Jose Pinheiro CV
JOSE PINHEIRO
Name: José António Pinheiro
Position: Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics at NOVA School of Business and Economics
José Pinheiro, Guest Professor at NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS), is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics at NOVA SBE. Professor Pinheiro holds a Degree in Applied Mathematics from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon and Master in Statistics and Information Management from NOVA. He has taught all disciplines of quantitative methods in Bachelor's and Master's degrees. Trainer for the European Commission, the UN and several other international institutions., Professor Pinheiro was a former Eurostat official and special advisor to its Steering Committee. He has comprehensive institutional experience concerning statistics in several candidate countries for EU membership and other peripheral organisations.
Bruno Damasio CV
BRUNO DAMASIO
Name: Bruno Miguel Pinto Damásio
Position: Senior Lecturer in Statistics and Econometrics at NOVA IMS
Bruno Damásio holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics, a Master in Econometrics and a Degree in Economics from the University of Lisbon. His research interests are nonlinear econometrics, multivariate Markov chains, stochastic processes, financial econometrics, nonlinear time-series, applied economics, and the statistical packages R and Stata. His work has been published in several distinguished journals. Additionally, he is a lecturer of statistics and econometrics courses at NOVA IMS (Information Management School, Nova University of Lisbon) and ISEG (Lisbon School of Economics and Management, University of Lisbon). He is serving as statistical consultant and trainer for numerous private and public organisations including the OECD, the European Commission, and the European Court of Auditors.
Fernando Reis
FERNANDO REIS
Name: Fernando Reis
Position: Senior Statistician and Big Data Specialist at Eurostat, European Commission
Fernando Reis is a senior statistician and big data specialist. He is a member of the Eurostat task-force in charge of developing a strategy for
the integration of big data in official statistics at EU level. Mr. Reis is involved in the
discussion of strategic issues concerning big data and statistical production at European level,
including: methodology, quality, skills, ethics, communication, legislation, big
data policy, and IT infrastructure. He oversees pilot experiments on the use of big
data sources for official statistics and conducts studies
involving mobile phone data and web activity data.
Jorge Mendes
JORGE MENDES
Name: Jorge Morais Mendes
Position: Assistant Professor and Official Statistics Deputy at Information Management School, NOVA Information Management School,
Jorge Mendes is currently Assistant Professor at Information Management School (NOVA IMS). His research interests range from environmental statistics, biostatistics and survey methodology to quantitative methods for finance and social sciences. He is member of Management Information Centre (MagIC) at NOVA IMS. He was awarded with a bachelor degree in Statistics and Information Management from NOVA University of Lisbon, MSc in Probability and Statistics and PhD in Statistics and Operations Research from University of Lisbon. He is author of several scientific publications both in national and international journals, being invited as referee on a regular basis. At NOVA IMS he has been coordinating several research and development projects. He supervises MSc and PhD students on a regular basis. Often he is invited to be external an examiner in MSc and PhD exams in other institutions. He is a member of Portuguese Statistical Society.
Pedro Coelho
PEDRO COELHO
Name: Pedro Simões Coelho
Position: Full Professor and President of the Scientific Board of the NOVA Information Management School
Pedro Coelho is presently Full Professor and President of the Scientific Board of the NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS), and is a member of the board of the European Master of Official Statistics (EMOS). Dr. Coelho has a Post-Doctoral degree in Statistics (NOVA University), PhD in Statistics (NOVA University), MSc in Statistics and Information Management and a graduation in Systems Engineering. He has lectured in around 30 graduate and undergraduate courses, including Structural Equation Modeling, Research Methodologies, Sampling, Survey Methodology, Marketing Research, Data Collection Methodologies and Data Analysis. The author of around 200 statistical studies and projects, Dr. Coelho has consulted at the highest level for the European Commission, Eurostat, the Portuguese Statistical Office, the Portuguese Central Bank and several National Statistical Offices around the world.
Fernando Bacao
FERNANDO BACAO
Name: Fernando Bação
Position: Director of the PhD Programme in Statistics and Information Management, NOVA Information Management School
Fernando Bação is an Associate Professor at NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS). He holds a PhD in Information Management from Universidade NOVA de Lisboa and currently holds the positions of President of the Pedagogical Council and Director of the PhD Programme in Statistics and Information Management. In his professional career he has published more than six dozen scientific articles in national and international journals and conferences, and received awards for the quality of his work. The research he develops focuses on the topics of information management, business analytics, decision support systems and management of information systems.
