J. Acacio de Barros - Stanford University

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J. Acacio de Barros - Stanford University
J. Acacio de Barros
CSLI – Ventura Hall
220 Panama Street
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-4115
(650) 614-2378
[email protected]
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Physics
1991
Brazilian Center for Research in Physics (CBPF)
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Dissertation: Two Examples of Undecidability and Incompleteness in Physics
Committee: F. A. Doria (chair), N. C. A. da Costa, J. J. Giambiagi, A. F. F.
Teixeira, D. Krause, W. C. S. da Silva, J. Helayel-Neto, F. Caruso
M.S., Physics
1989
Brazilian Center for Research in Physics (CBPF)
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Thesis: Generic Sets According to Cohen and its Applications to Physics
Committee: F. A. Doria, N. C. A. da Costa, M. Dutra Fragoso, A. F. F. Teixeira
B.S., Physics
Federal University at Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
1988
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Visiting Associate Professor
Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI)
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
2005-Present
Visiting Associate Professor
Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI)
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
1998-2000
Associate Professor of Physics
Institute for Exact Sciences (ICE)
Federal University at Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil
1997-Present
Visiting Researcher
Laboratory for Experimental High Energy Physics (Lafex)
Brazilian Center for Research in Physics (CBPF), RJ, Brazil
1996-1995
Assistant Professor of Physics
Institute for Exact Sciences (ICE)
Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil
1995-1997
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ACADEMIC POSITIONS, CONTINUED
Physical Sciences Associate Researcher
Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences (IMSSS)
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
1993-1994
Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar
Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences (IMSSS)
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
1991-1993
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Federal University at Juiz de Fora
Physics Department, Institute for Exact Sciences
Assistant/Associate Professor of Physics
Taught the following courses.
Introductory Mechanics
Introductory Electricity and Magnetism
Classical Mechanics
Analytical Mechanics
Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
Impact of Research on Physics Education
Physics of the Brain
Special Relativity
Quantum Mechanics
Statistical Mechanics
General Relativity and Cosmology
Advanced Classical Mechanics (graduate level)
Advanced Quantum Mechanics (graduate level)
Quantum Optics (graduate level)
1995-Present
Stanford University
1993-1994
Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY)
Instructor
Developed content and supervised the following EPGY physics courses.
Mechanics (AP Physics C)
Electricity & Magnetism (AP Physics C)
Brazilian Center for Research in Physics (CBPF)
1990
Department of Relavity and Particle Physics
Teaching Assistant
Worked as a Teaching Assistant for the following required graduate-level course.
Analytical Mechanics
J. Acacio de Barros, Curriculum Vitae, page 3 of 13
AWARDS, HONORS, AND GRANTS
Co-Investigator
2001-2003
Minas Gerais Research Support Foundation (FAPEMIG) Research Grant
Project: Effective Action in Quantum Gravity and Consequences to Cosmology
Principal Investigator
1996-1997
Minas Gerais Research Support Foundation (FAPEMIG) Research Grant
Project: Computational Limits to Constructs in Classical and Quantum Theories
Principal Investigator
Special Program for Joint Research (PREVI/UFJF) Research Grant
Project: Computational Limits (in Turing’s sense) in Classical Theories
1996
Principal Investigator
1996
Special Program for Joint Research (PREVI/UFJF) Research Grant
Project: Ontological Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics and Applications to
Quantum Cosmology
Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University
Brazilian Federal Higher Education Sponsoring Bureau (Capes)
1991-1993
Doctorate Fellow at the Brazilian Center for Research in Physics
Brazilian National Science and Technology Council (CNPq)
1989-1991
Masters Fellow at Brazilian Center for Research in Physics
Brazilian National Science and Technology Council (CNPq)
1988-1989
Scientific Initiation Undergraduate Fellow
Brazilian National Science and Technology Council (CNPq)
1987-1988
UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Principal Investigator
Federal University at Juiz de Fora
Physics Education Research Group
Founded and organized a research group on physics education.
2002-Present
Workshop Facilitator
2004
Municipal Department of Education of Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Juiz de Fora's "Educator Week"
Offered workshop on Active Engagement in Physics for state and municipal school
teachers.
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UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, CONTINUED
Program Coordinator
2001-2003
Federal University at Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Physics and Physics Teaching Undergraduate Programs
Coordinated the bachelors in physics and the physics teaching certification
programs at the university.
