Roberto A. Bittencourt has a B.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil, a M.Sc. degree in Communication and Interactivity Engineering from Linköping University, Sweden, and a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil, with a research internship at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada. He is a faculty member at the University of Victoria, Canada, since 2023, presently holding the position of Assistant Teaching Professor of Computer Science. He was a faculty member at the State University of Feira de Santana, Brazil, from 2000 to 2023, last holding the position of Professor of Computer Science and Engineering. His main present research interests are in computing education and software engineering, with previous research in social computing.