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Isabela Basto is a Civil Engineer, Master in Environment, Water, and Sewage, and a Ph.D. student from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto with a scholarship granted by the FCT institution. She is also a member of the Earth-Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions research team at CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Center of Marine and Environmental Research. Her studies are related to Water Resources Management and Planning, Hydrological and Hydraulic Modeling. Her current research involves the development and improvement of methodologies for forecasting extreme weather events, focusing on Machine Learning techniques. She also has experience in projects and construction of water supply and sewage systems (2008-2011), construction budgets of Health Centers and Hospitals (2012-2015), and worked as a researcher in the Water Resources Group at the Federal University of Bahia (Brazil) (2015-2020).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
ISABELA DANTAS REIS GONÇALVES BASTO

Citation names

  • Basto, Isabela

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3711-B656-C595

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering
  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
German Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2019 - 2025
Ongoing
 Doctoral Program in Civil Engineering (Doctor)
Major in Hydraulics, Water Resources and Environment
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
" Flood forecasting for regularized river basins using machine-learning techniques" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2016/01/01 - 2018/11/01
Concluded
 Master's Degree in Environment, Water and Sanitation (Master)
Major in Water resources
Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil
"Estudo das regras de defluência do sistema de reservatórios no rio São Francisco e suas consequências para o atendimento às demandas da irrigação e outros" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2005/06/01 - 2010/12/10
Concluded
 Degree in Civil Engineering (Bachelor)
Major in Civil Engineering
Universidade Salvador, Brazil
"Gestão de conflitos gerados pelo uso múltiplo da água: O caso do Rio Verde e a região de Irecê" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/10/01 - 2025/10/01 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
(...)
2015/06/01 - 2019 Researcher (Research) Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia, Brazil
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/10/01 - 2025/10/01 Flood forecasting for regularized river basins using machine-learning techniques
2022.14109.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2015/06/01 - 2017/12/31 AIHA- Avaliação dos Impactos Hidrológicos da Implantação do Hidrograma Ambiental do Baixo Trecho do Rio São Francisco
MCT/FINEP/CT-Hidro 01/2010
Researcher
Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil
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Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Basto, Isabela; MENDES, JULIANA; Maia, Rodrigo Jorge Fonseca de Oliveira. "Study of ML techniques and input variables application for near real-time reservoir outflow forecasting". Paper presented in River Flow 2024, Liverpool, 2024.
    Accepted
  2. Basto, Isabela; MENDES, JULIANA; Maia, Rodrigo Jorge Fonseca de Oliveira. "Flood forecasting using machine learning techniques: application in a section of the Minho river basin". Paper presented in DCE23- Doctoral Congress in Engineering, Porto, 2023.
    Published
  3. Basto, Isabela; Alemi, Mahdi; Maia, Rodrigo Jorge Fonseca de Oliveira. "Simulação Hidrodinâmica de Cheias no Rio Minho, em Monção". Paper presented in 16º Congresso da Água, Lisboa, 2023.
    Published
  4. Da Silva, Kaique dos Anjos; Basto, Isabela; Fontes, Andrea Sousa; Medeiros, Yvonilde Dantas Pinto. "Análise da variação da salinidade a jusante do reservatório de Xingo sob a influência da alteração de vazões defluentes". Paper presented in XXIV-Simpósio Brasileiro de Recursos Hídricos, Belo Horizonte, 2021.
    Published
  5. Da Silva, Kaique dos Anjos; Basto, Isabela; Fontes, Andrea Sousa; Medeiros, Yvonilde Dantas Pinto. "Analysis of the salinity variation downstream of the Xingó reservoir under the influence of outflows alteration". Paper presented in DCE21 - Doctoral Congress in Engineering, Porto, 2021.
    Published
  6. Torres, Cassia Juliana Fernandes; Silva, Rodrigo Saldanha Xavier ; Basto, Isabela; Fontes, Andea Sousa; Ribeiro, Daniel Veras; Medeiros, Yvonilde Dantas Pinto. "Teoria dos nexus como planejamento estratégico para a alocação de água". Paper presented in XXIII SIMPÓSIO BRASILEIRO DE RECURSOS HÍDRICOS, Foz do Iguaçu, 2019.
  7. Basto, Isabela; Torres, Cassia Juliana Fernandes; Fontes, Andrea Sousa; Medeiros, Dantas Pinto Medeiros. "Operação de reservatórios de múltiplos usos com diferentes condições de restrição de vazão defluente". Paper presented in II SIMPÓSIO DA BACIA HIDROGRÁFICA DO RIO SÃO FRANCISCO- Desafios da Ciência para um novo Velho Chico, Aracaju, 2018.
    Published
  8. Basto, Isabela; Torres, Cassia Juliana Fernandes; Brambilla, Micol; Fontes, Andrea Sousa; Medeiros, Yvonilde Dantas Pinto. "Atendimento aos múltiplos usos da água considerando a demanda para a manutenção do ecossistema aquático do baixo curso do rio São Francisco". Paper presented in XXII Simpósio Brasileiro de Recursos Hídricos, Florianópolis, 2017.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Basto, Isabela; MENDES, JULIANA; Maia, Rodrigo Jorge Fonseca de Oliveira. "Flood forecasting for regulated basins with machine learning models: application in a section of the Minho River". Paper presented in the Blue Think Conference: Share Science, Spread Knowledge 2023, 2023.
Journal article
  1. Basto, Isabela Dantas Reis Gonçalves; Fontes, Andrea Sousa; Medeiros, Yvonilde Dantas Pinto. "Effects of an outflow regime adoption of the São Francisco River reservoir system to meet water demands for multiple uses". RBRH 25 (2020): 1-22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2318-0331.252020190110.
    Published • 10.1590/2318-0331.252020190110
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/09/04 Study of ML techniques and input variables application for near real-time reservoir outflow forecasting River Flow 2024
Liverpool John Moores University (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
2023/06/16 Flood forecasting using machine learning techniques: application in a section of the Minho river basin the Blue Think Conference: Share Science, Spread Knowledge 2023
Porto - Portugal
2023/06/16 Flood forecasting using machine learning techniques: application in a section of the Minho river basin DCE23- Doctoral Congress in Engineering
(Porto, Portugal)
2023/03/21 Simulação Hidrodinâmica de Cheias no Rio Minho, em Monção 16º Congresso da Água
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/11/26 Análise da variação da salinidade a jusante do reservatório de Xingó sob a influência da alteração de vazões defluentes XXIV-Simpósio Brasileiro de Recursos Hídricos
ABRH- Associação Brasileira de Recursos Hídricos (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
2021/06/29 Analysis of the salinity variation downstream of the Xingó reservoir under the influence of outflows alteration DCE21 - Doctoral Congress in Engineering
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2018 Operação de reservatórios de múltiplos usos com diferentes condições de restrição de vazão defluente II Simpósio da Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio São Francisco
(Aracaju, Brazil)
2017 Atendimento aos múltiplos usos da água considerando a demanda para a manutenção do ecossistema aquático do baixo curso do rio São Francisco XX Simpósio Brasileiro de Recursos Hídricos
ABRH (Florianópolis, Brazil)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2018 - 2018 8th World Water Forum participation
Congress
 8th World Water Forum
2017 - 2017 13º SILUSBA participation 13º SILUSBA
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016 - 2016 I Simpósio da Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio São Francisco participation
Symposium
 I Simpósio da Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio São Francisco

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2017/06/01 - 2017/12/31 Water Policy, Planning and Management Water Policy, Planning and Management classroom
2017/06/01 - 2017/12/31 Ecohydrology Ecohydrology classroom
2017/01/01 - 2017/05/31 Water Policy, Planning and Management Water Policy, Planning and Management classroom
2016/06/01 - 2016/12/31 Hydrology Hydrology classroom
2016/06/01 - 2016/12/31 Water Policy, Planning and Management Water Policy, Planning and Management classroom