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Lígia Conceição is an experienced professional specializing in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and data analysis. As a Senior ITS Consultant at ARMIS Group, she takes the lead of the C-Roads project Working Group (WG) 4, supporting the implementation of ITS and C-ITS policies in urban environments. Notably, she coordinates the NAPCORE WG2, contributing to the development of National Access Points across Europe for interoperability and harmonization. Additionally, as an Invited Assistant Professor, she shares expertise in road design, transportation engineering and planning. With a background in Civil Engineering (2014) and a Ph.D. in Transport Systems (2020) developed at MIT, TU Delft, and FEUP, her research used AI focused on optimizing transport planning and traffic operations for automated vehicles in urban areas. Lígia is dedicated to driving innovation and sustainable solutions for urban mobility.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ligia Conceicao

Citation names

  • Conceicao, Ligia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7F17-99F0-FC82
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0526-0691

Email addresses

  • ligia@fe.up.pt (Professional)
  • ligia.conceicao@armis.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering - Transport Engineering
  • Engineering and Technology - Other Engineering and Technologies
  • Engineering and Technology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Advanced (C1) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2)
Chinese Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020 - 2020
Concluded
 Formação de Monitores do Projeto FEUP (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 19
2019 - 2020
Concluded
 Competências transversais para a engenharia: formação pedagógica (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 14
2015 - 2020
Concluded
 Sistemas de Transportes (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Optimum road network design for the deployment of automated vehicles in urban areas " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2017/12
Concluded
 TRAIL courses Fall 2017: Theories & Methods (Outros)
Technische Universiteit Delft, Netherlands
2017/12
Concluded
 TRAIL courses Fall 2017: From Horse to Porsche: Innovations in Transport & Logistics (Outros)
Technische Universiteit Delft, Netherlands
2015 - 2016
Concluded
 Competências Transversais: Gestão do Tempo e Organização Pessoal (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 18
2009 - 2014
Concluded
 Engenharia Civil (Mestrado)
Major in Área de especialização: Vias de Comunicação
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Projeto de Autoestradas do México: Comparação com o Caso Português" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
2009
Concluded
 Científico Humanístico de Ciências e Tecnologias (Ensino secundário)
Escola Secundária Morgado Mateus, Portugal
 17
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/11 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial e Ciência de Computadores, Portugal
2022/01 - 2023/11 Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial e Ciência de Computadores, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial e Ciência de Computadores, Portugal
2015 - 2023 Researcher (Research) Centro de Investigação do Território Transportes e Ambiente, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/10 - 2020/03 Researcher (Research) Instituto da Construção, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
2018/02 - 2018/09 Visiting Researcher (Research) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, United States
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, United States
2017/06 - 2017/12 Visiting Researcher (Research) Technische Universiteit Delft, Netherlands
Technische Universiteit Delft Faculteit Civiele Techniek en Geowetenschappen, Netherlands
2014/10/01 - 2015/06/30 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Território Ambiente e Construção, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/10 - 2023/04 Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal
2021/02/01 - 2023/02/28 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2020/09 - 2020/12 Tutor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/04 - Current Consultora ITS - Intelligent Transportation Systems Armis, Sistemas de Informação, Lda., Portugal
2020/07 - 2021/03/31 Consultora Senior de Transportes Optimização e Planeamento de Transportes, Portugal
Optimização e Planeamento de Transportes, Portugal
2014/02/17 - 2014/06/26 Curricular Trainee GEG, Gabinete de Estruturas e Geotecnia Lda. , Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2013/07/15 - 2013/09/20 PEJENE 2013 Summer Trainee Mota-Engil, Engenharia e Construção SA, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/01 - 2022/11 DynamiCITY: Fostering Dynamic Adaptation of Smart Cities to Cope with Crises and Disruptions
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000073
Volunteer / Unfunded
Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial e Ciência de Computadores, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015/10/01 - 2019/09/30 Optimum road network design for the deployment of automated vehicles in urban areas
PD/BD/113760/2015
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015/01 - 2015/06 H2020 MORE-CONNECT project:
UMINHO/BI/101/2015
Research Fellow
Horizon Europe
Concluded
2014/10 - 2014/12 Strategic Project - UI 4047 - 2014
Pest-OE/ECI/UI4047/2014
Science and Technology Management Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/10 - Current NAPCORE (National Access Point Coordination Organisation for Europe)
MOVE/B4/SUB/2020-123/SI2.85223
Researcher
Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport
Ongoing
2020/07 - Current Cooperative Streets (C-Streets)
INEA/CEF/TRAN/M2018/1796634
Researcher
Instituto da Mobilidade e dos Transportes IP, Portugal

