About the Author

Paulo Antonio de Souza is a Physicist with a PhD in Natural Sciences. He is Research Director of Tasmanian ICT Centre at CSIRO, and a collaborator scientist on NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers Project. He has worked in industrial research centers in Brazil and Europe. He has received many international awards as a result of his research in industry. Paulo has written over 100 scientific papers, and co-authored a series of papers identified as "Breakthrough on the Year: 2004" by the prestigious magazine Science.