Senate Member
2001-2003
Federal University at Juiz de Fora, Brazil
University Faculty Senate for Undergraduate Studies
Participated as a representative of the Physics programs at the University Senate.
Committee Member
2003
Federal University at Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Teaching Assistantship Committee
Evaluated proposals for use of university funded scholarships at the Institute for
Exact Sciences.
Committee Member
Federal University at Juiz de Fora, Brazil
University Undergraduate Admissions Committee
Created and evaluated university wide admissions criteria.
2003
Workshop Facilitator
2003
Municipal Department of Education of Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Offered workshop on Teaching Physics with Collaborative Methods for state and
municipal school teachers.
Committee Chair
Federal University at Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Investigation Committee
Chaired a committee investigating professor misconduct.
2003
Committee Member
2003
Federal University at Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Disciplinary Committee
Participated in a disciplinary committee to address a hazing problem at the Institute
for Exact Sciences.
Committee Chair
2002-2003
Federal University at Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Physics Curriculum Committee
Chaired a committee on restructuring the undergraduate Physics and Physics
Teaching programs.
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UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, CONTINUED
Committee Member
2002
Federal University at Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Keller Method Committee
Participated in a committee to evaluate the Keller self-paced self-teaching methods
in elementary physics courses.
Vice-Head of the Physics Department
Federal University at Juiz de Fora, Brazil
1998
Committee Chair
1998
Federal University at Juiz de Fora, Brazil
University Undergraduate Admissions Committee
Chaired the committee responsible for creating and evaluating university wide
physics requirements for admissions.
Coordinator
1997-1998
Federal University at Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Juiz de Fora Physics Olympiad
Coordinated the first and second physics Olympiads at the state of Minas Gerais.
Coordinator
1998
Federal University at Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil
Physics Week
Coordinated a series of physics related activities aimed at middle- and high-school
students and teachers.
Committee Member
Federal University at Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil
Physics Lecturer Search Committee
Participated in a search committee for a Physics Lecturer position.
1998
Committee Member
Federal University at Juiz de Fora, Brazil
University Undergraduate Admissions Committee
Created and evaluated university wide admissions criteria.
1997
Program Coordinator
1996-1997
Federal Universities at Juiz de Fora and Minas Gerais
Joint Masters Program
Coordinated a joint graduate program between the universities of Juiz de Fora and
Minas Gerais, leading to the creation of a Masters in Physics program at the
Federal University at Juiz de Fora.
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UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, CONTINUED
Committee Member
1995-1997
Federal University at Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Physics Department Computer System and Infrastructure Committee
Participated in the committee that advised purchase and changes to the physics
department computer infrastructure.
Committee Member
1995
Federal University at Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Collegiate of the Joint Physics Masters Program
Participated in the collegiate for the joint program between the university of Juiz de
Fora and Minas Gerais.
Committee Chair
1995
Federal University at Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Visiting Professor Search Committee
Chaired a search and hiring committee for a Visiting Physics Professor position.
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
J. Acacio de Barros, and Patrick Suppes, “Some conceptual issues involving
probability in quantum mechanics,” Reverberations of the Shaky Game, ed. Roger
Jones and Philip Ehrlich, The University of Chigago Press. Forthcoming.
J. Acacio de Barros, J. P. R. F. de Mendonça, and Nelson Pinto-Neto, “Realism in
Energy Transition Processes: an example from Bohmian Quantum Mechanics,”
Synthese 154, 349-370 (2007).
J. Acacio de Barros, C. G. Carvalhaes, J. P. R. F. de Mendonça, and P. Suppes,
“Recognition of Words from the EEG Laplacian,” Revista Brasileira de
Engenharia Biomédica 21, 45-59 (2006).
J. Acacio de Barros, G. Oliveira Neto, and T. B. Vale, “Bohmian Trajectories for
Evaporating Black-Holes,” Physics Letters A 336, 324-330 (2005).
C. G. Carvalhaes, J. Acacio de Barros, and P. Suppes, “O Laplaciano na Análise de
Ondas Cerebrais,” (in Portuguese; The Laplacian as a Tool for the Analysis of
Brainwaves) Anais do 60 Simpósio Brasileiro de Análise 2, 243-250 (2004).
