FERNANDO BUARQUE DE LIMA NETO has a degree in Computing by the Universidade Católica de Pernambuco (UNICAP) 1991. In 1992 he studied Business Administration at the Faculdade de Ciências da Administração da Universidade de Pernambuco (FCAP/UPE). He also holds a Master degree in Computer Science by the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) 1998, and in 2002, he presented to the  University of London, England (IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON) his PhD Thesis on Artificial Intelligence & Artificial Neural Networks. Back to Brazil in 2003, he joined in the team that helped to develop the Computer Engineering Programme of Escola Politécnica de Pernambuco (POLI), a faculty of the Universidade de Pernambuco (UPE). In 2004 and 2005 he headed the DSC. Before dedicating himself to academia, that is 1995, Buarque worked for several years as System Analyst, Project Leader, Consultant and Army Officer (in the technical Corps of Informatics).

Currently Buarque is an Associate Professor at POLI/UPE where he lectures to undergraduate and postgraduates of Computing. As a researcher, he has published many papers on Artificial and Computational Intelligence. At the moment, Prof. Buarque is the leader of some research projects funded by CNPq (the Brazilian agency that funds scientific research) with objectives of applying AI on decision support in Agriculture, Medicine and oil industry. Dr Buarque also leads a research group on Computational Intelligence at UPE, he is a member of other research groups and scientific societies both in Brazil and abroad. In 2007, Fernando Buarque was elevated to  Senior Member of IEEE (United States of America).