About Me

Hi! Currently, I am finishing my Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, and I am a researcher at the Institute of Telecommunications of Aveiro. My main research interests are data science and machine learning.

Experience

Education

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Key Skills

• I have hands-on experience handling and solving real-world data-related problems from the start to the end.
• My skills include data cleaning, data analysis, data visualization, and data engineering.
• I can use math, statistics, machine learning, or deep learning to tailor my solution to the problem.
• I specialize in solving time-series problems like forecasting, anomaly detection, and imputation.
• I have experience in software development and web development.
• I designed and developed scalable pipelines for various purposes.
• I have worked with relational and non-relational databases.

Skills

Programming	Databases
Data Science Libraries
Streaming, Brokers, and Frameworks	Technologies

Publications

Scientific Publications

Conference

[2023] Safe Roads: Traffic Management and Road Safety Platform for Smart Cities.

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[2023] Exploring bus tracking data to characterize urban traffic congestion.

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Almeida, A., et al. Exploring bus tracking data to characterize urban traffic congestion. Journal of Urban Mobility. Volume 4. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urbmob.2023.100065.

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@article{ALMEIDA2023100065, title = {Exploring bus tracking data to characterize urban traffic congestion}, journal = {Journal of Urban Mobility}, volume = {4}, pages = {100065}, year = {2023}, issn = {2667-0917}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urbmob.2023.100065}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667091723000213}, author = {Ana Almeida and Susana Brás and Susana Sargento and Ilídio Oliveira}, }

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[2023] Time series big data: a survey on data stream frameworks, analysis and algorithms.

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Almeida, A., Brás, S., Sargento, S. et al. Time series big data: a survey on data stream frameworks, analysis and algorithms. J Big Data 10, 83 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40537-023-00760-1

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@article{article, author = {Almeida, Ana and Brás, Susana and Sargento, Susana and Pinto, Filipe}, year = {2023}, month = {05}, pages = {}, title = {Time series big data: a survey on data stream frameworks, analysis and algorithms}, volume = {10}, journal = {Journal of Big Data}, doi = {10.1186/s40537-023-00760-1} }

Conference

[2023] Time Series Imputation in Faulty Systems.

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Almeida, A., Brás, S., Sargento, S., Pinto, F.C. (2023). Time Series Imputation in Faulty Systems. In: Pertusa, A., Gallego, A.J., Sánchez, J.A., Domingues, I. (eds) Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis. IbPRIA 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14062. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36616-1_3

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@InProceedings{10.1007/978-3-031-36616-1_3, author="Almeida, Ana and Br{\'a}s, Susana and Sargento, Susana and Pinto, Filipe Cabral", editor="Pertusa, Antonio and Gallego, Antonio Javier and S{\'a}nchez, Joan Andreu and Domingues, In{\^e}s", title="Time Series Imputation in Faulty Systems", booktitle="Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis", year="2023", publisher="Springer Nature Switzerland", address="Cham", pages="28--39", isbn="978-3-031-36616-1" }

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[2023] Aveiro Tech City Living Lab: A Communication, Sensing, and Computing Platform for City Environments.

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P. Rito et al., "Aveiro Tech City Living Lab: A Communication, Sensing, and Computing Platform for City Environments," in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 10, no. 15, pp. 13489-13510, 1 Aug.1, 2023, doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2023.3262627.

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@ARTICLE{10083171, author={Rito, Pedro and Almeida, Ana and Figueiredo, Andreia and Gomes, Christian and Teixeira, Pedro and Rosmaninho, Rodrigo and Lopes, Rui and Dias, Duarte and Vítor, Gonçalo and Perna, Gonçalo and Silva, Miguel and Senna, Carlos and Raposo, Duarte and Luís, Miguel and Sargento, Susana and Oliveira, Arnaldo and de Carvalho, Nuno Borges}, journal={IEEE Internet of Things Journal}, title={Aveiro Tech City Living Lab: A Communication, Sensing, and Computing Platform for City Environments}, year={2023}, volume={10}, number={15}, pages={13489-13510}, doi={10.1109/JIOT.2023.3262627}}

Conference

[2023] Safe Roads: an Integration between Twitter and City Sensing.

