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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Beatriz Neves Leitão

Citation names

  • Leitão, Beatriz N.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1115-7E24-1441
ORCID iD
0009-0005-4147-9358

Email addresses

  • beatrizleitao@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Websites

  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/beatrizleitão/ (Professional)

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2024 - 2028
Ongoing
Computer Science and Engineering (Doctor)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 - 2021
Concluded
Biotechnology (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Classification of microcytic anaemias using machine learning methods" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014 - 2018
Concluded
Biology (Bachelor)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
"C. reinhardtii mutant, greater potential for the production of biodiesel?" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2024/04 - 2025/09 Researcher (Research) Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa, Portugal
2023/12 - 2024/03 Researcher (Research) Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2021/12 - 2023/11 Business Consultant - Health Sciences and Wellness Ernest & Young - EY, Portugal
2019/07 - 2019/08 Internship Flying Sharks Consultoria e Inovação Lda, Portugal
2019/03 - 2019/07 Shop Assistant Science4You, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/12 - 2024/08 MONET - Redes multi-ómicas em gliomas
PTDC/CCI-BIO/4180/2020
Research Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal

Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Leitão, Beatriz; Faustino, Paula; Vinga, Susana. Corresponding author: Vinga, Susana. "Comparative Evaluation of Classification Indexes and Outlier Detection of Microcytic Anaemias in a Portuguese Sample". In Progress in Artificial Intelligence, 219-231. Springer International Publishing, 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-16474-3_19
Journal article
  1. Beatriz N. Leitão; André Veríssimo; Alexandra M. Carvalho; Susana Vinga. "Enhancing Prognostic Signatures in Glioblastoma with Feature Selection and Regularised Cox Regression". Genes (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/genes16050473.
    10.3390/genes16050473
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Classification of microcytic anaemias using machine learning methods". Master, Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, 2021. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/4D1q7gHhb_d_8w2GzIitxNBmHxRwjQ2QxYGE.
Activities

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/02/03 - 2025/02/03 Invited speaker
Seminar
INSA Seminar on Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Research
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
2022/09 - 2022/09 Conference speaker and participant
Conference
EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2017 - 2018 Associação de Estudantes do Instituto Superior de Agronomia (AEISA) Member of the board
2016 - 2018 Associação Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia (ANEBio) President of the board (2017 - 2018), Member of the board (2016 - 2017)
2015 - 2017 Núcleo de Biologia do Instituto Superior de Agronomia (NuBISA) President of the board (2016 - 2017), Member of the board (2015 - 2016)
Distinctions

Other distinction

2021 Excellence Distinction (academic achievements)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020 Merit Distinction (academic achievements)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 Honorable Mention Armilar Ventures (E-Awards)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal