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Virginie Felizardo is currently a Guest Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at Universidade da Beira Interior (Portugal). She graduated in Biomedical Sciences, in 2010, received an M.Sc. in Electrotechnical Engineering - Bionic Systems (UBI, Covilhã, Portugal) and, in 2023, received a PhD in Computer Science. She is currently an integrated member of the Instituto de Telecomunicações and a consultant at Dynasys- Engenharia e Telecomunicações, S.A., where she also serves as a scientific advisor to PhD students. Her research interests include sensors for biomedical applications, biomedical instrumentation, health monitoring, medical signal acquisition, analysis and processing, Ambient Assisted Living, predictive algorithms, and machine learning.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Virginie dos Santos Felizardo

Citation names

  • Felizardo, V.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
F012-358A-0A69
ORCID iD
0000-0001-6874-3263

Email addresses

  • vfelizar@ubi.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
French (Mother tongue)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/02/08
Concluded
 Engenharia Informática (Doutoramento)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2008/09/01 - 2010/11/30
Concluded
 Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores (Mestrado)
Major in Sistemas Biónicos
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
 16
2005/09/01 - 2008/06/30
Concluded
 Ciências Biomédicas (Licenciatura)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
 14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/11/16 - Current Researcher (Research) Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
2011/01/01 - 2018/05/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/10/09 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Informática, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Institute of Telecommunications
LA/P/0109/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0109/2020
UID/EEA/50008/2019
Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Instituto de Telecomunicações
UIDB/EEA/50008/2020
Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Machine learning approaches to automated medical decision support systems. 2016.
    10.4018/978-1-5225-1759-7.ch066
  2. Artificial neural learning based on big data process for eHealth applications. 2015.
    10.4018/978-1-4666-8147-7.ch014
  3. E-health: Current status and future trends. 2014.
    10.4018/978-1-4666-7266-6.ch016
  4. Machine learning approaches to automated medical decision support systems. 2014.
    10.4018/978-1-4666-7258-1.ch006
  5. Energy-harvesting methods for medical devices. 2014.
    10.1142/9789814525466_0011
Book chapter
  1. Mehran Pourvahab; Seyed Jalaleddin Mousavirad; Farzaneh Lashgari; Anilson Monteiro; Kamran Shafafi; Virginie Felizardo; Sebastião Pais. "PEL: Population-Enhanced Learning Classification for ECG Signal Analysis". 2025.
    10.1007/978-3-031-78440-8_18
  2. Henriques Zacarias; Virginie Felizardo; Leonice Souza-Pereira; André Pinho; Susana Ramos; Mehran Pourvahab; Nuno Garcia; Nuno Pombo. "Gender Classification Using nonstandard ECG Signals - A Conceptual Framework of Implementation". 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-28663-6_9
  3. Garcia, N.M.; Sousa, P.; Felizardo, V.. "Ambient assisted living-from technology to intervention". 1-4. 2015.
  4. Sousa, P. S.; Sabugueiro, D.; Felizardo, V.; Couto, R.; Pires, I.; Garcia, N. M.. "mHealth Sensors and Applications for Personal Aid". In Springer Series in Bio-/Neuroinformatics, 265-281. Springer International Publishing, 2015.
    10.1007/978-3-319-12817-7_12
  5. Gaspar, Pedro Dinis; Felizardo, Virginie; Garcia, Nuno M.; Gaspar, P.D.; Felizardo, V.; Garcia, N.M.. "A Review of Monitoring and Assisted Therapeutic Technology for AAL Applications". Taylor and Francis/CRC Press, 2015.
    10.1201/b18520-6
  6. Gaspar, Pedro Dinis; Felizardo, Virginie; Garcia, Nuno M.. "A Review of Monitoring and Assisted Therapeutic Technology for AAL Applications". Taylor and Francis/CRC Press, 2015.
    10.1201/b18520-6
  7. Gaspar, Pedro Dinis; Felizardo, Virginie; Garcia, Nuno M.. "Energy Harvesting Methods for Medical Devices". World Scientific Publishing Company, 2014.
    10.1142/9789814525466_0011
  8. Felizardo, Virginie; Gaspar, Pedro Dinis; Garcia, Nuno M.; Reis, VM. "Acquisition of multiple physiological parameters during physical exercise". IGI Global, 2011.
    10.4018/978-1-4666-2794-9.ch006
Conference paper
  1. Ferreira, Beatriz; Felizardo, Virginie; Garcia, Nuno; Pourvahab, Mehran; Zacarias, Henriques; Pereira, Leonice. "Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale Rest Tremor Score Estimation Using the Fundamental Frequency". 2025.
