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Humberto Rocha is currently an Associate Professor at University of Coimbra and Researcher at CeBER and Inesc-Coimbra Research Centers. He received both his bachelor and master degrees in Applied Mathematics from the University of Coimbra in 1998 and 2001, respectively. In 2005, he completed a PhD in Computational and Applied Mathematics at Old Dominion University (ODU) and NASA Langley Research Center, both in Virginia, USA. He received a medical degree from the University of Minho in 2015. His research centers on applications in physics, inverse engineering, aeronautics, medicine, and recently economics. This multidisciplinary approach lead to publications in a variety of journals of different areas, including Journal of aircraft, Medical Physics, Physics in Medicine and Biology, Physica Medica, Physica A. Most of his publications are in top journals of his area (Applied Mathematics/Operations Research), including European Journal of Operational Research, SIAM Journal on Optimization, Journal of Global Optimization, Computational Optimization and Applications, Applied Mathematical Modeling, Applied Mathematics and Computation, Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, European Journal of Operational Research, Annals of Operations Research, International Transactions of Operations Research.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Humberto Rocha

Citation names

  • Rocha, H

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A113-B1C3-BAF4
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5981-4469
Google Scholar ID
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Researcher Id
A-9717-2010
Scopus Author Id
55246422700

Email addresses

  • hrocha@fe.uc.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Economia. Av. Dias da Silva, 165 , 3004-512, COIMBRA , Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Mathematics - Applied Mathematics
  • Social Sciences - Economics and Business
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Other Medical Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2011/09/01 - 2015/07/31
Concluded
 Medicina (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
 Bom
2002 - 2005
Concluded
 Computational and Applied Mathematics (Doutoramento)
Old Dominion University, United States
"Principal Component Regression for Construction of Wing Weight Estimation Models" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Suma Cum Laude
1998 - 2001
Concluded
 Matemática Aplicada (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
" Métodos de Procura em Padrão para Problemas de Geometria Molecular" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom
1994 - 1998
Concluded
 Matemática Aplicada (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Bom
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016/10/03 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Economia e Gestão, Portugal
2009/06/01 - 2014/05/31 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores de Coimbra, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/03/08 - Current Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2023/03/08 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2014/09/01 - 2019/08/31 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2010/09/01 - 2012/07/31 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2006/01 - 2008/09 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal
2001/04 - 2005/12 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal
1998/10 - 2001/03 Trainee Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019 - 2021 Coordenador do Núcleo de Matemática da FEUC Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2006/10 - 2008/09 Coordenador da licenciatura em matemática Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020 - Current Membro do Conselho Científico da FEUC Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2021 - 2023 ORION - Optimised Remote radIOtherapy plaNning
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-047222
Researcher
European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development
Ongoing
2020 - 2022 Planeamento Automático de Tratamentos para Radioterapia com Protões
UTA-EXPL/FMT/0079/2019
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018 - 2022 DesCodificar Masculinidades: para uma melhor compreensão do papel dos media na construção de perceções de masculinidades em Portugal
PTDC/COM-CSS/31740/2017
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018 - 2021 Computational Approaches for Radiotherapy Planning of Excellence
PTDC/CCI-INF/28030/2017
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010 - 2014 Beam Angle Optimization in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
PTDC/EIA-CCO/121450/2010
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2011 - 2013 iCIS - Intelligent Computing in the Internet of Services
CENTRO-07-0224-FEDER-002003
 European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development
1998 - 2001 Optimization in Physics
Praxis/P/FIS/14195/1998
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Estatística Descritiva para as Ciências Sociais. Lisboa, Portugal: Silabo. 2021.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Humberto Rocha; Joana Dias. "Comparison of Hybrid Direct-Search Approaches for Beam Angle Optimization in Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy". 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-37108-0_30
  2. Martina Benvenuti; Humberto Rocha; Isabel Dórdio Dimas; Elvis Mazzoni. "How Life Transitions Influence People’s Use of the Internet: A Clustering Approach". 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-10562-3_8
  3. Humberto Rocha; Joana Dias. "A Randomized Direct-Search Approach for Beam Angle Optimization in Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy". 320-332. Springer International Publishing, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-86976-2_22
  4. Humberto Rocha; Joana Dias; Pedro Carrasqueira; Tiago Ventura; Brígida Ferreira; Maria do Carmo Lopes. "Comparison of Different Strategies for Arc Therapy Optimization". 552-563. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-58808-3_40
  5. Humberto Rocha; Joana Dias; Tiago Ventura; Brígida Ferreira; Maria do Carmo Lopes. "An Optimization Approach for Noncoplanar Intensity-Modulated Arc Therapy Trajectories". 199-214. Springer International Publishing, 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-24302-9_15
