Born in Angola of Portuguese nationality, Álvaro Barbosa was trained as an engineer and educated as an artist. He is a university full-professor with a background in engineering, arts, music, and computer science. His academic research is widely available from peer-reviewed publications, in collaboration with a large number of renowned international academics. As an artist he produced, presented, and performed various creative projects worldwide, featuring work in interactive installations, electronic and acoustic music, photography, sound design, computer animation, and audiovisual media production. He presently holds the academic position of Vice-Rector at the University of Saint Joseph in Macao, China and his academic focus is on fostering systematic creativity as an essential process applied to innovation and entrepreneurship, by mentoring startups, supervising research projects, creating new programs, and teaching in multiple universities across Europe, United States, and China.