Professor Emeritus of Computing Science at the University of Aberdeen, specializing in Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Representation, and Ontologies. They hold a PhD in AI from the University of Edinburgh and an MSc from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. With over 22 years at Aberdeen, their career progressed from Lecturer to Professor. They also worked as a Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. Fluent in English and Portuguese, with professional proficiency in Catalan.