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FÁTIMA MANUELA DA SILVA LEAL holds a Ph.D. degree in Information and Communication Technologies from University of Vigo, Spain. She is an Auxiliar Professor at Universidade Portucalense in Porto, Portugal and a researcher in REMIT (Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies). Following a full-time postdoctoral fellowship funded by the European Commission, she continues collaborating with The Cloud Competency Centre at the National College of Ireland in Dublin. Her research is based on crowdsourced information, including, Trust and Reputation, Big Data, Data Streams, and Recommendation Systems. Recently, she has been exploring blockchain technologies for a responsible data processing.
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Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo
Fátima Manuela da Silva Leal

Nomes de citação

  • LEAL, FÁTIMA

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID
2211-3EC7-B4B6
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4418-2590

Domínios de atuação

  • Ciências Exatas - Ciências da Computação e da Informação - Ciências da Computação

Idiomas

Idioma Conversação Leitura Escrita Compreensão Peer-review
Português (Idioma materno)
Inglês Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2)
Formação
Grau Classificação
2014 - 2018
Concluído
 Information and Communications Technologies (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Vigo, Espanha
2011 - 2013
Concluído
 Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores (Mestrado integrado)
Especialização em Telecomunicações
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2008 - 2011
Concluído
 Engenharia Electrotécnica - Electrónica e Computadores (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
Percurso profissional

Ciência

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento 		Empregador
2019 - 2020 Pós-doutorado (Investigação) National College of Ireland, Irlanda
2018 - 2019 Pós-doutorado (Investigação) Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade, Portugal

Docência no Ensino Superior

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento 		Empregador
2020 - Atual Professor Auxiliar (Docente Universitário) Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique, Portugal
2019 - Atual Professor Adjunto Convidado (Docente Ensino Superior Politécnico) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
Projetos

Bolsa

Designação Financiadores
2019 - 2022 SPuMoNI – Smart Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
SPuMoNI
Bolseiro de Pós-Doutoramento
Concluído

Projeto

Designação Financiadores
2026/03/01 - 2028/02/29 Digital Transformation in the Construction Sector of Tâmega and Sousa
C746182484-00028910
Investigador
Em curso
2023 - 2025 Twin Navaux
Twin Navaux
Investigador responsável
Em curso
2018 - 2019 SIM 4.0 - Intelligent monitoring systems
SIM 4.0
Bolseiro de Pós-Doutoramento
Concluído
Produções