Pedro Cabral
PEDRO CABRAL
Name: Pedro da Costa Brito Cabral
Position: Associate Professor at NOVA Information Management School
Pedro Cabral is Associate Professor at NOVA IMS. He holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics and Social Sciences from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris, France. He was a Post-Doctoral Researcher at UMR AMURE, in Brest, where he worked in marine and terrestrial ecosystem services. His research interests include Ecosystem Services and Geographical Information Systems. He has published in several noteworthy academic journals across several fields, including: Ecosystem Services; Marine Policy; Land Use Policy; Journal of Urban Planning and Development (ASCE); Computers; Environment and Urban Systems; Environmental Development; Natural Hazards; and International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. He has been the Associate Editor of the Journal of Urban Planning and Development (ASCE) since 2011. Professor Cabral has reviewed more than 80 papers for about 30 journals, and is currently leading projects on Ecosystem Services and open educational contents related to applied geomatics to social and environmental issues.
Marco Painho
MARCO PAINHO
Name: Marco Octávio Trindade Painho
Position: Full Professor of NOVA Information Management School
Marco Painho is currently Full Professor of NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS). He is responsible for coordinating the Master of Science Programme in Geospatial Technologies (Eramus Mundus) and the Master in Geographic Information Systems and Science. His research interests include Geographic Information Systems, Natural Resource Information Systems, Information Integration, Crowed Sourced Geospatial Information, Spatial Analysis, GIS Education and Information Infrastructures. Professor Painho holds a Bachelor Degree in Environmental Engineering from the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, a Master of Regional Planning (MRP) from the University of Massachussetts, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (Ph.D.) from the University of California. The former Director of NOVS IMS, Professor Painho is the author and editor of over 160 publications, and has coordinated over 80 international research and development projects.
Flavio Pinheiro
FLAVIO PINHEIRO
Name: Flávio Pinheiro
Position: Invited Assistant Professor in Data Science at NOVA IMS
Flávio Pinheiro is an Invited Assistant Professor in Data Science at NOVA IMS (Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Information Management School), having previously been a postdoctoral associate at the Collective Learning group in the MIT Media Lab. His research combines theoretical (computer simulations and mathematical modelling of multi-agent systems) and empirical (data extraction and data analysis) approaches to understand the impact of the network structure of socio-economic systems in their functioning. In particular, his research focuses on: understanding how networks affect the dynamical processes underlying the spreading of information, diseases, opinions and behaviours. Dr. Pinheiro a BSc and MSc in Physics from the University of Lisbon (Portugal) and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Minho (Portugal).
Fernando Casimiro
FERNANDO CASIMIRO
Name: Fernando Simões Casimiro
Position: Freelance Statistical Consultant and expert in Official Statistics
Fernando Casimiro is an independent statistical consultant with experience of working across multiple domains to help build statistical capacity in developing countries around the world. Previously, Mr. Casimiro held a number of prominent post at INE, the National Statistical Office of Portugal. As a freelancer, Mr. Casimiro has spent a number of years in Angola, working on the planning and assessment of an action plan for the development of statistics. Whilst at INE, Mr.Casimiro was Director and National Coordinator of the Population and Housing Censuses Office. Mr. Casimiro has represented Portugal at several international conferences, working groups and task forces on subjects concerning social and demographic statistics, including the Task Force for the preparation of framework regulation and implementing regulations for the 2011 Census Round within the European Union countries. He has authored and co-authored several papers concerning statistical issues, mainly on population and housing censuses, published by scientific reviews and associated meetings.
Carlos Dias
CARLOS DIAS
Name: Carlos Sebastião Alfonso Dias
Position: Senior Statistician at INE, the National Statistics Office of Portugal
Carlos Dias is an Expert in Official Statistics, having spent around 30 years working in various senior positions at INE, the National Statistical Office of Portugal. Mr. Dias is also a well established statistical trainer and consultant, working in close collaboration with NOVA IMS. His current role is Senior Expert in the Census Unit at INE, responsible for national coordination, including: planning, training, supervising, implementation and evaluation reports for real and experimental Census operations. Mr. Dias has worked internationally on a number of statistical technical assistance projects, notably in Africa and the Middle East. He holds a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering, a Master Degree in Information Management and Statistics, and is currently finalising his Doctoral Studies in Information Management at NOVA IMS.