    10.5220/0013364500003938
  2. Pirbhulal, S.; Pombo, N.; Felizardo, V.; Garcia, N.; Sodhro, A.H.; Mukhopadhyay, S.C.. "Towards machine learning enabled security framework for iot-based healthcare". 2019.
    10.1109/ICST46873.2019.9047745
  3. "Limitations of energy expenditure calculation based on a mobile phone accelerometer". 2017.
    10.1109/HPCS.2017.29
  4. "Elderly mobility analysis during Timed Up and Go test using biosignals". 2016.
    10.1145/3019943.3019978
  5. "Contribution of biosignals for emotional analysis on image perception". 2016.
    10.1049/ic.2016.0051
  6. "Electrocardiography, electromyography, and accelerometry signals collected with BITalino while swimming: Device assembly and preliminary results". 2016.
    10.1109/ICCP.2016.7737119
  7. "Metabolic care: A hardware and software platform to monitor and assess diabetic foot condition". 2015.
    10.1109/HealthCom.2014.7001867
  8. "Big data reduction using RBFNN: A predictive model for ECG waveform for eHealth platform integration". 2015.
    10.1109/HealthCom.2014.7001815
  9. "TICE.Healthy: A perspective on medical information integration". 2014.
    10.1109/BHI.2014.6864403
  10. Gaspar, Pedro Dinis; Felizardo, V.; Domingues, C.; Almeida, C.; Paiva, Teresa; Pereira, C. D.; Pinheiro, R.. "Levantamento da oferta formativa e das entidades formadoras para o sector agro-industrial no território da Beira Interior". Paper presented in International Congress on Safety and Labour Market (ICSLM 2013), Covilhã, 2013.
    Published
  11. Yudina, Elena; Konovalov, Sergey; Gaspar, Pedro Dinis; Felizardo, V.; Domingues, C.; Almeida, C.; Paiva, Teresa; Pereira, C.D.; Pinheiro, R.. "Levantamento das necessidades formativas no sector agro-industrial". Paper presented in International Congress on Safety and Labour Market (ICSLM 2013), Covilhã, 2013.
    Published • 10.2991/assehr.k.200113.219
  12. Paiva, Teresa; Gaspar, Pedro Dinis; Felizardo, V.; Domingues, C.; Almedia, C.; Pereira, C. D.; Pinheiro, R.. "Estratégia formativa para o sector agro-industrial". 2013.
    Published
  13. Gaspar, Pedro Dinis; Felizardo, V.; Domingues, C.; Almeida, C.; Paiva, Teresa; Pereira, C. D.; Pinheiro, R.. "Levantamento da oferta formativa e das entidades formadoras para o sector agro-industrial em Portugal". Paper presented in International Congress on Safety and Labour Market (ICSLM 2013), Covilhã, 2013.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Xavier, Daniela; Felizardo, Virginie; Ferreira, Beatriz; Zacarias, Henriques; Pourvahab, Mehran; Souza-Pereira, Leonice; Garcia, Nuno M.. "Voice analysis in Parkinson’s disease - a systematic literature review". Artificial Intelligence in Medicine 163 (2025): 103109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artmed.2025.103109.
    10.1016/j.artmed.2025.103109
  2. Pourvahab, Mehran; Mousavirad, Seyed Jalaleddin; Felizardo, Virginie; Pombo, Nuno; Zacarias, Henriques; Mohammadigheymasi, Hamzeh; Pais, Sebastião; Jafari, Seyed Nooreddin; Garcia, Nuno M.. "A cluster-based opposition differential evolution algorithm boosted by a local search for ECG signal classification". Journal of Computational Science 86 (2025): 102541. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocs.2025.102541.
    10.1016/j.jocs.2025.102541
  3. Henriques Zacarias; João Alexandre Lôbo Marques; Virginie Felizardo; Mehran Pourvahab; Nuno M. Garcia. "ECG Forecasting System Based on Long Short-Term Memory". Bioengineering (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering11010089.
    10.3390/bioengineering11010089
  4. Virginie Felizardo; Nuno M. Garcia; Imen Megdiche; Nuno Pombo; Miguel Sousa; František Babic. "Hypoglycaemia prediction using information fusion and classifiers consensus". Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2023.106194.
    10.1016/j.engappai.2023.106194
  5. Virginie Felizardo; Diogo Machado; Nuno M. Garcia; Nuno Pombo; Pedro Brandao. "Hypoglycaemia Prediction Models With Auto Explanation". IEEE Access (2022): https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3117340.
