He obtained his M.Sc. degree in Software Engineering from the University of Macau in 1997. In 2005 he received his Ph.D. degree in Information Technology at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia. His research interests are in the areas of business process management, data mining, and decision support systems. He is a founding member of Data Analytics and Collaborative Computing Group from the Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Macau. He is also an Associate Master of Henry Fok Pearl Jubilee College at the University of Macau.