Conference Activities

Member of the Scientific Program Committee of the VIII Latin American Conference on Statistical Computing (LACSC), San José, Costa Rica, July 15-19, 2024.

Member of the Technical Program Committee of the 7th International Conference on Mathematics and Statistics (ICoMS 2024), Amarante, Portugal, June 23-25, 2024.

Member of the Scientific Program Committee of the 68th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Region of the International Biometric Society (RBras), Piracicaba, SP, May 27-29, 2024.

Member of the Scientific Program Committee of the Online International Symposium on Graduate Research in Data Science & Technology, İzmir, Turkey, December 2023.

Member of the Scientific Program Committee of the International Conference on Data Science, Santiago, Chile, November 8-10, 2023.

Chair of the Scientific Program Committee of the 1st SaLLy Day, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, October 28, 2023.

Member of the Local Organizing Committee of the 1st SaLLy Day, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, October 28, 2023.

Member of the Scientific Program Committee of the Third Event on Play with Real Data, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran, October 6-23, 2023.

Member of the Scientific Program Committee of the 67th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Region of the International Biometric Society (RBras) and the 20th Symposium of Applied Statistics to Agronomic Experimentation (SEAGRO), Londrina, PR, Brazil, July 24-28, 2023.

Member of the Technical Program Committee of the 6th International Conference on Mathematics and Statistics (ICoMS 2023), Leipzig, Germany, July 14-16, 2023.

Member of the Scientific Program Committee of the International Society for Business and Industrial Statistics (ISBIS) 2023 Satellite Conference of the World Statistics Congress of the International Statistical Institute (ISBIS 2023), Brock University, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, June, 2023.

Member of the Scientific Program Committee of the XIX Conferencia Española de Biometría y VIII Encuentro Iberoamericano de Biometría (CEB-EIB 2023), Vigo, Spain, June, 2023

Member of the Scientific Program Committee of the VII Latin American Conference on Statistical Computing (LACSC), Lima, Peru, April 3-5, 2023.

Member of the Technical Program Committee of the 6th International Conference on Mathematics and Statistics (ICoMS 2023).

Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Symposium in Graduate Researchers on Data Science, Izmir, Turkey, December 2-3, 2022.

Chair of the Scientific Program Committee of the 4th Conference on Statistics and Data Science (CSDS2022), Salvador, Brazil, December 1-3, 2022.

Vice-Chair of the Local Organizing Committee of the 4th Conference on Statistics and Data Science (CSDS2022), Salvador, Brazil, December 1-3, 2022.

Member of the Scientific Committee of the VIII Encontro Baiano de Estatística, Salvador, BA, Brazil, October 25-27, 2022.

Organizing President of the 66th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Region of the International Biometric Society (RBras), Florianopolis, SC, Brazil, November November 16-18, 2022.

Member of the Scientific Program Committee of the International Symposium for Business and Industrial Statistics, Naples, Italy, June 20-21, 2022.

Invited Paper Session organizer - “Data Science in Business and Industry”, at the International Symposium for Business and Industrial Statistics, Naples, Italy, June 20-21, 2022.

Member of the Scientific Program Committee of the VI Latin American Conference on Statistical Computing (LACSC), Brazil, March 16-18, 2022.

Invited Paper Session organizer - “Statistical learning in practice”, at the 16th Brazilian Meeting of Bayesian Statistics and VI Latin American Conference on Statistical Computing (LACSC), Brazil (Online), March 16-18, 2022.

Member of the Technical Program Committee of the 5th International Conference on Mathematics and Statistics (ICoMS 2022).

Chair of the Scientific Program Committee of the 3rd Conference on Statistics and Data Science (CSDS2021), Salvador, Brazil, October 28-30, 2021.

Vice-Chair of the Local Organizing Committee of the 3rd Conference on Statistics and Data Science (CSDS2021), Salvador, Brazil, October 28-30, 2021.

Invited Paper Session organizer - “The future of Statistical education” at the 3rd Conference on Statistics and Data Science (CSDS 2021), Salvador, Brazil (online), October 28-30, 2021.

Invited Paper Session organizer - “Challenges in Data Science” at the 3rd Conference on Statistics and Data Science (CSDS 2021), Salvador, Brazil (online), October 28-30, 2021.

Invited Paper Session organizer - “IS RBras (Brazilian Region of the International Biometric Society)” at the XXV Congress of the Portuguese Statistical Society (SPE 2021), Évora, Portugal (online), October 13-16, 2021.

Member of the International Organizing Committee of IASC-LARS Webinar on Statistics and Data Science – Machine Learning for Data Science, September 27-30, 2021.

Organizing President of the 65th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Region of the International Biometric Society (RBras), Piracicaba, SP, September 10-11, 2021.

