Name: Symposium
Start: 2019-03-28T09:00:00+00:00
End: 2019-03-29T19:00:00+00:00
Location: UMinho

Symposium

from Thursday, 28 March 2019 (09:00) to Friday, 29 March 2019 (19:00)

Monday, 25 March 2019
Tuesday, 26 March 2019
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Thursday, 28 March 2019

09:00 Opening session
Opening session
09:00 - 09:45
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II Prof. Dr. Guilherme Pereira, pro-rector of the University of Minho for Institutional Assessment and Special Projects Prof. Dr. Paulo Sampaio, vice-president of the School of Engineering of the University of Minho Prof. Dr. Nuno Castro, director of LIP and chair of the organizing committee of the symposium
09:45 LIP - Data Science in (Astro)Particle Physics - Rúben Conceição (LIP)
LIP - Data Science in (Astro)Particle Physics
- Rúben Conceição (LIP)
09:45 - 10:15
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
10:15 BIAL - Exploring chemical and biological spaces in drug discovery - Nuno Palma (BIAL)
BIAL - Exploring chemical and biological spaces in drug discovery
- Nuno Palma (BIAL)
10:15 - 10:45
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
10:45

10:45 - 11:15
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
11:15 Altice Labs - DataPlaxe – Big Data processing and monetization platform - Mário Moreira (Altice Labs)
Altice Labs - DataPlaxe – Big Data processing and monetization platform
- Mário Moreira (Altice Labs)
11:15 - 11:45
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
11:45 Novo Banco - Data Science in Banking: making your bank smarter to make your life easier - Bernardo Caldas (Novo Banco)
Novo Banco - Data Science in Banking: making your bank smarter to make your life easier
- Bernardo Caldas (Novo Banco)
11:45 - 12:15
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
12:15 WeDo Technologies - Why Machine Learning is key to fight fraud in the digital era - Raul Azevedo (WeDo Technologies)
WeDo Technologies - Why Machine Learning is key to fight fraud in the digital era
- Raul Azevedo (WeDo Technologies)
12:15 - 12:45
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
12:45

12:45 - 14:00
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
14:00 UMinho - Minho Advance Computing Center - António Cunha (Universidade do Minho)
UMinho - Minho Advance Computing Center
- António Cunha (Universidade do Minho)
14:00 - 14:30
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
14:30 EFACEC - Smart Data for the Smart Grid: Opportunities and Challenges - Rogério Paulo Dias (EFACEC)
EFACEC - Smart Data for the Smart Grid: Opportunities and Challenges
- Rogério Paulo Dias (EFACEC)
14:30 - 15:00
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
15:00 UMinho - Adaptive Business Intelligence: using Prediction and Optimization for Decision Support - Paulo Cortez (Universidade do Minho)
UMinho - Adaptive Business Intelligence: using Prediction and Optimization for Decision Support
- Paulo Cortez (Universidade do Minho)
15:00 - 15:30
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
15:30

15:30 - 16:00
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
16:00 UMinho - Banks' credit allocation and financially distressed firms: exit, recovery and productivity - Miguel Portela (Universidade do Minho)
UMinho - Banks' credit allocation and financially distressed firms: exit, recovery and productivity
- Miguel Portela (Universidade do Minho)
16:00 - 16:30
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
16:30 Vodafone - The Path to Malaria Elimination & Technics to Detect Offensive Language - Filipa Peleja (Vodafone)
Vodafone - The Path to Malaria Elimination & Technics to Detect Offensive Language
- Filipa Peleja (Vodafone)
16:30 - 17:00
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
17:00 IBM - Teach a computer to see, use a marker, and say: "Wait a minute - that's not normal" - Willem Hendriks (IBM)
IBM - Teach a computer to see, use a marker, and say: "Wait a minute - that's not normal"
- Willem Hendriks (IBM)
17:00 - 18:00
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
Friday, 29 March 2019
09:00 UMinho - Big Data Analytics for Smart Cities and Industries - Maribel Yasmina Santos (Universidade do Minho)
UMinho - Big Data Analytics for Smart Cities and Industries
- Maribel Yasmina Santos (Universidade do Minho)
09:00 - 09:30
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
09:30 Siemens - Analytics Lab: data science in Siemens - Miguel Batista (Siemens)
Siemens - Analytics Lab: data science in Siemens
- Miguel Batista (Siemens)
09:30 - 10:00
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
10:00 Amplemarket - Making sense of text - Micael Oliveira (Amplemarket)
Amplemarket - Making sense of text
- Micael Oliveira (Amplemarket)
10:00 - 10:30
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
10:30