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Henrique Sousa, Pedro Figueiredo, Daniel Francisco, Miguel Monteiro, Renato Dias, Ana Almeida, Pedro Rito, and Susana Sargento. 2023. Safe Roads: an Integration between Twitter and City Sensing. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on the Internet of Things (IoT '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 211–218. https://doi.org/10.1145/3567445.3571110

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@inproceedings{10.1145/3567445.3571110, author = {Sousa, Henrique and Figueiredo, Pedro and Francisco, Daniel and Monteiro, Miguel and Dias, Renato and Almeida, Ana and Rito, Pedro and Sargento, Susana}, title = {Safe Roads: An Integration between Twitter and City Sensing}, year = {2023}, isbn = {9781450396653}, publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3567445.3571110}, doi = {10.1145/3567445.3571110}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on the Internet of Things}, pages = {211–218}, numpages = {8}, keywords = {Video camera, Smart City, Traffic alerts, Twitter API, Road Safety, Radar, Smart Roads, Real Time Traffic}, location = {Delft, Netherlands}, series = {IoT '22} }

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[2022] An evaluation of Deep Learning Methods for Long-Term Forecasting Traffic Flow.

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Ana Almeida, Susana Brás, Ilídio Oliveira, Susana Sargento, Vehicular traffic flow prediction using deployed traffic counters in a city, Future Generation Computer Systems, Volume 128, 2022, Pages 429-442, ISSN 0167-739X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2021.10.022. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167739X21004180)

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@article{ALMEIDA2022429, title = {Vehicular traffic flow prediction using deployed traffic counters in a city}, journal = {Future Generation Computer Systems}, volume = {128}, pages = {429-442}, year = {2022}, issn = {0167-739X}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2021.10.022}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167739X21004180}, author = {Ana Almeida and Susana Brás and Ilídio Oliveira and Susana Sargento}, keywords = {Smart urban mobility, Traffic flow, Forecasting, Deep learning} }

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[2022] Using Bus Tracking Data to Detect Potential Hazard Driving Zones.

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Ana Almeida, Susana Brás, Susana Sargento, and Ilídio Oliveira. 2022. Using Bus Tracking Data to Detect Potential Hazard Driving Zones. In Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis: 10th Iberian Conference, IbPRIA 2022, Aveiro, Portugal, May 4–6, 2022, Proceedings. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 667–679. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04881-4_53

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@inproceedings{10.1007/978-3-031-04881-4_53, author = {Almeida, Ana and Br\'{a}s, Susana and Sargento, Susana and Oliveira, Il\'{\i}dio}, title = {Using Bus Tracking Data To Detect Potential Hazard Driving Zones}, year = {2022}, isbn = {978-3-031-04880-7}, publisher = {Springer-Verlag}, address = {Berlin, Heidelberg}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04881-4_53}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-04881-4_53}, booktitle = {Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis: 10th Iberian Conference, IbPRIA 2022, Aveiro, Portugal, May 4–6, 2022, Proceedings}, pages = {667–679}, numpages = {13}, keywords = {Intelligent Transportation Systems, Smart urban mobility, Hazard driving zones}, location = {Aveiro, Portugal} }

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[2022] Vehicular traffic flow prediction using deployed traffic counters in a city.

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Ana Almeida, Susana Brás, Ilídio Oliveira, Susana Sargento, Vehicular traffic flow prediction using deployed traffic counters in a city, Future Generation Computer Systems, Volume 128, 2022, Pages 429-442, ISSN 0167-739X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2021.10.022. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167739X21004180)

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@article{ALMEIDA2022429, title = {Vehicular traffic flow prediction using deployed traffic counters in a city}, journal = {Future Generation Computer Systems}, volume = {128}, pages = {429-442}, year = {2022}, issn = {0167-739X}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2021.10.022}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167739X21004180}, author = {Ana Almeida and Susana Brás and Ilídio Oliveira and Susana Sargento}, keywords = {Smart urban mobility, Traffic flow, Forecasting, Deep learning}, }

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[2020] NoSQL distributed database for DICOM objects.

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A. Almeida, F. Oliveira, R. Lebre and C. Costa, "NoSQL distributed database for DICOM objects," 2020 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), Seoul, Korea (South), 2020, pp. 1882-1885, doi: 10.1109/BIBM49941.2020.9313430.

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@INPROCEEDINGS{9313430, author={Almeida, Ana and Oliveira, Francisco and Lebre, Rui and Costa, Carlos}, booktitle={2020 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM)}, title={NoSQL distributed database for DICOM objects}, year={2020}, volume={}, number={}, pages={1882-1885}, doi={10.1109/BIBM49941.2020.9313430}}

Projects

[2023] Infinite Journeys

A platform that allows the creation of endless stories using Generative AI (LLMs and image diffusion models).

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[2021] World Data League

Our team placed third in the World Data League competition, where we solved problems related to Smart Cities, such as public transportation, irregular parking, the demand for shared bicycles, and noise pollution.

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