  6. Joana Dias; Humberto Rocha. "Forecasting Wheat Prices Based on Past Behavior: Comparison of Different Modelling Approaches". 167-182. Springer International Publishing, 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-24302-9_13
  7. Isabel Dórdio Dimas; Teresa Rebelo; Paulo Renato Lourenço; Humberto Rocha. "A Nonlinear Dynamical System Perspective on Team Learning: The Role of Team Culture and Social Cohesion". 38-49. Springer International Publishing, 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-24302-9_4
  8. Humberto Rocha; Joana Dias; Tiago Ventura; Brígida Ferreira; Maria do Carmo Lopes. "Comparison of Combinatorial and Continuous Frameworks for the Beam Angle Optimization Problem in IMRT". 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-319-95165-2_42
  9. Isabel Dórdio Dimas; Teresa Rebelo; Paulo Renato Lourenço; Humberto Rocha. "A Cusp Catastrophe Model for Satisfaction, Conflict, and Conflict Management in Teams". 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-319-95165-2_24
  10. Rocha, H.; Dias, J.. "Honey yield forecast using radial basis functions". In International Transactions in Operational Research. 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-319-72926-8_40
  11. Dias, J.; Rocha, H.; Ventura, T.; Ferreira, B.; do Carmo Lopes, M.. "A heuristic based on fuzzy inference systems for multiobjective IMRT treatment planning". In International Transactions in Operational Research. 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-319-72926-8_22
  12. Dias, J.; Rocha, H.; Ventura, T.; Ferreira, B.; Lopes, M.D.C.. "Automated radiotherapy treatment planning using fuzzy inference systems". In International Transactions in Operational Research. 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-62398-6_7
  13. Rocha, H.; Dias, J.M.; Ventura, T.; Ferreira, B.C.; Lopes, M.D.C.. "A global score-driven beam angle optimization in IMRT". In International Transactions in Operational Research. 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-62398-6_6
  14. Dimas, I.D.; Rocha, H.; Rebelo, T.; Lourenço, P.R.. "A neural network model for team viability". In International Transactions in Operational Research. 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-62395-5_38
  15. Rocha, Humberto; Dias, Joana M; Ventura, Tiago; Ferreira, Brígida C; do Carmo Lopes, Maria. "An Accelerated Multistart Derivative-Free Framework for the Beam Angle Optimization Problem in IMRT". In Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2016, 232-245. Cham, United States: Springer International Publishing, 2016.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-42085-1_18
  16. Dimas, Isabel Dórdio; Rocha, Humberto; Rebelo, Teresa; Lourenço, Paulo Renato. "A Nonlinear Multicriteria Model for Team Effectiveness". In Computational Science and Its Applications -- ICCSA 2016, 595-609. Cham, United States: Springer International Publishing, 2016.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-42089-9_42
  17. Soares, Inês; Dias, Joana; Rocha, Humberto; do Carmo Lopes, Maria; Ferreira, Brígida; Soares, I.; Dias, J.; et al. "Feature Selection in Small Databases: A Medical-Case Study". In XIV Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 2016, 814-819. Cham, United States: Springer International Publishing, 2016.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-32703-7_158
  18. Rocha, Humberto; Dias, Joana M; Ferreira, Brigida C.; do Carmo Lopes, Maria. "Does Beam Angle Optimization Really Matter for Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy?". In Computational Science and Its Applications -- ICCSA 2015, 522-533. Cham, United States: Springer International Publishing, 2015.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-21407-8_37
  19. Rocha, Humberto; Dias, Joana M; Ferreira, Brígida C; do Carmo Lopes, Maria. "A Two-Stage Programming Approach to Fluence Map Optimization for Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning". In 6th European Conference of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering, 687-690. Cham, United States: Springer International Publishing, 2015.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-11128-5_171
  20. Dias, Joana M; Rocha, Humberto; Ferreira, Brígida C; do Carmo Lopes, Maria. "IMRT Inverse Planning Using Simulated Annealing". In 6th European Conference of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering, 699-702. Cham, United States: Springer International Publishing, 2015.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-11128-5_174
  21. Dias, Joana M; Rocha, Humberto; Ferreira, Brígida; do Carmo Lopes, Maria. "IMRT Beam Angle Optimization Using DDS with a Cross-Validation Approach for Configuration Selection". In Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2014, 1-16. Cham, United States: Springer International Publishing, 2014.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-09129-7_1
  22. Rocha, Humberto; Dias, Joana M; Ferreira, Brígida; do Carmo Lopes, Maria. "IMRT Beam Angle Optimization Using Non-descent Pattern Search Methods". In Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2014, 17-31. Cham, United States: Springer International Publishing, 2014.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-09129-7_2
  23. Dias, J.; ROCHA, H; Ferreira, B.; Lopes, M. C.; Rocha, Humberto; Rocha, Ana Maria A. C.; Dias, Joana M; Ferreira, Brigida; do Carmo Lopes, Maria. "IMRT Beam Angle Optimization Using Dynamically Dimensioned Search". In The International Conference on Health Informatics, 1-4. Cham, United States: Springer International Publishing, 2014.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-03005-0_1
  24. ROCHA, H; Dias, J. M.; Ferreira, B. C.; Lopes, M. C.. "On the Global Optimization of the Beam Angle Optimization Problem in Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy". In XIII Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 2013, 1374-1377. Cham, United States: Springer International Publishing, 2014.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-00846-2_340
  25. ROCHA, H; Dias, J. M.; Ferreira, B. C.; Lopes, M. C.. "Otimização do planeamento inverso de tratamentos em radioterapia". In Investigação operacional em ação: casos de aplicação, 609-635. Coimbra, Portugal: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2014.
