Roberto Ierusalimschy

Roberto Ierusalimschy is a Full Professor at the Computer Science Department (DI) of Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). He is renowned as the lead designer of the Lua programming language, widely adopted in applications like Angry Birds, World of Warcraft, Adobe Lightroom, and Wikipedia. His work bridges theoretical foundations with practical implementations in programming languages.

• Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate in Computer Science from PUC-Rio (1982, 1985, 1990)
• Postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Waterloo (1992)

Research Interests: Focus on programming language design, implementation, and optimization, particularly through the development of Lua. His contributions emphasize lightweight, embeddable scripting solutions for diverse industries.

Scientific Awards:

• CNPq Level 2 Productivity Grant

Labs & Teams: Coordinates LabLua, a development laboratory dedicated to Lua and related programming languages.