Background
Scharcanski, Jacob was born on April 1, 1959 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Son of Samuel and Lidia Jaimovich Scharcanski.
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Jacob Scharcanski
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Jacob Scharcanski, Brazilian computer engineer, educator, consultant. Achievements include research in development leading to innovations in electronic instrumentation, health care, commission and automation; patents pending for (a) cost reduction in medical imaging services; (b) quality control in the pulp and paper industry.
Education
Bachelor in Engineering, Federal University Rio Grane Do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1981. Master of Science, Federal University Rio Grane Do Sul, 1987. Doctor of Philosophy, University Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 1993.
Career
Electrical engineer CGR - Companhia Brasileira de Radiologia, São Paulo, 1983—1984. Research assistant Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Federal University Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, 1984—1986, associate professor, since 1998. Assistant professor PUCRS - Catholic University Rio Grande do Sul, 1988—1998.
Senior researcher National Research Council / Morphometrix Inc., Toronto, Canada, 1993—1994. Nserc post-doctoral research fellow University Toronto, Canada, 1994—1996. Associate professor EFEI - Federal School Engineering at Itajubá, Brazil, 1996—1998.
Consultant Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa - Brazilian Research Council, since 1996, Computer-Aided Paperless Examination System - Brazilian Higher Education Council, since 2002, São Paulo Research Foundation - Funding Agency of the State of São Paulo, 2004—2005, FAPEMG - Funding Agency of the State of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, 1996—1998, FAPERGS - Funding Agency of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, 2001—2002. Member advisory board Imaging Experts Ltd., Porto Alegre, since 2003.
Achievements
Membership
Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior ), Canadian Real Estate Association - Brazilian Enginering and Architecture Council, Philanthropic and Educational Organization - Professional Engineers Ontario, Session Border Controllers - Brazilian Computer Society.
Interests
Connections
Life partner Marcia Fridman, January 20, 2005.
Education
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1981
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1987
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1993
Career
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1983 - 1984
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1984 - 1986
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1988 - 1998
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1993 - 1994
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1994 - 1996
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1996 - 1998
Awards
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Recipient Informática 85, SUCESU - Sociedade de Usuários de Computadores e Equipamentos Subsidiários, Brazil, 1985, Graduate Scholarship, University Waterloo, Canada, 1992, 1993. Grantee several research projects in Computer Science and Engineering, Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa - Brazilian Research Council, 1996—2006, Research project on statistical geometric models for paper forming in the pulp and paper industry, British Council, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003. Scholar Scholarship for Doctoral Studies Abroad (Canada), Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa - Brazilian Research Council, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993. Scholarship, Faculty of Engineering, University Waterloo, Canada, 1992, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, National Research Council Canada, 1994, 1995, 1996.Recipient Informática 85, SUCESU - Sociedade de Usuários de Computadores e Equipamentos Subsidiários, Brazil, 1985, Graduate Scholarship, University Waterloo, Canada, 1992, 1993. Grantee several research projects in Computer Science and Engineering, Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa - Brazilian Research Council, 1996—2006, Research project on statistical geometric models for paper forming in the pulp and paper industry, British Council, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003. Scholar Scholarship for Doctoral Studies Abroad (Canada), Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa - Brazilian Research Council, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993.
Scholarship, Faculty of Engineering, University Waterloo, Canada, 1992, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, National Research Council Canada, 1994, 1995, 1996.