    Published • 10.14195/978-989-26-0738-2_17
  26. Rocha, Humberto; Dias, Joana M; Ferreira, Brigida C.; do Carmo Lopes, Maria; Rocha, H.; Dias, J.M.; Ferreira, B.C.; Do Carmo Lopes, M.. "On the Use of a Priori Knowledge in Pattern Search Methods: Application to Beam Angle Optimization for Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy". In Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2013, 279-292. Berlin, Heidelberg, United States: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-642-39637-3_23
  27. Rocha, Humberto; Dias, Joana M.; Ferreira, Brigida C.; Carmo Lopes, Maria. "Incorporating Radial Basis Functions in Pattern Search Methods: Application to Beam Angle Optimization in Radiotherapy Treatment Planning". In Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2012, 1-16. Berlin, Heidelberg, United States: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-642-31137-6_1
  28. Rocha, Humberto; Dias, Joana M.; Ferreira, Brigida C.; Carmo Lopes, Maria. "Influence of Sampling in Radiation Therapy Treatment Design". In Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2011, 215-230. Berlin, Heidelberg, United States: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-642-21931-3_18
  29. Rocha H; Li W; Hahn A. "Principal component regression using radial basis functions interpolation". edited by G. Chen; M. J. Lai, 402-415. 2006.
  30. Alberto, Pedro; Nogueira, Fernando; Rocha, Humberto; Vicente, Luís N.. "Pattern Search Methods for Use-Provided Points". In Computational Science - ICCS 2001, 95-98. Berlin, Heidelberg, United States: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2001.
    Published • 10.1007/3-540-45718-6_11
Conference paper
  1. Tiago Ventura; Maria do Carmo Lopes; Humberto Rocha; Brigida da Costa Ferreira; Joana Dias. "Advantage of Beam Angle Optimization in Head-and-Neck IMRT: Patient Specific Analysis". 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-31635-8_153
  2. Ferreira, B.C.; Dias, J.; Gomes, A.; Mavroidis, P.; Rocha, H.. "Dose-Response to Different Radiochemotherapy Regimens in Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer". 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-31635-8_156
  3. Rocha, H.; Dias, J.; Ventura, T.; Ferreira, B.; do Carmo Lopes, M.. "Optimization of Highly Noncoplanar Arc Therapy Trajectories: A Dosimetric Approach". 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-31635-8_155
  4. da Costa Ferreira, B.; Mavroidis, P.; Dias, J.; Rocha, H.. "Incorporating the local biological effect of dose per fraction in IMRT inverse optimization". 2019.
    10.1007/978-981-10-9023-3_74
  5. Rocha, H; Dias, Joana M; Ventura, Tiago; Ferreira, Brígida; Lopes, Maria do Carmo. "On the Beam Angle Optimization Problem in IMRT: Combinatorial vs Continuous Optimization". Paper presented in Global Optimization Workshop (GOW’16), Braga, Portugal, 2016.
    Published
  6. Soares, I.; Dias, J.; Rocha, H.; Khouri, L.; do Carmo Lopes, M.; Ferreira, B.; Soares, Inês; et al. "Semi-supervised self-training approaches in small and unbalanced datasets: Application to xerostomia radiation side-effect". 2016.
    10.1007/978-3-319-32703-7_160
  7. Rocha, H. "Noncoplanar beam angle optimization in IMRT treatment planning using pattern search methods". Paper presented in Improving Healthcare: New Challenges, New Approaches (EURO mini conference), Coimbra, Portugal, 2015.
