Background
Tenorio, Manoel Fernando Da Mota was born on October 24, 1957 in Maceio, Alagoas, Brazil. Came to the United States, 1981. Son of Igor Souza and Maria Luiza (Maia) Tenorio.
Tenorio, Manoel Fernando Da Mota was born on October 24, 1957 in Maceio, Alagoas, Brazil. Came to the United States, 1981. Son of Igor Souza and Maria Luiza (Maia) Tenorio.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, National Institute Telecomm., Brazil, 1979; Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Colorado State University, 1984; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Southern California, 1987.
Teaching assistant, instructor, National Institute Telecomm., 1977-1979;
director Research and Development, Christian Science Systems and Components Ltda, Itajuba, MG., Brazil, 1979-1980;
research assistant, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1981-1982;
research assistant, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1982-1985;
lecturer electrical engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, 1985-1986;
lecturer electrical engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1985-1986;
research scientist, Varian Research Center, Palo Alto, California, 1986-1987;
assistant professor electrical engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, since 1987;
coordinator parallel distributed processing structures laboratory, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, since 1988. Visiting researcher Center for Computer Technology, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil,1982-1985. Lecturer, panelist, presenter workshops, consultant in field.
Associate researcher Institute Logic, Theory and Philosophy of Science, ILTC, Rio de Janeiro, since 1990.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (neural network council committee since 1991), Association for Computing Machinery, American Association Artificial Intelligence, International Neural Network Society.
Married Anne Elizabeth Grant, July 4, 1987. Children: Joshua Emanuel, Jonathan Daniel, Katherine Anna.