    10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3117340
  6. Igor Matias; Nuno Garcia; Sandeep Pirbhulal; Virginie Felizardo; Nuno Pombo; Henriques Zacarias; Miguel Sousa; Eftim Zdravevski. "Prediction of Atrial Fibrillation using artificial intelligence on Electrocardiograms: A systematic review". Computer Science Review (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosrev.2020.100334.
    10.1016/j.cosrev.2020.100334
  7. Souza-Pereira, L.; Pombo, N.; Ouhbi, S.; Felizardo, V.; Garcia, N.. "Clinical decision support systems for chronic diseases: A Systematic literature review". Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 195 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85085524486&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cmpb.2020.105565
  8. Merilampi, S.; Koivisto, A.; Leino, M.; Pombo, N.; Felizardo, V.; Lu, J.; Poberznik, A.; Virkki, J.. "Implementing mobile games into care services-Service models for finnish and Chinese elderly care". Information (Switzerland) 10 2 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85063774147&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/info10020055
  9. Merilampi, Sari; Koivisto, Antti; Leino, Mirka; Pombo, Nuno; Felizardo, Virginie; Lu, Jue; Poberznik, Anja; Virkki, Johanna. "Implementing Mobile Games into Care Services - Service Models for Finnish and Chinese Elderly Care". (2019): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/9601.
    10.3390/info10020055
  10. Pires, I.M.; Felizardo, V.; Pombo, N.; Drobics, M.; Garcia, N.M.; Flórez-Revuelta, F.; Pires, Ivan; et al. "Validation of a method for the estimation of energy expenditure during physical activity using a mobile device accelerometer". Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments 10 4 (2018): 315-326. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85051854766&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3233/AIS-180494
  11. Pires, Ivan; Felizardo, Virginie; Pombo, Nuno; Drobics, Mario; Garcia, Nuno M.; Flórez-Revuelta, Francisco. "Validation of a method for the estimation of energy expenditure during physical activity using a mobile device accelerometer". (2018): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/8261.
    10.3233/AIS-180494
  12. "Metabolic.Care: A novel solution based on a thermography for detection of diabetic foot". Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 476 (2016): 113-119. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84976483689&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-319-40114-0_13&partnerID=40&md5=5003736307619d01953ccd7c036a841f.
    10.1007/978-3-319-40114-0_13
  13. "TICE.healthy: Integration of ICT solutions for "health and quality of life" [TICE.healthy: Integração de soluções TIC para a "saúde e qualidade de vida"]". RISTI - Revista Iberica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informacao 14 (2015): 17-32. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85034751790&doi=10.17013%2fristi.14.17-32&partnerID=40&md5=08bfcc4425d3e115d92af09beef57a6e.
    10.17013/risti.14.17-32
  14. "A review of thermal methods and technologies for diabetic foot assessment". Expert Review of Medical Devices 12 4 (2015): 439-448. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84931827152&doi=10.1586%2f17434440.2015.1032251&partnerID=40&md5=e22b4e65a863ef0b199c368d2747f9a3.
    10.1586/17434440.2015.1032251
  15. Felizardo,Virginie; Sousa,Paula; Oliveira,Daniel; Alexandre,Celina; Garcia,Nuno C.; Garcia,Nuno M.. "TICE.Healthy: Integração de soluções TIC para a "Saúde e Qualidade de Vida"". (2014): http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1646-98952014000400003.
  16. Paiva, Teresa; Gaspar, Pedro Dinis; Felizardo, Virginie; Domingues, C.; Almedia, C.; Pereira, C. D.; Pinheiro, R.. "Estratégia formativa para o sector agro-industrial". (2013): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/7328.
  17. Gaspar, Pedro Dinis; Felizardo, Virginie; Domingues, C.; Almeida, C.; Paiva, Teresa; Pereira, C.D.; Pinheiro, R.. "Levantamento das necessidades formativas no sector agro-industrial". (2013): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/7331.
  18. Gaspar, Pedro Dinis; Felizardo, Virginie; Domingues, C.; Almeida, Celestino; Paiva, Teresa; Pereira, Carlos D.; Pinheiro, Rita. "Formação aplicada ao sector agroindustrial". (2013): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/7334.
  19. Gaspar, Pedro Dinis; Felizardo, Virginie; Domingues, C.; Almeida, C.; Paiva, Teresa; Pereira, C. D.; Pinheiro, R.. "Levantamento da oferta formativa e das entidades formadoras para o sector agro-industrial em Portugal". (2013): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/7329.
  20. Gaspar, Pedro Dinis; Felizardo, Virginie; Domingues, C.; Almeida, C.; Paiva, Teresa; Pereira, C. D.; Pinheiro, R.. "Levantamento da oferta formativa e das entidades formadoras para o sector agro-industrial no território da Beira Interior". (2013): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/7330.
