Assistant Professor of Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP); Head of the Mathematics Division of the Civil Engineering Department of FEUP; Member of CITTA - REsearch Centre for Ferritory, Transports and Environment (FCT - UP/UC).

Degree in Applied Mathematics from Faculty of Science of the University of Porto (1984); PhD in Mathematics, Statistical Speciallization, from Science & Technology Faculty of the New University of Lisbon (2001).

Data Science.

Multivariate data analysis, in particular clustering methods; hierarchical clustering methods; probabilistic methods; comparison of classificatory structures; decision and validation methodologies in classification.

Participation, as a team member, in several research projects; supervisor of 5 master's theses.

Member of the Editorial Commitee Series Classificação e Análise de Dados: Métodos e Aplicações - CLADMAp; President of the Portuguese Association of Classification and Data Analysis (CLAD), between 2010 and 2014; Organization of several national and international scientific events.