    Published • 10.1088/1742-6596/616/1/012014
  8. Dias, Joana; Ferreira, Brigida; Rocha, Humberto; do Carmo Lopes, Maria. "IMRT beam angle optimization using differential evolution". Paper presented in 2014 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), Belfast, United Kingdom, 2014.
    Published • 10.1109/BIBM.2014.6999243
  9. Soares, Ines; Rocha, Humberto; Dias, Joana; do Carmo Lopes, Maria; Ferreira, Brigida. "Predicting xerostomia induced by IMRT treatments: A logistic regression approach". Paper presented in 2014 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), Belfast, United Kingdom, 2014.
    Published • 10.1109/BIBM.2014.6999271
  10. Rocha, H.; Dias, J.M.; Ferreira, B.; Do Carmo Lopes, M.; Rocha, Humberto; Dias, Joana M; Ferreira, Brígida; do Carmo Lopes, Maria. "Beam angle optimization in IMRT using pattern search methods: Initial mesh-size considerations". Paper presented in 1st International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, 2012.
    Published • 10.5220/0003716803550360
  11. Rocha, H; Dias, Joana M.; Ferreira, Brígida; do Carmo Lopes, Maria. "On the transition from fluence map optimization to fluence map delivery in intensity modulated radiation therapy treatment planning". Paper presented in VII ALIO/EURO - Workshop on Applied Combinatorial Optimization, Porto, Portugal, 2011.
    Published
  12. Rocha, H.; Wu, L.; Hahn, A.. "Principal component regression for fitting wing weight data of subsonic transports". 2006.
  13. Rocha, H; Li, W; Hahn, A. "Principal component regression using radial basis functions interpolation". Paper presented in International Conference on the Interactions between Wavelets and Splines, Athens, USA, 2005.
    Published
  14. Alberto, P; Nogueira, F; Rocha, H. "Métodos de procura em padrão aplicados a problemas de optimização de geometria molecular". Paper presented in Congreso de Métodos Numéricos en Ingenería 2005, Barcelona, Spain, 2005.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Luis C. Dias; Humberto Rocha. "A stochastic method for exploiting outranking relations in multicriteria choice problems". Annals of Operations Research (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-022-04903-0.
    10.1007/s10479-022-04903-0
  2. Wenhua Cao; Humberto Rocha; Radhe Mohan; Gino Lim; Hadis M Goudarzi; Brígida C Ferreira; Joana M Dias. "Reflections on beam configuration optimization for intensity-modulated proton therapy". Physics in Medicine & Biology 67 13 (2022): 13TR01-13TR01. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ac6fac.
    10.1088/1361-6560/ac6fac
  3. R. Pascoal; H. Rocha. "Population density impact on COVID-19 mortality rate: A multifractal analysis using French data". Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2022.126979.
    10.1016/j.physa.2022.126979
  4. Luis C. Dias; Joana Dias; Tiago Ventura; Humberto Rocha; Brígida Ferreira; Leila Khouri; Maria do Carmo Lopes. "Learning target-based preferences through additive models: An application in radiotherapy treatment planning". European Journal of Operational Research (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2021.12.011.
    10.1016/j.ejor.2021.12.011
  5. P. Carrasqueira; M. J. Alves; J. M. Dias; H. Rocha; T. Ventura; B. C. Ferreira; M. C. Lopes. "An automated bi-level optimization approach for IMRT". International Transactions in Operational Research (2021): https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.13068.
    10.1111/itor.13068
  6. P. Carrasqueira; H. Rocha; J. M. Dias; T. Ventura; B. C. Ferreira; M. C. Lopes. "An automated treatment planning strategy for highly noncoplanar radiotherapy arc trajectories". International Transactions in Operational Research (2021): https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.12953.
    10.1111/itor.12953
  7. Humberto Rocha; Joana Matos Dias; Tiago Ventura; Brígida da Costa Ferreira; Maria do Carmo Lopes. "Beam angle optimization in IMRT: are we really optimizing what matters?". International Transactions in Operational Research (2019): https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.12587.
    10.1111/itor.12587
  8. Rocha, H.; Dias, J.M.. "Early prediction of durum wheat yield in Spain using radial basis functions interpolation models based on agroclimatic data". Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 157 (2019): 427-435. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85060094158&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.compag.2019.01.018
  9. Pascoal, R.; Augusto, M.; Rocha, H.. "On the growth of Iberian firms: An empirical analysis". Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 531 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85067401202&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.physa.2019.121797
  10. Ventura, T.; Rocha, H.; da Costa Ferreira, B.; Dias, J.; Lopes, M.D.C.. "Comparison of two beam angular optimization algorithms guided by automated multicriterial IMRT". Physica Medica 64 (2019): 210-221. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85069650481&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ejmp.2019.07.012
  11. Pascoal, R.; Rocha, H.. "Inequality measures for wealth distribution: Population vs individuals perspective". Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 492 (2018): 1317-1326. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85036528006&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.physa.2017.11.059
  12. Dias, J.M.; Rocha, H.; Viana, A.. "Preface to the Special Issue on Improving Healthcare: New Challenges, New Approaches". International Transactions in Operational Research 25 1 (2018): 3-6. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85030162966&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/itor.12462
  13. Soares, I.; Dias, J.; Rocha, H.; Khouri, L.; do Carmo Lopes, M.; Ferreira, B.. "Predicting xerostomia after IMRT treatments: a data mining approach". Health and Technology 8 1-2 (2018): 159-168. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85047450312&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s12553-017-0204-4
  14. Rocha, Humberto; Dias, Joana M.; Ventura, Tiago; Ferreira, Brígida; Lopes, Maria do Carmo. "A derivative-free multistart framework for an automated noncoplanar beam angle optimization in IMRT". Medical Physics 43 10 (2016): 5514-55.
    Published • 10.1118/1.4962477
  15. ROCHA, H; Khouri, L.; Lopes, M.C.; Dias, J.; Ferreira, B.. "Treatment failure prediction for head-and-neck cancer radiation therapy". Cancer/Radiothérapie 20 4 (2016): 268-274.
    Published • 10.1016/j.canrad.2016.02.012
  16. Dias, J.; Rocha, H.; Ventura, T.; Ferreira, B.; Lopes, M.D.C.. "Automated fluence map optimization based on fuzzy inference systems". Medical Physics 43 3 (2016): 1083-1095. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84957548016&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1118/1.4941007
  17. Dias, Joana M.; Rocha, Humberto; Ferreira, Brigida C.; Lopes, Maria do Carmo; Dias, J.; Rocha, H.; Ferreira, B.; Lopes, M.C.. "Simulated annealing applied to IMRT beam angle optimization: A computational study". Physica Medica-European Journal of Medical Physics 31 7 (2015): 747-756. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84948719862&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ejmp.2015.03.005
  18. Dias, Joana; Rocha, Humberto; Ferreira, Brígida; Lopes, Maria do Carmo. "A genetic algorithm with neural network fitness function evaluation for IMRT beam angle optimization". Central European Journal of Operations Research 31 (2014): 747-756.
    Published • 10.1007/s10100-013-0289-4
  19. Rocha, H.; Dias, J. M.; Ferreira, B. C.; Lopes, M. C.. "Selection of intensity modulated radiation therapy treatment beam directions using radial basis functions within a pattern search methods framework". Journal of Global Optimization 57 57 (2013): 1065-1089.
    Published • 10.1007/s10898-012-0002-5
  20. Rocha, Humberto; Dias, Joana M; Ferreira, Brígida C; Lopes, Maria C. "Beam angle optimization for intensity-modulated radiation therapy using a guided pattern search method". Physics in Medicine and Biology 58 9 (2013): 2939-2953.
    Published • 10.1088/0031-9155/58/9/2939
  21. Rocha, H; Dias, J.M.; Ferreira, B.C.; Lopes, M.C.. "Pattern search methods framework for beam angle optimization in radiotherapy design". Applied Mathematics and Computation 219 23 (2013): 10853-10865.
    Published • 10.1016/j.amc.2013.05.006
  22. Rocha, H.; Dias, J.M.; Ferreira, B.C.; Lopes, M.C.. "Combinatorial optimization for an improved transition from fluence optimization to fluence delivery in IMRT treatment planning". Optimization 61 8 (2012): 969-987.
    Published • 10.1080/02331934.2011.607498
  23. Rocha, H.; Dias, J.M.; Ferreira, B.C.; Lopes, M.C.. "Discretization of optimal beamlet intensities in IMRT: A binary integer programming approach". Mathematical and Computer Modelling 55 7-8 (2012): 1969-1980.
    Published • 10.1016/j.mcm.2011.11.056
  24. Custódio, A L; Rocha, H; Vicente, L N. "Incorporating minimum Frobenius norm models in direct search". Computational Optimization and Applications 46 (2010): 265-278.
    Published • 10.1007/s10589-009-9283-0
  25. Rocha, H. "On the selection of the most adequate radial basis functions". Applied Mathematical Modelling 33 (2009): 1573-1583.
    Published • 10.1016/j.apm.2008.02.008
  26. Rocha, H. "Model parameter tuning by cross validation and global optimization: Application to the wing weight fitting problem". Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 37 (2008): 197-202.
    Published • 10.1007/s00158-007-0224-1
  27. Rocha, H; Li, W; Hahn, A. "Principal component regression for fitting wing weight data of subsonic transports". Journal of Aircraft 43 (2006): 1925-1936.
    Published • 10.2514/1.21934
  28. Alberto, Pedro; Nogueira, Fernando; Rocha, Humberto; Vicente, Luís N.. "Pattern Search Methods for User-Provided Points: Application to Molecular Geometry Problems". SIAM Journal on Optimization 14 4 (2004): 1216-1236.
    Published • 10.1137/S1052623400377955
Magazine article
  1. Rocha, H; Dias, J M. "Optimização do planeamento de tratamentos em radioterapia de intensidade modulada", APDIO, 2012
Report
  1. Rocha, H; Dias, J M; Ferreira, B C; Lopes, M C. 2012. Beam angle optimization in intensity-modulated radiation therapy using radial basis functions within the pattern search methods framework.
  2. Rocha, H; Dias, J M; Ferreira, B C; Lopes, M C. 2011. From fluence map optimization to fluence map delivery: the role of combinatorial optimization.
  3. Rocha, H; Dias, J M; Ferreira, B C; Lopes, M C. 2010. Direct search applied to beam angle optimization in radiotherapy design.
  4. Rocha, H; Dias, J M; Ferreira, B C; Lopes, M C. 2010. Towards efficient transition from optimized to delivery fluence maps in inverse planning of radiotherapy desing.
  5. Rocha, H; Dias, J M; Ferreira, B C; Lopes, M C. 2009. On the Optimization of Radiation Therapy Planning.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021 Selection of beam directions for prostate cancer treated with intensity-modulated proton therapy using a randomized direct-search method 31st European Conference on Operations Research (EURO2021)
(Atenas, Greece)
2021 A Randomized Direct-Search Approach For Beam Angle Optimization in Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy The 21th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA 2021)
(Cagliari, Italy)
2021 Forecasting using Radial Basis Functions: application to early prediction of durum wheat yield in Spain EGI Talks
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2020 Comparison of Different Strategies For Arc Therapy Optimization The 20th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA 2020)
(Cagliari, Italy)
2019 An Optimization Approach For Noncoplanar Intensity-Modulated Arc Therapy Trajectories The 19th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA 2019)
(Saint Petersburg, Russia)
2019 Optimization of Highly Noncoplanar Arc Therapy Trajectories: a Dosimetric Approach XV Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing (MEDICON 2019)
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2018 Comparison of Combinatorial and Continuous Frameworks For The Beam Angle Optimization Problem in IMRT The 18th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA 2018)
(Melbourne, Australia)
2017 A Neural Network Model for Team Viability The 17th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA 2017)
(Trieste, Italy)
2017 A Global Score-Driven Beam Angle Optimization in IMRT The 17th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA 2017)
(Trieste, Italy)
2017 Automated Radiotherapy Treatment Planning Using Fuzzy Inference Systems The 17th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA 2017)
(Trieste, Italy)
2016 On the beam angle optimization problem in IMRT: combinatorial vs continuous optimization Global Optimization Workshop (GOW’16)
(Braga, Portugal, Portugal)
2016 An accelerated multistart derivative-free framework for the beam angle optimization problem in IMRT The 16th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications
(Beijing, China, China)
2015 Does Beam Angle Optimization Really Matter for Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy? The 15th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications
(Banff, Canada, Canada)
2015 Noncoplanar beam angle optimization in IMRT treatment planning using pattern search methods Improving Healthcare: New Challenges, New Approaches (EURO mini conference)
(Coimbra, Portugal, Portugal)
2014 A two-stage programming approach to fluence map optimization for intensity- modulated radiation therapy treatment planning 6th European Conference of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (MBEC 2014)
(Dubrovnik, Croatia, Croatia)
2014 IMRT Beam Angle Optimization Using Electromagnetism-Like Algorithms The 14th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications
(Guimarães, Portugal, Portugal)
2014 IMRT Beam Angle Optimization Using Non-Descent Pattern Search Methods The 14th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications
(Guimarães, Portugal, Portugal)
2014 IMRT beam angle optimization using a physics-guided derivative-free algorithm XXX EURO mini Conference – Optimization in the Natural Sciences
(Aveiro, Portugal, Portugal)
2014 Noncoplanar beam angle optimization in IMRT treatment planning using derivativefree algorithms 8th European Conference on Medical Physics
(Athens, Greece, Greece)
2013 Otimização angular no planeamento inverso de tratamentos de IMRT: uma abordagem usando algoritmos sem derivadas IO 2013
APDIO (Bragança, Portugal, Portugal)
2013 On the Use of A Priori Knowledge in Pattern Search Methods: Application to Beam Angle Optimization for Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy The 13th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications
(Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, Vietnam)
