CURRICULUM VITAE
Maria Helena Bacelar Valente da Costa Nicolau
1. Dados pessoais / Personal data
Nome completo / Full name
Maria Helena Bacelar Valente da Costa Nicolau
Morada institucional / Institutional address
Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação
Alameda da Universidade
1649-013 Lisboa
PORTUGALContactos / Contact data
Tel.: (+351)217943808
Fax: (+351)217933408
Email: hbacelar@fpce.ul.pt
Endereço internet (url) / Website: http://helenabacelarnicolau.no.sapo.pt
2. Formação académica / Academic degrees
Ano
YearGrau académico
Academic degreeInstituição
InstitutionClassificação
Classification1993
AGREGAÇÃO
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Aprovada por unanimidade
1981
DOUTORAMENTO
Faculdade de Ciências
Aprovada com distinção e louvor
1972
Doctor 3-eme Cycle
Université de Paris VI
Très Bien
1965
LICENCIATURA
Faculdade de Ciências
Bom
3. Actividades anteriores e situação actual em termos científicos e/ou profissionais
3. Previous and current scientific and/or professional activities
Período
PeriodCargo ou categoria
Position or categoryInstituição
Institution
1994-present
Full Professor, University of Lisbon
Faculty of Psychology and Sciences of Education (FPCEUL)
1988-present
Coordinator of the Laboratory of Statistics and Data Analysis (LEAD-FPCEUL)
FPCEUL
2004-present
Invited Professor, Coordinator of the Laboratory of Biomathematics and the Group of Biostatistics
Faculty of Medicine, FML
1989-2005
Invited Professor
Faculty of Pharmacy
1987-1989
Associate Professor
Faculty of Sciences, Department of Statistics and Operations Research
1988-present
Coordinator of the Group of Applied Mathematics and Statistics
FPCEUL
4. Área de actividade científica / Area of scientific activity
Applied Multivariate Data Analysis and Modelling: Cluster Analysis and Classification/Discriminant Analysis; Categorical Data Analysis; Probabilistic Clustering Models in Data Mining.
Teaching and Training Statistics and Data Analysis.
Biostatistics. Statistical Applications in Behaviour, Educational and Social Sciences, in Biomedicine and in Marketing.
5. Domínio de especialização / Domain of specialization
5.1 Domínio de especialização / Domain of specialization
Multivariate Data Analysis and Exploratory Data Analysis: Cluster Analysis and Classification; Probabilistic Clustering Models; Categorical Data Analysis; Data Mining
5.2. Actuais interesses de investigação / Present research interests
Applied Multivariate Data Analysis and Modelling: Cluster Analysis and Classification/Discriminant Analysis; Categorical Data Analysis; Probabilistic Clustering Models in Data Mining.
Teaching and Training Statistics and Data Analysis.
Biostatistics. Statistical Applications in Behaviour, Educational and Social Sciences,in Biomedicine and in Marketing.
5.3 Sociedades Científicas / International and national memberships
ISI - International Statistical Institute (Member 1994-present)
IASE - International Association for Statistical Education (National Correspondent, 2000-2002; member 1998-present)
IASC - International Association for Statistical Computing (Member of the Board of Directors of the European Section, for the period 2000-2004).
IFCS - International Federation of Classification Societies (Council member of Finance Committee, 1995-2000; Chair of the IFCS Education Committee, 2002-2005; member of the Election Council, 2005-present)
CLAD - Associação Portuguesa de Classificação e Análise de Dados (Founder member, First President, 1994-1996, 1996-1998, 1998-2000; Chair of the CLAD Education Section 2000-2006 (CLAD is a IFCS’ member society, 1995-present).
CEAUL - Centre for Statistics and Applications of the University of Lisbon (Coordinator of the Research Team on Applied Multivariate Data Analysis and Modellinbg).
SPE - Sociedade Portuguesa de Estatística (Founder member)
6. Experiência na orientação e ensino / Supervising and teaching experience
Supervisor or co-supervisor of PhD and Master thesis in the domains of interest and related areas mentioned above - this supervising experience was partially achieved in the scope of international and European co-operation projects.
Statistical supervising experience in PhD or Master thesis in Human Sciences, Geography and Biomedicine
Supervising and organization of national or international Advanced Schools, Seminars and Workshops.Pre-graduate and post-graduate courses in Applied Statistics and Multivariate Analysis.
7. Participação em projectos / Participation in research projects
7.1 Selected Cooperation Programmes/Research Projects
Applied Multivariate Data Analysis and Modelling - Project of the “Centro de Estatistica e Aplicações da Universidade de Lisboa”. Coordinator. 2006-2010
Mathematical and Computational Models in the Psychological Sciences (MCMPS) - European Inter-University Cooperation Programme SOCRATES-ERASMUS. Portuguese Responsible of the Project, Representing Professor of the University of Lisbon, 2005-2008.
Partner Universities: Glasgow (England) (IP coordinator); Graz (Austria); Tartu (Estonia); Lisboa (Portugal); Bremen (Germany); Oldenburg (Germany); Leuven (Belgium); Padova (Italy) ; Debrecen (Hungary); Complutense Madrid (Spain); Tubingen (Germany); Amsterdam (The Nederlands)
“Study of the Local Potential and Current Distribution at the Metals Surface” (co-ordinated by Prof. António Castela, ESTBarreiro/IPS), Project of FCT 2005-2006.
