Nizam Omar holds a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA), a Master’s Degree in Applied Mathematics – Informatics from  ITA and a PhD in Computer Science from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (1989) . ITA’s Full Professor (retired), currently adjunct professor at the Mackenzie Presbyterian University, teaches in the Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He has experience in Computer Science, with emphasis in Computer Theory, Artificial Intelligence and Formal Languages, working mainly on the following topics: intelligent tutoring systems, expert systems, neural networks and learning environments for machines and humans.