Sponsor: Brazilian Computer Society Board of Directors President: Silvio Romero L. Meira - UFPE Vice-President: Flavio Rech Wagner - UFRGS Director of Events and Interest Groups:Jo20 Paulo F. Kitajima - UFMG Director of Administration: Guilherme Horta Travassos - UFRJ Director of Education: Jo& Carlos Maldonado - USP Director of Publications: Cliudia Bauzer Medeiros - UNICAMP Director of Planning and Special Programs: Tarcisio Pequeno - UFC Director of Regional Divisions: IBra Pereira Claudia - PUCRS Director of Finances:F&bio Q.B. Silvq - UFPE Director of SBC Press: Clarindo Isaias Padua - UFMG Director of Marketing: EratGstenes Edson de Aratijo - Softex Society Truster Members Paulo CCsar Masiero - USP Sergio Bampi - UFRGS Cliudio Kimer - UFSCar Paulo Roberto Freire Cunha - UFPE Cltiudio Leonardo Lucchesi - UNICAMP Roberto da Silva Bigonha - UFMG Siang Wun Song - USP Julio Cesar Sampaio do Prado Leite - PUCRJ Daniel Schwabe - PUCRJ Ricardo August0 da Luz Reis - UFRGS Society Truster Members (Substitutes) Rosa Maria Viccari - UFRGS Itana Maria Gimenez - UEM Ricardo Anido - UNICAMP Maria Elenita do Nascimento - UnB Therezinha Souza Costa - PUCRJ Co-Sponsor: Brazilian Microelectronics Society Board of Directors President: Jacobus Willibrordus Swart - UNICAMP Vice-President: JosC Otavio Simdes - UFPR Secretary: Ricardo Guerra Pereira - CETUC Treasurer: Armando Antonio Maria Lagana - USP Council Francisco Javier Ramirez Femandez - USP Jo20 Antonio Martin0 - USP Jo50 Domingos Favoreto Jr. - CPqD, Telebrhs LaCrcio Caldeira - EFEI Mauricio Massazumi Oka - USP Nilton Itiro Morimoto - USP Patrick Bernard Verdonck - USP Sebastiao Gomes dos Santos Filho - USP Sergio Bampi - UFRGS xiv