J. Acacio de Barros, Julie Remold, F. V. Vidal*, and N. A. Barbosa*,
“Desenvolvimento Conceitual de Alunos com Engajamento Interativo em um
Curso de Física da UFJF” (in Portuguese; Conceptual Development of Students in
an Active Engagement Physics Course at UFJF), Anais do IX Encontro de Pesquisa
em Ensino de Física, Jaboticatubas, MG, Brazil (2004). (*undergraduate students)
J. Acacio de Barros, Curriculum Vitae, page 7 of 13
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS, CONTINUED
J. Acacio de Barros, J. Remold, Glauco S. F. da Silva*, and J. R. Tagliati,
“Engajamento interativo no curso de Física I da UFJF” (in Portuguese; Interactive
Engagement in UFJF's Introductory Physics course), Revista Brasileira de Ensino
de Física 26, 63 (2004). (*undergraduate student)
J. Acacio de Barros and Patrick Suppes, “Probabilistic Results for Six Detectors in a
Three-Particle GHZ Experiment,” in J. Bricmont, D. Durr, M. C. Galavotti, G.
Ghirardi, F. Petruccione, and N. Zanghi (Eds.), Chance in Physics: Foundations and
Perspectives, pp. 213-223, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 2001.
J. Acacio de Barros, and Patrick Suppes, “Dealing with detector inefficiencies in
Grenberger-Horne-Zeilinger-type experiments,” Physical Review Letters 84, 793
(2000).
J. Acacio de Barros, M. A. Sagioro Leal, and Nelson Pinto Neto, “The Causal
Interpretation of the Conformally Invariant Scalar Field Quantum Cosmology,”
General Relativity and Gravitation 32, 15 (2000).
J. Acacio de Barros, Ilya L. Shapiro, and N. Pinto-Neto, “Quantum gravity
correction, evolution of scalar field and inflation,” Classical and Quantum Gravity
16, 1773 (1999).
J. Acacio de Barros, Nelson Pinto-Neto, and M. A. Sagioro-Leal, “The Causal
Interpretation of Dust and Radiation Fluids Non-Singular Quantum Cosmologies,”
Physics Letters A 241, 229 (1998).
J. Acacio de Barros, and Nelson Pinto Neto, “The Causal Interpretation of Quantum
Mechanics and the Singularity Problem in Quantum Cosmology,” International
Journal of Modern Physics D 7, 201 (1998).
J. Acacio de Barros, and Ilya L. Shapiro, “Renormalization Group Study of the
Higher Derivative Conformal Scalar Model,” Physics Letters B 412, 242 (1997).
J. Acacio de Barros, and Nelson Pinto Neto, “Comments on the Quantum Potential
Approach to a Class of Cosmological Models,” Classical and Quantum Gravity 14,
1993 (1997).
J. Acacio de Barros, and N. Pinto Neto, “The Causal Interpretation of Quantum
Mechanics and the Singularity Problem in Quantum Cosmology,” Nuclear Physics
B 57, 247 (1997).
P. Suppes, and J. Acacio de Barros, “Photons, Billiards and Chaos,” in Law and
Prediction in the Light of Chaos Research, ed. P. Weingartner and G. Schurz,
Lecture Notes in Physics, pp. 189--201. Berlin, Springer Verlag, 1996.
J. Acacio de Barros, Curriculum Vitae, page 8 of 13
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS, CONTINUED
P. Suppes, J. Acacio de Barros, and G. Oas, “A Collection of Probabilistic HiddenVariable Theorems and Counterexamples,” in Waves, Information and Foundation
of Physics: a tribute to Giuliano Toraldo di Francia on his 80th birthday, ed. R.
Pratesi and L. Ronchi, Florence, 1996.
P. Suppes, J. Acacio de Barros, and Adonai S. Sant'Anna, “Violation of Bell's
Inequalities with Local Photons,” Foundations of Physics Letters, 9, 551 (1996).
P. Suppes, Adonai S. Sant'Anna, J. Acacio de Barros, “A Pure Particle Theory of the
Casimir Effect,” Foundations of Physics Letter, 9, 213 (1996).
R. Ravaglia, J. Acacio de Barros, and P. Suppes, “Computer-Based Advanced
Placement for Physics for Gifted Students,” Computers in Physics 9, 380 (1995).
P. Suppes, J. Acacio de Barros, “Photon Interference with Well Defined
Trajectories,” Foundations of Physics Letters 7, 501 (1994).
N. C. A. da Costa, F. A. Doria, A. F. Furtado do Amaral, and J. Acacio de Barros,
“Two Questions on the Geometry of Gauge Fields,” Foundations of Physics 24,
783 (1994).
