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Vitor Silva. Concluiu o(a) Doutoramento em Engenharia Civil em 2013/05/13 pelo(a) Universidade de Aveiro, Mestrado em Engenharia Civil em 2009/09/02 pelo(a) Universidade de Aveiro e Licenciatura em Ciências da Engenharia Civil em 2008/07/02 pelo(a) Universidade de Aveiro. É Gestão de Ciência e Tecnologia no(a) Global Earthquake Model Foundation e Professor Associado no(a) Universidade de Aveiro. Publicou 88 artigos em revistas especializadas. Possui 9 capítulo(s) de livros e 2 livro(s). Orientou 14 tese(s) de doutoramento e coorientou 3. Orientou 14 dissertação(ões) de mestrado e coorientou 5. Recebeu 5 prémio(s) e/ou homenagens. Participa e/ou participou como Co-Investigador Responsável (Co-IR) em 1 projeto(s), Investigador em 6 projeto(s) e Investigador responsável em 12 projeto(s). No seu currículo Ciência Vitae os termos mais frequentes na contextualização da produção científica, tecnológica e artístico-cultural são: Residential networks; Communal Internet accesses; CommGate; Communal network architecture; Sharing broadband accesses; Communal Residential Gateway; broadband link sharing; remote managment Internet accesses; Vulnerability; Fragility; Analytical methodologies; Loss assessment; Estimativa de perdas sísmicas; Avaliação de risco sísmico; Vulnerabilidade física e social; Seguro para protecção contra risco sísmico; Seismic Risk; Seismic Hazard; Exposure; connectivity and traffic flow analysis; machine learning techniques and big data; risk mitigation; landslide and liquefaction; Precast Industrial buildings ; Avaliação da Segurança Sísmica ; Soluções de Reforço ; Life Cycle Assessment; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Vitor Silva

Citation names

  • Silva, Vitor

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
D312-A14D-482D
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4408-3883
Scopus Author Id
55617133000

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2009/10/01 - 2013/05/13
Concluded
 Engenharia Civil (Doutoramento)
Major in Engenharia de Estruturas
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Development of Open Models and Tools for Seismic Risk Assessment: Application to Portugal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with honours
2008/09/02 - 2009/09/02
Concluded
 Engenharia Civil (Mestrado)
Major in Engenharia Civil
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Development of Tools to Evaluate the Structural Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Structures" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2004/09/14 - 2008/07/02
Concluded
 Ciências da Engenharia Civil (Licenciatura)
Major in Engenharia Civil
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 17
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013/05/13 - Current Science and Technology Management Global Earthquake Model Foundation, Italy
Global Earthquake Model Foundation, Italy
2013/05/13 - 2025/01/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2010/05/01 - 2013/05/01 Researcher (Research) Global Earthquake Model Foundation, Italy
Global Earthquake Model Foundation, Italy
2009/06/01 - 2010/01/31 Researcher (Research) Eucentre, Italy
Eucentre, Italy

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/02/01 - Current Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2023/07/01 Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/01/01 - 2026/12/31 daTa and pRocesses in sEismic hAzarD
101072699
Researcher
Global Earthquake Model Foundation, Italy
 European Commission
2022/10/01 - 2026/09/30 Geosphere Infrastructures for Questions into Integrated Research
101058518
Researcher
Global Earthquake Model Foundation, Italy
 European Commission
2023/03/12 - 2026/03/11 Seismic risk Assessment For transportation NETworks
2022.07628.PTDC
10.54499/2022.07628.PTDC
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Fundação Ensino e Cultura Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/03/31 - 2024/01/31 Assessment of Seismic Safety Integrated with Machine Learning and Tremors
PTDC/ECI-EGC/7244/2020
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2021/11/19 - 2023/11/17 Inteligência Artificial para a Redução de Riscos Naturais
EXPL/ECI-EGC/1555/2021
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/04/01 - 2021/12/31 Seismic performance ASSessment of existing Precast Industrial buildings and development of Innovative Retrofitting sustainable solutions
PTDC/ECI-EST/28439/2017
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/02/01 - 2021/01/31 Modelling Exposure Through Earth Observation Routines (METEOR): EO-based Exposure, Nepal and Tanzania
UKSA-METEOR-17
Researcher
Global Earthquake Model Foundation, Italy
 UK Space Agency
Ongoing
2018/01/01 - 2021/01/01 MitRisk Framework for seismic risk reduction resorting to costeffective retrofitting solutions
PTDC/ECI-EST/31865/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/02/01 - 2020/10/31 Pilot for a generic damage evaluation methodology based on remote-sensing data
7193080
Principal investigator
Global Earthquake Model Foundation, Italy
 World Bank
Ongoing
2017/01/01 - 2020/06/30 Seismic Urban Risk Assessment in Iberia and Maghreb
PT-DZ/0002/2015
Universidade do Porto Instituto de I e D em Estruturas e Construção, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Centre de Recherche en Astronomie Astrophysique et Géophysique, Algeria
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/11/01 - 2019/06/30 Collaborative Risk Assessment of Volcanoes and Earthquakes (CRAVE)
AID-OFDA-G-17-00222
Principal investigator
Global Earthquake Model Foundation, Italy
 USAID
Concluded
2018/12/01 - 2019/04/30 Revising, Extending and Populating the Challenge Fund Data Schema
7189341
Researcher
Global Earthquake Model Foundation, Italy
 World Bank
Concluded
2018/10/02 - 2019/02/01 Implementation of an Earthquake Loss Model for Canada
N/A
Principal investigator
Global Earthquake Model Foundation, Italy
 Aon Benfield Ltd
Concluded
2018/06/01 - 2018/12/31 Improving Post-Disaster Damage Data Collection to Inform Decision Making
7186532
Principal investigator
Global Earthquake Model Foundation, Italy
 World Bank
Concluded
2017/03/01 - 2018/03/31 Challenge Fund – Global Exposure Database for Multi-hazard Risk Analysis (GED4ALL)
7182255
Principal investigator
Global Earthquake Model Foundation, Italy
 World Bank
Concluded
2016/01/01 - 2017/10/31 Caribbean and Central America (earthquake) Risk Assessment (CCARA)
AID-OFDA-G-16-00149
Principal investigator
Global Earthquake Model Foundation, Italy
 USAID
Concluded
2016/01/01 - 2017/10/31 Development of a Global Vulnerability Database for Earthquake Risk Analysis
USAID-GVD-16
Principal investigator
USAID
Concluded
2015/11/01 - 2017/06/01 Sub-Saharan Africa Hazard and Risk Assessment (SSAHARA)
USAID-SSAHARA-15
Principal investigator
Global Earthquake Model Foundation, Italy
 USAID
Concluded
2016/04/01 - 2016/10/31 Development of an Earthquake Loss Model for Iran
N/A
Principal investigator
Aon Benfield Ltd
2015/01/01 - 2016/01/01 Beyond Button Pushing
17-05
Principal investigator
Global Earthquake Model Foundation, Italy
 California Seismic Safety Commission
Concluded
2013/01/01 - 2016/01/01 South America Risk Assessment (SARA)
swissre-sara-gem2013
Principal investigator
Global Earthquake Model Foundation, Italy
 SwissRe Foundation
Concluded
2013/06/01 - 2015/09/30 Avaliação de perdas e risco sísmico dos edificios em Portugal
PTDC/ECM-EST/3062/2012
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/01/01 - 2015/01/01 Earthquake Loss Assessment of the Portuguese Building Stock
PTDC /EC M-EST/3062/2012
Researcher
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Furtado, André; Arêde, António; Rodrigues, Fernanda; Rodrigues, Hugo; Vitorino, Hugo; Varum, Humberto; Ostetto, Liana; et al. Seismic Performance Assessment of Existing Precast Industrial Buildings. Portugal. 2022.
