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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Maria José de Almeida e Silva

Citation names

  • Almeida Silva, Maria

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
D012-3FCA-F46B
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9821-0003

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Mathematics - Statistics and Probability

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2017/09/01 - 2022/07/14
Concluded
 Estatística e Processos Estocásticos (Doutoramento)
Major in Estatística
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 Aprovado com distinção
2014/09 - 2016/12
Concluded
 Matemática Aplicada (Mestrado)
Major in Probabilidades e Estatística
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2011/09 - 2014/06
Concluded
 Matemática (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016/05 - 2017/08 Science and Technology Management Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil Departamento de Hidráulica e Ambiente, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/09 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2018/09 - 2021/07 Tutor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2016/05 - 2017/08 iPerdas 2016 project - National initiative for efficient management of water losses
Research Fellow
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil Departamento de Hidráulica e Ambiente, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. A.M.H.; M.G.; L.L.; A.S; J.A.; D.; M.C.; et al. Compendium of examples: good practice in evaluating measurement uncertainty. Zenodo. 2020.
    Published • 10.5281/zenodo.4282094
Conference abstract
  1. M. A. Silva; C. Amado; D. Loureiro. "Combining data clustering and stratified sampling for selecting customer’s location for smart meter installation in drinking water distribution systems". Paper presented in 5th International Conference on Water Economics Statistics and Finance, Porto, 2021.
  2. Almeida Silva, Maria; C. Amado; D. Loureiro; A. S. Ribeiro. "Model-based approach for uncertainty evaluation of time-dependent measurements". Paper presented in ISI - 63th World Statistics Congress, 2021.
  3. A. S. Ribeiro; D. Loureiro; M. C. Almeida; M. G. Cox; J. A. Sousa; Almeida Silva, Maria; L. Martins; R. Brito; A. C. Soares. "Uncertainty evaluation of totalization of flow and volume measurements in water supply systems". Paper presented in Flomeko 2019, 2019.
  4. Almeida Silva, Maria; D. Loureiro; C. Amado; A. S. Ribeiro. "Factors influencing the quality of flow measurements in drinking water systems - lessons learned". Paper presented in Flomeko 2019, 2019.
  5. C. Amado; Almeida Silva, Maria; D. Loureiro. "Clustering and symbolic aggregation for outlier detection in many time series - application to water consumption". Paper presented in Data Science Statistics & Visualization 2018, 2018.
Conference paper
  1. M. Cabral; D. Loureiro; Almeida Silva, Maria; A. Mamade; C. Amado. "An automated approach for flow time-series classification in water distribution systems". Paper presented in Proceedings CCWI 2016, 2016.
Conference poster
  1. Almeida Silva, Maria; C. Amado; D. Loureiro; A. S. Ribeiro. "Modelling of flow time series as an approach to compute its uncertainty". Paper presented in MathMet 2019, 2019.
Journal article
  1. Maria Almeida Silva; Conceição Amado; Dália Loureiro. "Flow time series decomposition to identify non-revenue water components in drinking water distribution systems: A data-driven approach". Water Research (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.123442.
    10.1016/j.watres.2025.123442
  2. Maria Almeida Silva; Conceiçao Amado; Dália Loureiro. "Inferring Demand in Drinking Water Distribution Systems through Stratified Sampling of Billing Data for Smart Meter Installation". Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (2024): https://doi.org/10.1061/JWRMD5.WRENG-6404.
    10.1061/JWRMD5.WRENG-6404
  3. Silva, Maria Almeida; Amado, Conceição; Ribeiro, Álvaro; Loureiro, Dália. "Uncertainty evaluation in time-dependent measurements". Measurement 196 (2022): 111196. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2022.111196.
    Published • 10.1016/j.measurement.2022.111196
  4. A S Ribeiro; M C Almeida; M G Cox; J A Sousa; L Martins; D Loureiro; R Brito; M Silva; A C Soares. "Role of measurement uncertainty in the comparison of average areal rainfall methods". Metrologia 58 4 (2021): 044001-044001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1681-7575/ac0d49.
    10.1088/1681-7575/ac0d49
  5. M.A. Silva; D. Loureiro; C. Amado; F. Arregui. "Analysis of household telemetry consumption data for helping in the assessment of apparent and real losses in water distribution systems". Ingeniería del agua (2021): https://doi.org/10.4995/ia.2021.13641.
    10.4995/ia.2021.13641
  6. Silva, Maria Almeida; Amado, Conceição; Loureiro, Dália. "Propagation of uncertainty in the water balance calculation in urban water supply systems – A new approach based on high-density regions". Measurement 126 (2018): 356-368. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2018.05.061.
    Published • 10.1016/j.measurement.2018.05.061
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/09/01 - 2024/06/30 Análise de dados de caudal para apoio na tomada de decisão em sistemas de distribuição de água
Supervisor
 Engenharia Informática (Degree)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Aplicação de Inteligência Artificial para estudo de prática clínica inovadora
Co-supervisor
 Informática de Gestão (Degree)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Aplicação de Machine Learning para apoio a decisão na gestão hospitalar
Co-supervisor
 Informática de Gestão (Degree)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/10/08 - 2024/10/08 Apresentação do trabalho intitulado "Stratified Sampling of Billing Data and Singular Spectrum Analysis for Smart Meter Installation and Flow Time Series Decomposition in Drinking Water Distribution Systems" na seção "Next Generation: Showcasing Young Portuguese Talent in Statistics and Data Science". International Day of Women in Statistics and Data Science (IDWSDA)

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/12/13 Automatic Diagnosis of Events in Water Consumption Time Series
(Thesis) Arguer
 Rita Soares de Sousa Leite (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2022 Gradient Boosting Algorithms for Pipe Failure Prediction in Water Supply Systems
Thesis Member
 Carolina Francisco Constantino (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2022 Mathematical Modelling and Forecasting of Water Demand
Thesis Member
 Carolina Adriana Messias Ruivo (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2016 Diploma de Mérito Académico
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2015 Bolsa de Mérito
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015 Prémio Emídio Guerreiro
Sociedade Martins Sarmento, Portugal
2015 Bolsa de Excelência
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014 Bolsa de Excelência
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2013 Bolsa de Excelência
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2012 Bolsa de Excelência
Universidade do Minho, Portugal