Tis.pt Consultores em Transportes Inovação e Sistemas SA, Portugal

Armis, Sistemas de Informação, Lda., Portugal
European Climate Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency
Ongoing
2020/07 - 2023/12 C-ROADS Portugal project
INEA/CEF/TRAN/M2016/13613245
Science and Technology Management Fellow
Instituto da Mobilidade e dos Transportes IP, Portugal

Tis.pt Consultores em Transportes Inovação e Sistemas SA, Portugal

Armis, Sistemas de Informação, Lda., Portugal
European Climate Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency
Concluded
2020/07 - 2023/08 VOXPOP Portuguese Project
UIA04-053
Supervisor
Armis, Sistemas de Informação, Lda., Portugal
 Urban Innovative Actions
Concluded
2020 - 2023 Enhanced Regional EU-ASEAN Dialogue Instrument (E-READI): Dialogue on Intelligent Transport Systems
E-READI
C-ITS Consultant & Research Fellow
Armis, Sistemas de Informação, Lda., Portugal
 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH
Concluded
2020/07 - 2020/12 EU EIP Platform
2014-EU-TM-0317-S
Researcher
Instituto da Mobilidade e dos Transportes IP, Portugal

Tis.pt Consultores em Transportes Inovação e Sistemas SA, Portugal

Armis, Sistemas de Informação, Lda., Portugal
European Climate Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency
Concluded
2019/10 - 2020/03 Eficiência, Produtividade e Impacto Regional dos Sistemas de Infraestruturas de Transportes em Portugal
IST 30/2019
Researcher
Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Research Centre for Territory, Transports and Environment
UID/Multi/04427/2019
Centro de Investigação do Território Transportes e Ambiente, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Eduardo Correa; Conceicao, Ligia; Alvaro Costa. "When Automation Is Not Enough: Combining Technology and Policy to Reduce Traffic Congestion in Florianopolis". Paper presented in Euro Working Group on Transportation (EWGT) 2020 conference, Paphos, 2020.
    In press
  2. Conceicao, Ligia; Rossetti, Rosaldo J. F.. "Multivariate modelling for autonomous vehicles: Research trends in perspective". 2016.
    10.1109/itsc.2016.7795536
Journal article
  1. Lígia Conceição; Gonçalo Homem de Almeida Correia; Bart van Arem; José Pedro Tavares. "The Road Network Design Problem for the Deployment of Automated Vehicles (RNDP-AVs): A Nonlinear Programming Mathematical Model". Infrastructures (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures9010012.
    10.3390/infrastructures9010012
  2. Conceição, Lígia; Montenegro, João; Barradas, Pedro; Soares, Sónia; Bolelli, Alfredo; Tiago, Ricardo. "C-ITS Services in Urban Environments: European State of Practice". Transportation Research Procedia 78 (2024): 273-280. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2024.02.035.
    10.1016/j.trpro.2024.02.035
  3. André M. Carvalho; Paulo Sampaio; Eric Rebentisch; Lígia Conceiç¿ã; N.A. o; Hugh McManus; N.A. Jo¿ã; o Álvaro Carvalho; Pedro Saraiva. "In pursuit of the agile organisation: a review and framework development on assessing organisational agility". International Journal of Agile Systems and Management (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijasm.2024.138846.
    10.1504/ijasm.2024.138846
  4. Cardoso, V.E.M.; Simões, M.L.; Ramos, N.M.M.; Almeida, R.M.S.F.; Almeida, M.; Conceição, L.; Vitor E. M. Cardoso; et al. "Impact of atmospherical stability and intra-hour variation of meteorological data in the variability of building air change rates". Building and Environment 207 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85118756380&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108528
  5. Ligia Conceicao; Jose Pedro Tavares. "Envisioning Transport Policy in a Future With Autonomous Vehicles". IEEE Potentials 40 1 (2021): 38-42. https://doi.org/10.1109/MPOT.2020.2991740.
    10.1109/MPOT.2020.2991740
  6. Conceição, Lígia; Correia, Gonçalo; Tavares, José Pedro. "Automated vehicles (AV) dedicated networks and their effects on the traveling of conventional vehicle drivers". Transportation Research Procedia 52 (2021): 653-660. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2021.01.078.
    10.1016/j.trpro.2021.01.078
  7. Conceicao, Ligia; Conceição, Lígia; Correia, Gonçalo Homem de Almeida; Tavares, José Pedro. "The Reversible Lane Network Design Problem (RL-NDP) for Smart Cities with Automated Traffic". Sustainability (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12031226.
    10.3390/su12031226
  8. Conceicao, Ligia. "A Review of Policies on Geometric Design of Freeways: Portugal and United States of America". U.Porto Journal of Engineering (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.24840/2183-6493_003.001_0002.
    10.24840/2183-6493_003.001_0002
  9. Lígia Conceição; Carlos Rodrigues. "A Comparative Analysis of Freeway Design in Portugal and Mexico". U.Porto Journal of Engineering (2018): https://doi.org/10.24840/2183-6493_002.003_0003.
    10.24840/2183-6493_002.003_0003
  10. Conceicao, Ligia. "The deployment of automated vehicles in urban transport systems: a methodology to design dedicated zones". Transportation Research Procedia (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2017.12.025.
    10.1016/j.trpro.2017.12.025
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Lígia Conceição Pereira. "Optimum road network design for the deployment of automated vehicles in urban areas". PhD, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/127635.
