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Diogo Nuno Teixeira Freitas é doutorado em Engenharia Informática (especialização em Inteligência Artificial) pela Universidade da Madeira, tendo concluído anteriormente o Mestrado em Matemática, Estatística e Aplicações (2020) e a Licenciatura em Engenharia Informática (2017), na mesma instituição. A sua atividade científica centra-se na Inteligência Artificial, com ênfase em user profiling, seleção de características e explicabilidade, bem como em algoritmos de otimização estocásticos e aplicações de aprendizagem automática. Exerce funções de Professor Auxiliar Convidado na Universidade da Madeira (desde fevereiro de 2026), sendo, também, colaborador no Madeira N-Lincs, polo do NOVA Laboratory for Computer Science and Informatics (NOVA LINCS) na Universidade da Madeira. É autor de publicações em revistas e em conferências, com contributos em áreas como dinâmica de perfis, previsão e classificação com deep learning e análises longitudinais com machine learning.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Diogo Nuno Teixeira Freitas
Date of birth
1996/10/01
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • Freitas, Diogo
  • Freitas, Diogo Nuno

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9C13-AF9C-25F3
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2351-8676
Google Scholar ID
yfy16oUAAAAJ

Email addresses

  • diogo.freitas@staff.uma.pt (Professional)

Websites

  • https://diogo-freitas.me (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics
  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Computer Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/02 - 2025/11/28
Concluded
 Engenharia Informática (Doutoramento)
Major in Inteligência Artificial
Universidade da Madeira Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia, Portugal
"User Profiling With Feature Selection and Explainability: Essays on Three Case Studies Across Different Domains" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2017/09 - 2020/10
Concluded
 Matemática, Estatística e Aplicações (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade da Madeira Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia, Portugal
"Nature-inspired Algorithms for Solving Some Hard Numerical Problems" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2014/09 - 2017/06
Concluded
 Engenharia Informática (Licenciatura)
Universidade da Madeira Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia, Portugal
"EmoCam: Capturing Emotions Using Non-Invasive Technologies" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2021/10/01 - Current Researcher (Research) NOVA Laboratório para a Ciência da Computação e Informática - Pólo Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2020/02 - 2025/12 Researcher (Research) Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, Portugal
2016/07 - 2016/09 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade da Madeira Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2026/02 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2021/10/06 - 2026/01/31 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade da Madeira Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2018/05 - 2020/01 Carreiras / Categorias Subsistentes ASSECO PST, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/10/01 - 2025/09/30 User Profiling: An AGM-Based Belief Revision Approach Applied to Dynamic of Profiles
2021.07966.BD
10.54499/2021.07966.BD
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/04 - 2021/10 Marítimo Training Lab
M1420-01-0247-FEDER-000033
Research Fellow
Universidade da Madeira Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Portugal
 Instituto Desenvolvimento Regional
Ongoing
2020/02 - 2021/03 MITIExcell
M1420-01-0145-FEDER-000002
Research Fellow
Universidade da Madeira Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Portugal
 Instituto Desenvolvimento Regional
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/12/08 - Current Knowledge-Driven Profile Dynamics
PTDC/CCI-COM/4464/2020
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2025/01 - 2028/06 Environmental Effect on Health Care and Wellbeing and Active Interventions
101157151
Researcher
Universidad Antonio de Nebrija, Spain
 European Research Area Board
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Diogo Freitas; Brigt Håvardstun; Darío Garigliotti; Jan Arne Telle; Cèsar Ferri; José Hernández-Orallo. "Relative Drawing Identification Complexity Is Invariant to Modality in Vision-Language Models". 2025.
    10.3233/FAIA251351
  2. Diogo Nuno Freitas; Luiz Guerreiro Lopes; Fernando Morgado-Dias. "MRF–PSO: MultiRoot Finding Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Nonlinear Functions". 423-439. Springer Nature Singapore, 2022.
    10.1007/978-981-19-1653-3_32
Conference paper
  1. Freitas, D.N.; Fermé, E.; Budría, S.. "A Counterfactual approach to energy poverty mitigation: A case study for australia (preliminary report)". 2025.
  2. Nascimento, Andreia Micaela Sardinha do; Freitas, Diogo; Brazão, Paulo; Mendonça, Alice. "Gender Stereotypes Among Students of Early Childhood Education". Paper presented in International Conference on Learning, 2018.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.27830.65609
  3. Freitas, Diogo; Luiz Guerreiro Lopes; Morgado-Dias, Fernando. "A Neural Network Based Approach for Approximating Real Roots of Polynomials". Paper presented in International Conference on Mathematical Applications (ICMA), 2018.
