IEEE Fellow (Signal Processing Society), 2000.

University of Florida Research Professor Fellowship, 1999-2001.

Elected to the IEEE EMBS Administrative Committee, 1999.

Best presentation award, International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Washington, 1999.

Elected to the Board of Governors of the International Neural Network Society, 1998.

Nominated to the Discovery Magazine Technology Award, 1998.

BellSouth Professor since 1995.

Senior Member of the IEEE, 1992.

Innovation and Creativity Award, Portuguese Electronic Industry Association, 1991 (with P. Oliveira and B. Cunha).

Listed in Who’s Who in the South and Southeast, since 1991.