Jaime Carvalho e Silva got a Ph. D. in Pure Mathematics (Analysis) at the Universities of Paris 6, France and Coimbra, Portugal. Associate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, teaches Mathematics for Engineers, Didactics and History of Mathematics to future teachers of Mathematics. Author of textbooks of Mathematics for Secondary Schools, coordinated the task force that wrote the mathematics syllabus for secondary schools of 1997 and 2003. Was Secretary-General of ICMI from 2010 to 2012.