Daniel Santos
DANIEL SANTOS
Name: António Daniel Correia dos Santos
Position: Senior Statistician and Data Scientist, Project Leader at Statistics Portugal
Daniel Santos is a leading specialist in Official Statistics, having worked in several senior positions at Statistical Portugal. After graduating in Economics from the Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Mr. Santos has led work on various key initiatives, including: Input-Output Tables compilation in the Portuguese National Accounts System, methodological support to NA teamwork; compilation of Goods and Services balances; and implementation of the Portuguese National Accounts System. Mr. Santos has been responsible for the coordination of statistical activities across various sectors, including: business and household surveys; consumer price indices; purchasing power parities; national accounts; business cycle indicators; and short-term analysis. A seasoned statistical trainer and consultant, Mr. Santos has provided technical assistance and capacity building support to many statistical organisations across the world, including in: Mercosul and Chile, French Polynesia, Cape Verde, Mozambique, West African Monetary Union countries (WAMU/UEMOA); and the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe.
Miguel Neto
MIGUEL NETO
Name: Miguel de Castro Neto
Position: Assistant Professor and Associate Dean at NOVA Information Management School
Miguel de Castro Neto is Assistant Professor and Associate Dean at NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS) where he leads the Association for the Development of NOVA IMS, and directs the Post-Graduate Programme in Smart Cities. He was formerly Secretary of State of Spatial Planning and Nature Conservation in Portuguese Government, and Smart Cities Personality of the Year (Green Business Week 2017/ Fundação AIP). Founder and Vice-President of the Data Science Portuguese Association, Professor Neto is presently President of the Portuguese Engineers Professional Association Agronomy College, coordinator of the Group Cities and Spatial Planning in the think tank Sustainable Growth Platform and President of the Festival Terras Sem Sombra Curators Board. He develops his research and teaching in the field of Business Intelligence and Smart Cities. From his scientific work have resulted, amongst others, articles published in scientific journals such as Computers in Industry, International Journal of Accounting Information, Journal of Global Information Management, International Journal of Electronic Commerce Studies, Industrial Management and Data Systems.
Jose Pinheiro CV
Jose Pinheiro CV
BIOGRAPHY: JOSE PINHEIRO
Name: José António Pinheiro
Position: Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics at NOVA School of Business and Economics
José Pinheiro, Guest Professor at NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS), is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics at NOVA SBE. Professor Pinheiro holds a Degree in Applied Mathematics from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon and Master in Statistics and Information Management from NOVA. He has taught all disciplines of quantitative methods in Bachelor's and Master's degrees. Trainer for the European Commission, the UN and several other international institutions., Professor Pinheiro was a former Eurostat official and special advisor to its Steering Committee. He has comprehensive institutional experience concerning statistics in several candidate countries for EU membership and other peripheral organisations.
Bruno Damasio CV
Bruno Damasio CV
BIOGRAPHY: BRUNO DAMASIO
Name: Bruno Miguel Pinto Damásio
Position: Senior Lecturer in Statistics and Econometrics at NOVA Information Management School
Bruno Damásio holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics, a Master in Econometrics and a Degree in Economics from the University of Lisbon. His research interests are nonlinear econometrics, multivariate Markov chains, stochastic processes, financial econometrics, nonlinear time-series, applied economics, and the statistical packages R and Stata. His work has been published in several distinguished journals. Additionally, he is a lecturer of statistics and econometrics courses at NOVA IMS (Information Management School, Nova University of Lisbon) and ISEG (Lisbon School of Economics and Management, University of Lisbon). He is serving as statistical consultant and trainer for numerous private and public organisations including the OECD, the European Commission, and the European Court of Auditors.
BIOGRAPHY: FERNANDO REIS
Name: Fernando Reis
Position: Senior Statistician and Big Data Specialist at Eurostat, European Commission
Fernando Reis is a senior statistician and big data specialist. He is a member of the Eurostat task-force in charge of developing a strategy for
the integration of big data in official statistics at EU level. Mr. Reis is involved in the
discussion of strategic issues concerning big data and statistical production at European level,
including: methodology, quality, skills, ethics, communication, legislation, big
data policy, and IT infrastructure. He oversees pilot experiments on the use of big
data sources for official statistics and conducts studies
involving mobile phone data and web activity data.
