Professor Pinto received his bachelor degree in Computer Science from Hunter College and his master's degree in Business Administration from Baruch College. Professor Pinto also has an undergraduate degree in Physics from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and completed all course requirements for a masterâs degree in Physics from the Brazilian Center of Physics Research in Rio de Janeiro. Prof. Pinto has his Ph.D in Computer Science from CUNY. His research interest lies on intelligent networks, semantic Web, and Web services.