    Published
  2. Furtado, André; Arêde, A.; Rodrigues, Fernanda; Rodrigues, Hugo; Vitorino, Hugo; Varum, Humberto; Ostetto, Liana; et al. Seismic Precast. Seismic performance assessment of existing precast industrial buildings. Leiria, Portugal: Politécnico de Leiria. 2021.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.25766/nhbv-9f79
Book chapter
  1. Bismarck, Mário; Mena-Matos, Helena; Marques, Jorge; Guedes, Marina Vale; Almeida, Paulo Luís; Alegria, Pedro; Simões, Sílvia; CARDOSO, VASCO; Silva, Vitor. ""Organizar a Complexidade. As anotações gráficas e verbais como recursos de sintetização e memorização" /"Organising complexity. Graphic and verbal annotations as synthesising and memorising resources"". In Desenhar entre Fronteiras - Aprendizagem, Investigação e Comunicação pelo Desenho na Universidade /Drawing Across Borders - Learning, Research and Communication through Drawing in the University, 81-128. Porto, Portugal: i2ADS edições, 2023.
    Published
  2. Vitor Silva; Alejandro Calderon; Lana Todorovic; Luis Martins. "Incorporating Future Earthquake Risk in Disaster Risk Management". 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-15104-0_11
  3. Helen Crowley; Jamal Dabbeek; Venetia Despotaki; Daniela Rodrigues; Luis Martins; Vitor Silva; Xavier Romão; et al. "European Seismic Risk Model – Insights and Emerging Research Topics". 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-15104-0_10
  4. Karmacharya, Uddhav; Silva, Vítor; Brzev, Svetlana; Martins, Luís. "Improving the Nepalese Building Code Based on Lessons Learned From the 2015 M7.8 Gorkha Earthquake". In Impacts and Insights of Gorkha Earthquake in Nepal, 135-172. Elsevier, 2018.
    Published • 10.1016/b978-0-12-812808-4.00006-7
  5. Michele Calvi, G.; Rodrigues, Daniela; Silva, Vitor. "A Redefinition of Seismic Input for Design and Assessment". In Recent Advances in Earthquake Engineering in Europe, 69-100. Springer International Publishing, 2018.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-75741-4_3
  6. Silva, Vitor; Weatherill, Graeme; Yepes, Catalina. "Assessment of the Impact from Earthquakes". In Words into Action. Geneva, Switzerland: United National International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, 2017.
    Published
  7. Silva, Vitor; Weatherill, Graeme; Dolce, Mauro; Danciu, Laurentiu; Rossetto, Tiziana. "Geophysical Risk: Earthquake". In Science for Disaster Risk Reduction. 2017.
    Published
  8. Silva, Vitor; Crowley, Helen; Colombi, Miriam. "Fragility Function Manager Tool". In SYNER-G: Typology Definition and Fragility Functions for Physical Elements at Seismic Risk, 385-402. Springer Netherlands, 2013.
    Published • 10.1007/978-94-007-7872-6_13
  9. Crowley, Helen; Colombi, Miriam; Silva, Vitor. "Epistemic Uncertainty in Fragility Functions for European RC Buildings". In SYNER-G: Typology Definition and Fragility Functions for Physical Elements at Seismic Risk, 95-109. Springer Netherlands, 2013.
    10.1007/978-94-007-7872-6_4
Conference paper
  1. Reihane Shafie; Humberto Varum; Silva, Vitor; Jose Melo; Xavier Romao. Corresponding author: Reihane Shafie. "Vulnerability Assessment of Reinforced Concrete (RC) Structures based on Modal Parameters". Paper presented in Ibero-Latin American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering, Porto, 2023.
    Accepted
  2. Jorge Lopes; Gouveia, Feliz Alberto Ribeiro; Silva, Vitor; Moreira, Rui Silva; Torres, José Manuel; Guerreiro, Maria João Correia de Simas; Reis, Luis Paulo. "Using Deep Learning for Building Stock Classification in Seismic Risk Analysis". Paper presented in Encontro Português de Inteligência Artificial, EPIA 2023, Ilha do Faial, 2023.
    Published
  3. Silva, Vitor; Jorge Lopes; Feliz Gouveia; Romain Sousa. Corresponding author: Silva, Vitor. "Exposure Modelling through Machine Learning for Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment". Paper presented in International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, Dublin, 2023.
    Accepted
  4. Silva, Vitor; Amir Taherian; Romeu Vicente. Corresponding author: Silva, Vitor. "Designing Equitable and Dynamic Rapid Earthquake Loss Assessment Systems". Paper presented in International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Dublin, 2023.
    Accepted
  5. Graeme Weatherill; Fabrice Cotton; Helen Crowley; Laurentiu Danciu; Karin Sesetyan; Eser Cakti; Abdullah Sandikkaya; et al. Corresponding author: Graeme Weatherill. "The 6 February 2023 Tu¨rkiye Earthquakes: Insights for the European Seismic Hazard and Risk Models". Paper presented in European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, 2023.
    Accepted
  6. Joanna Holmgren; Max Werner; Katsuichiro Goda; Silva, Vitor; Patrick Chindandali; Victoria Stevens. Corresponding author: Joanna Holmgren. "Regional ground motion model evaluation for the southern Eastern African Rift System". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of the Seismological Society of America, Puerto Rico, 2023.
    Accepted
  7. Jamal Dabbeek; Helen Crowley; Silva, Vitor; Graeme Weatherill; Nicole Paul; Cecilia Nievas. Corresponding author: Jamal Dabbeek. "Impact of exposure spatial resolution on seismic loss estimates in regional portfolios". Paper presented in European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Bucharest, 2022.
    Accepted
  8. Silva, Vitor; Jamal Dabbeek. Corresponding author: Silva, Vitor. "Earthquake Losses in the Middle East: Potential Strategies to Improve Affordability". Paper presented in European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Bucharest, 2022.
    Accepted
  9. Holger Lovon; Silva, Vitor; Romeu Vicente; Tiago Ferreira. Corresponding author: Holger Lovon. "Development of Analytical Fatality Vulnerability Functions for Masonry Buildings in Portugal". Paper presented in European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Bucharest, 2022.
    Accepted
  10. Luis Martins; Silva, Vitor. Corresponding author: Luis Martins. "A Single Deep Learning Model for Portfolio Risk Analysis". Paper presented in European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Bucharest, 2022.
    Accepted
  11. Silva, Vitor; Alejandro Calderon. "The (not-too-distant) Future of Earthquake Risk Assessment". Paper presented in National Conference on Earthquake Engineering of the United States, Salt Lake City, 2022.
    Accepted
  12. Nicole Paul; Silva, Vitor. Corresponding author: Nicole Paul. "Updates to GEM’s Global Seismic Risk Model". Paper presented in National Conference on Earthquake Engineering of the United States, Salt Lake City, 2022.
    Accepted
  13. Romain Sousa; Batalha, Nádia; Silva, Vitor; FERNANDES, PAULO; Varum, Humberto; Rodrigues, Hugo. "Curvas de fragilidade para edifícios industriais pré-fabricados em betão armado em Portugal". Paper presented in Congresso Nacional Reabilitar & Betão Estrutural 2020, Lisboa, 2021.
    Published
  14. André Lopes; Costa, Alexandre A.; Miranda Guedes, João; João Sampaio; Silva, Vitor. "Elementos singulares apoiados em fachadas de edifícios tradicionais: comportamento sísmico em zonas de baixa sismicidade e análise da sua vulnerabilidade". Paper presented in CONREA 21 – O Congresso da Reabilitação, Aveiro, 2021.
    Published
  15. Catalina Yepes-Estrada; Silva, Vitor; Anirudh Rao; Desmond Amo-Oduro; Alejandro Calderon; Jamal Dabbeek; Venetia Despotaki; et al. Corresponding author: Catalina Yepes-Estrada. "Development of a Global Exposure Model for Regional Seismic Risk Assessment". Paper presented in World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, 2021.