  2. "Projeto de autoestradas do México: comparação com o caso português". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/75368.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/05 Special Interest Session (SIS 2) focused on “The future of mobility data exchange in Europe – ready, set, go! (part 1)”, talk about the “European Access Point idea and Interoperability demonstrators” ITS European Congress Lisbon
ERTICO (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/11 “Interoperability and level of service of National Access Points”, talk about “ The relevance of Alternative Fuels Data in the National Access Points” NAPCORE Mobility Data Days in Paris 2022
French Ministry of Transport - Paris-La Défense (Paris, France)
2022/05/09 "Quando podemos circular num carro "autónomo" em Portugal? Como vai ser?" Pint of Science 2022
School of Science of the University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2022/05 Special Interest Session (SIS 65) “C-ITS city forum: drives and challenges for C-ITS urban deployment”, talk about an “overview of the implementation status of C-ITS harmonized services across the European Cities” 2022 ITS European Congress in Toulouse
ERTICO (Toulouse, France)
2022 Sustainable Mobility Services Congresso de Engenharia de Serviços e Gestão - CESG
University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2020/07/23 The impact of reversible lanes in the main freeway (VCI) of Porto city GITMob - Grupo de Interesse em transportes e mobilidade
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia (Porto, Portugal)
2020/07/16 The Reversible Lane Network Design Problem (RL-NDP) for Smart Cities with Automated Traffic GITMob - Grupo de Interesse em transportes e mobilidade
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia (Porto, Portugal)
2020/07/16 “The Reversible Lane Network Design Problem (RL-NDP) for Smart Cities with Automated Traffic”
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia (Porto, Portugal)
2020/07 “The impact of reversible lanes in the main freeway (VCI) of Porto city” GITMob meeting no.28 - Grupo de Interesse em transportes e mobilidade
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia (Porto, Portugal)
2019/09/30 The future of smart cities with automated vehicles: benefits from reversible lanes in a connected traffic control system MIT Portugal conference 2019
Universidade dos Açores (Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2019/06/06 How transport planning in urban regions shall be addressed to integrate automated vehicles reality: a mixed traffic analysis NECTAR conference, Towards Human Scale Cities - Open and Happy
University of Helsinki (Helsinki, Finland)
2019/05/02 The impact of dedicated roads for automated vehicles in urban transport networks GITMob - Grupo de Interesse em transportes e mobilidade
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia (Porto, Portugal)
2019/01/08 Automated vehicles in urban environments: dedicated roads as a transport planning strategy GET 16th Conference
GET Grupo de Estudos em Transportes (Penela, Portugal)
2018/10/26 The Deployment of Automated Vehicles in Urban Environments: Traffic Strategies in a Safety Perspective 31st ICTCT (International Co-operation on Theories and Concepts in Traffic Safety) Conference
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia (Porto, Portugal)
2018/10/24 Automated Vehicles and the Transport Planning in Urban Environments CITTA 11th Annual Conference on Planning Research: o Espaço Lusófono e o Futuro das Cidades
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia (Porto)
2017/11/13 The Deployment of Automated Vehicles: Dedicated Zones as a Urban Planning Strategy Spanish Young Statisticians and Operational Researchers Meeting (SYSORM) 2017 conference
University of Granada (Granada, Spain)
2017/11/09 The deployment of automated vehicles: a model to design dedicated roadways in urban centers TRAIL PhD Congress 2017
University of Utrecht (Utrecht, Netherlands)
2017/02/21 The Deployment of Automated Vehicles in Urban Transport Systems 14º Encontro do Grupo de Estudos em Transportes
GET - Grupo de Estudos em Transportes (Fátima, Portugal)
2016/11/17 The Deployment of Automated Vehicles in Urban Transport Systems CITTA General Assembly and 1st PhD Student Workshop
Universidade de Coimbra - FCTUC (Coimbra, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/09 - Current Dissertation’s title not yet definitive.
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Informática (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018/10 - Current O impacto dos veículos autónomos nos normativos rodoviários
Co-supervisor
 Ciências de Engenharia, orientação em Engenharia Civil (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/09/20 Combining System Dynamics and Agent based approaches to model Urban Mobility
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Informática
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/02 - 2019/07 Análise dos Impactos dos Veículos Autônomos em Ambientes Urbanos - O caso de Florianópolis
Co-supervisor
 Planeamento e Projecto do Ambiente Urbano (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/06/10 - 2019/06/14 Strategic planning and decision making for entrepreneurial ventures. Sponsored by MIT Portugal, Dava Newman and Douglas Hart.
Workshop
 International Workshop on Innovation (IWI) June 10-14, 2019
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
2019/01/22 - 2019/01/25 Leadership and Cultural Intelligence (CQ) Sponsored by: Harvard University, Dean of Students, Katherine O'Dair
Seminar
 Common Purpose Global Leadership Experience Boston Jan 22-25 2019
Harvard College, United States