“Humanização dos Cuidados Paliativos em Contexto Domiciliário” - Project SDH. MD/P.I.01.13 (co-ordinated by Prof. M. Silvério Marques, “Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa”). Project supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. 2002-2005
“Methodes Statistiques pour le Data Mining”- Luso-French Cooperation Program ICCTI / French Embassy. Portuguese coordinator. (French coordinator: Yves LechevaIlier -INRIA, Rocquencourt) 2002-2005.
Formal Modelling in the Behavioural Sciences.- European Inter-University Cooperation Programme SOCRATES-ERASMUS. Portuguese Responsible of the Project, Representing Professor of the University of Lisbon, 2002-2005.
Partner Universities: Padova (Italy) (IP coordinator); Graz (Austria); Tartu (Estonia); Lisboa (Portugal); Brest (France); Copenhagen (Danmark); Oldenburg (Germany); Leuven (Belgium); Braunsheweig (Germany); Bonn (Germany); Glasgow (England); Nijmegen (The Nederlands); Debrecen (Hungary); Complutense Madrid (Spain); Hamburg (Germany)
Symbolic Official Data Analysis System - European Program DOSIS / SODAS of the EUROSTAT - Co-responsible for the Portuguese partnership in Probabilistic Methods of Clustering, 1996/1999.
Analyse des Données Multivariées - Portuguese-French Network of Laboratories: Responsible Professor of the Network as Director of the LEAD / FPCEUL (French responsible: Professor G. Saporta, CNAM, Paris). Funded by the French Scientific Services of the Embassy of France, 1995-1998.
Mathematical Psychology - European Inter-University Cooperation Programme (ERASMUS): Portuguese Responsible of the Project, Representing Professor of the University of Lisbon, 1989-2001
Analyse des Données Multivariées - French-Portuguese Research Project - Project Director. (Subproject I: Analyse Factorielle et Analyse Multivariée Discrete; Subproject II: Structures de Representation des Données; Subproject III: Analyse Multivariée Continue. Discrimination et Classification). Funded by the French Scientific Services of the Embassy of France and the National Institute of Scientific Research (INIC), 1988-1993.
7.2 Selected Scientific Meetings - Organization or Participation on behalf of National and International Scientific-Technological Cooperation
International Conference on Statistical Methods for Risk Analysis, ICSMRA2007, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon August 30-31 2007. Co-chair of ICSMRA2007. On behalf of the Biomathematics Laboratory of the Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon and the Laboratory of Statistics and Data Analysis of the Faculty of Psychology and Education (http://www.fm.ul.pt/ICSMRA2007).
Invited Paper Meeting IPM on “Analysis of Complex Data in Health Sciences”. Organizer.
On behalf of the Portuguese Association CLAD (ISI2007 co-sponsor society), during the bi-annual meeting of the International Statistical Institute, ISI2007, Lisbon, August 21-29 2007 (http://www.isi2007.com.pt/).
ISBIS2007 - International Symposium on Business and Industrial Statistics, University of Azores, August 18-20 2007 Co-chair of the Local Organizing Committee (http://www.isbis2007.uac.pt/intro.php).
Panel “Innovation in teaching and training Statistics: Future Challenges”, JOCLAD 2006 – XIII Jornadas de Classificação e Análise de Dados, Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa, 6-8 April 2006 Organizer on behalf of CLAD.
Invited speakers: Professors Bovas Abraham (U.Waterloo - Canada; ISBIS), Carmen Batanero (U.Granada - Spain), Norbert Victor (IMBI U.Heidelberg - German), Peter Bryant (U.Colorado Denver - US)
Panel “Estatística na Saúde e Saúde na Estatística”, JOCLAD 2006 – XIII Jornadas de Classificação e Análise de Dados, Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa, 6-8 April 2006
Organizer on behalf of CLAD.Invited speakers: Professors José Manuel Ferro (FM UL), José Pereira Miguel (ACS e FM UL), Manuel Silvério Marques (FM UL), Danilo Silva (FPCE UL), Pedro Pita Barros (FE UNL) and António Gomes (APODEMO)
Workshop on “Research Topics and Applications in Multivariate Data Analysis”, 20-21 April 2005, University of Azores. Co-organizer on behalf of the Project ADM, CEAUL).
Thematic Session on “Ensino e formação da Estatística e da Análise de Dados”, 20-21 April 2005. Organizer, on behalf of the CLAD. University of Azores (Project ADM, CEAUL).Invited participants: Professor Henk Kiers (University of Groningen) and Professor Carlo Lauro (Universitá degli Studi di Napoli “Frederico II”).