2013 On the Global Optimization of the Beam Angle Optimization Problem in Intensity- Modulated Radiation Therapy XIIIMediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing
(Seville, Spain, Spain)
2012 Beam angle optimization using pattern search methods: initial mesh-size considerations 1st International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems
(Vilamoura, Portugal, Portugal)
2012 Incorporating Radial Basis Functions in Pattern Search Methods: Application to Beam Angle Optimization in Radiotherapy Treatment Planning The 12th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications
(Salvador, Brazil, Brazil)
2011 On the transition from fluence map optimization to fluence map delivery in intensity modulated radiation therapy treatment planning VII ALIO/EURO Workshop on Applied Combinatorial Optimization
(Porto, Portugal, Portugal)
2011 Beam angle optimization using derivative-free algorithms 11th Biennial ESTRO Conference on Physics and Radiation technology for Clinical Radiotherapy
(London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom)
2011 Influence of sampling in radiation therapy treatment design The International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications 2011
(Santander, Spain, Spain)
2010 Optimização Angular Workshop: Novos Desenvolvimentos em Dosimetria Clínica e IMRT, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Coimbra Francisco Gentil, E.P.E.
(Coimbra, Portugal, Portugal)
2010 Sampling issues for intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatment planning 24th European Conference on Operational Research
(Lisboa, Portugal, Portugal)
2007 Construction of wing weight estimation models 22nd European Conference on Operational Research
(Prague, Czech Republic, Czech Republic)
2007 Approximation model parameter tuning by cross-validation and global optimization OPTIMIZATION 2007
(Porto, Portugal, Portugal)
2006 Principal component regression for construction of wing weight estimation models CMUC seminar
(Coimbra, Portugal, Portugal)
2005 Data fitting methods for construction of wing weight estimation models International Conference on the Interactions between Wavelets and Splines
(Athens, USA, United States)
2001 Pattern search methods for user-provided points: Application to molecular geometry problems OPTIMIZATION 2001
(Aveiro, Portugal, Portugal)
2000 Métodos de procura em padrão para problemas em geometria molecular 9º Congresso da APDIO
(Setúbal, Portugal, Portugal)
2000 Pattern search methods for molecular geometry problems 17th International Symposium on Mathematical Programming
(Atlanta, USA, United States)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2014 - 2014 Beam Angle Optimization using Tabu Search
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Matemática (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Newton Method
Supervisor
 Licenciatura em Matemática (Specialization course)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Conjugate Gradient methods
Supervisor
 Licenciatura em Matemática (Specialization course)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Trust Region Methods
Supervisor
 Licenciatura em Matemática (Specialization course)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Pattern Search Methods
Supervisor
 Licenciatura em Matemática (Specialization course)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Heat Equation
Supervisor
 Licenciatura em Matemática (Specialization course)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Wave Equation
Supervisor
 Licenciatura em Matemática (Specialization course)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Laplace Equation
Supervisor
 Licenciatura em Matemática (Specialization course)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Fourier Series
Supervisor
 Licenciatura em Matemática (Specialization course)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal
2007 - 2007 Pattern Search Methods
Supervisor
 Licenciatura em Matemática (Specialization course)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal
2007 - 2007 Trust Region Methods
Supervisor
 Licenciatura em Matemática (Specialization course)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal
2007 - 2007 Conjugate Gradient Methods
Supervisor
 Licenciatura em Matemática (Specialization course)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal
2007 - 2007 Newton Method
Supervisor
 Licenciatura em Matemática (Specialization course)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal
2007 - 2007 Heat Equation
Supervisor
 Licenciatura em Matemática (Specialization course)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal
2007 - 2007 Wave Equation
Supervisor
 Licenciatura em Matemática (Specialization course)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal
2007 - 2007 Laplace Equation
Supervisor
 Licenciatura em Matemática (Specialization course)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal
2007 - 2007 Fourier Series
Supervisor
 Licenciatura em Matemática (Specialization course)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2014 - 2022 Computational Optimization and Applications (2014 - 2022)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
2021 - 2021 Optimization for Cancer Treatment (Session in stream ORAHS: OR in Health and Healthcare @ EURO 2021) (2021 - 2021)
Conference (Co-organisor)
2019 - 2019 Optimization in Medicine and Biology (session @MEDICON 2019) (2019 - 2019)
Conference (Co-organisor)
2018 - 2018 OR for Health and Care (stream @ the 29th European Conference on Operational Research) (2018 - 2018)
Conference (Co-organisor)
2017 - 2017 OR in Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (stream @ IFORS 2017) (2017 - 2017)
Conference (Co-organisor)