    Accepted
  16. Silva, Vitor; Alejandro Calderon; Catarina Costa; Jamal Dabbeek; Luis Martins; Anirudh Rao; Catalina Yepes-Estrada; et al. Corresponding author: Silva, Vitor. "Exploring Probabilistic Seismic Risk Assessment to Monitor the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction". Paper presented in World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, 2021.
    Accepted
  17. Helen Crowley; Silva, Vitor; Luis Martins; Xavier Romao; Nuno Pereira. Corresponding author: Helen Crowley. "Open models and software for assessing the vulnerability of the European building stock". Paper presented in ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computional Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Athens, 2021.
    Accepted
  18. Colm Jordan; Annie Winson; Kay Smith; John Rees; Silva, Vitor; Paul Henshaw; Christopher Sampson; et al. Corresponding author: Colm Jordan. "METEOR: Constructing methodologies for multi-hazard impacts on exposure in developing nations.". Paper presented in American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting of 2019, San Francisco, 2019.
    Accepted
  19. Kishor Jaiswal; Charlie Huyck; Silva, Vitor; Doug Bausch. Corresponding author: Kishor Jaiswal. "Challenges in human and built environment exposure modeling for catastrophic risk assessment: How can we get it right?". Paper presented in American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting of 2019, San Francisco, 2019.
    Accepted
  20. Silva, Vitor. Corresponding author: Silva, Vitor. "Assessing Earthquake Risk Globally". Paper presented in International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2019.
    Accepted
  21. Jamal Dabbeek; Silva, Vitor. "Modelling the residential building stock in the Middle-East for multi-hazard risk". Paper presented in International Conference on Natural Hazards & Infrastructure, Chania, 2019.
    Accepted
  22. Jamal Dabbeek; Silva, Vitor; Carmine Galasso; Andrew Smith. "Implementing probabilistic multi-hazard risk model: earthquakes and floods in the Middle East". Paper presented in International Conference on Natural Hazards & Infrastructure, Chania, 2019.
    Accepted
  23. Cigdem Yilmaz; Silva, Vitor; Graeme Weatherill. "Comparative Scenario-Based Landslide Loss Assessment: Application to Mainland Portugal". Paper presented in International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Rome, 2019.
    Accepted
  24. Graeme Weatherill; Cigdem Yilmaz; Silva, Vitor. Corresponding author: Graeme Weatherill. "Using OpenQuake for Probabilistic Hazard and Risk Assessment of Seismically Induced Ground Displacements: Lessons Learned from Implementation and Considerations for Application". Paper presented in International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Rome, 2019.
    Accepted
  25. John R Elliott; Ekbal Hussain; Silva, Vitor; Mabe Villar Vega; Ruth Amey; Gautier Rauscher. "Contrasting Seismic Risk for Santiago, Chile, from Near-field and Distant Earthquake Sources". Paper presented in American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting of 2018, Washington DC, 2018.
    Accepted
  26. Shubharoop Ghosh; Charles Huyck; Ronald T Eguchi ; Colm Jordan; Kay B Smith; Silva, Vitor; Mhairi O’Hara; Claire Simon. Corresponding author: Shubharoop Ghosh. "Modelling Exposure through Earth Observation Routines (METEOR) for Developing Countries: Increasing Availability and Access to More Robust Risk Information". Paper presented in American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting of 2018, Washington DC, 2018.
    Accepted
  27. Alejandro Calderon; Catalina Yepes; Luis Martins; Silva, Vitor. Corresponding author: Alejandro Calderon. "Towards a Uniform Earthquake Loss Model across Central American". Paper presented in European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 2018.
    Accepted
  28. Helen Crowley; Silva, Vitor; Luis Martins. Corresponding author: Helen Crowley. "Seismic Design Code Calibration Based on Individual and Societal Risk". Paper presented in European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 2018.
    Accepted
  29. Helen Crowley; Daniela Rodrigues; Silva, Vitor; Venetia Despotaki; Humberto Varum; Miguel Castro; Sinan Akkar; et al. Corresponding author: Helen Crowley. "Towards a Uniform Earthquake Risk Model for Europe". Paper presented in European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 2018.
    Accepted
  30. Massimiliano Pittore; Kevin Fleming; Silva, Vitor; Bolot Moldobekov. Corresponding author: Massimiliano Pittore. "Seismic Hazard and Risk in Central Asia. Outcomes of the EMCA Project". Paper presented in European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 2018.
    Accepted
  31. Venetia Despotaki; Silva, Vitor; Sergio Lagomarsino; Irina Pavlova; Jair Torres. Corresponding author: Venetia Despotaki. "Evaluation Of Seismic Risk On Unesco Designated Cultural Heritage Sites In Europe". Paper presented in European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 2018.
    Accepted
  32. Luís Martins; Silva, Vitor. Corresponding author: Luís Martins. "A Global Database of Vulnerability Models for Seismic Risk Assessment". Paper presented in European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 2018.
    Accepted
  33. Luís Martins; Silva, Vitor. Corresponding author: Luís Martins. "A Seismic Risk Profile For Mainland Portugal.". Paper presented in European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 2018.
    Accepted
  34. Mabé Villar Vega; Silva, Vitor; Kishor Jaiswal. Corresponding author: Mabé Villar Vega. "Earthquake Scenarios In South America: Application To Five Major Cities". Paper presented in European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 2018.
    Accepted
  35. Venetia Despotaki; Silva, Vitor. Corresponding author: Venetia Despotaki. "Probabilistic Seismic Risk Assessment In The Balkan Region". Paper presented in European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 2018.
    Accepted
  36. Cigdem Yilmaz; Silva, Vitor; Graeme Weatherill; Ellen Rathje. Corresponding author: Cigdem Yilmaz. "Probabilistic Seismic Loss Estimation Due to Ground Failure". Paper presented in European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 2018.
    Accepted
  37. Luis Sousa; Mario Marques; Silva, Vitor; Graeme Weatherill. "Epistemic Uncertainty in Hazard and Fragility Modelling for Earthquake Risk Assessment". Paper presented in European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 2018.
    Accepted
  38. Silva, Vitor; Helen Crowley; Kishor Jaiswal; Ana Beatriz Acevedo; Massimiliano Pittore; Murray Journey. "Developing a Global Earthquake Risk Model". Paper presented in European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 2018.
    Accepted
  39. Hooman Motamed; Alejandro Calderon; Silva, Vitor; Catarina Costa. "Development of Iran Earthquake Risk Model". Paper presented in European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 2018.
    Accepted
  40. Anirudh Rao; Silva, Vitor. Corresponding author: Anirudh Rao. "Towards Building a Global Earthquake Risk Model". Paper presented in International Conference for Continental Earthquakes with the Decade Memory of the Wenchuan Earthquake, Chengdu, 2018.
    Accepted
  41. Luis Martins; Silva, Vitor; Helen Crowley; Paolo Bazzurro; Mario Marques. Corresponding author: Luis Martins. "Advances in the Definition of Fragility Models for the Development of Risk-Targeted Hazard Maps". Paper presented in World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, 2017.
    Accepted
  42. Ana Acevedo; Juan Jaramillo; Catalina Yepes; Silva, Vitor. Corresponding author: Ana Acevedo. "Seismic Damage Scenarios For Unreinforced Masonry Structures Of Bogotá, Medellín And Cali (Colombia)". Paper presented in World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, 2017.
    Accepted
  43. Catalina Yepes; Vitor Silva. Corresponding author: Vitor Silva. "Probabilistic Seismic Risk Assessment of the Residential Building Stock in South America". Paper presented in World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, 2017.
    Accepted
  44. Anirudh Rao; Silva, Vitor. "The Risk Component of the Openquake-Engine". Paper presented in World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 2017.
    Accepted
  45. Jairo Valcárcel; Venetia Despotaki; Christopher Burton; Catalina Yepes; Silva, Vitor; Carlos Villacis. "Integrated Assessment Of Earthquake Risk In Quito, Ecuador using Openquake". Paper presented in World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, 2017.
    Accepted
  46. Silva, Vitor; Chiara Casotto; Dimitrios Vamvatsikos; Anirudh Rao; Mabe Villar. "Presentation of the Risk Modeller’s Toolkit, the open–source software for vulnerability assessment of the Global Earthquake Model". Paper presented in World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, 2017.
    Accepted
  47. Nicola Tarque; Holger Lovon; Silva, Vitor; Sandra Santa-Cruz. Corresponding author: Nicola Tarque. "Development of Fragility Curves for Confined Masonry Buildings of Lima". Paper presented in World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, 2017.
    Accepted
  48. Silva, V.; Crowley, H.; Bazzurro, P.. "Advances on risk-targeted hazard estimation within the European context". 2015.
  49. Martins, L.; Silva, V.; Crowley, H.; Bazzurro, P.; Marques, M.. "Investigation of structural fragility for risk-targeted hazard assessment". 2015.
  50. Marques, M.; Macedo, L.; Araújo, M.; Martins, L.; Castro, J.M.; Sousa, L.; Silva, V.; Delgado, R.. "Influence of Record Selection Procedures on Seismic Loss Estimations". 2014.
    10.1061/9780784413609.176
  51. Silva, V.; Crowley, H.; Varum, H.; Pinho, R.; Sousa, L.. "Development of a Fragility Model for Moment-Frame RC Buildings in Portugal". 2014.
    10.1061/9780784413609.054
  52. Silva, V.; Crowley, H.; Varum, H.; Pinho, R.; Marques, M.. "Investigation of the Characteristics of the Portuguese Moment-Frame RC Building Stock". 2014.
    10.1061/9780784413609.173
  53. Sousa, L.; Silva, V.; Marques, M.; Crowley, H.; Pinho, R.. "Including Multiple IMTs in the Development of Fragility Functions for Earthquake Loss Estimation". 2014.
    10.1061/9780784413609.172
  54. Burton, C.G.; Khazai, B.; Silva, V.. "Social vulnerability and integrated risk assessment within the global earthquake model". 2014.
    10.4231/D3MG7FW5N
  55. Silva, V.; Crowley, H.; Yepes, C.; Pinho, R.. "Presentation of the OpenQuake-engine, an open source software for seismic hazard and risk assessment". 2014.
    10.4231/D37P8TD8D
  56. Silva, Vitor; Varum, Humberto; Crowley, Helen; Sousa, Romain; Pinho, Rui. "Evaluation of Analytical Methodologies to Derive Vulnerability Functions". 2012.
  57. Moreira, Rui Silva; Mamede, Jorge; Oliveira, Bruno; Silva, Vitor; Rui S.Moreira; Bruno Oliveira; Vitor Silva; Jorge Mamede. "A Network Approach for Communal Access Services". Paper presented in Annual IEEE International Symposium on Consumer Electronics - ISCE, Portimão - Algarve, 2008.
    Published • 10.1109/ISCE.2008.4559458
  58. Moreira, Rui Silva; Mamede, Jorge; Oliveira, Bruno; Silva, Vitor; Mamede, J.; Moreira, R.; Oliveira, B.; Brandão, V.. "Communal network architecture for sharing high bandwidth services". Paper presented in Communication Networks and Services Research Conference (CNSR 2008), Halifax - Nova Scotia, 2008.
    Published • 10.1109/CNSR.2008.82
  59. Moreira, R.; Mamede, J.; Oliveira, B.; Silva, V.; Silva, L.; Ruela, J.; Moreira, Rui Silva; et al. "CommGate: A communal residential gateway". Paper presented in Consumer Communications and Networking Conference - CCNC 2008, Las Vegas, 2008.
    Published • 10.1109/ccnc08.2007.53
Edited book
  1. Simões, Sílvia; Almeida, Paulo Luís; Bismarck, Mário; Silva, Vitor; MARQUES, JORGE; Amandi, Cláudia; Alegria, Pedro; CARDOSO, VASCO; Matos, Filomena. Desenhar entre fronteiras. Aprendizagem, Investigação e Comunicação pelo Desenho na Universidade.. porto, Portugal: i2ADs. 2023.
    Published
  2. Bismarck, Mário; Almeida, Paulo Luís; Simões, Sílvia; Cardoso, Vasco; Silva, Vitor. DRAWING ACROSS BORDERS Learning, Research and Communication through Drawing in the University / Desenhar entre fronteiras. Aprendizagem, investigação e comunicação pelo Desenho na Universidade.. Porto, Portugal: I2ADs edições. 2023.
    Published • DOI 10.54499/PTDC/ART-OUT/3560/2021
  3. Bismarck, Mário; Cardoso, Vasco; Simões, Sílvia; Silva, Vitor. Ver, querer ver, dar a ver / Seeing, Wanting to See, Making Visible". UPorto Press. 2021.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Vitor Silva; David Wald; Amir Taherian. "Potential Benefits of Seismic Monitoring for Ground-Shaking Estimation and Loss Assessment". Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (2025): https://doi.org/10.1785/0120240014.
    10.1785/0120240014
  2. Salvador Ramos; Vitor Silva; Luis Martins; Nicole Paul; Romeu Vicente. "Calibrating collapse and fatality rates for the assessment of fatalities due to earthquakes". Earthquake Spectra (2025): https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930241308825.
    10.1177/87552930241308825
  3. Nicole Paul; Carmine Galasso; Vitor Silva; Jack Baker. "Population displacement after earthquakes: benchmarking predictions based on housing damage". Seismica 3 2 (2024): https://doi.org/10.26443/seismica.v3i2.1374.
    10.26443/seismica.v3i2.1374
  4. Joanna M Holmgren; Maximilian J Werner; Katsuichiro Goda; Manuela Villani; Vitor Silva; Patrick Chindandali. "Ranking and developing ground-motion models for Southeastern Africa". Earthquake Spectra (2024): https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930241236765.
    10.1177/87552930241236765
  5. Vitor Silva; Romain Sousa; Feliz Ribeiro Gouveia; Jorge Lopes; Maria Joao Guerreiro. "A building imagery database for the calibration of machine learning algorithms". Earthquake Spectra (2024): https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930241229103.
    10.1177/87552930241229103
  6. John Douglas; Helen Crowley; Vitor Silva; Warner Marzocchi; Laurentiu Danciu; Rui Pinho. "Methods for evaluating the significance and importance of differences amongst probabilistic seismic hazard results for engineering and risk analyses: a review and insights". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering (2024): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-024-01896-y.
    10.1007/s10518-024-01896-y
  7. Dallo, Irina; Marti, Michèle; Valenzuela, Nadja; Crowley, Helen; Dabbeek, Jamal; Danciu, Laurentiu; Zaugg, Simone; et al. "The communication strategy for the release of the first European Seismic Risk Model and the updated European Seismic Hazard Model". Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 24 1 (2024): 291-307. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-291-2024.
    10.5194/nhess-24-291-2024
  8. Maria Camila Hoyos; Vitor Silva. "A database and empirical model for earthquake post-loss amplification". Earthquake Spectra (2023): https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930231207822.
    10.1177/87552930231207822
  9. Catalina Yepes-Estrada; Alejandro Calderon; Catarina Costa; Helen Crowley; Jamal Dabbeek; Maria Camila Hoyos; Luis Martins; et al. "Global building exposure model for earthquake risk assessment". Earthquake Spectra (2023): https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930231194048.
    10.1177/87552930231194048
  10. Joanna M Holmgren; Maximilian J Werner; Katsuichiro Goda; Manuela Villani; Vitor Silva; Patrick Chindandali; Victoria Stevens. "A relocated earthquake catalog and ground motion database for the southern East African rift system". Earthquake Spectra (2023): https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930231173450.