  4. Freitas, Diogo; Bermúdez i Badia, Sergi; Paulino, Teresa. "Open Rehab Initiative: Second Development Iteration". Paper presented in International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation (ICVR) – IEEE, 2017.
    10.1109/ICVR.2017.8007524
Journal article
  1. Diogo Nuno Freitas; Katherin Varela; Eduardo Fermé. "User Profiling and Its Dynamics: A Narrative Review". The European Journal on Artificial Intelligence (2026): https://doi.org/10.1177/30504554251407092.
    10.1177/30504554251407092
  2. Décio Alves; Zeyar Aung; Fábio Mendonça; Sheikh Shanawaz Mostafa; Diogo Freitas; João Pestana; Dinarte Vieira; Marko Radeta; Fernando Morgado-Dias. "A networked station system for high-resolution wind nowcasting in air traffic operations: A data-augmented deep learning approach". PLOS ONE (2025): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316548.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0316548
  3. Diogo Nuno Freitas; Dan Dwyer; Sheikh Shanawaz Mostafa; Romualdo Caldeira; Francisco Santos; Eduardo Fermé; Élvio R. Gouveia; Fernando Morgado-Dias. "Predicting noncontact injuries of professional football players using machine learning". PLOS ONE (2025): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0315481.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0315481
  4. Budría, S.; Fermé, E.; Freitas, D.N.. "Unveiling energy poverty trajectories: A longitudinal analysis using machine learning". Energy Strategy Reviews 62 (2025): https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-105023953643&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.esr.2025.101998
  5. Décio Alves; Diogo Freitas; Fábio Mendonça; Sheikh Mostafa; Fernando Morgado-Dias. "Wind Limitations at Madeira International Airport: A Deep Learning Prediction Approach". IEEE Access (2024): https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3394447.
    10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3394447
  6. Sara Bettencourt; Diogo Nuno Freitas; Carlos Lucas; Sónia Costa; Sandra Caeiro. "Marine litter education: From awareness to action". Marine Pollution Bulletin 192 (2023): 114963-114963. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114963.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114963
  7. Sara Bettencourt; Diogo Nuno Freitas; Sónia Costa; Sandra Caeiro. "Public perceptions, knowledge, responsibilities, and behavior intentions on marine litter: Identifying profiles of small oceanic islands inhabitants". Ocean & Coastal Management (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2022.106406.
    10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2022.106406
  8. Fábio Mendonça; Sheikh Shanawaz Mostafa; Diogo Freitas; Fernando Morgado-Dias; Antonio G. Ravelo-García. "Multiple Time Series Fusion Based on LSTM: An Application to CAP A Phase Classification Using EEG". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710892.
    10.3390/ijerph191710892
  9. Fábio Mendonça; Sheikh Shanawaz Mostafa; Diogo Freitas; Fernando Morgado Dias; Antonio G. Ravelo-García. "Heuristic Optimization of Deep and Shallow Classifiers: An Application for Electroencephalogram Cyclic Alternating Pattern Detection". Entropy (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/24/5/688.
    10.3390/e24050688
  10. Freitas, Diogo; Luiz Guerreiro Lopes; Morgado-Dias, Fernando. "A Neural Network-Based Approach for Approximating Arbitrary Roots of Polynomials". Mathematics (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/9/4/317.
    10.3390/math9040317
  11. Freitas, Diogo; Luiz Guerreiro Lopes; Morgado-Dias, Fernando. "Particle Swarm Optimisation: A Historical Review Up to the Current Developments". Entropy (2020): https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/22/3/362.
    10.3390/e22030362
  12. Mendonça, Alice; Brazão, José Paulo; Nascimento, Andreia; Freitas, Diogo. "Estereótipos de género entre estudantes em educação infantil (0-10 Anos): Estudo de caso na Universidade da Madeira.". Ensaios Pedagógicos. Rosanna Barros & Deise Choti (Orgs) 3 3 (2019): 96-106. http://www.ensaiospedagogicos.ufscar.br/index.php/ENP/issue/view/9/showToc.
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Other

Other output
  1. Toward Proactive Policy Design: Identifying 'To-Be' Energy-Poor Households Using Shap for Early Intervention. 2025. Budría, S.; Fermé, E.; Freitas, D.N.. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85218278198&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2139/ssrn.5133997
  2. Multiple time series fusion based on LSTM: An application to CAP a phase classification using EEG. 2021. Mendonça, F.; Mostafa, S.S.; Freitas, D.; Morgado-Dias, F.; Ravelo-García, A.G.. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85169288262&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.48550/arxiv.2112.11218
  3. Things you need to know if you are writing a scientific paper, thesis or report in Engineering or Science. 2020. Freitas, D.; Morgado-Dias, F.; Ribeiro, A.. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85132098168&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.36227/techrxiv.12780497
Distinctions

Award

2019 Diploma de Mérito
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2018 Best Student Paper
IKnowD, Portugal

International Conference on Mathematical Applications (ICMA), Portugal