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`Rita Almeida Ribeiro`

UNINOVA
Computational Intelligence Research Group (CA3)
2829-516 Caparica
PORTUGAL
email: rar@uninova.pt

last update: 07/05/2008

Education

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Teaching

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EDUCATION

PhD, University of Bristol, "Support Logic Programming Applied to Decision Support Systems", U. K. 1993.
Master of Science, Information Systems Technology, George Washington University, Washington D.C., USA, 1988
License (5 year degree), Management and Business Administration, Instituto Superior de Economia, Lisbon, Portugal, 1981.

PAST & PRESENT POSITIONS

Associate Professor at Universidade Nova lisboa, Fac. Sciences & Technology, Dept Electronic and Computer Engineering, since 2007
Coordinator of the research group “Computational Intelligence” of the research center CRI at UNINOVA (www.uninova.pt/ca3 ), since 2003.
Senior Researcher at UNINOVA, research group on Computational Intelligence (CA3), since 2002
Director of R&D at HOLOS since 2005
Associate Professor at Universidade Lusíada, Management Dept, 2001-2002
Assistant Professor at Universidade Nova Lisboa, FCT, Dept. Informatics, 1994-2001.
Assistant Lecturer at Universidade Nova Lisboa, FCT, Dept. Informatics, 1988-94.
Junior Assistant at Universidade Nova Lisboa, FCT, Dept. Informatics, 1984-88.
Systems Analyst, Banco Portugues Atlantico, 1982-84.
Investment Analyst, Ministry of Finance and Planning, 1980-82.
Computer Programmer, Ministry of Finance and Planning, 1975-79.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Courses taught at Universidade Lusíada, Managment dept:

Decision Support Systems at the Master of Management (2002)
Management Information Systems (2001, 2002)
Introduction to Computers (2001,2002)

Courses taught at UNL/FCT, CS Department:

Fuzzy Decision Making at the C.S. Master of Sc.Degree.(1995, 1996)
Applied Fuzzy Logic at the AI Master of Sc. degree, (1997, 1998).
Decision Support Systems (1989-91, 1994-2000)
Quantitative Methods (1999)
Introduction to Computers - lab classes (1994, 1996, 1997).
Computational logic- lab classes (1995, 2000).
Logic Programming - lab classes (1999, 2000)

Management Information Systems (1985, 1986).
Structured Systems Analysis (1984, 1985).

Coordinator of the Master of Science on Computer Science, UNL/FCT , CS department, 1994 - 1995.
Head of the Management Information Systems group. Responsible for coordinating the courses: Structured System Analysis, Project Management, Computer Resources Planning, Management Information Systems and Decision Support Systems, UNL/FCT, CS department, 1988 to 1989.

THESIS SUPERVISION

Bruno Renee Santos (PhD) - (in progress) - Topic: “Fuzzy Modelling of Physical Phenomena for Monitoring Using Learning Algorithms”.
Margarida Gomes (MSc)- (on-going) – Topic: “Optimization of the Number of Membership Functions in Linguisitic Variables from Sensor Data”.
António Rosado (PhD)- (concluded 2006) – Topic: “Intelligent Interfaces for Object-Oriented Databases in a Fuzzy Environment”.
Isabel Lopes Nunes (PhD) - (concluded 2003) - Topic: "Fuzzy Expert System for Ergonomic Workstations".
Tiago Simas (MSc) – (concluded 2002) – Topic: “Voice Recongnition using a Fuzzy Multiple Attribute Method”.
Joao Moura-Pires (PhD) - (concluded 2000) - Topic: "Fuzzy Satisfaction Constraints Problems"
Mario Marques (Msc) - (concluded 1999) – Topic: Fuzzy Decision Support System for Equipment Repairs in Ships, Under Battle Conditions".

