Isabel Cristina Lopes has a degree in Mathematics, PhD in Industrial Engineering and a post-graduation in Statistics. She has a position at ISCAP - Polytechnic of Porto, lecturing Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research. She is vice-director of the research centre CEOS.PP - Centre for Organisational and Social Studies of P. Porto, and is a collaborator of LEMA-Mathematical Engineering Lab. From 2016 to 2022 she was on the board of APDIO - Portuguese Association of Operational Research. She is involved in international research projects and does mathematical consulting for industry. She frequently participates in international scientific meetings and has published several papers in the field of Operational Research and Statistics. Her current research subjects are sectorization problems, vehicle routing, industrial scheduling problems, cutting and packing problems, stock management, integer programming methods, statistical data analysis, panel data models, time series and forecasting.
| Language | Reading | Writing | Speaking | Understanding | Peer revision level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portuguese | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | - |
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | - |
| Year | Status | Degree / Description | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 - 2015/09/11 | Concluded |
Master degree in Statistics
(Curso de mestrado (conclusão do curso de especialização))
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências
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18 valores na parte curricular |
| 2006 - 2011/04/26 | Concluded |
Industrial Engineering and Systems
(Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho
Pattern sequencing models in cutting stock problems / Modelos para sequenciação de padrões em problemas de corte de stock
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Aprovada por unanimidade |
| 2000 - 2004/08/26 | Concluded |
Mathematics - Fundamentals and Applications
(Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências
Crystallographic groups and two-dimensional Euclidean orbifolds
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MB (Muito Bom) |
| 1995 - 2000 | Concluded |
Mathematics - Educational Branch
(Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências
"Partitioning, Covering and Illuminating Convex Bodies" - Monography; "Minimal Networks" - Internship report
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16 valores (dezasseis) |
| Year | Distinctions and Awards | Type | Awarding Entity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |
PAPRE 2025 - Certificate of Merit of Scientific Publication, attesting to the Recognition of Scientific Excellence of the publication "D3S: DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR SECTORIZATION" published in the journal "DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS".
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Other distinction |
Instituto Politécnico do Porto
Portugal
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| 2024 |
PAPRE - Certificate of Merit of Scientific Publication, attesting to the Recognition of Scientific Excellence of the publication "Divide and Conquer: A Location-Allocation Approach to Sectorization"
Awarded to the article "Divide and Conquer: A Location-Allocation Approach to Sectorization"
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Other distinction |
Instituto Politécnico do Porto
Portugal
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| 2010 |
Best Student Paper Award of the 2010 International Conference of Applied and Engineering Mathematics for the paper: "Using Interval Graphs in an Order Processing Optimization Problem"
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Other distinction |
-
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| 2006 |
PhD Scholarship
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Other distinction |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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