10:30 - 11:00
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
11:00 LIP - Computing at LIP - João Pina (LIP)
LIP - Computing at LIP
- João Pina (LIP)
11:00 - 11:30
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
11:30 Nielsen - Exploring the synergies with fundamental research at LIP - Tânia Ralha (Nielsen) Rita Lima (Nielsen)
Nielsen - Exploring the synergies with fundamental research at LIP
- Tânia Ralha (Nielsen)
- Rita Lima (Nielsen)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
12:00 UMinho - Behaviour Analysis@ISLab - Paulo Novais (Universidade do Minho)
UMinho - Behaviour Analysis@ISLab
- Paulo Novais (Universidade do Minho)
12:00 - 12:30
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
12:30

12:30 - 14:00
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
14:00 Critical materials - Data Science in Structural Health Management of critical systems - Júlio Viana (Critical materials)
Critical materials - Data Science in Structural Health Management of critical systems
- Júlio Viana (Critical materials)
14:00 - 14:30
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
14:30 Fraunhofer - Intelligent Systems at Fraunhofer AICOS - Inês Sousa (Fraunhofer)
Fraunhofer - Intelligent Systems at Fraunhofer AICOS
- Inês Sousa (Fraunhofer)
14:30 - 15:00
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
15:00 Fujitsu - Co-creation in IT & Industry Challenges - José João Pereira (Fujitsu) Claudia Nunes (Fujitsu) Marcos Marques (Fujitsu)
Fujitsu - Co-creation in IT & Industry Challenges
- José João Pereira (Fujitsu)
- Claudia Nunes (Fujitsu)
- Marcos Marques (Fujitsu)
15:00 - 15:30
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
15:30 Willis Tower Watson - Data and Modelling in the Pension Funds World - Ana Margarida Rosa (Willis Tower Watson) Diogo Moreira (Willis Towers Watson)
Willis Tower Watson - Data and Modelling in the Pension Funds World
- Ana Margarida Rosa (Willis Tower Watson)
- Diogo Moreira (Willis Towers Watson)
15:30 - 16:00
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
16:00

16:00 - 16:30
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
16:30 FCT - Research data management and data economy - Political context and funders' perspective - Joelma Almeida (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia) Vasco Vaz (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia)
FCT - Research data management and data economy - Political context and funders' perspective
- Joelma Almeida (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia)
- Vasco Vaz (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia)
16:30 - 17:00
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
17:00 Accenture - Forecasting and Route Optimization at Accenture - Alexandre Pinto (Accenture) Francisco Almeida (Accenture)
Accenture - Forecasting and Route Optimization at Accenture
- Alexandre Pinto (Accenture)
- Francisco Almeida (Accenture)
17:00 - 17:30
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
17:30 Defined Crowd - How humans and machines can work together to create AI - João Freitas (Defined Crowd)
Defined Crowd - How humans and machines can work together to create AI
- João Freitas (Defined Crowd)
17:30 - 18:00
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II
18:00 Inovretail - Improving staff productivity through Data Science - Hugo Lopes (Inovretail)
Inovretail - Improving staff productivity through Data Science
- Hugo Lopes (Inovretail)
18:00 - 18:30
Room: B1 auditorium, Complexo Pedagógico II