Roundtable for IFCS 2004 Education Committee on ”Teaching and Training Classification and Data Analysis in a Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Context”. Organizer on behalf of the IFCS Education Committee. IFCS 2004, Illinois Institute of Technology, 15-18 July, Chicago, USA
Invited speakers and titles:
Henk Kiers, University of Groningen, ``Teaching Data Analysis to First Years: How to Avoid that They Only Learn the How and Not the Why´´; Fionn Murtagh, Queen´s University Belfast, ``New Research Results and Best Practice in Classification and Data Analysis in Established Disciplines: The Case of Astronomy and Astrophysics´´; Krzysztof Jajuga, Wroclaw University of Economics, ``Teaching Statistics for Economics and Finance Majors and Practitioners´´; Gilbert Saporta, CNAM Paris, ``A Brief Report on Teaching Statistics with the Internet at an Introductory Level´´; Peter Bryant, University of Colorado at Denver, ``How Would You Go About Teaching Principal Components? Developing a small case´´; Iven Van Mechelen, Catholic University of Leuven, ``Three Major Obstacles/Challenges for Teaching Classification Models and Methods´´,
JISS-2003: IASC-IFCS Joint International Summer School on Classification and Data Mining in Business, Industry and Applied Research, FPCEUL, Lisbon, July 23-30, 2003.Chair of the Scientific Organization; Responsible for the Local Organization.
“Sur des Modèles Probabilistes de Classification pour le Data Mining” – Invited talk, Annual Meeting of the “Société Francophone de Classification”, Neuchatel, September 10-12, 2003.
Invited Paper Meeting on "Educational implications of statistical method and modelling developments in psychometry”, 54th Session of the International Statistical Institute (ISI), Berlin, Germany, August,13-20, 2003.
Organizer on behalf of the IASE (Francesca Cristante, Univ of Padua, Italy, co-organizer on behalf of the EMPG).
EMPG2001: 32nd European Mathematical Psychology Group Meeting, FPCEUL, September 26-29, 2001. Chair of the Scientific Organization; Responsible for the Local Organization.
Workshop “Teaching and Training Mathematical Psychology in an Interdisciplinary and International Context”- EMPG2001 Satellite Workshop, September 28, 2001. Organizer.
Mathematical Psychology and Data Analysis - EMPG2001 Satellite Course, September 25, 2001
Organizer and teacher. Other teachers: Cristoph Micko, Univ. Hamburg; Hans Colonius, Univ. Oldenburg; Luc Delbeke, Univ. Leuven.
Teaching and Training Statistics and Data Analysis, Invited Session on behalf of the CLAD’ Education Section. Organizer. JOCLAD-2001, Porto, February 8-10, 2001.
Cluster Analysis of Variables and Probabilistic Models - Invited Session on behalf of the CLAD. Organizer. X International Symposium on Applied Stochastic Models and Data Analysis, ASMDA-2001, Compiègne, France, June 12-15, 2001.
II Workshop on "Validation des Structures de Classification et Extensions des Méthodes Hierarchiques", organized in the scope of the Luso-French Cooperation Program ICCTI / France Embassy, Paris, France, September 24 - 25, 2000.Responsible for the scientific and local organisation (Yves LechevaIlier -INRIA, Rocquencourt, co-responsible).
JOCLAD-2000, "VII Jornadas de Classificação e Análise de Dados", sixth meeting of the CLAD Portuguese Association on Classification and Data Analysis, Lisbon, March, 23-25, 2000
Responsible and Co-responsible for the scientific and local organisations respectively.
I Workshop: "Validation des Structures de Classification et Extesions des Methodes Hierarchiques", organized in the scope of the Luso-French Cooperation Program ICCTI / France Embassy, Tomar, Portugal, December 9 - 10, 1999. Responsible for the scientific and local organisation (Yves LechevaIlier -INRIA, Rocquencourt, co-responsible).
Invited Paper Meeting on "Teaching and Training multivariate data-analysis". Organizer. Authors: G. LeCalvé (Univ Rennes II, France); Peter Bryant (Univ. Colorado at Denver, USA); H.P. Baumer (Univ Oldcnburg, German); Kameo Matusita (Univ. Tokyo, Japan). 52nd Session of the International Statistical Institute (ISI). Helsinki. Finland, 1999.
ASMDA-99: "IX International Symposium on Applied Stochastic Models and Data Analysis", (biannual Symposium), Lisbon, Portugal, June 14-17, 1999. Responsible for the organisation (F. Costa Nicolau, Univ Nova de Lisboa and Jacques Janssen, Univ. Bruxelles, co-responsible)
Invited Paper Meeting on "Classification of Variables VS Classification of Subjects". Organizer, on behalf of the CLAD “ISI Sister Society”. 51st Session of the International Statistical Institute (ISI), Istanbul, Turkey, 1997.
JOCLAD-96. “IV Jornadas de Classificação e Análise de Dados", third meeting of the CLAD Portuguese Association on Classification and Data Analysis, Lisbon, December 12-16, 1996
Responsible and Co-responsible for the scientific and local organisations respectively.
JOCLAD-95. "III Jornadas de Classificação e Análise de Dados”, second meeting of the CLAD Portuguese Association on Classification and Data Analysis, Lisbon, December 13-15, 1995
Responsible and Co-responsible for the scientific and local organisations respectively.
European Seminar on Mathematical Psychology: Classification and Discrirnination. University of Heidelberg, Germany, January 23-30, 1995. Responsible for the scientific organisation (Prof. Christoph KIauer, responsible for the local organisation)
Classification and Discrimination - Research and teaching Luso-American cooperation program (Co-responsible: Prof. Peter Bryant, Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Colorado at Denver, USA. Funded by the FLAD – Luso-American Foundation for the Development and the JNICT - National Institute of Scientific Research), June-July 1995
Analyse des Données Multivariées - Portuguese-French Network of Laboratories: Responsible Professor of the Network as Director of the LEAD / FPCEUL (French responsible: Professor G. Saporta, CNAM, Paris). Funded by the French Scientific Services of the Embassy of France, 1995/1998.
This Cooperation Programme partially supported the Satellite Workshops of JOCLAD-95-96-98 CLAD-Meetings (JOCLAD: Jornadas de Classificação e Análise de Dados, annual meeting of the CLAD-Associação Portuguesa de Classificação e Analise de Dados)
JOCLAD-94 "II Jornadas de Classificação e Análise de Dados", second Portuguese meeting on classification and data analysis, first meeting of the CLAD Portuguese Association on Classification and Data Analysis, Lisbon, December 12-14, 1994
Responsible and Co-responsible for the scientific and local organisations respectively.
JOCLAD-93, "I Jornadas de Classificação e Análise de Dados", first Portuguese meeting on Classification and Data Analysis, Lisbon, December 13-15, 1993
Responsible and Co-responsible for the scientific and local organisations respectively.
European Seminar on Mathematical Psychology: Recent Developments in Mathematical Psychology, University of Lisbon, January 26-30, 1993. Local organizer and scientific co-responsible (Professor Hans-Christoph Micko, Univ. Braunshweig, Germany, co-responsible for the scientific organisation)
Analyse des Données Multivariées - French-Portuguese Research Project - Project Director. (Subproject I: Analyse Factorielle et Analyse Multivariée Discrete; Subproject II: Structures de Representation des Données; Subproject III: Analyse Multivariée Continue. Discrimination et Classification). Funded by the French Scientific Services of the Embassy of France and the National Institute of Scientific Research (INIC), 1988-1993.This Cooperation Programme partially supported the Satellite Workshops of JOCLAD-93-94 CLAD-Meetings. Responsible or Co-responsible for the scientific and local organisations.
Intemational Conference DISTANCIA´92. Rennes, France, June 22-26, 1992 - organized by the “European Network of Statistical Laboratories” on "Structures Mathématiques d´Analyse des Dissimilarités" (1990-1992). Co-responsible for the scientific organisation, as director of the Laboratory of Statistics and Data Analysis of the Faculty of Psychology and Sciences of Education, University of Lisbon.
8. Prémios e Distinções / Prizes and awards
Ano
YearNome do Prémio ou Distinção
Name of the prize or awardNome da entidade promotora
Name of the granting entity1979
Premio Sandoz
Sandoz - Prémio em co-autoria, pelo trabalho “Comportamento Suicida na Esquizofrenia”, na área de Psiquiatria
9. Publicações / Publications
9.1 Teses / Thesis
H. Bacelar-Nicolau (1980) Contributions to the Study of Comparison Coefficients in Cluster Analysis. PhD Th. (in Portuguese), (Supervisor: J. Tiago de Oliveira, Univ. Lisbon), Univ. Lisbon.
H. Bacelar-Nicolau (1980) Introduction to Discriminant Analysis - complementary PhD Th. (in Portuguese), Univ. Lisbon. (Supervisor: J. Tiago de Oliveira, Univ. Lisbon).
H. Bacelar-Nicolau (1972) Analyse d’un algorithme de classification automatique, Thèse de 3ème Cycle, Univ. Paris VI (Supervisor: I. C. Lerman, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris, France).
9.2 Livros (editor) / Books (editor)
. ICSMRA2007 Book of Extended Abstracts, H.Bacelar-Nicolau, L.Bacelar-Nicolau (Edit), Publ. Biomathematics Lab., FML , No of pages: X+150 (http://www.fm.ul.pt/ICSMRA2007).
. ISBIS 2007 Program & Abstracts Book. B. Abraham, H. Bacelar-Nicolau, O. Silva (Edit), Publ. Univ Azores (ISBN:979-989-95489-0-9). No of pages: 163 (http://www.isbis2007.uac.pt)
. "EMPG 2001 - 32nd European Mathematical Psychology Group Meeeting”, 2001.(Editor) No of pages: 117, EMPG book of extended abstracts (Publisher: INE, National Institute of Statistics, Portugal). ISBN 972-98391-1-5.
. “Applied Stochastic Models and Data Analysis: Quantitative Methods in Business and Industry Society”, 1999. (Co-editor with F. C. Nicolau, Univ Nova de Lisboa and Jacques Janssen, Univ Libre de Bruxelles). No of pages: XII+435. ISBN 972-98391-0-7. ASMDA-99 Book of proceedings (Publisher: INE, National Institute of Statistics, Portugal)
9.3 Capítulos de Livros / Chapters Books
The Affinity Coefficient – In “Analysis of Symbolic Data Exploratory Methods for Extracting Statistical Information from Complex Data”, H.H.Bock and E.Diday (Edit), 160-165, Springer, 2000
Typologie des personnages enfants (with I.C.Lerman and H.Leredde) - In "Classification et Analyse Ordinale des Données", I.C.Lerman, Dunod, 461-500, Paris, 1981
9.4 Artigos / Papers
Helena Bacelar-Nicolau, José M. Ferro, L. Bacelar-Nicolau, T. Rodrigues, P. Canhão (2007). Clustering and Risk Score Models to Predict the Prognosis of Cerebral Vein and Dural Sinus Thrombosis. In: ICSMRA2007 Extended Abstracts Book, H.Bacelar-Nicolau, L. Bacelar-Nicolau (Edit), FML, 52-53 (International Conference on Statistical Methods for Risk Analysis-2007, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, 30-31 August 2007: http://www.fm.ul.pt/ICSMRA2007).
Carmen Díaz, Helena Bacelar-Nicolau (2007). Cluster and Factor Analysis of Students' Responses to the CPR Questionnaire (Teaching Statistics for Non-statisticians). In: Proceedings of the 56th Session of the International Statistical Institute, ISI 2007, Lisbon, Portugal, 22-29 August, 2007 (in press) - published on the CD Proceedings of ISI 2007
Helena Bacelar-Nicolau, Áurea Sousa, Osvaldo Silva, Fernando Nicolau (2007). Three-Way Hierarchical Clustering Models - Applications in Business. In: ISBIS 2007 Program & Abstracts Book, B. Abraham, H. Bacelar-Nicolau, O. Silva (Edit), Univ Azores (ISBN:979-989-95489-0-9) 52-53 (International Symposium on Business and Industrial Statistics-2007, Univ. of Azores, Azores, Portugal, 18-20 August 2007: http://www.isbis2007.uac.pt)
Nicolau, Fernando; Bacelar-Nicolau, Helena; Sousa, Áurea; Bacelar-Nicolau, Leonor; Silva, Osvaldo; Magalhães, Bibiana (2007). Probabilistic Models in Three Way Cluster Analysis. In: Proceedings of the 56th Session of the International Statistical Institute (Lisbon, Portugal, 22-29 August, 2007, IPM 90 - Analysis of Complex Data in Health Sciences) (in press). - published on the CD Proceedings of ISI 2007
Bacelar-Nicolau, Leonor; Bacelar-Nicolau, Helena; Nicolau, Fernando Costa; Sousa, Áurea; Silva, Osvaldo; Magalhães, Bibiana (2007). Clustering Sources of Parenting Stress with the Affinity Coefficient. In: Proceedings of the 56th Session of the International Statistical Institute, Lisbon, Portugal, 22-29 August, 2007 (in press). - published on the CD Proceedings of ISI 2007JM Ferro, T Rodrigues, LB Nicolau, HB Nicolau, P.Canhão, I Crassard, M-G Bousser, A Dutra, A Massaro, M-A Mackowiak-Cordiolani, D Leys, J Fontes (2007).
Development of a Risk Score to Predict the Prognosis of Cerebral Vein and Dural Sinus Thrombosis. In: 16th European Stroke Conference, Glasgow, UK, May 29- June 1, 2007, Abstracts, Karger, 141 (www.eurostroke.eu)Sousa, A.; Nicolau, F.; Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (2007). Coeficiente de Afinidade Generalizado Ponderado em Análise Classificatória de Dados de Natureza Complexa do Tipo Intervalar. In: Resumos das XIV Jornadas de Classificação e Análise de Dados (JOCLAD 2007), 55-57
Pinto Doria, I., Le Calvé, G. e Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (2006). Uma abordagem ao estudo de variáveis com estruturas diversas baseada nos coeficientes I, sLC e PL. In Canto e Castro, L. et al. eds. “Ciência Estatística”, Actas do XIII Congresso Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Estatística, Edições S.P.E, 309-320.
Sousa, A.; Nicolau, F.; Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (2006). O coeficiente de Afinidade Generalizado Ponderado e a Classificação e Validação de Dados Simbólicos. In: Resumos das XIII Jornadas de Classificação e Análise de Dados (JOCLAD 2006), 79-82.Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (2005). Pluridisciplinaridade, Interdisciplinaridade e Convergências. Memorial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Estatística, (Ed F. Rosado) Edições SPE, 117-123
Sousa Ferreira, A., Bacelar-Nicolau, H., Pinto Doria, I. e Dias, O. (2005). Classificação e discriminação num estudo sobre corrosão. In Brauman, C. et al. eds. Estatística Jubilar, Edições S.P.E., 263-274.
Bacelar-Nicolau, L. e Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (2005). Modelos de classificação hierárquica e análise de perfis. Um estudo de caso em educação médica. In Brauman, C. et al. eds. Estatística Jubilar, Edições S.P.E., 489-498.
Sousa, A., Silva, O., Bacelar-Nicolau, H. e Nicolau, F. (2005). Estudo distribucional empírico do coeficiente de afinidade com base em simulações. In Brauman, C. et al. eds. Estatística Jubilar, Edições S.P.E., 767-776.
Sousa, A.; Nicolau, F.; Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (2005). Metodologia VL e Validação Análise Classificatória Hierárquica de Dados de Natureza Complexa: Aplicações a Dados Reais e Artificiais. In: Resumos das XII Jornadas de Classificação e Análise de Dados (JOCLAD 2005), 67-69.
Sousa, A., Silva, O., Bacelar-Nicolau, H. e F. Nicolau (2004). Validação em análise classificatória hierárquica: tipologia dos sintomas de ansiedade dos estudantes em períodos de testes. In Rodrigues, P. et al. Eds. Estatística com Acaso e Necessidade, 803-810, Edições S.P.E.
Sousa, A.; Nicolau, F.; , Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (2004). Classificação e Validação em Análise de Dados de Natureza Complexa: Uma Aplicação a Dados Reais. In: Resumos das XI Jornadas de Classificação e Análise de Dados (JOCLAD 2004), 35.
Silva, A.; Saporta, G. and Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (2004). Missing data and imputation methods in partition of variables. In: Classification, Clustering and Data Mining Applications, 631-637, Springer
H. Bacelar-Nicolau, Danilo Silva (2003). Um padrão ou vários padrões de características de resposta de Rorschach num grupo de dependentes de heroína? Toxicodependências-Ministério da Saúde - Inst. da Droga e da Toxicodependência, vol. 9, nº 1, 47-61.Bacelar-Nicolau, Helena and F. Nicolau (2003). Teaching and learning hierarchical clustering probabilistic models for categorical data. In Bull. Intern. Statist. Inst. LX, 1:2, 346-349.
Silva, A.; Saporta, G. and Bacelar-Nicolau, H (2003). Classification hiérarchique ascendante avec imputation multiple des données manquantes. In SFC 03, 10èmes Rencontres de la Société Francophone de Classification, Neuchatel, 10-12 September 2003, 59-62.
Sousa, A.; Silva O; Bacelar-Nicolau, H.; Nicolau, F. (2003). Estudo Distribucional Empírico do Coeficiente de Afinidade com Base em Simulações. In: Resumos das X Jornadas de Classificação e Análise de Dados (JOCLAD 2003), 128-129.
Bacelar-Nicolau, H.; Bacelar-Nicolau, Leonor; Sousa, A.; Nicolau, F. (2003). VAL Probabilistic Models for Classification and Data Mining: Case Studies. Joint International IASC-IFCS Summer School (JISS-2003).
Bacelar-Nicolau, H.; Nicolau, F. C. (2003). Sur des Modèles Probabilistes de Classification pour le Data Mining. In Méthodes et Perspectives en Classification, Y. Dodge and G. Melfi (Eds), Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the “Société Francophone de Classification”/ Invited Talks, Neuchatel, Suisse,PAN-Presses Acadèmiques Neuchâtel, 3-6.
Silva, A.; Saporta, G. and Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (2003). Classification hiérarchique ascendante avec imputation multiple des données manquantes. In Méthodes et Perspectives en Classification, Y. Dodge and G. Melfi (Eds), Neuchatel, Suisse, PAN-Presses Acad. Neuchâtel, 59-62.
Nicolau, F. C.; Bacelar-Nicolau, H (2003). Teaching and Learning Hierarchical Clustering Probabilistic Models for Categorical Data, Proceedings of the 54nd Session of the International Statistical Institute, 333-349
Helena Bacelar-Nicolau (2002), On the Generalised Affinity Coefficient for Complex Data. Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Vol.22 (1), 31-42.Silva, A. L., Bacelar-Nicolau, H. e Saporta, G. (2002). Missing Data in Hierarchical Classification of Variables - a Simulation Study, Classification Clustering and Data Analysis. In Data Analysis, Classification and Related Methods, Jajuga, K., Bock,H.-H. (Eds.) Springer, 121-128.
Sousa Ferreira A., Doria I., Doria M. and Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (2002). Análise multivariada do risco e da confiança em sistemas de tratamento de resíduos sólidos. “Novos Rumos em Estatística”, Actas do IX Congresso Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Estatística, SPE Edit., 215-226
Silva, A.; Saporta, G. and Bacelar-Nicolau, H (2002). Dados omissos em Classificação hierárquica de variáveis e o algoritmo NIPALS . In JOCLAD 2002, IX Jornadas de Classificação e Análise de Dados, Lisbon, 20-23 February 2002.Helena Bacelar-Nicolau (2001), On the paper "Research in Statistical Education: Some Priority Questions" by Carmen Batanero et al. IASE Statistical Education Research Newsletter, vol 2(2), 3-4.
Silva A.; Bacelar-Nicolau, H., Saporta, G. and Geada, M.. (2001). Missing Data in Hierarchical Classification, a study with personality development data . In EMPG 2001, 2001. 32nd European Mathematical Psychology Group Meeting 25- 29 September 2001, Lisbon.
Sousa Ferreira, A., Celeux G. e Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (2001). New developments on combining models in Discrete Discriminant Analysis by a Hierarchical Coupling approach. Applied Stochastic Models and Data Analysis (ASMDA 2001); G. Govaert, J. Janssen, N. Limnios (Eds.), UTC, 430-435.
Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (2000). The Affinity Coefficient in Analysis of Symbolic Data Exploratory Methods for Extracting Statistical Information from Complex Data, H.H.Bock and E.Diday (Eds.), Springer, 160-165.
I.Pinto Doria, G.Le Calvé and Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (2000). Comparison of Ultrametrics Obtained with Real Data, Using the PL and the VALAW Coefficients (with) - Data Analyis, Classification and Related Methods, Springer, 160-165.
Sousa Ferreira, A., Celeux G. e Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (2000). Discrete Discriminant Analysis: The performance of Combining Models by an Hierarchical Coupling Approach. Data Analysis, Classification and Related Methods; Kiers, Rasson, Groenen, Schader (Eds.), Springer, 181-186.
