<div dir="ltr"><div>Although the positions I am advertising below are those specific to the Department of Informatics and Applied Mathematics, there are also open positions in Logic at the Philosophy Department and in Lingusistics (among many others) at UFRN in Brazil.</div><div><br></div><div>=======</div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-weight:normal"><p id="docs-internal-guid-327ca4da-035e-b0a4-8b4f-0b160ddfe8b3" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">We would like to announce the opening of two faculty positions at UFRN, the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, in Brazil. The positions are at DIMAp, the Department of Informatics and Applied Mathematics. One position is for Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science; the other for Numerical Methods, with a bias towards Scientific Computing. The selection process is through a formal concours. The caveat is that some knowledge of Portuguese is required in the concours. However, as you will see in the detailed information below, you may find it worthwhile to go through the burden.</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Teaser about Natal: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Natal, the capital of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, is located at a northeast corner of Brazil, 5º South of the Equator line. As such, the city is sunny all year around though with an amenable weather due to winds blowing from the ocean. With amazing beaches of warm water both in the city itself and nearby, it has been a paradise for foreign tourists. In the last decades it has received a considerable amount of Europeans, that decided to leave here, such as Germans, Italians, Spaniards among others. With a population of around 1 million inhabitants, it is provided with the infrastructure of a large but not too large city on the one hand, and with the fun of a resort on the other. There are plenty of interesting restaurants offering typical Brazilian, international and regional northeast food, from seafood to a rich variety of tropical fruits and their juices. More information can be found in </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natal,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natal,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte</span></a><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">.</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">About UFRN and DIMAp: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">UFRN, the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, is located in a central point at the east side of Natal, backing the Parque das Dunas, a large area of natural preservation between the city and the coastal line. It is a well regarded university in Brazil with active departments in most areas of knowledge. DIMAp, the Department of Informatics and Applied Mathematics, hosts undergraduate programs in Computer Science and in Software Engineering. It maintains close ties with the departments of Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Engineering and Automation, the School of Sciences and Technology, the Institute of Neurosciences, and the so called Institute Metrópole Digital, the entrance point to undergraduate students in Informatics. Its Graduate Program in Systems and Computation is active in areas such as Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, Logic, Theory of Computation, Languages, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Algorithms, Computer Graphics, Image Processing and Scientific Computing, to cite only those areas more closely related to the positions we are announcing. You can find about DIMAp at </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://dimap.ufrn.br/en"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">http://dimap.ufrn.br/en</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> (most of the information is in Portuguese) and about UFRN at </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ufrn.br/"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">http://www.ufrn.br</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">.</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">About the position of Mathematical Foundations of Computing: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">The exams will check proficiency on topics related to: Modular Arithmetic; Recurrence Relations; Counting; Set Theory; Order and Equivalence Relations; Well-founded Relations; Lattices; Universal Algebra; First Order Logic; Computability. For more details see </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.sistemas.ufrn.br/shared/verArquivo?idArquivo=2173029&key=8b8b90932e743d4f139a677534e9165c"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">http://www.sistemas.ufrn.br/shared/verArquivo?idArquivo=2173029&key=8b8b90932e743d4f139a677534e9165c</span></a></p><br><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">About the position of Numerical Methods (with a bias towards Scientific Computing):</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> The exams will check proficiency on topics related to: Errors; Real Zeros of Functions; Solution of Linear and Non-linear Equation Systems; Interpolation and Polynomial Approximation; Least Squares Curve Fitting; Numerical Differentiation and Integration; Solution of Ordinary Differential Equations; Stochastic Simulation; Monte Carlo and Markov Methods; Discrete Fourier Transform, FFT, Wavelets; Optimization, Optimality Conditions. For the didactic exam the candidate will be required to prepare and give a lecture on applications or related topics to the aforementioned. For more details see </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.sistemas.ufrn.br/shared/verArquivo?idArquivo=2173027&key=f30a0f7d4e386a2e66034ddda2f0aee9"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">http://www.sistemas.ufrn.br/shared/verArquivo?idArquivo=2173027&key=f30a0f7d4e386a2e66034ddda2f0aee9</span></a></p><br><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Earnings: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">The initial monthly salary (as of October, 2014) is R$ 8,717.64 (Brazilian Reals), with an extra 13th salary granted by law, 45 days vacation a year, stability after a probationary period of 36 months (not really like an US tenure track scare) and a career plan which I, of course, would not try to explain here even if I fully understood it.</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Duties and research: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">If you are selected and take either position, you will be required to teach 8 to 12 hours a week during regular semesters (8 hours if you join the graduate program) in the area of the concours, plus some expected service to the department. You will be free to decide about your research activities, though, of course, we would much appreciate collaboration with other faculty members and established groups.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><img width="1" height="1" style="border: currentColor; border-image: none;" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/tC5CXOrJfLnzjWHSViwu02VXq6LiHIUO3Wr2Jz-i4zH4DAENHtZwF8QOgJwE5hRZkoTf3CKhthY4E5yGwmlkl2UvCXRAN3twsTPhsCcTX4Hyr3afInHvBWEe5EDVzCjCsw"></span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">The selection process: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">The selection process (concours) requires the physical presence of the candidates for a period of usually less than a week, and is composed of a) Written exam; b) Didactic exam (preparing and teaching a lecture with the topic chosen 24 hours before the lecture); c Defense of a Descriptive Memorial of past academic and professional achievements and future plans as a faculty member; d) Analysis of Academic Production. The prospective candidate is urged to read carefully the detailed regulations ("Edital") of the selection process available at </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://progesp.ufrn.br/concurso.php?id=138017776"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">http://progesp.ufrn.br/concurso.php?id=138017776</span></a><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">.</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Dates: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Once the application process is finished, the organizing committees will decide the more convenient dates to run the exams and the calendar will be publicized (starting November 28, 2014) at </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.progesp.ufrn.br/"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">www.progesp.ufrn.br</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> (Menu Concursos) e </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.sigrh.ufrn.br/"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">www.sigrh.ufrn.br</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> (Menu Concursos). This period, which as we mentioned above is typically of about one week, will be </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">between December 08 and December 23, 2014</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">. The candidate is required to be physically present during this period to participate in the process.</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">A note on the language requirement: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Unfortunately, it is a requirement due to internal regulations of the University that the written test be in Portuguese. So you will need some proficiency to be able to understand the questions.</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">The application process: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">The application should be made </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">from October 06 to October 30, 2014 </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">(Brazilian time) at </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.sigrh.ufrn.br/"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">www.sigrh.ufrn.br</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> (Menu "</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Concursos</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">" on the left; then choose "</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Concursos Abertos</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">" and select the arrow on the right at the line corresponding to "</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Edital</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">" </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">011/2014</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">). Then, in order to apply for Numerical Methods (Scientific Computing) choose "Cálculo Numérico"; for Mathematical Foundations of Computing choose "Ciência da Computação". One more caveat: among the obligatory fields in the form there is one named "CPF", which stands for "Cadastro de Pessoas Físicas", an identity number nowadays used in Brazil for a series of purposes, without which, according to the Wikipedia, "it is almost impossible to lead a normal life in Brazil" (</span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadastro_de_Pessoas_F%C3%ADsicas"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadastro_de_Pessoas_F%C3%ADsicas</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">). Foreigners can get a CPF number immediately in any Brazilian diplomatic mission (consulate, embassy). After completing the form, the payment of a fee of R$ 220.00 will be required. </span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Once you are selected: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">You will be required to validate your diplomas for graduate and undergraduate studies before taking the position, but we can help you on that when the times come.</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Give it a try! </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Our best advice in case you are at least considering applying is that you plan for a three weeks vacation in Natal, starting at the beginning of December. In any case you won't regret.</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Contacts: </span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">For general inquires about this announcement you can contact Carlos A. Prolo at </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="mailto:prolo@dimap.ufrn.br"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">prolo@dimap.ufrn.br</span></a></p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">For the position in Mathematical Foundations of Computing, contact João Marcos at </span><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><a href="mailto:jmarcos@dimap.ufrn.br">jmarcos@dimap.ufrn.br</a></span></p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">For the position in Numerical Methods, contact Bruno Motta de Carvalho at </span><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><a href="mailto:bruno@dimap.ufrn.br">bruno@dimap.ufrn.br</a></span></p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Department Chair: Nélio Cacho at <a href="mailto:chefia_dimap@dimap.ufrn.br">chefia_dimap@dimap.ufrn.br</a></span></p></li></ul><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><img width="1" height="1" style="border: currentColor; border-image: none;" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/NJY7oE4uV_DH2mfPZ3WX_cQys7eOudD7f1noSZnfFqfGQwHOpxhFvx58QRxm94IOR8bs-Id9IryIbm9w4o8hhIRWcZ5QJSk0QSlKvj1bsNaYH9fGTYo1hyLTGQ7W1zfu_Q"></span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Best Regards and I hope to see you around in December</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Carlos A. Prolo</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Courier New";font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">DIMAp/UFRN</span></p><br><br></b></div></div>