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

1. Research interests

Fuzzy Multicriteria Decision Making. New methodologies and applications.
Fuzzy Inference Systems. Automation of FIS construction & new aggregation operators and inference schemes. Monitoring systems.
Fuzzy Optimization. Fuzzy mathematical programming and solving techniques such as genetic algorithms and simulated annealing .
Decision support systems. Decision suport for decision making
Applications of soft computing techniques mainly to financial engineering, space problems, defense, transports and ergonomy.
Applications of fuzzy expert systems and decision support systems, particularly in the Space sector.

2. Research Visits and Activities

Visiting Scientist, MIT, Cambridge, USA (Jan-Feb 1997) and (Feb-July 1998).
Visiting Scholar, University of California - Berkeley, BISC group, USA (Feb-July 1996).
Visiting Fellow at Warwick University, U.K. (2 month/year 1994-1996).
Responsible for the Portuguese active node (university node) in the European Network of Excellence in Uncertainty Techniques Developments for use in Information Technology (ERUDIT), since 1996.
Co-founder of the "Soft Computing and Autonomous Agents" (CA3) research group, Computer Science Dept., Universidade Nova Lisboa, 1997-.
Member of the jury in the competition on "Data Analysis by Intelligent Techniques", promoted by the ERUDIT (European Network of Excellence in Uncertainty Techniques developments for use of Information Technology), 1998.
External examiner in 4 Masters and 1 PhD, at the Portuguese Universities: Fac. Sciences, Inst. Superior Tecnico, ISCTE and ISEG.

3. Consulting and Applied Research

Evaluator of proposals submitted to the European Commission on the topic Security (SP7-SEC-2007-1). 1 week, Brussels, June 2007.
Development of a scoring algorithm for leasing cars. Project for LOCAPOR, group Caixa Geral de Depósitos (Leasing Portuguese company belonging to the bank CGD). The contract was done by TecFinance Ld, 2003.
Vice-Chairman of the Technical Commitee on Finance, Trade and Services of the ERUDIT (European Network of Excellence in Uncertainty Techniques Developments for Use in Information Technology), 1997-98.
Participation on the project on "Fraud Detection in The Insurance Company Bonanca", Portugal, led by TecFinance Lta, 1997.
Co-founder of the company TecFinance Lta, Technologies for Economics and Finance, 1996.
Member of the delegation of specialists in Information Systems Technology visiting Hungary, USSR, Poland and Czechoslovakia. Invited by the Citizen Ambassador Program - People to People International Organization (USA), 1992.
Survey of information system requirements, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Guiné Bissau. Definition and specification of software and hardware requirements. May-June 1990.
Laboratory teaching assistant in the Center of Continuing Education, George Washington University, U.S.A. from 1987 to 1988.

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

Special issue of Autosoft on “Soft Computing in Space Autonomy”, editors: R. A. Ribeiro and E. Tunstel, Vol 14, No 3 (2008)
Special number of the European Journal of Operational Research “ Decision Support Systems: Current Research”. Vol 145 (2), March 1. Editors: R. A. Ribeiro, A. J. Rodrigues, P. Zaraté (2003).
Member of the editorial advisory board of Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems 1999-2003.
Book editor “Soft Computing in Financial Engineering”, Series on Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing. Physica-Verlag. Editors: R. A. Ribeiro, R. Yager, H-J Zimmermann, J. Kacprzyk. (1999).
Member of the international program committee at : Int. conference on creativity and innovation in decision making and decision support, CIDMDS 2006, London 2006; 15^th Mini-Euro conference on Managing Uncertainty in Decision Support Models, MUDSM2004, Coimbra, Portugal; Workshop on Data and Knowledge Engineering, EUROFUSE2004, Warsaw, Poland; 5^th Int. conference on Optimization, OPTIMIZATION2004, Lisbon, Portugal; 11th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED2003, Rhodes, Greece; 10th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED2002, Lisbon, Portugal; 4^th International Optimization Conference, OPTIMIZATION2001, Aveiro, Portugal, 2001; Workshop on Preference Modelling and Applications, EUROFUSE2001, Granada, Spain; National Conference on Operational Research, IO´2000 (Investigação Operacional 2000), em Setúbal, Portugal, 2000; EUFIT´99 (7^th European Congress on Intelligent techniques and Soft Computing), em Aachen, Alemanha, 1999.
Reviewer of articles for the journals: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics; International Journal of Information Sciences (JIS); International Journal of Fuzzy Sets and Systems; Int. Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-Based Systems (IJUFKBS); European Journal of Operations Research (EJOR); Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems (JIFS); Fuzzy Sets and Systems (FSS); Decision Support Systems (DSS); International Journal of Microcomputers in Civil Engineering; Journal of Decision Systems (JDS); Revista Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional (APDIO).
Review of articles for conferences: MUDSM 2004;MED´03; MED´02; IPMU04, IPMU´98, EUFIT´98, EUFIT´99, WAC2006; WAC´96, WAC´98, EUROFUSE 06, EUROFUSE ´01, OPTIMIZATION´01.
Organization of special sessions at the conferences: World Automation and Control, WAC´96, France, WAC´2000, Havaii.

AWARDS AND HONOURS :

'Walton Smith Memorial Award' for Outstanding Performance in the Information Systems Technology Field, Washington D.C. 1988.
´Honorific mention' - Descartes Prize for the work "Sistemas de Apoio à Decisão para Avaliação de Concursos Públicos de Aquisição de Bens e Serviços"- Instituto National Informatica, Ministry of Finance. Portugal 1996.

RESEARCH PROJECTS:

Financed by ESA (European Space Agency):

Coordinator of the project: “MODI: Fuzzy Monitoring and Diagnostic for Rover drill of ExoMars” ESA/ESTEC. Consortium: UNINOVA, DEIMOS Eng. (PT), Galileo Avionica (IT). Description: Development of a fuzzy monitoring and diagnosis tool for a Drill and Sampling System for rover in the Aurora mission (based on the Rosetta mission). It includes na automatic learning module (2005-2007).
Coordinator of the project: “ASSD: Aspect-OrientedSoftware engineering” ESA/ESTEC Consortium: UNINOVA, FFCT (PT), EADS (FR), DEIMOS (PT). Description: Assessment of benefits of using Aspect-Oriented methodologies in software early requirements phase. Case study SEIS, SESS (2006-2007).
Coordinator of the project “NOMDIS: New Operators for Monitoring and Diagnostic Intelligent Systems”- ESA/ESOC. Consortium: UNINOVA, Unv. Trento (IT), VEGA (DE). Description: Study of the integration of Choquet integrals as aggregation method for monitoring and aiagnostic problems based on fuzzy rule-based systems (2005-2006).
Responsible for the UNINOVA partnership in the project “CERTAIN - CryoSat Event Reporting Tool for Analysis and Investigation”. Consortium: HOLOS (PT), UNINOVA (PT) Description: Development of a flexible reporting tool to provide the CryoSat Flight Control Team with status summary reports for the mission, describing events, performance and the S/C status during non-manned periods. Further, it will provide, when available, diagnosis evaluations of the inference result as well as remote alarms notification (via e-mail, SMS) to an on-call operator (2005-2007).
Co-responsible for the UNINOVA Partnership in the project “SESS: Space Environment Support System”- ESA/ESTEC Consortium: DEIMOS Space (SP), INTA (SP), UNINOVA. Description: Integration of Space Weather and Effects data, providing Telecom and Navigation Mission operators, project teams and development engineers a complete operational prototype capable of supplying, in a structured manner, information on the space environment and its effects on the spacecraft (2005-2007).
Coordinator of the project: "SEIS Space Environment Information System" – ESOC/ESA. Consortium: UNINOVA and DEIMOS (SP). Construction of a datawarehouse integrationg Space Weather information, S/C orbital positions and telemetry data. The system will include a monitoring module, a reporting analysis tool and a meta-data repository. (2003-2005).
Responsible for the UNINOVA Partnership in the project: “Earth Observation domain-specific Knowledge Enabled Services” (EO-KES)” – ESPRIN/ESA..Consortium: GTD (Spain), UNINOVA. The project will use knowledge-based technologies and an ontology to automate some of the EO domain operations, thus providing EO Knowledge Enabled Services through powerful, customized, and adaptive search capabilities. (2002-2004).
Coordinator of the project “Fuzzy Data Discovery Tool (FDDT)” – ESTEC/ESA- AURORA Programme. Code: AO/1-4141/02/NL/LvH. Consortium: UNINOVA, GTD (Spain). This project consisted of a theoretical study to define a road map from now up to 2030 of the knowledge enabled technologies applicable in the Aurora Programme scope, which aims to send man to Mars. (2002).
Co-responsable for the UNINOVA Partnership in the project “INTELMOD Test-Bed for Failure and Anomaly Diagnostic Support”- ESOC/ESA -Code: CESADS_PROP_001_1-0. Consortium: GTD (Spain), UNINOVA. The specific objective of the project is to build a test-bed prototype to monitor/diagnose the ground-stations in real-time accessing the Station Computer and the Station Automated Test Tool located at ESOC. (2001-2003).
Co-responsable for the UNINOVA Partnership in the project: “Fuzzy Logic for Mission Control Processes”- ESOC/ESA. Consortium: GTD (Spain), UNINOVA. Demonstration of the advantages/limitations of soft-computing techniques (Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms) in mission control operations. Prototypes developed: Envisat Gyros Health Monitoring System, Solar Array Performance Degradation, and Smart-1 Ion Thruster Diagnosis. (2001-2002).