  21. "Acquisition of multiple physiological parameters during physical exercise". International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications 2 4 (2011): 37-49. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84872982276&doi=10.4018%2fjehmc.2011100103&partnerID=40&md5=b2a87f018e070a2ade8cb211545c867f.
    10.4018/jehmc.2011100103
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Ferreira, Beatriz dos Reis Lopo. "Parkinson’s Disease Tremor Assessment Using Inertial Sensors". Master, 2024. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/14664.
  2. Xavier, Daniela Borges. "Speech and voice assessment in Parkinson’s disease". Master, 2024. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/14665.
  3. Salvador, Carolina Duarte. "Epileptic seizure prediction using machine learning techniques". Master, 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/13643.
  4. Daniel, Lisana Moniz de Sousa. "Validation of LoggerOne system’s 5-lead ECG". Master, 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/13884.
  5. Felizardo, Virginie dos Santos. "Context-aware algorithms for Diabetes or Prediabetes prediction and diagnosis support in Ambient Assisted Living". PhD, 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/13281.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2025 - Current Identificação de padrões clínicos ligados à síndrome metabólica e desenvolvimento de um modelo explicável para apoio à decisão laboratorial
Co-supervisor
 Bioengenharia (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2025 - Current Biomimicry of the muscular skeletal structure, based on a hierarchical multilayer structure, for prosthetic functioning
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Mecânica (PhD)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2025 - Current A multimodal, predictable, and interpretable approach for cardiovascular risk assessment
Co-supervisor
 Biomedicina (PhD)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2024 - Current Hypoglycemia risk prediction and relationships with sleep from wearable data
Supervisor
 Ciências Biomédicas (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2024 - Current Data, algorithms, and platforms for management of sleep disorders at home
Co-supervisor
 Informática (doutoramento) (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2024 - Current Wearable Device Based Multi-Symptom Assessment for Parkinson's Disease Diagnosis and Monitoring
Co-supervisor
 Informática (doutoramento) (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2024 - 2026/03 Estudo da relação entre índices de conforto térmico e parâmetros eletrofisiológicos
Co-supervisor
 Ciências Biomédicas (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2023 - 2024/07 Voice assessment in Parkinson Disease
Supervisor
 Bioengenharia (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022 - 2024/03 Tremor Assessment using inertial sensors
Co-supervisor
 Bioengenharia (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022 - 2023/11 Validation of LoggerOne system's 5-lead ECG
Co-supervisor
 Bioengenharia (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2022 - 2023/07 Epileptic seizure prediction using machine learning techniques
Co-supervisor
 Bioengenharia (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2026/02 BioSoundScape: Sonificação de Biossinais
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Carolina Margarido (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2026/02 A smartphone application for ecological measurement of the TUG Test
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Guilherme Silva (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2026/01 Psychophysiological Effects of Guided Imagery Based Intervention on Elementary School Children
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Catarina Lima (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2025/11 Aplicação de métodos de classificação do fotótipo da pele ao planeamento de terapias de dor por fotobiomodulação na região orofacial
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Alice Cassemiro (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2025/09 Detection of Pre-Syncope States in Space Medicine: analysis of physiological data for automatization and standardization of procedure
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Alexandre Pinto (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2024/12 Computing Velocity, Force and Power in Strength Exercises Using a Wearable Device and a Sport Performance Monitoring Machine (MYO-QUALITY)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 António Lopes (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2024/07 Speech and voice assessment in Parkinson’s disease
Supervisor
 Daniela Xavier (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2024/03 Tremor Assessment using inertial sensors
Supervisor
 Beatriz Ferreira (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2024/02 Machine Learning Algorithm for the prediction of the direction of growth of Macular Neovascularization
(Thesis) Main arguer
 João Santos (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2024/02 A machine learning powered assessment of Parkinson's disease motor symptoms based on three-dimensional-camera data
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Madalena Pereira (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/11 Validation of LoggerOne system's 5-lead ECG
Supervisor
 Lisana Daniel (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2023/07/07 Evaluation of Blood Glucose Level Control in Type 1 Diabetic Patients Using Online and Offline Reinforcement Learning
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Phuwadol Viroonluecha (PhD)
Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT) , Spain
2023/07 Memory functional connectivity study in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Nivaldo Pereira (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/03/08 - Current Consultor de I&D no domínio de bioengenharia e engenharia biomédica Dynasys - Engenharia e Telecomunicações, S.A, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2025 Robalo Cordeiro Award 2025 (partnership between Bial and the Portuguese Pulmonology Society)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Pneumologia, Portugal