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2021/11/12 Urban Transport Evaluation Using Knowledge Extracted from Social Media
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Francisco André Barreiros Murçós (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/10 - 2023/04 Technical Drawing and 3D Modeling Advanced Building Techniques (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal
2021/09 - 2023/02 Territory and Transport Engineering Engenharia Civil (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
2021/02 - 2021/07 Vias de Comunicação 2 Engenharia Civil (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2020/09 - 2021/01 Projecto FEUP Engenharia Civil (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2018/06/10 - 2018/06/10 Portuguese Researchers at MIT International Research, MIT and Portugal cooperation
Distinctions

Award

2021 3rd best Traineeship in the North Region of Portugal 2021¿
Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
2019 2nd Place on the Portuguese National ClimateLaunchpad 2019
Climate-KIC Holding BV, Netherlands

Other distinction

2019 International Workshop on Innovation at MIT - full sponsorship
MIT Portugal Program, Portugal
2019 Common Purpose GLE (Global Leadership Experience) Boston 2019 - full sponsorship (10 places)
Common Purpose, United Kingdom
2017 APDIO conference sponsorship (2 places) - SYSORM 2017 conference
APDIO - Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional, Portugal
2015 MIT Portugal Program PhD Scholarship (10 places)
MIT Portugal Program, Portugal

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal