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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=PT-BR link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hi all<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Thanks to ALA and GBIF for putting this together. I truly believe this can be an important initiative.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I express our interest in participating of a consortium to get funding to make this happen.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Antonio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='color:maroon;mso-fareast-language:PT-BR'>Antonio Mauro Saraiva <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:PT-BR'>Professor Titular, Escola Politécnica da USP. Presidente da Comissão de Pesquisa<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:PT-BR'>Vice-chefe, Departamento de Engenharia de Computação e Sistemas Digitais <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:PT-BR'>Coordenador, Núcleo de Apoio a Pesquisa em Computação e Biodiversidade (BioComp)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:PT-BR'>Laboratório de Automação Agrícola (LAA)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:PT-BR'>Full Professor, Universidade de São Paulo, Escola Politécnica, President of the Research Committee<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:PT-BR'>Vice-head, Computer and Digital Systems Engineering Department<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:PT-BR'>Coordinator, Research Center on Biodiversity and Computing (BioComp)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:PT-BR'>Laboratory of Agricultural Automation (LAA) <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:PT-BR'>tel. +55-11-3091 9088 fax: +55-11-3091 5294<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:PT-BR'>saraiva<a href="mailto:saraiva@usp.br" title="blocked::mailto:msalerno@usp.br"><span style='color:navy'>@usp.br</span></a> <a href="http://www.laa.pcs.usp.br"><span style='color:navy'>www.laa.pcs.usp.br</span></a> www.biocomp.org.br<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>