Adriano Albert L. A. L. Muniz received his B.E. degree in Computer Science from UESPI University, Brazil, Teresina-PI, in 2003. He was granted a Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship and studied at Kyushu University, Japan, as a research student from 2005 to 2007. Then, he received his M.E. degree in Computer Science from Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech), Japan, in 2009. He was also granted a Rotary Yoneyama Scholarship to further his studies as a Ph.D. student. He received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Kyutech in 2015.