Services to the Scientific Community

Academic Coordination

  • Head of the Department of Statistics of the Federal University of Bahia (October 10, 2022 – October 09, 2024)

  • Member of the Scientific Board of the MSc program in Mathematics, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil (November 2018 – October 2020)

  • Vice-Coordinator of the Specialization in Data Science and Big Data, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil (since May 2018)

  • Member of the Scientific Board of the European PhD in Socio-Economic and Statistical Studies (SESS), since September 2016

  • Research Director of CAST – Center for Applied Statistics and Data Analytics, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, since April 2015

  • Local correspondent of the Brazilian Statistical Association, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil (since August 2015)

  • Representative of the Institute of Mathematics in the main PIBIC committee which awards undergraduate scholarships, Federal University of Bahia (April 2015 – July 2016)

  • Member of the Scientific Board of the Graduation in Statistics, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil (June 2015 – May 2016)

  • Member of the Scientific Board of the Graduation in Mathematics, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil (January 2014 – May 216)

  • Member of the Scientific Committee, Research Center for Mathematics and Applications, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal (February 2012 – January 2015)

  • Public Relations (PR) representative of the PPC (PE&RC Graduated School PhD Council, Wageningen University, The Netherlands) (January 2011 – January 2012)

  • Member of the Administration Committee of the PhD discussion group “Plant-Soil Interactions”, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, with monthly meetings (November 2010 – December 2011)

  • Member of the Production Ecology & Resource Conservation (PE&RC Graduated School, Wageningen University, The Netherlands) PhD Council (PPC) (November 2010 – January 2012)

Scientific Societies

  • President-Elect of the International Society for Business and Industrial Statistics (July 2021 – August 2023; President between August 2023 and August 2025)

  • (Founding) Chair of the Special Interest Group on Data Science, of the International Statistical Institute (July 2021 – July 2023)

  • Member of the Representative Council of the International Biometric Society (July 2021 – June 2025)

  • Member of the Board of Directors of the Brazilian Statistical Association (September 2020 – September 2024)

  • President of the Brazilian Region of the International Biometric Society (May 2018 - May 2020; May 202 - November 2022)

  • Member of the Executive Committee (Publication Officer) of the International Association for Statistical Computing (IASC) (August 2019 – August 2021)

  • Past-Chairman of the Latin American Regional Section (LARS) of the International Association for Statistical Computing (IASC) (January 2019 – December 2020)

  • Chairman of the Latin American Regional Section (LARS) of the International Association for Statistical Computing (IASC) (January 2017 – December 2018)

  • Member of the Ad Hoc Committee of The International Biometric Society “International Program Committee” (01/2018 – 12/2020)

  • Member of the Ad Hoc Committee of The International Biometric Society “International Program Committee” (01/2016 – 12/2018)

  • Member of the Ad Hoc Committee of The International Biometric Society “Website and Membership Advisory Committee” (01/2019 – 01/2020)

  • Member of the International Statistical Institute Communications Working Group (since 02/2018)

  • Vice-President of the Brazilian Region of the International Biometric Society (May 2016 - May 2018)

  • Council Member of the International Statistical Institute (August 2015 – August 2019)

  • Council Member of the International Society for Business and Industrial Statistics (August 2015 – August 2019)

  • Member of the Executive Committee of the International Association for Statistical Computing (IASC) (January 2017 – December 2018)

  • Chair of the Founding Committee of the Latin American Regional Section of the International Association for Statistical Computing (LARS-IASC) (August 2015 – August 2016)

  • Member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI) Young Statisticians Committee (August 2017 – present)

  • Chair of the International Statistical Institute (ISI) Young Statisticians Committee (August 2013 – July 2017)

  • Member of the ISI Soundboard to redesign the ISI website (September 2014 - August 2015)

  • Leader of the Special Interest Group “Young Statisticians” of the European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics (ENBIS) (September 2012 – August 2014)

  • President of the jSPE, the section of young statisticians of the Portuguese statistical Society (October 2011 – December 2013)

  • Vice-President of the International Society of Business and Industrial Statistics (ISBIS), a society of the International Statistical Institute (ISI) (August 2009 - August 2011; September 2011 – August 2013)

  • Member of the y-BIS Executive Committee, the Young Business and Industrial Statisticians (August 2013 – present)

  • Chair of the y-BIS Executive Committee, the Young Business and Industrial Statisticians (August 2009 – August 2011; September 2011 – August 2013)

  • Co-Founder (with M. de Carvalho) of the jSPE, the Section of Young Statisticians in the Portuguese Statistical Society (April 2010 - September 2011)

  • Chair of the founding y-BIS Executive Committee, the Young Business and Industrial Statisticians (May 2009 - August 2011)

  • Co-Founder (with Nick Fisher) of y-BIS, the Young Business and Industrial Statisticians (May 2009 – August 2011)

  • Working group to discuss the issue of strengthening the presence and the position of Young Statisticians within the International Statistical Institute (ISI) (March 2010 - August 2011)

  • ISI Soundboard for the revision of the ISI Website (September 2009 - June 2010)

Industry and Innovation

  • 01/2018 – present Advisory Board Member of the Swiss Innovation Valley (since January 2018)