P. Suppes, and J. Acacio de Barros, “A Random-Walk Approach to Interference,”
International Journal of Theoretical Physics 33, 179 (1994).
N. C. A. da Costa, F. A. Doria, and J. Acacio de Barros, “A Suppes Predicate for
General Relativity and Set-Theoretically Generic Spacetimes,” International
Journal of Theoretical Physics 29, 935 (1990).
F. A. Doria, J. Acacio de Barros, and M. Ribeiro da Silva, “Noncomputable
Functions, Generic Functions and Random Sequences,” Boletim da Sociedade
Paranaense de Matemática 8, (1987).
NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
J. Acacio de Barros, G. Oliveira Neto, and T. B. Vale, “The de Broglie-Bohm
Interpretation of Evaporating Black-Holes,” http://xxx.lanl.gov/gr-qc/0404073
J. Acacio de Barros, “Causalidade e Probabilidade,” in Pós-Modernismo:
Anticiência e Antihumanismo?, Universidade Católica de Petrópolis, Petrópolis,
RJ, Brazil, 1997.
J. Acacio de Barros, Curriculum Vitae, page 9 of 13
NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS, CONTINUED
P. Suppes, and J. Acacio de Barros, “Os 100 Anos dos Raios-X” (100 years of Xrays; in Portuguese), article in a Brazilian newspaper celebrating the 100-years of
the discovery of the X-rays, Tribuna de Minas, Juiz de Fora, MG, October 1995.
F. A. Doria, A. F. Furtado do Amaral, and J. Acacio de Barros, "Noncurvature
Solutions for the Bianchi Differential Conditions," CETMAC-5/IDEA, School of
Communications, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, 1990.
N. C. A. da Costa, F. A. Doria, and J. Acacio de Barros, “On a Formally
Undecidable Statement in Classical Electromagnetic Theory,” in C. A. Bertulani
and J. Lopes Neto eds, Encontro de Física Teórica do Rio de Janeiro: Homenagem
Póstuma ao Prof. Carlos Márcio do Amaral, Universidade Federal do Rio de
Janeiro, 1989.
F. A. Doria, and J. Acacio de Barros, “Chaos, Entropy, Set-Theoretic Models and
Higher Cardinals,” Atas do Simpósio UNICAMP "Ordem e Desordem," Unicamp,
São Paulo (1988).
F. A. Doria, and J. Acacio de Barros, "On a Set-Theoretic Property Equivalent to the
Negation of the Continuum Hypothesis," CETMAC/IDEA, School of
Communications, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, 1988.
ABSTRACTS & WORKS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES
J. Acacio de Barros, “Utilizando métodos de Engajamento Interativo em um Curso
de Mecânica Clássica,” (in Portuguese; Using Interactive Engagement Methods in a
Advanced Classical Mechanics Course) Anais do XVI Simpósio Nacional de Ensino
de Física, Niterói, RJ 2005.
Elaine Pereira de Bem*, J. Acacio de Barros, José RobertoTagliati, Leisa Brand
Rios*, Sávider Conti Carvalho*, Tiago Fonseca Rodolfo*, “Físida por
Inquirimento: a investigação científica como modêlo para o ensino de física" (in
Portuguese; Physics by Inquiry: scientific research methods as model for physics
teaching), V Encontro Regional da Sociedade Brasileira de Física em Minas Gerais,
Viçosa, MG, Brazil, 2005. (*undergraduate students)
J. Acacio de Barros, G. Oliveira-Neto, and T. B. Vale, “Analysis of Bohmian
Trajectories for a Quantized Black-Hole,” XXV Encontro Nacional de Física de
Partículas e Campos, Caxambú, MG, Brazil, 2004.
J. Acacio de Barros, A. G. de Lima*, J. P. R. F. de Mendonça, and C. G. Carvalhaes,
“Estimating the Error in the Laplacian of a 64 channel EEG,” Anais do XXVII
ENFMC, Poços de Caldas, MG, Brazil, 2004. (*undergraduate student)
J. Acacio de Barros, Curriculum Vitae, page 10 of 13
ABSTRACTS & WORKS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES, CONTINUED
J. Acacio de Barros, and C. G. Carvalhaes, “Busca de um Filtro Ideal na
Identificação de Palavras no Laplaciano de Um EEG de 64 Canais” (in Portuguese;
Search for an Ideal Filter to Identify Words in the Laplacian of a 64 Channel EEG),
XXVI Encontro Nacional de Física da Matéria Condensada, Poços de Caldas, MG,
Brazil, 2004.