Financed by the European Union:

Responsable for the partner HOLOS in the project “AMPLE- Aspect-Oriented, Model-drive, Product Line Engineering”. IST 2005-2.5.5 Software and Services, financed by the EU, VI program (Strep project). Other partners: Univ. Lancaster, Uni. Nova Lisboa, Darmstadt Univ., Ecol. Mines Nantes, Univ. Twente, Univ. Malaga, SAP, Siemens. (2006-2009)
Co-coordinator of the Portuguese team on the European Union V Framework project: “EEII” (Evolution and Ecology of Interacting Infohabitants). Other partners: Imperial College (U.K.), Eindoven Univ. (Netherlands) 2000-2003.
Co-coordinator of the Portuguese team on the project “EMOLITE” (Evaluation Model for the Optimal Location of Intermodal Terminals in Europe”. Financed by the EU. Other partners: Univ Libre Bruxelles (Belgium) and Naval School (Greece). 1996-1999.
Coordinator of the Portuguese team on the project “Assymetries of the Czeck Stock Exchange Market”. Financed by the EU program PHARE-ACE. Other partners: Denmark, Academy of Sciences (Czeck Republic). 1996-98.

National Funded projects:

Responsable for the UNINOVA partnership in project “GAIA-National participation in the Data Porcessing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC)”. Financed by FCT, contract: PCDTE/CTE-AST/81711/2006 (2006-2009).
Partner in the project: “COSIS- Coimbra Observatory Solar Information System”. Financed by the FCT, contract: POCTI/CTE- AST/58333. (2005-2007)
Coordinator of the research project “SAFDM-Simulated Annealing and Fuzzy Decision Making”. Code: PBIC/C/TIT/2486/95. Financed by JNICT, PRAXIS program, Portugal. (1995-1998).

Other:

Coordinator of the research project “IMPACTED- Intelligent Mathematical Processing for Autonomous and Consistent Trajectory Elaboration and Decision”, financed by ASTRIUM-EADS Space Transportation (2007-8).

PERSONAL DATA:

Member of the associations: IEEE, ACM, EWG-DSS.
Languages skills by decreasing order: Portuguese, English, French and Spanish.

Education	Positions	Teaching	Profess.Activities	Publications	Talks
Thesis Supervision	Editorial Activities	Awards& Honours		Projects	PersonalData