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Vânia Sousa is a junior researcher in the Data Engineering group at the CCG/ZGDV Institute and a member of the ALGORITMI Research Center at the University of Minho. She holds master's degrees in Ecology and in Information Systems and is currently pursuing a PhD in Information Systems and Technology at the University of Minho. Her doctoral research focuses on the definition and integration of performance indicators in the context of Industry 5.0, aiming to support sustainable business practices. She has been involved in applied research projects in the field of smart cities, with a particular emphasis on mobility and energy domains. Her scientific interests lie in data management, integration, and analytics, and she has published work in the field of Data Management and Analytics.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Vânia Alexandra Salgado de Sousa

Citation names

  • Sousa, Vânia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2E12-32A5-728E
ORCID iD
0009-0002-1279-6651

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/02/01 - 2028/02/01
Ongoing
 Programa Doutoral em Tecnologias e Sistemas de Informação (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/09 - 2023/11/20
Concluded
 Mestrado em Sistemas de Informação (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
"Formalização Conceptual do Armazenamento Massivo de Dados em Plataformas de Big Data Analytics" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19
2015/09 - 2018/04
Concluded
 Ecologia (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Efeitos ecológicos do fungicida tebuconazole num modelo hospedeiro-parasita em cenários realistas" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2012/09/17 - 2015/07/01
Concluded
 Biologia-Geologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 13
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/10/17 - Current Researcher (Research) Centro de Computação Gráfica, Portugal
2022/10/17 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/10/01 - 2022/10/11 Assistente Técnico (Assistente Técnico) BeStitch - Indústria Têxtil Lda, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/10/01 - 2025/12/31 PRODUTECH R 3 – Recuperação-Resiliência-Reindustrialização
WP16 - Industry-Up
Researcher
Centro de Computação Gráfica, Portugal
Ongoing
2024/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Be.Neutral – Agenda de Mobilidade para a Neutralidade Carbónica nas Cidades
PPS3 - Mobility Platform
PPS4 - Bike4All Platform
PPS7 - Bus-as-a-Service Platform
Researcher
Centro de Computação Gráfica, Portugal
Ongoing
2022/10/17 - 2023/06/30 City Catalyst - Catalisador para Cidades Sustentáveis
46119 / POCI-01-0247-FEDER-046112
Research Fellow
Centro de Computação Gráfica, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Cristiana Vieira; Vânia Sousa; António Vieira; Maribel Yasmina Santos. "Convergence of Business and Their Processes: A Data Analytics Approach". 2025.
    10.1007/978-3-031-81325-2_7
  2. Vânia Sousa; Daniela Barros; Pedro Guimarães; Antonina Santos; Maribel Yasmina Santos. "Conceptual Formalization of Massive Storage for Advancing Decision-Making with Data Analytics". 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-34674-3_15
Conference paper
  1. Sousa, V.; Vieira, C.; Lavalle, A.; Vieira, A.; Santos, M.Y.. "Integrating Business and Process Analytics for Enhanced Data-Driven Decision-Making". 2024.