    10.1177/87552930231173450
  11. Tiegan E Hobbs; J Murray Journeay; Anirudh S Rao; Michal Kolaj; Luis Martins; Philip LeSueur; Michele Simionato; et al. "A national seismic risk model for Canada: Methodology and scientific basis". Earthquake Spectra (2023): https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930231173446.
    10.1177/87552930231173446
  12. Astha Poudel; Kyriazis Pitilakis; Vitor Silva; Anirudh Rao. "Correction to: Infrastructure seismic risk assessment: an overview and integration to contemporary open tool towards global usage". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-023-01707-w.
    10.1007/s10518-023-01707-w
  13. Astha Poudel; Kyriazis Pitilakis; Vitor Silva; Anirudh Rao. "Infrastructure seismic risk assessment: an overview and integration to contemporary open tool towards global usage". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-023-01693-z.
    10.1007/s10518-023-01693-z
  14. Silva, Vitor; Romain Sousa; Gouveia, Feliz Alberto Ribeiro; Jorge Lopes; Guerreiro, Maria João Correia de Simas. "A Building Imagery Database for the Calibration of Machine Learning Algorithms". Earthquake Spectra (2023):
    Accepted
  15. Petros Kalakonas; Vitor Silva. "Earthquake scenarios for building portfolios using artificial neural networks: part II—damage and loss assessment". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering (2022): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-022-01599-2.
    10.1007/s10518-022-01599-2
  16. Vitor Silva. "The adolescent years of seismic risk assessment". Natural Hazards (2022): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-022-05517-2.
    10.1007/s11069-022-05517-2
  17. Silva, Vitor; Taherian, Amir; Carlos Sousa Oliveira. Corresponding author: Silva, Vitor. "Earthquake Early Warning for Portugal: Part 1 - Where is it Worth?". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering (2022):
    Accepted
  18. Lopes, André; Costa, Alexandre A.; Guedes, João; Silva, Vitor. "Análise da fragilidade sísmica de blocos rígidos não estruturais". Revista Portuguesa de Engenharia de Estruturas Série III 19 (2022): 47-56.
    Published
  19. Kalakonas, Petros; Silva, Vitor. "Seismic vulnerability modelling of building portfolios using artificial neural networks". Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/50128954/.
    10.1002/EQE.3567
  20. Jamal Dabbeek; Helen Crowley; Vitor Silva; Graeme Weatherill; Nicole Paul; Cecilia I. Nievas. "Impact of exposure spatial resolution on seismic loss estimates in regional portfolios". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering (2021): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-021-01194-x.
    10.1007/s10518-021-01194-x
  21. Ruth M. J. Amey; John R. Elliott; Ekbal Hussain; Richard Walker; Marco Pagani; Vitor Silva; Kanatbek E. Abdrakhmatov; C. Scott Watson. "Significant Seismic Risk Potential From Buried Faults Beneath Almaty City, Kazakhstan, Revealed From High-Resolution Satellite DEMs". Earth and Space Science 8 9 (2021): https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EA001664.
    10.1029/2021EA001664
  22. Lovon, Holger; Silva, Vitor; Vicente, Romeu; Ferreira, Tiago Miguel; Costa, Alexandre A.. "Characterisation of the masonry building stock in Portugal for earthquake risk assessment". Engineering Structures 233 (2021): 111857. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.111857.
    Published • 10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.111857
  23. Calderón, Alejandro; Silva, Vitor. "Exposure forecasting for seismic risk estimation: Application to Costa Rica". Earthquake Spectra (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/8755293021989333.
    Published • 10.1177/8755293021989333
  24. Yilmaz, Cigdem; Silva, Vitor; Weatherill, Graeme. "Probabilistic framework for regional loss assessment due to earthquake-induced liquefaction including epistemic uncertainty". Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 141 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2020.106493.
    Published • 10.1016/j.soildyn.2020.106493
  25. Martins, Luis; Silva, Vitor. "Development of a fragility and vulnerability model for global seismic risk analyses". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering (2021): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/32398446/.
    10.1007/S10518-020-00885-1
  26. Momin, Samar; Lovon, Holger; Silva, Vitor; Ferreira, Tiago Miguel; Vicente, Romeu. "Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Portuguese Adobe Buildings". Buildings (2021): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/44609307/.
    10.3390/BUILDINGS11050200
  27. Ma, Jian; Rao, Anirudh; Silva, Vitor; Liu, Kai; Wang, Ming. "A township-level exposure model of residential buildings for mainland China". Natural Hazards (2021): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/44781341/.
    10.1007/S11069-021-04689-7
  28. Crowley, Helen; Despotaki, Venetia; Silva, Vitor; Dabbeek, Jamal; Romao, Xavier; Pereira, Nuno; Castro, Jose Miguel; et al. "Model of seismic design lateral force levels for the existing reinforced concrete European building stock". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering (2021): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/44458131/.
    10.1007/S10518-021-01083-3
  29. Martins, Luis; Silva, Vitor; Crowley, Helen; Cavalieri, Francesco. "Vulnerability modellers toolkit, an open-source platform for vulnerability analysis". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering (2021): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/44172255/.
    10.1007/S10518-021-01187-W
  30. Sousa, R.; Batalha, N.; Silva, V.; Rodrigues, H.. "Seismic fragility functions for Portuguese RC precast buildings". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10518-020-01007-7.
    Published • 10.1007/s10518-020-01007-7
  31. Catarina Costa; Rui Figueiredo; Vitor Silva; Paolo Bazzurro. "Application of open tools and datasets to probabilistic modeling of road traffic disruptions due to earthquake damage". Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics 49 12 (2020): 1236-1255. https://doi.org/10.1002/eqe.3288.
    10.1002/eqe.3288
  32. Costa, Catarina; Figueiredo, Rui; Silva, Vitor; Bazzurro, Paolo. "Application of Open Tools and Datasets to Probabilistic Modelling of Road Traffic Disruptions due to Earthquake Damage". Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics 49 12 (2020): 1236-1255.
    Published
  33. Dabbeek, Jamal; Silva, Vitor; Galasso, Carmine; Smith, Andrew. "Probabilistic earthquake and flood loss assessment in the Middle East". International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 49 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101662.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101662
  34. Rao, Anirudh; Dutta, Debashish; Kalita, Pratim; Ackerley, Nick; Silva, Vitor; Raghunandan, Meera; Ghosh, Jayadipta; et al. "Probabilistic seismic risk assessment of India". Earthquake Spectra 36 1_suppl (2020): 345-371. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/8755293020957374.
    Published • 10.1177/8755293020957374
  35. Pittore, Massimiliano; Haas, Michael; Silva, Vitor. "Variable resolution probabilistic modeling of residential exposure and vulnerability for risk applications". Earthquake Spectra 36 (2020): 321-344. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/8755293020951582.
    Published • 10.1177/8755293020951582
  36. Silva, Vitor; Paul, Nicole. "Potential impact of earthquakes during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic". Earthquake Spectra 37 1 (2020): 73-94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/8755293020950328.
    Published • 10.1177/8755293020950328
  37. Kalakonas, Petros; Silva, Vitor; Mouyiannou, Amaryllis; Rao, Anirudh. "Exploring the impact of epistemic uncertainty on a regional probabilistic seismic risk assessment model". Natural Hazards 104 1 (2020): 997-1020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-020-04201-7.
    Published • 10.1007/s11069-020-04201-7
  38. Acevedo, Ana Beatriz; Yepes-Estrada, Catalina; González, Daniela; Silva, Vitor; Mora, Miguel; Arcila, Mónica; Posada, Gustavo. "Seismic risk assessment for the residential buildings of the major three cities in Colombia: Bogotá, Medellín, and Cali". Earthquake Spectra 36 (2020): 298-320. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/8755293020942537.