J. Acacio de Barros, G. Oliveira-Neto, and T. B. Vale*, “Causal interpretation of
spherically symmetric evaporating black holes,” XXIV Encontro Nacional de
Física de Partículas e Campos, Caxambú, MG, Brazil, 2003. (*undergraduate
student)
J. Acacio de Barros, J. P. R. F. de Mendonça, and Nelson Pinto Neto, “Realism in
Energy Transition Processes: an example from Bohmian Mechanics,” XXVI
Encontro Nacional de Física da Matéria Condensada, Caxambú, MG, Brazil, May
2003.
J. Acacio de Barros, and C. Carvalhaes, “Identificação de palavras via laplaciano de
um EEG de 64 canais” (in Portuguese; Identifying Words via a 64 Channel EEG
Laplacian), XXVI Encontro Nacional de Física da Matéria Condensada, Caxambú,
MG, Brazil, 2003.
J. Acacio de Barros, G. S. F. da Silva*, J. R. Tagliati, J. L. Matheus-Valle, “Usando
Técnicas de Aprendizado Colaborativo com Alunos de Física, Química e
Matemática” (in Portuguese; Using Collaborative Learning Techniques with
Students of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics), IV Encontro Regional da
Sociedade Brasileira de Física em Minas Gerais, São João Del Rey, MG, Brazil,
2003. (*undergraduate student)
J. Acacio de Barros, G. S. F. da Silva*, and J. R. Tagliati, “Relatando Nossa
Experiência com Aprendizado Colaborativo em Mecânica Introdutória na UFJF”
(in Portuguese; Reports on Our Experience with Collaborative Learning in
Elementary Mechanics at UFJF), XV Simpósio Nacional de Ensino de Física,
Curitiba, PR, Brazil, 2003. (*undergraduate student)
J. Acacio de Barros, J. Remold, J. R. Tagliati, G. S. F. da Silva*, and J. L MatheusValle, “A Aplicação de uma Nova Metodologia de Ensino de Física Usando
Aprendizado Colaborativo” (in Portuguese; Applying a New Physics-teaching
Methodology Using Collaborative Learning), Coletânea da VI Escola de Verão
para Professores de Prática de Ensino de Biologia, Física e Química, Niterói, RJ,
Brazil, 2003. (*undergraduate student)
J. Acacio de Barros, and P. Suppes, "Upper Probabilities in Quantum Mechanics,"
XIX Encontro Nacional de Física de Partículas e Campos, Caxambú, MG, Brazil,
August 1998.
J. Acacio de Barros, Curriculum Vitae, page 11 of 13
ABSTRACTS & WORKS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES, CONTINUED
J. Acacio de Barros, and I. L. Shapiro, "Renormalization Group Study of the
Conformal Limit of the Higher Derivative Dilaton," XIX Encontro Nacional de
Física de Partículas e Campos, Caxambú, MG, Brazil, August 1998.
J. Acacio de Barros, N. Pinto-Neto, and Eduardo Sergio Santini, "The Causal
Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics in Quantum Cosmology," XVIII Encontro
Nacional de Física de Partículas e Campos, Caxambú, MG, Brazil, October 1997.
J. Acacio de Barros, P. Suppes, and G. Oas, “A Collection of Probabilistic HiddenVariable Theorems and Counterexamples”, XVIII Encontro Nacional de Física de
Partículas e Campos, Caxambu, MG, Brazil, 1997.
J. Acacio de Barros, N. Pinto-Neto, and M. A. Sagioro-Leal, “Interpretação Causal
de um Modelo Cosmológico Quântico com Campo Escalar Conformalmente
Invariante” (in Portuguese; Causal Interpretation of a Quantum Cosmological
Model with a Conformally Invariant Scalar Field), XVIII Encontro Nacional de
Física de Partículas e Campos, Caxambú, MG, Brazil, October 1997.
P. Suppes, J. Acacio de Barros, Adonai S. Sant'Anna, and Gary Oas, “Violação de
Desigualdades Quânticas com Campos Clássicos” (in Portuguese; Violation of
Quantum Inequalities with Classical Fields), XVII Encontro Nacional de Física de
Partículas e Campos, Serra Negra, SP, Brazil, September 1996.