Invited Paper Session organizer - “Time series forecasting: Computational challenges and application to electricity load forecasting” at the 63rd World Statistics Congress of the International Statistical Institute (ISI WSC 2021), The Netherlands (online), July 11-16, 2021.

Member of the Technical Program Committee of the 4th International Conference on Mathematics and Statistics (ICoMS 2021), Paris, France, June 24-26, 2021.

Member of the Scientific Program Committee of the V Latin American Conference on Statistical Computing, Mexico City, Mexico, April 19-21, 2021.

Invited Paper Session organizer - “Time series forecasting” at the V Latin American Conference on Statistical Computing (LACSC 2021), Mexico City, Mexico, April 19-21, 2021.

Member of the Scientific Committee First Event on Play with Real Data, Hamedan, Iran, December 31, 2020.

Member of the Scientific Program Committee of the 30th International Biometric Conference, Seoul, South Korea, July 5-10, 2020.

Member of the Scientific Program Committee of the V Latin American Conference on Statistical Computing, Mexico City, Mexico, June 9-11, 2020.

Member of the Technical Program Committee of the 3rd International Conference on Mathematics and Statistics (ICoMS 2020), Moscow, Russia, June 18-20, 2020.

Member of the Local Organizing Committee of the Summer Program of the MSc in Mathematics of the Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, January-February, 2020.

Chair of the Scientific Program Committee of the 2nd CSDS – Conference on Statistics and Data Science, Salvador, Brazil, November 18-20, 2019.

Chair of the Local Organizing Committee of the 2nd CSDS – Conference on Statistics and Data Science, Salvador, Brazil, November 18-20, 2019.

Member of the Scientific Program Committee of the y-BIS 2019 – ISBIS Young Business and Industrial Statisticians Workshop on Recent Advances in Data Science and Business Analytics, Istanbul, Turkey, September 25-28, 2019.

Invited Paper Session organizer - “Time series analysis and its computational challenges in business and industry” at the ISI World Statistics Congress (ISI WSC 2019), Kuala Lumpur, Malasia, August 19-23, 2019.

Invited Paper Session organizer - “ISBIS IPS: Recent advances in Business and Industrial Statistics” at the Data Science, Statistic and Visualization (DSSV 2019), Kyoto, Japan, August 13-15, 2019.

Organizing President of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Region of the International Biometric Society (RBras) and 18th Symposium on Statistics Applied to Agronomic Experimentation (SEAGRO), Cuabá, MT, Brazil, July 29 - August 1, 2019.

Member of the Technical Program Committee of the 2nd International Conference on Mathematics and Statistics (ICoMS 2019), Prague, Czech Republic, July 8-10, 2019.

Member of the International Organizing Committee of the Second LARS-IASC School on Computational Statistics and Data Science, Guayaquil, Equador, May 26-27, 2019.

Co-Chair of the Scientific Program Committee of the 4th Latin American Conference on Statistical Computing, Guayaquil, Equador, May 28-31, 2019.

Member of the International Organizing Committee of the First LARS-IASC School on Computational Statistics and Data Science, Salvador, Brazil, November 15-17, 2018.

Chair of the Scientific Program Committee of the 1st CSDS – Conference on Statistics and Data Science, Salvador, Brazil, November 12-14, 2018.

Round-table organizer - “’Data science and big data in Brazil’ at the 1st CSDS – Conference on Statistics and Data Science, Salvador, Brazil, November 12-14, 2018.

Round-table organizer - “’The role of statistics in the Era of big data’ at the 1st CSDS – Conference on Statistics and Data Science, Salvador, Brazil, November 12-14, 2018.

Member of the Local Organizing Committee of the 1st CSDS – Conference on Statistics and Data Science, Salvador, Brazil, November 12-14, 2018.

Member of the National Organizing Committee of the 23rd SINAPE – Simpósio Nacional de Probabilidade e Estatística, São Pedro, SP, Brazil, September 23-28, 2018.

Member of the Scientific Committee of the XLVIII International Biometrical Colloquium, Szamotuły, Poland, September 9-11, 2018.

Thematic Paper Session Organizer - “Recent advances in time series analysis and pattern recognition” at the SINAPE 2018 – 23o Simpósio Nacional de Probabilidade e Estatística, São Pedro, SP, Brazil, September 24-28, 2018.

Thematic Paper Session Organizer - “Sessão RBras: Métodos de análise de regressão aplicados à ciências agrárias” at the SINAPE 2018 – 23o Simpósio Nacional de Probabilidade e Estatística, São Pedro, SP, Brazil, September 24-28, 2018.

Member of the Scientific Committee of the XLVIII Seminar of Applied Mathematics, Wroclaw, Poland, September 9-11, 2018.

