Gladys Castillo Jordán Home Page
 

 

    Present Position: Assistant  Professor
    Institution:   Department of Mathematics
    University of Aveiro
    Address:  Campus Universitário de Santiago
    Departamento de Matemática
    3810-193 Aveiro
    Portugal
    Contacts:  Phone:    351-234-370359
    Fax:        351-234-382014
    Office:    11.3.37
    E-mail: 
    gladys@ua.pt

 

 

Teaching                                                                                                                       Top

 


Since 1999 I have taught
some undergraduate and master courses at the

Math Department of the University of Aveiro
:

  Bolonha Master Courses  
 

Data Mining and Machine Learning 2010-2011
2009-2010
2008-2009
2007-2008

Algorithms and Data Structures 2009-2010
2008-2009
2007-2008

   Undergraduate Courses  

 

Numerical Methods 2010-2011
2009-2010
2006-2007

Numerical and Statistical Methods 2010-2011
2008-2009
2002-2003
Statistical Methods 2007-2008

Introduction to Programming in Java 2006-2007

Operational Research and Optimization
Resources On-line: http://www.mat.ua.pt/io  
                            http://www.mat.ua.pt/ioo

2001-2002
2000-2001
1999-2000

Seminar I and II (MAC) 2001-2002
2000-2001

Programming Languages and Environments  2002-2003
2001-2002
2000-2001

Database Modeling 2002-2003
2001-2002
2000-2001

Introduction to Programming in Logic

2000-2001
  Mathematical Programing II 1999-2000
Analysis and Design of Algorithms 1999-2000

   Invited Lectures

Bayesian Networks Classifiers in Data Mining  in the Doctoral Program “Ingeniería del Software e Inteligencia Artificial. Departamento de Lenguajes y Ciencias de la Computación.  Universidad de Málaga,  Junio 2008
 

   Supervision  
     
   MSc Students
 

Sandra Ferrão Lopes, University of Aveiro, MSc in Math & Application, specialization in Computer Science, "Geometric Condensing Techniques for the k-NN classifier" (in portuguese),  v + 100 p. (supervision in collaboration with Antonio Leslie Bajuelos Domínguez) completed in
Jul/2008

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António Dias, University of Aveiro, MSc in Math & Application, specialization in Business and Technological Mathematics: "O problema da p-mediana aplicado ao problema da gestão óptima da diversidade" (in portuguese),  v + 100 p. (supervision in collaboration with Agostinho Agra), completed in Dez/2008 completed in Dez/2008

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Ana Luísa Romão de São Marcos, University of Aveiro, MSc in Math & Application, specialization in Business and Technological Mathematics: "Avaliação de metodologias de pré-processamento de dados de microarrays" (in portuguese),  v + 100 p. (supervision in collaboration with Adelaide Freitas), completed in Dez/2009

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André Alexandre Sebastião Marques, University of Aveiro, MSc in Math & Application, specialization in Computer Science, "Métodos de bi-clustering no problema de selecção de genes (in portuguese),  v + 100 p. (supervision in collaboration with Adelaide Freitas) completed in Dez/2009

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Paulo Batista, University of Aveiro, MSc in Urban and Regional Planning, "Data Mining na identificação de atributos valorativos da habitação" (in portuguese),  v + 100 p. (supervision in collaboration with João Marques Freitas) completed in Dez/2010

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 Research                                                                                              Top  


   Research Area:
 Machine Learning and Data Mining

  Research Interests:
 
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Adaptive Learning Systems  
marcaDevelopment and evaluation of adaptive learning algorithms for data streams in changing environments

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Bayesian Network Classifiers
marcaEvaluation of adaptive Bayesian network classifiers in two applications:
 e-learning: combining expert knowledge with data to model students’ preferences in Learning Objects Repositories
 e-mail foldering: a rich and multi-faceted classification problem with many challenges

marca User Modeling for Adaptive e-learning Systems
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Implementation and evaluation of Bayesian student models in e-learning applications
marca Data Mining
marcaInduction of predictive models for applications in real-state, public-health-service and bioinformatics using data mining techniques with real data
marcaFeature Subset Selection
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Educational data mining
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Statistical Data Analysis and Combinatorial Optimization
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Statistical Classification
marcaMetaheuristic algorithms for combinatorial optimization problems

  Research Positions
 
marca Researcher of the R&D Unit CIDMA (Center of Research and Development in Mathematics and Applications)
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Researcher of the R&D Unit "Centre for Research on Optimization and Control" (CEOC), University of Aveiro (2007-2009)

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Collaborator of the Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support (LIAAD) at the University of Porto (2003-2009)

  Participation in Projects
 
marca CSREA: “Casa Sapo Real State Analytics (JD/UA/INOV), CREN project, partnership between the University of Aveiro, Janela Digital S.A and INOV-INESC Lisboa  (since September 2011)
marca SESAAME: “Sequencias simbólicas: analisis, aprendizaje, mineria y evolución” supported by the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain,   TIN2008-06582-C03-03/TIN  (since September 2008)
marca OPT-SCL: “Optimal Splice Location Project”, CEOC project in partnership with Yazaki Porto Technical Centre (January 2008- January 2010)
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“New Statistical Methodologies for Analysis DNA Microarrays Data”, FCT project (PTDC/MAT/72974/2006) (February 2007-November 2008)

marca Adaptive Learning Systems II” (POSI /EIA  /55340/ 2004), FCT project (January 2004-January 2007)
marca FCT project “Adaptive Learning Systems FCT POSI/SRI/39770/2001) (January 2002 – January 2004)
marca “Geometrix”, University of Aveiro (January 2001- January 2005)
marca “Equamat”, University of Aveiro (January 1999- January 2001)

Other Scientific Affiliations
 
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Member of APPIA (Associação Portuguesa para a Inteligência Artificial) (since 2002)

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Member of CLAD (Associação Portuguesa de Classificação e Análise de Dados) (since 2002)

 

Academic Degrees                                                                                              Top


Ph.D  in Mathematics, 2006
   
Department of Mathematics, University of Aveiro

    Thesis' area: Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning

      Title: Adaptive Learning Algorithms for Bayesian Network Classifier
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M. Sc. in Mathematics, 1986
   
Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics,
    St. Petersburg State University

    Thesis' area: Operational Research

B. Sc. in Mathematics,  1986
   
Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics
    St. Petersburg State University
(with honour)

 

 

Last modified: 18/01/11  
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