Jorge Mendes
Jorge Mendes
BIOGRAPHY: JORGE MENDES
Name: Jorge Morais Mendes
Position: Assistant Professor and Official Statistics Deputy at Information Management School, NOVA IMS
Jorge Mendes is currently Assistant Professor at Information Management School (NOVA IMS). His research interests range from environmental statistics, biostatistics and survey methodology to quantitative methods for finance and social sciences. He is member of Management Information Centre (MagIC) at NOVA IMS. He was awarded with a bachelor degree in Statistics and Information Management from NOVA University of Lisbon, MSc in Probability and Statistics and PhD in Statistics and Operations Research from University of Lisbon. He is author of several scientific publications both in national and international journals, being invited as referee on a regular basis. At NOVA IMS he has been coordinating several research and development projects. He supervises MSc and PhD students on a regular basis. Often he is invited to be external an examiner in MSc and PhD exams in other institutions. He is a member of Portuguese Statistical Society.
BIOGRAPHY: PEDRO COELHO
Name: Pedro Simões Coelho
Position: Full Professor and President of the Scientific Board of the NOVA IMS
Pedro Coelho is presently Full Professor and President of the Scientific Board of the NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS), and is a member of the board of the European Master of Official Statistics (EMOS). Dr. Coelho has a Post-Doctoral degree in Statistics (NOVA University), PhD in Statistics (NOVA University), MSc in Statistics and Information Management and a graduation in Systems Engineering. He has lectured in around 30 graduate and undergraduate courses, including Structural Equation Modeling, Research Methodologies, Sampling, Survey Methodology, Marketing Research, Data Collection Methodologies and Data Analysis. The author of around 200 statistical studies and projects, Dr. Coelho has consulted at the highest level for the European Commission, Eurostat, the Portuguese Statistical Office, the Portuguese Central Bank and several National Statistical Offices around the world.
Trainers
Trainers
BIOGRAPHY: FERNANDO BACAO
Name: Fernando Bação
Position: Director of the PhD Programme in Statistics and Information Management, NOVA IMS
Fernando Bação is an Associate Professor at NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS). He holds a PhD in Information Management from Universidade NOVA de Lisboa and currently holds the positions of President of the Pedagogical Council and Director of the PhD Programme in Statistics and Information Management. In his professional career he has published more than six dozen scientific articles in national and international journals and conferences, and received awards for the quality of his work. The research he develops focuses on the topics of information management, business analytics, decision support systems and management of information systems.
BIOGRAPHY: PEDRO CABRAL
Name: Pedro da Costa Brito Cabral
Position: Associate Professor at NOVA Information Management School
Pedro Cabral is Associate Professor at NOVA IMS. He holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics and Social Sciences from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris, France. He was a Post-Doctoral Researcher at UMR AMURE, in Brest, where he worked in marine and terrestrial ecosystem services. His research interests include Ecosystem Services and Geographical Information Systems. He has published in several noteworthy academic journals across several fields, including: Ecosystem Services; Marine Policy; Land Use Policy; Journal of Urban Planning and Development (ASCE); Computers; Environment and Urban Systems; Environmental Development; Natural Hazards; and International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. He has been the Associate Editor of the Journal of Urban Planning and Development (ASCE) since 2011. Professor Cabral has reviewed more than 80 papers for about 30 journals, and is currently leading projects on Ecosystem Services and open educational contents related to applied geomatics to social and environmental issues.
BIOGRAPHY: MARCO PAINHO
Name: Marco Octávio Trindade Painho
Position: Full Professor of NOVA Information Management School
Marco Painho is currently Full Professor of NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS). He is responsible for coordinating the Master of Science Programme in Geospatial Technologies (Eramus Mundus) and the Master in Geographic Information Systems and Science. His research interests include Geographic Information Systems, Natural Resource Information Systems, Information Integration, Crowed Sourced Geospatial Information, Spatial Analysis, GIS Education and Information Infrastructures. Professor Painho holds a Bachelor Degree in Environmental Engineering from the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, a Master of Regional Planning (MRP) from the University of Massachussetts, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (Ph.D.) from the University of California. The former Director of NOVS IMS, Professor Painho is the author and editor of over 160 publications, and has coordinated over 80 international research and development projects.