Publicações

Artigo em conferência
  1. Teixeira, M.; Thierstein, F.; Entringer, P.; Sá, H.; Leitão, J.D.; Leal, F.. "Framework for Real-Time Predictive Maintenance Supported by Big Data Technologies". 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-60215-3_2
  2. Pajón-Sanmartín, A.; de Arriba-Pérez, F.; García-Méndez, S.; Burguillo, J.C.; Leal, F.; Malheiro, B.. "Emotional Evaluation of Open-Ended Responses with Transformer Models". 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-60215-3_3
  3. Leal, F.; Teixeira, M.E.; Moreira, F.. "Decentralisation of FinTech Business Models". 2022.
    10.1007/978-981-16-7618-5_30
  4. Leal, F.; García-Méndez, S.; Malheiro, B.; Burguillo, J.C.. "Explanation Plug-In for Stream-Based Collaborative Filtering". 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-04826-5_5
  5. Veloso, B.; Leal, F.; Malheiro, B.. "Personalised Combination of Multi-Source Data for User Profiling". 2022.
    10.1007/978-981-16-7618-5_60
  6. Durá, M.; Sánchez-García, A.; Sáez, C.; Leal, F.; Chis, A.E.; González-Vélez, H.; García-Gómez, J.M.. "Towards a Computational Approach for the Assessment of Compliance of ALCOA+ Principles in Pharma Industry". 2022.
    10.3233/SHTI220578
  7. Leal, F.; Veloso, B.; Malheiro, B.; Burguillo, J.C.. "Crowdsourced Data Stream Mining for Tourism Recommendation". 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-72657-7_25
  8. Castro, H.F.; Carvalho, A.R.F.; Leal, F.; Gouveia, H.. "Importance of maturity assessments in promoting adoption of i4.0 concepts in SMEs". 2019.
  9. Leal, F.; Castro, H.F.; Carvalho, A.R.F.; Gouveia, H.. "Data analytics applied to sand casting foundry industries". 2019.
  10. Fatima Leal; Horacio Gonzalez–Velez; Benedita Malheiro; Juan Carlos Burguillo. "Profiling And Rating Prediction From Multi-Criteria Crowd-Sourced Hotel Ratings". 2017.
    10.7148/2017-0576
  11. Fátima Leal; Joana Matos Dias; Benedita Malheiro; Juan Carlos Burguillo. "Analysis and Visualisation of Crowd-sourced Tourism Data". 2016.
    10.1145/2948992.2949008
Artigo em revista
  1. Camila Guerreiro; Fátima Leal; Micaela Pinho. "Synthetic Data Generation for Binary and Multi-Class Classification in the Health Domain". Information (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/info16110986.
    10.3390/info16110986
  2. Alejandro Pajón-Sanmartín; Francisco De Arriba-Pérez; Silvia García-Méndez; Fátima Leal; Benedita Malheiro; Juan Carlos Burguillo-Rial. "Unraveling Emotions With Pre-Trained Models". IEEE Access (2025): https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3623877.
    10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3623877
  3. García-Méndez, S.; de Arriba-Pérez, F.; Leal, F.; Veloso, B.; Malheiro, B.; Burguillo-Rial, J.C.. "An explainable machine learning framework for railway predictive maintenance using data streams from the metro operator of Portugal". Scientific Reports 15 1 (2025): https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-105011982948&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/s41598-025-08084-1
  4. Pinho, M.; Leal, F.. "An intelligent community-based system for healthcare prioritisation". Scientific Reports 15 1 (2025): https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-105017801780&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/s41598-025-14363-8
  5. Micaela Pinho; Fátima Leal. "AI-Enhanced Strategies to Ensure New Sustainable Destination Tourism Trends Among the 27 European Union Member States". Sustainability (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/su16229844.
    10.3390/su16229844
  6. Fátima Leal; Micaela Pinho. "Intelligent Exchange of Sustainable Tourist Habits among the EU Member States". Administrative Sciences (2024): https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/14/6/128.
    10.3390/admsci14060128
  7. de Arriba-Pérez, F.; García-Méndez, S.; Leal, F.; Malheiro, B.; Burguillo, J.C.. "Online Detection and Infographic Explanation of Spam Reviews with Data Drift Adaptation". Informatica Netherlands 35 3 (2024): 483-507. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85214906133&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.15388/24-INFOR562
  8. de Arriba-Pérez, F.; García-Méndez, S.; Leal, F.; Malheiro, B.; Burguillo, J.C.. "Exposing and explaining fake news on-the-fly". Machine Learning 113 7 (2024): 4615-4637. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85189984487&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10994-024-06527-w
  9. Fátima Leal; Bruno Veloso; Benedita Malheiro; Juan C. Burguillo. "Towards adaptive and transparent tourism recommendations: A survey". Expert Systems (2023): https://doi.org/10.1111/exsy.13400.
    10.1111/exsy.13400
  10. Marta Durá; Fátima Leal; Ángel Sánchez-García; Carlos Sáez; Juan M. García-Gómez; Adriana E. Chis; Horacio González-Vélez. "Blockchain for Data Originality in Pharma Manufacturing". Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s12247-023-09748-z.
    10.1007/s12247-023-09748-z
  11. Silvia García-Méndez; Fátima Leal; Benedita Malheiro; Juan Carlos Burguillo-Rial. "Interpretable Classification of Wiki-Review Streams". IEEE Access (2023): https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3342472.
    10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3342472
  12. Fátima Leal; Bruno Veloso; Carla Santos Pereira; Fernando Moreira; Natércia Durão; Natacha Jesus Silva. "Interpretable Success Prediction in Higher Education Institutions Using Pedagogical Surveys". Sustainability (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/su142013446.
    10.3390/su142013446
  13. Leal, F.; Veloso, B.; Malheiro, B.; Burguillo, J.C.; Chis, A.E.; González-Vélez, H.. "Stream-based explainable recommendations via blockchain profiling". Integrated Computer Aided Engineering 29 1 (2022): 105-121. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85122567802&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3233/ICA-210668
  14. García-Méndez, S.; Leal, F.; Malheiro, B.; Burguillo-Rial, J.C.; Veloso, B.; Chis, A.E.; González–Vélez, H.. "Simulation, modelling and classification of wiki contributors: Spotting the good, the bad, and the ugly". Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory 120 (2022): https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85132878074&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.simpat.2022.102616
  15. Fátima Leal; Adriana E. Chis; Horacio González–Vélez. "Multi-service model for blockchain networks". Information Processing & Management 58 3 (2021): 102525-102525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2021.102525.
    10.1016/j.ipm.2021.102525
  16. Fátima Leal; Adriana E. Chis; Simon Caton; Horacio González–Vélez; Juan M. García–Gómez; Marta Durá; Angel Sánchez–García; et al. "Smart Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Ensuring End-to-End Traceability and Data Integrity in Medicine Production". Big Data Research 24 (2021): 100172-100172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bdr.2020.100172.
    10.1016/j.bdr.2020.100172
  17. Fátima Leal; Adriana E. Chis; Horacio González–Vélez. "Performance Evaluation of Private Ethereum Networks". SN Computer Science 1 5 (2020): https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-020-00289-7.
    10.1007/s42979-020-00289-7
  18. "Responsible processing of crowdsourced tourism data". Journal of Sustainable Tourism (2020): 1-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2020.1778011.
    10.1080/09669582.2020.1778011
  19. Fátima Leal; Bruno Veloso; Benedita Malheiro; Horacio González-Vélez; Juan Carlos Burguillo. "A 2020 perspective on “Scalable modelling and recommendation using wiki-based crowdsourced repositories:” Fairness, scalability, and real-time recommendation". Electronic Commerce Research and Applications 40 (2020): 100951-100951. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elerap.2020.100951.
    10.1016/j.elerap.2020.100951
  20. "A 2020 perspective on “Online guest profiling and hotel recommendation”: Reliability, Scalability, Traceability and Transparency". Electronic Commerce Research and Applications 40 (2020): 100957-100957. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.elerap.2020.100957.
    10.1016/j.elerap.2020.100957
  21. Bruno M. Veloso; Fátima Leal; Benedita Malheiro; Juan Carlos Burguillo. "On-line guest profiling and hotel recommendation". Electronic Commerce Research and Applications 34 (2019): 100832-100832. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elerap.2019.100832.
    10.1016/j.elerap.2019.100832
  22. "Scalable modelling and recommendation using wiki-based crowdsourced repositories". Electronic Commerce Research and Applications 33 (2019): 100817-100817. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.elerap.2018.11.004.
    10.1016/j.elerap.2018.11.004
  23. "Distributed Trust & Reputation Models using Blockchain Technologies for Tourism Crowdsourcing Platforms". Procedia Computer Science 160 (2019): 457-460. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2019.11.065.
    10.1016/j.procs.2019.11.065
  24. "Analysis and prediction of hotel ratings from crowdsourced data". Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery (2018): e1296-e1296. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/widm.1296.
    10.1002/widm.1296
  25. Bruno Veloso; Fátima Leal; Horacio González-Vélez; Benedita Malheiro; Juan Carlos Burguillo. "Scalable data analytics using crowdsourced repositories and streams". Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing 122 (2018): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpdc.2018.06.013.
    10.1016/j.jpdc.2018.06.013
  26. "Context-aware tourism technologies". The Knowledge Engineering Review 33 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0269888918000152.
    10.1017/s0269888918000152
  27. Fátima Leal; Benedita Malheiro; Horacio González-Vélez; Juan Carlos Burguillo. "Trust-based Modelling of Multi-criteria Crowdsourced Data". Data Science and Engineering (2017): https://doi.org/10.1007/s41019-017-0045-1.
    10.1007/s41019-017-0045-1
Capítulo de livro
  1. Rui Carvalho; Diogo Sousa; Fátima Leal. "Predictive Maintenance Using Autoencoders and Messaging Systems". 2026.
    10.1007/978-3-032-01130-5_33
  2. Micaela Pinho; Fátima Leal. "The European Union’s Potential in Mitigating Climate Change Caused by Tourism: Classification of the 27 EU Member States Tourists’ Sustainable Behaviours". 2025.
    10.1007/978-3-031-99128-8_4
  3. Silvia García-Méndez; Fátima Leal; Francisco de Arriba-Pérez; Benedita Malheiro; Juan Carlos Burguillo-Rial. "Explainable Classification of Wiki Streams". 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-45642-8_7
  4. Francisco de Arriba-Pérez; Silvia García-Méndez; Fátima Leal; Benedita Malheiro; Juan Carlos Burguillo-Rial. "Balancing Plug-In for Stream-Based Classification". 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-45642-8_6
  5. "Importance of maturity assessments in promoting adoption of i4.0 concepts in SMEs". 35-40. {CRC, 2020.
    10.1201/9780367823085-07
  6. "Data analytics applied to sand casting foundry industries". 69-74. {CRC, 2020.
    10.1201/9780367823085-13
  7. "Assessing Industry 4.0 Readiness of Portuguese Companies". 57-64. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-29041-2_7
  8. Fátima Leal; Bruno Veloso; Benedita Malheiro; Horacio González-Vélez. "Trust and Reputation Smart Contracts for Explainable Recommendations". 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-45688-7_13
  9. "Incremental Hotel Recommendation with Inter-guest Trust and Similarity Post-filtering". 262-272. Springer International Publishing, 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-16181-1_25
  10. "Trust and Reputation Modelling for Tourism Recommendations Supported by Crowdsourcing". 829-838. Springer International Publishing, 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-319-77703-0_81

Outros

Outra produção
  1. Unraveling Emotions with Pre-Trained Models. 2025. Pajón-Sanmartín, A.; de Arriba-Pérez, F.; García-Méndez, S.; Leal, F.; Malheiro, B.; Burguillo-Rial, J.C.. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-105020447655&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.48550/arXiv.2510.19668
  2. Identification and Explanation of Disinformation in Wiki Data Streams. 2025. de Arriba-Pérez, F.; García-Méndez, S.; Leal, F.; Malheiro, B.; Burguillo, J.C.. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-105000850815&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.48550/arXiv.2503.05605
  3. An Explainable Machine Learning Framework for Railway Predictive Maintenance using Data Streams from the Metro Operator of Portugal. 2025. García-Méndez, S.; de Arriba-Pérez, F.; Leal, F.; Veloso, B.; Malheiro, B.; Burguillo-Rial, J.C.. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-105017261499&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.48550/arXiv.2508.05388
  4. Exposing and Explaining Fake News On-the-fly. 2024. de Arriba-Pérez, F.; García-Méndez, S.; Leal, F.; Malheiro, B.; Burguillo, J.C.. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85194431197&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.48550/arXiv.2405.06668
  5. Online detection and infographic explanation of spam reviews with data drift adaptation. 2024. De Arriba-Pérez, F.; García-Méndez, S.; Leal, F.; Malheiro, B.; Burguillo, J.C.. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85199384120&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.48550/arXiv.2406.15038
  6. Interpretable Classification of Wiki-Review Streams. 2024. García-Méndez, S.; Leal, F.; Malheiro, B.; Burguillo-Rial, J.C.. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85197016105&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.48550/arXiv.2405.18335
  7. Simulation, Modelling and Classification of Wiki Contributors: Spotting The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. 2024. García-Méndez, S.; Leal, F.; Malheiro, B.; Burguillo-Rial, J.C.; Veloso, B.; Chis, A.E.; González–Vélez, H.. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85196225293&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.48550/arXiv.2405.18845
  8. Semantic Profiling and Destination Recommendation based on Crowd-sourced Tourist Reviews. 2017. Fátima Leal; Horacio González–Vélez; Benedita Malheiro; Juan Carlos Burguillo. https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-319-62410-5_17.
    10.1007/978-3-319-62410-5_17
  9. Prediction and Analysis of Hotel Ratings from Crowd-Sourced Data. 2017. Fátima Leal; Benedita Malheiro; Juan Carlos Burguillo. https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-319-56538-5_50.
    10.1007/978-3-319-56538-5_50