J. Acacio de Barros, and N. Pinto Neto, “Aplicações da Interpretação de Bohm à
Cosmologia Quântica” (in Portuguese; Applying Bohm's Interpretation to Quantum
Cosmology), XVII Encontro Nacional de Física de Partículas e Campos, Serra
Negra, SP, September 1996.
P. Suppes and J. Acacio de Barros, “A New Kind of Dirac Equation,” Proceedings
of the IV Anpa West, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 1992.
N. C. A. da Costa, F. A. Doria, and J. Acacio de Barros, “Um Predicado de Suppes
para a Relatividade Geral e Espaços-Tempos Genéricos” (in Portuguese; A Suppes
Predicate for General Relativity and Generic Spacetimes), Atas do XI encontro de
Partículas e Campos, Caxambú, MG, Brazil, 1990.
PUBLICATIONS SUBMITTED AND IN PREPARATION
Julie Remold, J. Acacio de Barros, and Glauco F. S. da Silva*, “Communities of
Practice in Brazil: An Ethnographic Study to Changes in University Physics
Instruction,” submitted to International Journal of Qualitative Studies in
Education. (*undergraduate student)
J. Acacio de Barros, Curriculum Vitae, page 12 of 13
PUBLICATIONS SUBMITTED AND IN PREPARATION, CONTINUED
J. Acacio de Barros, Patrick Suppes, and Gary Oas, “Neural Phase Oscillator
Representations of Behavioral Stimulus-Response Models,” submitted to the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
J. Acacio de Barros, E. V. Corrêa Silva, G. A. Monerat, G. Oliveira-Neto, L. G.
Ferreira Filho, and P. Romildo Jr., "Tunneling probability for the birth of an
asymptotically DeSitter universe," submitted to Physical Review D.
P. Suppes, and J. Acacio de Barros, “Strict Holism in a Quantum Superposition of
Macroscopic States,” in preparation, to be submitted to Studies in History and
Philosophy of Science Part A.
Roberto Júnior P. Dias, Stephane D’Avila, J. Acácio de Barros, and J. P. R. F. de
Mendonça, “Effect of weak Static magnetic field on the activity of the mollusk
Subulina Octona,” in preparation.
J. Acacio de Barros, J. L. Matheus-Valle, and E. Pereira de Bem*, "Students'
Epistemological Views of Science and Reasoning Skills," in preparation.
(*undergraduate student)
Guillaume Pinto, Katya Pinto, Patrick Suppes, and J. Acacio de Barros,
"Information Processing and Learning in Networks of Oscillators," in preparation.
THESES SUPERVISED
Luis Antônio de Castro Henriques, “A Interpretação de Bohm da Mecânica
Quântica” (in Portuguese; Bohm's Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics), Honors
thesis, UFJF, 1996.
Marco Antônio Sagioro Leal, “Cosmologia Quântica e o Problema da Singularidade
Inicial” (in Portuguese; Quantum Cosmology and the Singularity Problem),
Masters thesis, UFJF 1998.
Ana das Mercês Pelinson, “Ação Efetiva Induzida por Anomalias para Solução
Gravitacional Inflacionária” (in Portuguese; Effective Action for an Anomaly
Induced Gravitational and Inflationary Solution), Masters thesis, UFJF, 1999.
Glauco S. F. da Silva, “Métodos de Engajamento Ativo em Física” (in Portuguese;
Methods of Interactive Engagement in Physics), Honors thesis, UFJF, 2003.
Tibério Borges Vale, “A Interpretação de Bohm na Gravitação Quântica” (in
Portuguese; Bohm's Interpretation in Quantum Cosmology), Honors thesis, UFJF,
2003.
J. Acacio de Barros, Curriculum Vitae, page 13 of 13
THESES SUPERVISED, CONTINUED
Tibério Borges Vale, “Intepretação Causal em Buracos Negros Quânticos” (in
Portuguese; The Causal Interpretation of Quantum Black Holes), Masters thesis,
UFJF, 2003.
SKILLS AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Physics Education Group at the University of Washington
2004
Faculty Development Workshop
Attended workshop on teaching physics, especially for pre-service science teachers,
using inquiry based methods.
Computer Languages/OS:
C, Maple, Mathematica, R (statistical analysis package), Octave, Matlab
Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
LANGUAGES
English (fluent)
Portuguese (fluent)
French (proficient)
Spanish (basic reading and listening)
Italian (basic reading)
AFFILIATIONS
Brazilian Physical Society (SBF)
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
The Philosophy of Science Association (PSA)
REFERENCES
Available upon request.

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