Consultative Member of the 23rd International Conference on Computational Statistics (COMPSTAT 2018), Iasi, Romania, August 28-31, 2018.

Member of the Scientific Program Committee of the 29th International Biometric Conference, Barcelona, Spain, July, 2018.

Member of the Scientific Committee of the 4th International Researchers, Statisticians and Young Statisticians Congress (IRSYSC 2018), Izmir, Turkey, April 28-30, 2018.

Chair of the Scientific Program Committee of the 3rd Latin American Conference on Statistical Computing, San José, Costa Rica, February 27 - March 2, 2018.

Member of the Program Committee of the Workshop on Modern methods in insurance and industrial statistics, Bu Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran, September 3-5, 2017.

Member of the Program Committee of the 62nd Annual Conference of the Brazilian Region of the International Biometrical Society (RBras), Lavas, MG, 2017.

Invited Paper Session Organizer - “Big data em biometria e bioestatística” at the 62nd Annual Conference of the Brazilian Region of the International Biometric Society (RBras), Lavras, MG, Brazil, July 24-28, 2017.

Member of the Scientific Program Committee of the 61st World Statistics Congress of the International Statistical Institute, Marrakech, Marocco, July, 2017.

Member of the Lunch Roundtable Discussions Committee of the 61st World Statistics Congress of the International Statistical Institute, Marrakech, Marocco, July, 19–21, 2017.

Invited Paper Session Organizer - “Big data and visualization: Challenges and opportunities” at 61st World Statistics Congress of the International Statistical Institute, Marrakech, Marocco, July, 19–21, 2017.

Tutorial Organizer - “How to prepare successful oral and poster presentations?” at 61st World Statistics Congress of the International Statistical Institute, Marrakech, Marocco, July, 16–21, 2017.

Tutorial Organizer - “How to prepare successful grant applications?” at 61st World Statistics Congress of the International Statistical Institute, Marrakech, Marocco, July, 16–21, 2017.

Invited Paper Session Organizer - “Big data and visualization: Challenges and opportunities” at 61st World Statistics Congress of the International Statistical Institute, Marrakech, Marocco, July, 16–21, 2017.

Chair of the International Organizing Committee of the 2017 ISI Young Statisticians Workshop (YS-ISI2017), Marrakech, Marocco, July, 16, 2017.

Invited Paper Session Organizer - “Longitudinal analysis and Big Data” at Methods Festival, Jyväskylä, Finland, May 30–31, 2017.

Invited Paper Session Organizer - “Desafios em Big Data e Visualização” at XV EMR - Escola de Modelos de Regressão (Brazilian School of Regression Models), Goiania, GO, Brazil, March 26–29, 2017.

Member of the Scientific Program Committee of the 2nd Latin American Conference on Statistical Computing, Valparaiso, Chile, March 9–11, 2015.

Invited Paper Session Organizer - “Recent advances in statistical computing for data science” at the 2nd Latin American Conference on Statistical Computing, Valparaiso, Chile, March 9–11, 2017.

Scientific Coordinator of the 3nd Workshop of CAST—Centre for Applied Statistics and Data Analytics, University of Tampere, Finland, October 20, 2016

Scientific Coordinator of the 2nd Workshop of CAST—Centre for Applied Statistics and Data Analytics, University of Tampere, Finland, August 17, 2016.

Chair of the Scientific Program Committee of the 1st Latin American Conference on Statistical Computing, Gramado, RS, Brazil, July 22–24, 2016.

Member of the Local Organizing Committee of the International Symposium on Business and Industrial Statistics (ISBIS 2016), Barcelona, Spain, June 8–10, 2016.

Chair of the Scientific Program Committee of the 61st Annual Conference of the Brazilian Region of the International Biometrical Society (RBras), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, May 23–25, 2016.

Chair of the Local Organizing Committee of the 61st Annual Conference of the Brazilian Region of the International Biometrical Society (RBras), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, May 23–25, 2016.

Scientific Coordinator of the 1st Workshop of CAST—Centre for Applied Statistics and Data Analytics, University of Tampere, Finland, December 7-8, 2015

Invited Paper Session Organizer - “High-dimensional data: Challenges and opportunities” at 60th World Statistics Congress of the International Statistical Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 26–31, 2015

Lunch-table organizer, 60th World Statistics Congress of the International Statistical Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 26–31, 2015. (“Statistical Sciences in the Era of Big Data”)

Member of the Scientific Program Committee of the International Society for Business and Industrial Statistics (ISBIS) Satellite Conference, Campinas, Brazil, July 22–24, 2015.

Member of the Scientific and Programming Committee of the XLIV International Biometrical Colloquium and IV Polish-Portuguese Workshop on Biometry, Kracow, Poland, September 7–10, 2014.

