Marco Antonio Gutierrez received the B.Eng. and D.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, in 1985 and 1996, respectively. He has been with the Heart Institute, University of São Paulo, Brazil, since 1986, where he is currently the Head of the Biomedical Informatics Laboratory and the Informatics Division. He is also an Assistant Professor with the Polytechnic School, since 1997, and School of Medicine, since 2004, University of São Paulo. His research interests include biomedical image and signal processing and health information systems.