    Published • 10.1177/8755293020942537
  39. Silva, Vitor; Amo-Oduro, Desmond; Calderon, Alejandro; Costa, Catarina; Dabbeek, Jamal; Despotaki, Venetia; Martins, Luis; et al. "Development of a global seismic risk model". Earthquake Spectra (2020): 875529301989995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/8755293019899953.
    Published • 10.1177/8755293019899953
  40. Crowley, Helen; Despotaki, Venetia; Rodrigues, Daniela; Silva, Vitor; Toma-Danila, Dragos; Riga, Evi; Karatzetzou, Anna; et al. "Exposure model for European seismic risk assessment". Earthquake Spectra (2020): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/37641116/.
    10.1177/8755293020919429
  41. Pagani, Marco; Garcia-Pelaez, Julio; Gee, Robin; Johnson, Kendra; Poggi, Valerio; Silva, Vitor; Simionato, Michele; et al. "The 2018 version of the Global Earthquake Model: Hazard component". Earthquake Spectra (2020): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/33654385/.
    10.1177/8755293020931866
  42. Hussain, Ekbal; Elliott, John R.; Silva, Vitor; Villar-Vega, Mabe; Kane, Deborah. "Contrasting seismic risk for Santiago, Chile, from near-field and distant earthquake sources". Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (2020): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/43977406/.
    10.5194/NHESS-20-1533-2020
  43. Dabbeek, Jamal; Silva, Vitor. "Modeling the residential building stock in the Middle East for multi-hazard risk assessment". Natural Hazards 100 2 (2019): 781-810. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-019-03842-7.
    Published • 10.1007/s11069-019-03842-7
  44. Murnane, Richard J.; Allegri, Giovanni; Bushi, Alphonce; Dabbeek, Jamal; de Moel, Hans; Duncan, Melanie; Fraser, Stuart; et al. "Data schemas for multiple hazards, exposure and vulnerability". Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal 28 6 (2019): 752-763. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/dpm-09-2019-0293.
    Published • 10.1108/dpm-09-2019-0293
  45. Silva, Vitor. "Uncertainty and Correlation in Seismic Vulnerability Functions of Building Classes". Earthquake Spectra 35 4 (2019): 1515-1539. http://dx.doi.org/10.1193/013018eqs031m.
    Published • 10.1193/013018eqs031m
  46. Silva, Vitor; Akkar, Sinan; Baker, Jack; Bazzurro, Paolo; Castro, José Miguel; Crowley, Helen; Dolsek, Matjaz; et al. "Current Challenges and Future Trends in Analytical Fragility and Vulnerability Modeling". Earthquake Spectra 35 4 (2019): 1927-1952. http://dx.doi.org/10.1193/042418eqs101o.
    Published • 10.1193/042418eqs101o
  47. Silva, Vitor; Horspool, Nick. "Combining USGS ShakeMaps and the OpenQuake-engine for damage and loss assessment". Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics 48 6 (2019): 634-652. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eqe.3154.
    Published • 10.1002/eqe.3154
  48. Motamed, Hooman; Calderon, Alejandro; Silva, Vitor; Costa, Catarina. "Development of a probabilistic earthquake loss model for Iran". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 17 4 (2018): 1795-1823. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10518-018-0515-5.
    Published • 10.1007/s10518-018-0515-5
  49. Calderon, A.; Silva, V.. "Probabilistic seismic vulnerability and loss assessment of the residential building stock in Costa Rica". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 17 3 (2018): 1257-1284. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10518-018-0499-1.
    Published • 10.1007/s10518-018-0499-1
  50. Martins, Luís; Silva, Vítor; Bazzurro, Paolo; Marques, Mário. "Advances in the derivation of fragility functions for the development of risk-targeted hazard maps". Engineering Structures 173 (2018): 669-680. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.07.028.
    Published • 10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.07.028
  51. Despotaki, Venetia; Silva, Vitor; Lagomarsino, Sergio; Pavlova, Irina; Torres, Jair. "Evaluation of Seismic Risk on UNESCO Cultural Heritage sites in Europe". International Journal of Architectural Heritage 12 7-8 (2018): 1231-1244. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15583058.2018.1503374.
    Published • 10.1080/15583058.2018.1503374
  52. Calvi, G. Michele; Rodrigues, Daniela; Silva, Vitor. "Introducing new design spectra derived from Italian recorded ground motions 1972 to 2017". Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics 47 13 (2018): 2644-2660. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eqe.3102.
    Published • 10.1002/eqe.3102
  53. Lovon, Holger; Tarque, Nicola; Silva, Vitor; Yepes-Estrada, Catalina. "Development of Fragility Curves for Confined Masonry Buildings in Lima, Peru". Earthquake Spectra 34 3 (2018): 1339-1361. http://dx.doi.org/10.1193/090517eqs174m.
    Published • 10.1193/090517eqs174m
  54. Luís Sousa; Vítor Silva; Mário Marques; Helen Crowley. "Including Multiple Ground Motion Intensity Measures in the Derivation of Fragility Functions for Earthquake Loss estimation". U.Porto Journal of Engineering (2018): https://doi.org/10.24840/2183-6493_002.003_0004.
    10.24840/2183-6493_002.003_0004
  55. Costa, Catarina; Silva, Vitor; Bazzurro, Paolo. "Assessing the impact of earthquake scenarios in transportation networks: the Portuguese mining factory case study". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 16 3 (2017): 1137-1163. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10518-017-0243-2.
    Published • 10.1007/s10518-017-0243-2
  56. Chaulagain, Hemchandra; Rodrigues, Hugo; Varum, Humberto; Silva, Vitor; Gautam, Dipendra. "Generation of spectrum-compatible acceleration time history for Nepal". Comptes Rendus Geoscience 349 5 (2017): 198-201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crte.2017.07.001.
    Published • 10.1016/j.crte.2017.07.001
  57. Sousa, Luis; Silva, Vitor; Marques, Mário; Crowley, Helen. "On the treatment of uncertainty in seismic vulnerability and portfolio risk assessment". Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics 47 1 (2017): 87-104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eqe.2940.
    10.1002/eqe.2940
  58. Villar-Vega, Mabé; Silva, Vitor. "Assessment of earthquake damage considering the characteristics of past events in South America". Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 99 (2017): 86-96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2017.05.004.
    Published • 10.1016/j.soildyn.2017.05.004
  59. Rodrigues, Daniela; Crowley, Helen; Silva, Vitor. "Earthquake loss assessment of precast RC industrial structures in Tuscany (Italy)". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 16 1 (2017): 203-228. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10518-017-0195-6.
    Published • 10.1007/s10518-017-0195-6
  60. Silva, Vitor. "Critical Issues on Probabilistic Earthquake Loss Assessment". Journal of Earthquake Engineering 22 9 (2017): 1683-1709. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13632469.2017.1297264.
    Published • 10.1080/13632469.2017.1297264
  61. Sousa, Luis; Marques, Mário; Silva, Vitor; Varum, Humberto. "Hazard Disaggregation and Record Selection for Fragility Analysis and Earthquake Loss Estimation". Earthquake Spectra 33 2 (2017): 529-549. http://dx.doi.org/10.1193/062016eqs101m.
    Published • 10.1193/062016eqs101m
  62. Villar-Vega, Mabé; Silva, Vitor; Crowley, Helen; Yepes, Catalina; Tarque, Nicola; Acevedo, Ana Beatriz; Hube, Matías A.; Gustavo, Coronel D.; María, Hernán Santa. "Development of a Fragility Model for the Residential Building Stock in South America". Earthquake Spectra 33 2 (2017): 581-604. http://dx.doi.org/10.1193/010716eqs005m.
