Delfim F. M. Torres was born August 16, 1971, in Nampula, Mozambique. He is currently Associate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Aveiro (UA), Portugal; Coordinator of the Control Theory Group (cotg) of the Centre for Research on Optimization and Control (CEOC); Editor-in-Chief (Mathematics) of the International Journal of Mathematics and Statistics; Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Applied Mathematics & Statistics; Editor of the Scientific Proceedings of Riga Technical University, in series "Computer Science"; Member of the Editorial Board (Math & Statistics) of the
Scientific Journals International (SJI); and Associate Editor of The Australian Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications (AJMAA). From 2002 to 2004 he was in the Directive Council of the Department of Mathematics of UA.

Delfim F. M. Torres received his Diploma ("Licenciatura") honors degree in 1994 on Computer Science Engineering (a 5 years full time course) from University of Coimbra, Portugal. In 1998 he received his M.Sc. on Optimization and Control Theory (2 years full time course), and four years later his Ph.D. on Mathematics (3 years full time research), both degrees from UA.

Three M.Sc. dissertations (UA), 2 Ph.D. theses (one from University of Cape Verde, the other from UA), and 2 Post-docs (3 years full-time research projects) were finished under his supervision. He was also host supervisor in Aveiro of 2 Ph.D. students from Latvia under the European Marie Curie Fellowship program.

He is currently the scientific coordinator and supervisor of 2 M.Sc. dissertations, 3 Ph.D. theses, and 2 Post-docs. Delfim F. M. Torres has written more than 100 scientific and pedagogical publications, including research papers in first class international journals with referee, refereed conference proceedings, chapters in books, and books (as author and also as editor).

Delfim F. M. Torres has 14 years of excellent teaching experience in Mathematics both to undergraduate and postgraduate students on Mathematics and Science and Engineering, in Portugal and abroad. He has held positions of Invited Professor in Mozambique, France, Cape Verde, and Nigeria (AUST Abuja); has been Erasmus Professor in Poland and Latvia; and Visiting Professor in Italy, Georgia (Caucasus), France, Latvia, Ukraine, and Poland.

He is a member of Scientific Committees and invited plenary speaker at several international conferences. His current research interests include several topics in the areas of the Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control, and its connections with the Mathematical Theory of Control and Mathematical Physics.

Delfim F. M. Torres is married to Elisabete Almeida since 2003, who is a high school Mathematics teacher. They have one daughter (born in 2004) and a son (born in 2006). More details about Delfim F. M. Torres can be found at the University of Aveiro.
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