Hemerson Pistori received his doctorate in 2003 from the University of São Paulo, USP, at the Computer Engineering Department, and his M.Sc. degree in Computer Science from State University of Campinas, UNICAMP, in 1998. Currently, he is working as a research professor in Computer Vision and Machine Learning at the Biotechnology Graduate Program and the Computer Engineering Undergraduate Program at Dom Bosco Catholic University, UCDB. He leads the Research, Development and Innovation Group in Computer Vision, INOVISAO (site in Portuguese). His current research interests include statistical learning, stochastic modelling, adaptive devices, dissimilarity measures, predictive filters, graphical models and texture analysis. Professor Pistori coordinates three research/development projects, involving 7 investigators, 15 students, 4 partners institutions and financial support from FUNDECT, the Foundation of Teaching, Science and Technology Development of Mato Grosso do Sul State and the Brazilian's federal agencies for science, technology and higher education, CNPQ and FINEP. Hemerson Pistori has been awarded a productivity scholarship from CNPQ in 2006. From 2006 to 2010 he has been the IAPR Brazilian member at the IAPR's Governing Board. In 2010, the Brazilian Special Comission for Computer Graphics and Image Processing (CEGRAPI) elected Prof. Pistori to its Governing Committee. Pistori has published more than 50 research papers and participated in several program, reviewers and editorial boards or committees.