    Published • 10.1193/010716eqs005m
  63. Sousa, Luis; Silva, Vitor; Bazzurro, Paolo. "Using Open-Access Data in the Development of Exposure Data Sets of Industrial Buildings for Earthquake Risk Modeling". Earthquake Spectra 33 1 (2017): 63-84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1193/020316eqs027m.
    Published • 10.1193/020316eqs027m
  64. Yepes-Estrada, Catalina; Silva, Vitor; Valcárcel, Jairo; Acevedo, Ana Beatriz; Tarque, Nicola; Hube, Matías A.; Coronel, Gustavo; María, Hernán Santa. "Modeling the Residential Building Inventory in South America for Seismic Risk Assessment". Earthquake Spectra 33 1 (2017): 299-322. http://dx.doi.org/10.1193/101915eqs155dp.
    Published • 10.1193/101915eqs155dp
  65. Silva, Vitor; Schneider, John. "Modeling the built environment for local to global earthquake risk assessment". Natural Hazards 86 S1 (2016): 183-184. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-016-2657-6.
    Published • 10.1007/s11069-016-2657-6
  66. Acevedo, Ana B.; Jaramillo, Juan D.; Yepes, Catalina; Silva, Vitor; Osorio, Fernando A.; Villar, Mabé. "Evaluation of the seismic risk of the unreinforced masonry building stock in Antioquia, Colombia". Natural Hazards 86 S1 (2016): 31-54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-016-2647-8.
    Published • 10.1007/s11069-016-2647-8
  67. Yepes-Estrada, Catalina; Silva, Vitor; Rossetto, Tiziana; D'Ayala, Dina; Ioannou, Ioanna; Meslem, Abdelghani; Crowley, Helen. "The Global Earthquake Model Physical Vulnerability Database". Earthquake Spectra 32 4 (2016): 2567-2585. http://dx.doi.org/10.1193/011816eqs015dp.
    Published • 10.1193/011816eqs015dp
  68. Burton, Christopher G.; Silva, Vitor. "Assessing Integrated Earthquake Risk in OpenQuake with an Application to Mainland Portugal". Earthquake Spectra 32 3 (2016): 1383-1403. http://dx.doi.org/10.1193/120814eqs209m.
    Published • 10.1193/120814eqs209m
  69. Silva, Vitor; Crowley, Helen; Bazzurro, Paolo. "Exploring Risk-Targeted Hazard Maps for Europe". Earthquake Spectra 32 2 (2016): 1165-1186. http://dx.doi.org/10.1193/112514eqs198m.
    Published • 10.1193/112514eqs198m
  70. Sousa, Luis; Silva, Vitor; Marques, Mário; Crowley, Helen. "On the treatment of uncertainties in the development of fragility functions for earthquake loss estimation of building portfolios". Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics 45 12 (2016): 1955-1976. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eqe.2734.
    Published • 10.1002/eqe.2734
  71. Silva, Vitor. "Critical Issues in Earthquake Scenario Loss Modeling". Journal of Earthquake Engineering 20 8 (2016): 1322-1341. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13632469.2016.1138172.
    Published • 10.1080/13632469.2016.1138172
  72. Burton, C.G.; Silva, V.. "Assessing integrated earthquake risk in OpenQuake with an application to Mainland Portugal". Earthquake Spectra 32 3 (2016): 1383-1403. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84983540167&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1193/120814EQS209M
  73. Silva, V.; Crowley, H.; Bazzurro, P.. "Exploring risk-targeted hazard maps for Europe". Earthquake Spectra 32 2 (2016): 1165-1186. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84974603513&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1193/112514EQS198M
  74. Martins, Luís; Silva, Vítor; Marques, Mário; Crowley, Helen; Delgado, Raimundo. "Development and assessment of damage-to-loss models for moment-frame reinforced concrete buildings". Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics 45 5 (2015): 797-817. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eqe.2687.
    Published • 10.1002/eqe.2687
  75. Chaulagain, Hemchandra; Rodrigues, Hugo; Silva, Vitor; Spacone, Enrico; Varum, Humberto. "Earthquake loss estimation for the Kathmandu Valley". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 14 1 (2015): 59-88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10518-015-9811-5.
    Published • 10.1007/s10518-015-9811-5
  76. Casotto, C.; Silva, V.; Crowley, H.; Nascimbene, R.; Pinho, R.. "Seismic fragility of Italian RC precast industrial structures". Engineering Structures 94 (2015): 122-136. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2015.02.034.
    Published • 10.1016/j.engstruct.2015.02.034
  77. Chaulagain, Hemchandra; Rodrigues, Hugo; Silva, Vitor; Spacone, Enrico; Varum, Humberto. "Seismic risk assessment and hazard mapping in Nepal". Natural Hazards 78 1 (2015): 583-602. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-015-1734-6.
    Published • 10.1007/s11069-015-1734-6
  78. Silva, Vitor; Marques, Mário; Castro, José Miguel; Varum, Humberto. "Development and application of a real-time loss estimation framework for Portugal". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 13 9 (2015): 2493-2516. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10518-015-9743-0.
    Published • 10.1007/s10518-015-9743-0
  79. Weatherill, G. A.; Silva, V.; Crowley, H.; Bazzurro, P.. "Exploring the impact of spatial correlations and uncertainties for portfolio analysis in probabilistic seismic loss estimation". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 13 4 (2015): 957-981. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10518-015-9730-5.
    Published • 10.1007/s10518-015-9730-5
  80. Woessner, Jochen; Laurentiu, Danciu; Giardini, Domenico; Crowley, Helen; Cotton, Fabrice; Gruenthal, Gottfried; Valensise, Gianluca; et al. "The 2013 European Seismic Hazard Model: key components and results". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering (2015): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/4999506/.
    10.1007/S10518-015-9795-1
  81. Silva, Vitor; Crowley, Helen; Varum, Humberto; Pinho, Rui; Sousa, Luis. "Investigation of the characteristics of Portuguese regular moment-frame RC buildings and development of a vulnerability model". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 13 5 (2014): 1455-1490. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10518-014-9669-y.
    Published • 10.1007/s10518-014-9669-y
  82. Silva, Vitor; Crowley, Helen; Varum, Humberto; Pinho, Rui. "Seismic risk assessment for mainland Portugal". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 13 2 (2014): 429-457. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10518-014-9630-0.
    Published • 10.1007/s10518-014-9630-0
  83. Pagani, M.; Monelli, D.; Weatherill, G.; Danciu, L.; Crowley, H.; Silva, V.; Henshaw, P.; et al. "OpenQuake Engine: An Open Hazard (and Risk) Software for the Global Earthquake Model". Seismological Research Letters 85 3 (2014): 692-702. http://dx.doi.org/10.1785/0220130087.
    Published • 10.1785/0220130087
  84. Asteris, P.G.; Chronopoulos, M.P.; Chrysostomou, C.Z.; Varum, H.; Plevris, V.; Kyriakides, N.; Silva, V.. "Seismic vulnerability assessment of historical masonry structural systems". Engineering Structures 62-63 (2014): 118-134. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2014.01.031.
    Published • 10.1016/j.engstruct.2014.01.031
  85. Casotto, C.; Silva, V.; Crowley, H.; Nascimbene, R.; Pinho, R.. "Seismic fragility and collapse probability of Italian precast reinforced concrete industrial structures". Civil-Comp Proceedings 106 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84963611974&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  86. Silva, V.; Crowley, H.; Pinho, R.; Varum, H.. "Extending displacement-based earthquake loss assessment (DBELA) for the computation of fragility curves". Engineering Structures 56 (2013): 343-356. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2013.04.023.
    Published • 10.1016/j.engstruct.2013.04.023
  87. Silva, V.; Crowley, H.; Varum, H.; Pinho, R.; Sousa, R.. "Evaluation of analytical methodologies used to derive vulnerability functions". Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics 43 2 (2013): 181-204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eqe.2337.
