João Martins holds a bachelor's degree (1984) and a master's degree (1993) in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Maria. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, specializing in microelectronics (2001). He holds a post-doctorate from the Institute of Computer Systems Engineering and Research in Lisbon (INESC-ID) (2015). Prof. João is the head of the Microelectronics Group at UFSM (GMICRO) and a Full Professor in the Department of Electronics and Computing at UFSM. He is a Technological Development Researcher (DT) at CNPq. He has extensive experience coordinating projects for FINEP, CNPq, CAPES, FAPERGS and SOFTEX. He has worked on strategic defense projects for the Brazilian Army, such as the ASTROS 2020 Project Simulation System versions 1 and 2 (SiS-ASTROS) and the DSETs Modernization Project: Real-Time Monitoring of Tactical Engagement Simulation. He currently coordinates the Microelectronics 1A and Microelectronics Residency CI Brasil Inovação projects at the MCTI. He is the General Coordinator of SMDH (Santa Maria Design House) and the Microelectronics Specialization Lato Sensus at UFSM. He has experience in Electrical and Computer Engineering, with an emphasis on Hardware, working primarily on the following topics: microelectronics, FPGA, VHDL, Low Power, Microcontrollers, and Radiation-Tolerant Integrated Circuit Design.