Abstract: In the last few years the advances done in the fields of Mathematics, Engineering and Computer Science have enabled an inter-relationship and a multitude of techniques of varied disciplines; out of which one can point out the automation in the resolution of processes in several areas. Particularly, the area of Biosystems has been receiving more and more importance every year in the activities either related to human health, or related to the environment. Computational simulation techniques applied to mathematical models of epidemiology, immunology, infectionology and public health have been updated and improved with the use of new contemporary tools such as neural networks, genetic algorithms, fuzzy logics and digital controllers.
With respect to the environment, the growing discussions about the global warming has allowed and also opened some space for the introduction and the adaptation of mathematical and computational models in Biosystems for simulating possible scenarios, for the strategic investment analysis and also for the process optimization. Here it is shown some examples where there is an alliance between new technologies and the recent year’s theoretic mathematical development in order to get an exchange of new experiences that will produce an extensive debate and the establishment of ideas in the domain of Biosystems worldwide.

Brief Biography of the Speaker:
Professor Felippe de Souza has concluded his PhD in Engineering at University of Warwick, England, UK, in 1983. He is the Editor of 3 books in the area of Control Systems and Automatic Control; he has been the Vice-President of SBA (Brazilian Society for Automatic Control, the NMO of IFAC in Brazil) from 1987 to 1989; and also the Vice-President of APCA (Portuguese Association for Automatic Control, the NMO of IFAC in Portugal) from 2004 to 2008. He has also been the Head of the Dept of Control & Energy Conversion, Electronics Division at ITA (Aeronautic Institute of Technology, in Brazil) from 1988 to 1989 and, at UBI (University Beira Interior, in Portugal) where he currently holds a position, he has been the Head of the Dept of Electromechanical Engineering, the Head of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Engineering and Member of the Senate.
Professor Felippe de Souza has over 90 papers published in Journals and International Conferences; has been a regular referee of papers for several International Journals; and he has been visiting Professor for short periods, and also given Mini-courses, in the following American Universities: USC, University of Southern California (1990), UCLA, University of California at Los Angeles (1990 and 1992), Virginia Tech (1990 and 1992) and University of Maryland, Baltimore (1986 and 1992); and also, in France, for one year, at LAAS, Laboratoire d’Analyse et d’Architecture des Systemes, in Toulouse (2002-2003).