Ana Margarida Jorge Sousa (6A1C-8BF4-E5F9)

Curriculum Vitae

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

https://algoritmi.uminho.pt/user/ana_jorge_sousa/ (Professional)

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	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	"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.