Invited Paper Session Organizer - “Statistical Challenges in Gene by Environment Interaction: Application to Plant, Animal and Human genetics” at International Biometrical Society, Florence, Italy, July 6–11, 2014.

Chair of the International Scientific Program Committee of the y-BIS 2013: Joint Meeting of Young Business and Industrial Statisticians, sponsored by ENBIS and ISBIS, Istanbul, Turkey, September 19–21, 2013.

Member of the Local Organizing Committee of the y-BIS 2013: Joint Meeting of Young Business and Industrial Statisticians, sponsored by ENBIS and ISBIS, Istanbul, Turkey, September 19–21, 2013.

Member of the International Organizing Committee / Scientific Program Committee of the 18th European Young Statisticians Meeting, Osijek, Croatia, August 26–30, 2013.

Member of the Scientific Program Committee of the Young ISI 2013, Hong Kong, August 23–24, 2013.

Member of the International Scientific Committee of the 7th Workshop on Statistics, Mathematics and Computation (WSMC7), Tomar, Portugal, May 28–29, 2013.

Chair of the International Scientific Program Committee of the Joint Meeting of y-BIS–International Young Business and Industrial Statisticians, and jSPE–Young Portuguese Statisticians, Lisbon, Portugal, July 23–26, 2012.

Co-Chair of the Local Organizing Committee of the Joint Meeting of y-BIS–International Young Business and Industrial Statisticians, and jSPE–Young Portuguese Statisticians, Lisbon, Portugal, July 23–26, 2012. Final Report in http://www.isi-web.org/images/news/2012-Sept-ISBIS-Final%20Report_Joint%20Meeting_y-BIS+jSPE.pdf

Member of the International Scientific Program Committee of the International Symposium on Business and Industrial Statistics ISBIS 2012, Bangkok, Thailand, June 17–21, 2012.

Invited Paper Session Organizer - “High dimensionality and low-rank approximations” at International Symposium on Business and Industrial Statistics ISBIS 2012, Bangkok, Thailand, June 17–21, 2012.

Invited Special Session Organizer - “y-BIS Special Invited Session with the Editors” at International Symposium on Business and Industrial Statistics ISBIS 2012, Bangkok, Thailand, June 17–21, 2012.

Member of the Organizing Committee of the PE&RC day 2011 – Innovation for Sustainability, Wageningen, The Netherlands, October 20, 2011.

Chair of the Local Organizing Committee of the 17th European Young Statisticians Meeting to be held in Caparica, Portugal, from 5 to 9 of September 2011; Final Report here.

Chair of the International Scientific Committee/Scientific Programme Committee of the 17th European Young Statisticians Meeting to be held in Caparica, Portugal, from 5 to 9 of September 2011; Final Report here.

Member of the International Programme Committee of the 11th annual conference of ENBIS (European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics) to be held in Coimbra, Portugal, from 4 to 8 of September 2011.

Member of the International Scientific Program Committee of the ISI Young Statisticians Meeting to be held in Dublin, Ireland, from 19 to 21 of August 2011.

Member of the Organizing Committee of the Mat Triad 2011 Conference, Tomar, Portugal, from 12 to 16 of July 2011;

Member of the Organizing Committee of the 40th International Biometrical Colloquium and Second Polish-Portuguese Workshop on Biometry in honour of Prof. J.T. Mexia to be held in Bedlewo, Poland, from August 30 to September 2, 2010.

Member of the International Scientific Committee of the 40th International Biometrical Colloquium and Second Polish-Portuguese Workshop on Biometry in honour of Prof. J.T. Mexia to be held in Bedlewo, Poland, from August 30 to September 2, 2010.

Member of the Organizing Committee of the LinStat 2010 Conference, Tomar, Portugal, from 27 to 31 of July 2010;

Member of the International Scientific Program Committee of the International Symposium on Business and Industrial Statistics ISBIS 2010, Portoroz, Slovenia, July 5 - 9, 2010.

Invited Paper Session Organizer - “Chemometrics” at International Symposium on Business and Industrial Statistics ISBIS 2010, Portoroz, Slovenia, July 5 - 9, 2010.

Invites Paper Session Organizer - “Time Series and Spectral Modeling” at International Symposium on Business and Industrial Statistics ISBIS 2010, Portoroz, Slovenia, July 5 - 9, 2010.

Invited Paper Session Organizer - “y-BIS Special Invited Session with the Editors” at International Symposium on Business and Industrial Statistics ISBIS 2010, Portoroz, Slovenia, July 5 - 9, 2010.

Student Volunteer Activities (help during the sessions) at XXIVth International Biometric Conference, University College Dublin, Ireland, July 13-18, 2008