2015 - 2015 Euro Mini Conference 2015 Improving Healthcare: new challenges, new approaches
Conference (Co-organisor)
2012 - 2012 Investigação Operacional em Sistemas de Saúde
Workshop (Co-organisor)

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2021 Determinação das probabilidades de default: uma extensão do modelo de MERTON
(Thesis) Main arguer
 José Pedro Lopes (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020 Otimização da gestão operacional num centro de ressonância magnética através da programação dinâmica
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Carina Peixoto Tavares (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019 Multiobjective and global optimization with directional direct search
(Thesis) Main arguer
 José Firmino Aguilar Madeira (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 Otimização robusta em Finanças
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Paulo Tomás Barbosa Correia Virtudes. (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017 Um método estocástico para resolver problemas MINLP não suaves
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Rogério Brochado Francisco (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017 Modelos de programação inteira em otimização financeira: construção de um índice de fundos
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Vânia Filipa Nunes Lapa (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2014 Programação Não Linear Inteira Mista e Não Convexa Sem Derivadas
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Florbela Alexandra Pires Fernandes (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2011 Beam angle optimization in intensity modulated radiation therapy for head and neck tumors
(Thesis) Arguer
 Afonso Estima (Master)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
1998/09 - Current APDIO

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2018 - Current LOD - LNCS
2011 - Current ICCSA - LNCS

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021 - 2022 Matemática e Estatística para as Ciências Sociais Sociologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2019 - 2022 Matemática I Gestão (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2016 - 2022 Cálculo II Economia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2016 - 2021 Práticas de Investigação Quantitativa Sociologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2015 - 2021 Matemática II Gestão (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2014 - 2021 Álgebra Linear Economia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2014 - 2019 Cálculo I Economia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2015 - 2018 Estatística I Gestão (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2010/09 - 2012/07 Farmacoepidemiologia Mestrado integrado em Ciências Farmacêuticas (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2010/09 - 2012/07 Farmacoepidemiologia Licenciatura em Farmácia Biomédica (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
1998/10 - 2008/09 Álgebra Linear e Geometria Analítica Licenciatura em Matemática (Outros) Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal
1998/10 - 2008/09 Análise Numérica Licenciatura em Matemática (Outros) Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal
1998/10 - 2008/09 Probabilidades Licenciatura em Matemática (Outros) Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal
1998/10 - 2008/09 Estatística Licenciatura em Matemática (Outros) Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal
1998/10 - 2008/09 Equações Diferenciais Licenciatura em Matemática (Outros) Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal
1998/10 - 2008/09 Geometria Diferencial Licenciatura em Matemática (Outros) Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal
1998/10 - 2008/09 Matemática I Licenciatura em Gestão (Outros) Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal
1998/10 - 2008/09 Matemática II Licenciatura em Gestão (Outros) Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal
1998/10 - 2008/09 Matemática Licenciatura em Arquitectura (Outros) Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Centro Regional das Beiras, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2021 - 2021 Expert evaluation of proposal
Evaluator
 National Science Centre Poland, Poland

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021 - Current Physics in Medicine and Biology IOP Publishing
2021 - Current Applied Numerical Mathematics Elsevier
2020 - Current Frontiers in Oncology Frontiers
2020 - Current Mathematical Problems in Engineering Hindawi
2019 - Current Social Science Research Elsevier
2019 - Current Big Data Research Elsevier
2018 - Current International Transactions in Operational Research Wiley
2018 - Current Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis Elsevier
2018 - Current OMEGA Elsevier
2018 - Current Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment SAGE
2017 - Current RAIRO - Operations Research EDP Sciences
2017 - Current Applied Mathematical Modelling Elsevier
2016 - Current Health Informatics Journal SAGE
2015 - Current European Journal of Operations Research Elsevier
2015 - Current Medical Physics Wiley
2015 - Current IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering Taylor & Francis
2014 - Current Journal of Global Optimization Springer
2013 - Current INFORMS Journal on Computing INFORMS
2010 - Current AIAA journal AIAA
2009 - Current Optimization Letters Springer
2009 - Current Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics Elsevier
2008 - Current Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization Springer
Distinctions

Award

2014 Best paper presentation award