    Published • 10.1002/eqe.2337
  88. Silva, Vitor; Crowley, Helen; Pagani, Marco; Monelli, Damiano; Pinho, Rui. "Development of the OpenQuake engine, the Global Earthquake Model’s open-source software for seismic risk assessment". Natural Hazards 72 3 (2013): 1409-1427. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-013-0618-x.
    Published • 10.1007/s11069-013-0618-x
Journal issue
  1. Simões, Sílvia; Antão, Natacha; Silva, Vitor. "Usos transversais do desenho.". PSIAX 1 5 (2021): https://i2ads.up.pt/publicacoes/psiax-5/.
Report
  1. Catalina Yepes-Estrada; Michele Simonato; Karim Zadeh, Zarin; Anirudh Rao; Silva, Vitor; Paolo Tormene; Luis Matins; Maria Camila Hoyos; Nicole Paul. Corresponding author: Catalina Yepes-Estrada. 2022. Report produced in the context of the SURA-GEM 2022 agreement.
  2. T E Hobbs; J M Journeay; A S Rao; L Martins; P LeSueur; M Kolaj; M Simionato; et al. 2022. Scientific basis of Canada's first public national seismic risk model. https://doi.org/10.4095/330927.
    10.4095/330927
  3. Crowley, Helen; Silva, Vitor; Correia, António A.; Pitilakis, Kyriazis. 2017. "Engineering and risk modelling output requirements for natural and anthropogenic earthquake hazard," Deliverable 25.1 (WP25-JRA3), SERA – EU H2020 Project. http://www.sera-eu.org/export/sites/sera/home/.galleries/Deliverables/SERA_D25.1_Engineering_Risk_Needs.pdf.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/10/01 - 2025/10/01 Development of Methodologies to Validate Earthquake Loss Models
Supervisor of Zarrin Karimzadeh
Civil Engineering (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/01/10 - 2025/01/10 Exploration of Digital Twins in Regional Seismic Risk Assessment
Supervisor
 Civil Engineering (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/10/01 - 2024/10/01 Assessment of Earthquake Damage using Machine Learning
Supervisor of Salvador Ramos
Civil Engineering (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/10/01 - 2024/10/01 Assessment of Regional Liquefaction Risk Using Non-parametric Models
Supervisor of Lana Todorovic
Earthquake Engineering (PhD)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
2018/10/01 - 2022/10/01 Seismic Risk Assessment of Building Portfolios Using Artificial Neural Networks
Supervisor of Petros Kalakonas
 Earthquake Engineering (PhD)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
2018/10/01 - 2022/10/01 Advanced Earthquake Modelling of Human Losses
Supervisor of Enes Veliu
 Earthquake Engineering (PhD)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
2019/06/01 - 2022/06/01 Assessment of Human and Economic Losses for Portugal using Advanced Vulnerability Modelling
Supervisor of Holger Lovon
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2020/06/30 Assessment of future risk from earthquake hazard
Supervisor of Alejandro Calderon
Earthquake Engineering (PhD)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
2016/09/01 - 2020/06/30 Evaluation of multi-hazard risk reduction measures in the Middle East
Supervisor of Jamal Dabbeek
Understanding and Managing Extremes (PhD)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
2015/09/01 - 2019/05/01 Development of a framework for large scale assessment of losses due to earthquake-induced liquefaction and landslides
Supervisor of Cigdem Yilmaz
Understanding and Managing Extremes (PhD)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
2014/09/01 - 2019/05/01 Seismic Risk Assessment of Networks using Open Data and Tools
Supervisor of Catarina Costa
Understanding and Managing Extremes (PhD)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
2011/09/01 - 2018/05/05 Earthquake damage and loss assessment of reinforced concrete buildings
Co-supervisor of Luis Martins
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2014/10/01 - 2018/04/15 Development of Innovative Methodologies for the Treatment of Uncertainties in the Earthquake Loss Estimation of Building Portfolios
Co-supervisor of Luis Sousa
 Civil Engineering (PhD)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Exploring the earthquake risk in India
Supervisor of Pratim Kalita
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
2013/09/01 - 2017/05/01 Integrated earthquake risk assessment of Turkey
Supervisor of Sevgi Ozcebe
Understanding and Managing Extremes (PhD)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
2016 - 2017 Derivation of a vulnerability model for the reinforced concrete building stock in Nepal
Supervisor of Saroj Maharjan
 Earthquake Engineering (Master)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
2016 - 2017 Evaluation of torsional effects in reinforced concrete structures in Egypt
Supervisor of Karim Shamseldin
 Earthquake Engineering (Master)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
2016 - 2017 Evaluation of epistemic uncertainties in Catastrophe Loss Models
Supervisor of Petros Kalakonas
Earthquake Engineering (Master)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
2016 - 2017 Development of a probabilistic risk model for India
Supervisor
 Earthquake Engineering (Master)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
2013/09/01 - 2016/05/01 Damage-dependent fragility assessment: critical issues and recommendations
Co-supervisor of Chiara Casotto
 Earthquake Engineering (PhD)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
2015 - 2016 Development of an exposure model for North Africa
Supervisor of Ahmed Essan
Earthquake Engineering (Master)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
2015 - 2016 Exploring retrofitting benefit-cost analysis for Central America
Supervisor of Maria Camilla Hoyos
 Earthquake Engineering (Master)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
2015 - 2016 Assessment of the impact of spatial resolution in seismic risk analysis
Supervisor of Jamal Dabbeek
 Understanding and Managing Extremes (Master)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
2015 - 2016 Assessment of structural vulnerability of the reinforced concrete building stock in Nepal
Supervisor of Uddhav Karmacharya
 Earthquake Engineering (Master)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
2015 - 2016 Development of structural loss ratio prediction models
Supervisor of Athanasios Apostolopoulos
 Earthquake Engineering (Master)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
2015 - 2016 Assessment of earthquake scenarios in South Korea
Supervisor of Yeonhui Jeong
Earthquake Engineering (Master)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
2014 - 2015 Probabilistic Earthquake Loss Assessment for Costa Rica
Supervisor of Alejandro Calderon
Earthquake Engineering (PhD)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
2014 - 2015 Evaluation of Simplified Approaches for the Derivation of Seismic Vulnerability Models
Supervisor of Mehmetcan Atakul
 Earthquake Engineering (Master)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
2014 - 2015 Seismic vulnerability assessment of the residential building stock in South America
Supervisor of Mabe Villar
 Earthquake Engineering (PhD)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
2013/09/15 - 2014/06/30 Seismic vulnerability assessment of school buildings
Supervisor of Mario Henriques
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2013/10/01 - 2014/06/15 Seismic vulnerability assessment of school buildings
Co-supervisor
 Civil Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2013/09/01 - 2014/02/28 Development of a Methodology to derive Fragility Functions for Retrofitted Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings
Co-supervisor of Joanne White
Earthquake Engineering (Master)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
2013/09 - 2014/02 Development of fragility functions for Italian industrial structures, UME Graduate School
Co-supervisor of Chiara Casotto
2013 - 2014 Numerical tools for structural analysis
Co-supervisor of Eurico Correia
2013 - 2014 Influence the direction of propagation of earthquakes on the structural response of reinforced concrete buildings
Co-supervisor of Samuel Carvalho
2013 - 2014 Development of a Framework to Evaluate the Seismic Risk of Transportation Networks
Supervisor of Catarina Costa
Understanding and Managing Extremes (Master)
Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Italy
2012/10/01 - 2013/06/15 Seismic risk assessment of Portugal
Co-supervisor of David Lourenço
Civil Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2019 Natural Hazads Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award
European Geosciences Union, Germany
2018 Shah Family Innovation Award
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, United States
2016 Carlos Sousa Oliveira Award
Sociedade Portuguesa de Engenharia Sísmica, Portugal
2006 Outstanding performance in Civil Engineering year of 2005/2006
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2005 Outstanding performance in Civil Engineering year of 2004/2005
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal