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Ana Margarida Sousa is a researcher at the Research Centre ALGORITMI, a research unit of the University of Minho's School of Engineering, as well as a PhD candidate. From October 2022 to February 2023, she completed the curriculum units of the PhD program in Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Minho. In addition, she presented her thesis plan, entitled "Multiclass Prediction Models for Bankruptcy: A Comparative Study in Portugal." She holds an MSc in Industrial Engineering (2021) and a Degree in Applied Statistics (2018), both from the University of Minho. Her research interests focus on developing statistical methods that are useful and easy to use for applications in industry, finance, and economics. In 2019, she was awarded a research grant under the UNU-EGOV project "SmartEGOV: Harnessing EGOV for Smart Governance (Foundations, Methods, Tools)."
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Margarida Jorge Sousa

Citation names

  • Sousa, Ana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
6A1C-8BF4-E5F9

Addresses

  • Av. da Universidade, 4800-058, Guimarães, Braga, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Other Engineering and Technologies
  • Exact Sciences - Mathematics - Statistics and Probability

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2022 - 2025
Ongoing
 Industrial and Systems Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2022 - 2022
Concluded
 Course "Power BI" (Outros)
TecMinho Associação Universidade-Empresa para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2018/09 - 2021/07
Concluded
 Industrial Engineering (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
"Proposed model for determining bankruptcy probability: an empirical application" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16/20
2015/09 - 2018/07
Concluded
 Applied Statistics (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
"Not Applicable" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14/20
2018 - 2018
Concluded
 Course "Statistical Methods: Analysis of Variance - Module 2" (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/03 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/07 - 2023/08 Quality and Innovation Technician dst | Domingos da Silva Teixeira, S.A., Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/06 Professional Internship dst | Domingos da Silva Teixeira, S.A., Portugal
2018/03 - 2018/06 Curricular Internship Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/02 - 2019/06 SmartEGOV: Harnessing EGOV for Smart Governance (Foundations, Methods, Tools)
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000037
Research Fellow
United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Sousa, Ana; Braga, Ana; Cunha, Jorge. "Impact of macroeconomic indicators on bankruptcy prediction models: Case of the Portuguese construction sector". Quantitative Finance and Economics 6 3 (2022): 405-432. http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/qfe.2022018.
    10.3934/qfe.2022018
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Proposed model for determining bankruptcy probability: an empirical application". Master, Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, 2021. https://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/75310/1/Ana_Sousa_DISS_MEI.pdf.