Background
Magalhães, Luis Torres was born on December 31, 1951 in Goa, India. Son of Joaquim Torres Magalhães and Fernanda Quintanilha Dias. arrived in Portugal, 1952.
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Luis Torres Magalhães
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Licenciado in electrical engineering, U. Tecnica Lisboa (Portugal), 1975; Master of Science in Applied Mathematics, Brown U., 1980; Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Mathematics, Brown U., 1982; agregado em matematica, U. Tecnica de Lisboa, 1992.
Career
Monitor, Institute Superior Técnico, Lisbon, 1972-1975;
research associate, Institute Gulbenkian de Ciencia, Oeiras, Portugal, 1975-1978;
research assistant, Brown U., Providence, 1978-1979, 80-81;
teaching assistant, Brown U., Providence, 1979-1980;
teaching fellow, Brown U., Providence, 1981-1982;
associate fellow, Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications, Minneapolis, 1982-1983;
professor auxiliar, Institute Superior Técnico, Lisbon, 1983-1987;
senior fellow, Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications, Minneapolis, 1985;
professor associado, Institute Superior Técnico, Lisbon, since 1987. Head research team Centro de Matematica e Aplicacoes Fundamentais, Institute.Nacional de Investigacao Cientifica, Lisbon, 1985-1988, Centro de Analise e Processamento de Sinais, Institute Nacional de Investigacao Cientifica, Lisbon, since 1988. Co-founder Institute Systems and Robotics, Portugal, 1991.
Department chairman mathematics Institute Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, since 1993.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Mathematics Society, Association Ciencia & Tecnologia para o Desenvolvimento (Portugal), Ordem dos Engenheiros (Portugal), Society of Sigma Xi.
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Married Lia Teles Vasconcelos, June 25, 1975. Children: Eric, Miguel.
