Prof. Nelson Pacheco P. Rocha is a full professor at the University of Aveiro. He received his B.Sc. degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering in 1983 and his Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering in 1992 from the University of Aveiro. He was the Head of the Health Sciences School (2001–2011), the Head of the Health Sciences Department of the University of Aveiro (2001–2014), and the Pro-Rector of the University of Aveiro (2005–2010). His current research interests include the application of information and communications technologies to healthcare and social services, the secondary use of electronic health records, and the interconnection of human functionality and ambient assisted living services. He has been involved in various European and national-funded research projects, has supervised several Ph.D. and MSc students, and has a patent and more than two hundred research publications distributed by books, book chapters, international journals, and proceedings of international conferences.