Trainers
Trainers
BIOGRAPHY: FLAVIO PINHEIRO
Name: Flávio Pinheiro
Position: Invited Assistant Professor in Data Science at NOVA IMS
Flávio Pinheiro is an Invited Assistant Professor in Data Science at NOVA IMS (Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Information Management School), having previously been a postdoctoral associate at the Collective Learning group in the MIT Media Lab. His research combines theoretical (computer simulations and mathematical modelling of multi-agent systems) and empirical (data extraction and data analysis) approaches to understand the impact of the network structure of socio-economic systems in their functioning. In particular, his research focuses on: understanding how networks affect the dynamical processes underlying the spreading of information, diseases, opinions and behaviours. Dr. Pinheiro a BSc and MSc in Physics from the University of Lisbon (Portugal) and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Minho (Portugal).
BIOGRAPHY: FERNANDO CASIMIRO
Name: Fernando Simões Casimiro
Position: Freelance Statistical Consultant and Expert in Official Statistics
Fernando Casimiro is an independent statistical consultant with experience of working across multiple domains to help build statistical capacity in developing countries around the world. Previously, Mr. Casimiro held a number of prominent post at INE, the National Statistical Office of Portugal. As a freelancer, Mr. Casimiro has spent a number of years in Angola, working on the planning and assessment of an action plan for the development of statistics. Whilst at INE, Mr.Casimiro was Director and National Coordinator of the Population and Housing Censuses Office. Mr. Casimiro has represented Portugal at several international conferences, working groups and task forces on subjects concerning social and demographic statistics, including the Task Force for the preparation of framework regulation and implementing regulations for the 2011 Census Round within the European Union countries. He has authored and co-authored several papers concerning statistical issues, mainly on population and housing censuses, published by scientific reviews and associated meetings.
BIOGRAPHY: CARLOS DIAS
Name: Carlos Sebastião Alfonso Dias
Position: Senior Statistician at INE, the National Statistics Office of Portugal
Carlos Dias is an Expert in Official Statistics, having spent around 30 years working in various senior positions at INE, the National Statistical Office of Portugal. Mr. Dias is also a well established statistical trainer and consultant, working in close collaboration with NOVA IMS. His current role is Senior Expert in the Census Unit at INE, responsible for national coordination, including: planning, training, supervising, implementation and evaluation reports for real and experimental Census operations. Mr. Dias has worked internationally on a number of statistical technical assistance projects, notably in Africa and the Middle East. He holds a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering, a Master Degree in Information Management and Statistics, and is currently finalising his Doctoral Studies in Information Management at NOVA IMS.
Trainers
Trainers
BIOGRAPHY: DANIEL SANTOS
Name: António Daniel Correia dos Santos
Position: Senior Statistician and Data Scientist, Project Leader at Statistics Portugal
Daniel Santos is a leading specialist in Official Statistics, having worked in several senior positions at Statistical Portugal. After graduating in Economics from the Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Mr. Santos has led work on various key initiatives, including: Input-Output Tables compilation in the Portuguese National Accounts System, methodological support to NA teamwork; compilation of Goods and Services balances; and implementation of the Portuguese National Accounts System. Mr. Santos has been responsible for the coordination of statistical activities across various sectors, including: business and household surveys; consumer price indices; purchasing power parities; national accounts; business cycle indicators; and short-term analysis. A seasoned statistical trainer and consultant, Mr. Santos has provided technical assistance and capacity building support to many statistical organisations across the world, including in: Mercosul and Chile, French Polynesia, Cape Verde, Mozambique, West African Monetary Union countries (WAMU/UEMOA); and the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe.
BIOGRAPHY: MIGUEL NETO
Name: Miguel de Castro Neto
Position: Assistant Professor and Associate Dean at NOVA Information Management School
Miguel de Castro Neto is Assistant Professor and Associate Dean at NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS) where he leads the Association for the Development of NOVA IMS, and directs the Post-Graduate Programme in Smart Cities. He was formerly Secretary of State of Spatial Planning and Nature Conservation in Portuguese Government, and Smart Cities Personality of the Year (Green Business Week 2017/ Fundação AIP). Founder and Vice-President of the Data Science Portuguese Association, Professor Neto is presently President of the Portuguese Engineers Professional Association Agronomy College, coordinator of the Group Cities and Spatial Planning in the think tank Sustainable Growth Platform and President of the Festival Terras Sem Sombra Curators Board. He develops his research and teaching in the field of Business Intelligence and Smart Cities. From his scientific work have resulted, amongst others, articles published in scientific journals such as Computers in Industry, International Journal of Accounting Information, Journal of Global Information Management, International Journal of Electronic Commerce Studies, Industrial Management and Data Systems.
