My undergraduate studies in Computer Science were carried out at the Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, from 1972 through 1977. These years of study were combined with much travelling during the Summers. A desire to continue studying and travelling led me to London, where I obtained a Masters Degree in Computer Science at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, in 1979.
On returning to Buenos Aires, I worked for Arthur
Andersen Consulting until moving to Tandil in 1982. Motherhood and
fortuitous circumstances led me to undertake part-time lecturing at the
Computer Science Department at the UNCPBA
that same year.
The lecturing was later combined with other undertakings, such as Director
of Department (1991 and 1995-1997) and Head of Academic Affairs (1992-1994),
the latter undertaken on a full-time basis as the demands of motherhood
had eased slightly.
By 1995 the undergraduate degree in Systems Engineering was fully covered by local lecturers and staff, and it was time to promote research and postgraduate concerns. A Project financed by the World Bank and the National Ministry of Education which I presented and directed, funded visits by specialists from foreign Universities, scholarships for postgraduate studies, equipment, etc. All these factors permitted the setting up of the Masters Degree in Systems Engineering and the PhD in Computer Science which has attracted students from different regions and foreign countries. The ISISTAN research institute was established with research groups in different areas which are publishing actively and interacting with industry and other research centres.
It was time to take a rest from university politics and so I took on a full-time position in order to concentrate more fully on teaching and research. I am now in the process of writing dissertation for my PhD degree, having enjoyed being a student of post-graduate courses.
My main subjects of interest for research are Aspect-Oriented Systems Development and Separation of Concerns. I am still interested in the teaching of introductory courses of programming to undergraduate students, as the challenge of "teaching" problem solving is never fully satisfied.
I am a member of the Software Architectures Group of the ISISTAN (Systems Research Institute of Tandil). My current project involves the extension of a reflective framework that supports multi-level separation of concerns in a heterarchical organization, with dynamic handling of associations, and run-time solving of conflicts between competing concerns.