 He also was founder and Director of the Laboratory for Intelligent Signal Processing and Communications at UCI.de Figueiredo was married to Isabel Colaço de Figueiredo and has five children, Alcina Dalton, Paulo (Paul) de Figueiredo, João (John) de Figueiredo, Rui de Figueiredo Jr., and Miguel (Michael) de Figueiredo.Rui Jr., is a professor at Haas School of Business.