Sousa Ferreira, A., Celeux G. e Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (2000). Análise Discriminante Discreta: Comparação de Modelos de Combinação numa Abordagem de Emparelhamento Hierárquico. Proceedings of the JOCLAD-2000 Meeting, March, 23-25, Lisbon, 81-85.
Nicolau, F. C. and Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (1999). Clustering Symbolic Objects Associated to Frequency or Probability Laws by the Weighted Affinity Coefficient . In Applied Stochastic Models and Data Analysis. Quantitative Methods in Business and Industry Society (ASMDA-99 book of Proceedings), Bacelar-Nicolau, H., Nicolau F.C., Janssen, J. (Edit) INE, 155-158.
Soromenho, G. and Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (1999). The affinity coefficient as a parsimonious criteria. In Applied Stochastic Models and Data Analysis. Quantitative Methods in Business and Industry Society (ASMDA-99 book of Proceedings), Bacelar-Nicolau, H., Nicolau F.C., Janssen, J. (Edit) INE, 148-154.
Nicolau, F. C. and Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (1999). Teaching and Training multivariate data analysis - Proceedings of the 52nd Session of the International Statistical Institute (ISI), Tome L VIII, Book 2, 209-226, 1999.
Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (1999). Statistical Education for Life – Invited Paper Meeting IPM 61 Discussion - Proceedings of the 52nd Session of the International Statistical Institute (ISI),, Tome LVIII, Book 3, 173-174.
Bacelar-Nicolau, H., Nicolau, F.C., Dias, O., Ramos, Luis (1998). LEASP97: An Improvement in Teaching and Analizing New Methodology on Probabilistic Clustering Models - in Topic 7: "The Role of Technology in the Teaching of Statistics", Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Teaching of Statistics, ICOTS-5, Singapore, 863-869.
Nicolau, F.C., Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (1998). Some Trends in the Classification of Variables - Data Science, Classification and Related Methods, Hayashi, Oshumi, Yajima, Tanaka, Bock, Baba (Edit.), Springer, 89-98.
Bacelar-Nicolau, H., Nicolau, F.C. (1997). Classification of Variables VS Classification of Subjects: a Probabilistic Approach for Binary Data - in Invited Paper Meeting on Classification of Variables VS Classification of Subjects (Organizer: H.Bacelar-Nicolau), Proceedings of the 51st Session of the International Statistical Institute (ISI), Istambul, Turquia, 349-351.
Helena Bacelar-Nicolau (1997). Sur le Développement et les Applications de la Classification / Analyse des Données au Portugal: Tendances Principales - Bulletin de la SFC, 3-6, 1-1997.Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (1996). Hierarchical Classification: empirical and probabilistic approach to hierarchical classification, based on VL similarity: Modules I and II of the European Seminar on Mathematical Psychology. "Data Analysis: Classification and Discrimination", Heidelberg, Germany, 23-30 January 1995 - Estudos e Aplicações do LEAD, FPCEUL.
Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (1996). On the VL-Similarity Coefficient and the Distributional Equivalence of Association Coefficients. Seminar presented at the University of Colorado at Denver, Graduate School of Business, USA, on 19 June 1995 - Estudos e Aplicações do LEAD, FPCEUL
Bacelar-Nicolau, H., Nicolau, F.C.) (1995). The Formula of Lance & Williams and its Extension to Classification Models of VL Type. Estudos e Aplicações do LEAD, FPCEUL
Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (1994). A Estatística: Uma Ciência para as outras Ciências. Actas do Seminário sobre A Actualidade da Estatística em Portugal, Univ. Lusiada, Lisboa.
Bacelar-Nicolau, H., Nicolau, F.C. (1994). Hierarchical clustering probabilistic models and robustness - Actes des XXVI Journées de Statistique / ASU, Neuchatel, Suiça, 96-99.
Bacelar-Nicolau, H., Nicolau, F.C. (1994). Exploratory and confirmatory discrete multivariate analysis in a probabilistic approach for studying the regional distribution of AIDS in Angola - New Approaches in Classification and Data Analysis, E.Diday, Y. Lechevallier, M. Shader (ed.), Springer-Verlag, 610-618.
L. Parreira, H. Bacelar-Nicolau, S. Bastos, J. Eurico Fonseca, A.S. Quintas, O. Dias, J. Lobo Antunes (1994). Inquérito pedagógico aos alunos da Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa: Estrutura e conteúdo do curriculum e actividade docente - Revista da Sociedade Portuguesa de Educação Médica, vol 5, no 3, 148-160.Bacelar-Nicolau, H., Nicolau, F.C. (1993). Estatistica e analise de dados multivariados: passado e futuro. Um exemplo da área da analise classificatória. Actas do I Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Estatística, Lisboa, Portugal, 521-530, 1993
Bacelar-Nicolau, H., Nicolau, F.C. (1993). Classifying integer scale data by the affinity coefficient: a probabilistic approach. Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Applied Stochastic Models and Data Analysis (ASMDA), J.Jansen and C.H.Skiadas (ed), World Scientific, vol 1, 63-74, 1993
J. Lobo Antunes, H. Bacelar-Nicolau (1992). A entrevista no processo de admissão à Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa. Correlação com outros parâmetros de avaliação. Revista da Sociedade Portuguesa de Educação Médica, vol 3, no3, 88-97.Helena Bacelar-Nicolau (1992), Analyse multivariée des données discrètes: Une application à l´étude de la distribution régionale des virus du SIDA dans l´Angola. Revue de MODULAD, INRIA, no 10, 39-54.
Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (1992). Probabilistic similarity coefficients for variables in hierarchical agglomerative clustering models. "International Meeting on DISTANCIA´92", Extended Abstracts, Rennes, França, 93-94.
Bacelar-Nicolau, H., Nicolau, F.C., Dias, O. (1992). Le Logiciel LEASP: Méthodologie statistique. Applications à l´agro-industrie. Actes des VI Journées Européennes Agro-Industrie et Méthodes Statistiques, Montpellier, France, 118-121.Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (1992). Estatistica / Analise de Dados Multivariados. Aplicações para melhor escola, melhor sociedade. Actas do I Congresso Internacional: Melhor Escola, Melhor Sociedade, ANPEB, Lisboa, 1992 - Estudos e Aplicações do LEAD, FPCEUL
Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (1991). Modelos probabilísticos de análise classificatória hierárquica. Estudos e Aplicações do LEAD, FPCEUL
Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (1991). Probabilistic models in cluster analysis based on L1 norm related to affinity coefficient. Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, Contributed Papers of the 48th Session, Book 1, Cairo, 49-50.
Vergani, T., Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (1991). Une approche de la logique et l'imaginaire: le monde quotidien, technique ou naturel face à la pensée concrète, symbolique ou magique. Univ Aberta Lisboa.
Helena Bacelar-Nicolau, Fernando C. Nicolau (1990). Analyse classificatoire de l´identité nationale chez les portugais. Une étude exploratoire fondée sur le coefficient d´affinité. Mathématiques, Informatique et Sciences Humaines, 28eme année, no 109, 55-64.Bacelar-Nicolau, H., Nicolau, F.C. (1990). Affinity and correlation coefficients in cluster analysis - COMPSTAT 90, Dubrovnik, Jugoslavia, 15-16.
Bacelar-Nicolau, H., Leal, M.M. (1990). Analise multivariada de dados discretos. Uma aplicação à distribuição regional do vírus da SIDA. Actas da I Conferência em Estatistica e Optimização, Tróia, Portugal, 405-417.
Bacelar-Nicolau, H., Doria, I. (1990). O coeficiente de afinidade em analise de dados multivariados. Uma aplicação à economia. Actas da I Conferência em Estatistica e Optimizaçãao, Tróia, Portugal, 389-404.
Bacelar-Nicolau, H., Nicolau, F.C., Dias, O. (1990). Modelos de classificação hierárquica ascendente baseados no coeficiente de afinidade: uma aplicação a psiquiatria. Actas das XV Jornadas Luso-Espanholas de Matemática, Évora, Portugal, 265-270.Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (1990). Sur l'équivalence distributionnelle entre coefficients d\'association. Aplicações e Estudos, CEAUL (INIC).
Bacelar-Nicolau, H., Figueira, M.L. (1989). Análise exploratória da evolução do auto-conceito nos adolescentes através de modelos probabilísticos de classificação hierárquica. Psiquiatria Clinica, 10, no 1, 43-48.Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (1989). Sur l´équivalence distributionnelle entre coefficients d´association. Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute (ISI), Contributed Papers of the 47th Session, Book 1, Paris, 89-90.
Bacelar-Nicolau, H., Dória, I. (1989). O programa AFIN de classificação hierárquica ascendente. Notas e Comunicações, CEAUL (INIC).
Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (1988). Two probabilistic models for classification of variables in frequency tables. Classification and Related Methods of Data Analysis, H.H.Bock (ed.), Elsevier Sciences Publishers B.V., North Holland, 181-186.
Helena Bacelar-Nicolau (1988). Classifying integer scale data by the affinity coefficient. Methods of Operations Research, vol. 60, B. Fuchssteiner and all (ed.), Anton Hain, 587-595.
Helena Bacelar-Nicolau (1987). On the distribution equivalence in cluster analysis. Proceedings of the NATO ASI on Pattern Recognition Theory and Applications, Springer - Verlag, New York, 73-79.Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (1986). A probabilistic hierarchic clustering method based on the affinity coefficient. COMPSTAT 86, Rome, 19-20.
Helena Bacelar-Nicolau (1985). The affinity coefficient in cluster analysis - Methods of Operations Research, vol. 53, Martin J.Bekmann and al (ed.), Verlag Anton Hain, Munchen, 507-512.Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (1984). A afinidade como medida da estrutura Interna de testes psicológicos.Actas do III Colóquio de Estatística e Investigação Operacional, SPEIO, 329-336, Lagos, 1984
M. Paes de Sousa, M.L.Figueira, H. Bacelar-Nicolau (1983). Classification analysis of depression through AMDP-4. Modern Problems of Pharmacopsychiatry, T.A. Ban et al. (ed.), Karger, Basel, vol. 20, 107-118.
Fernando C. Nicolau; Helena Bacelar-Nicolau (1982). Nouvelles Méthodes d'agrégation basées sur la fonction de repartition. Collection Séminaires INRIA 1981, Classification Automatique et Perception par Ordinateur, Rocquencourt, 45-60.Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (1982). L´affinité: un coefficient de similarité. Actes des Journées de Classification, Toulouse / Nancy I Bruxelles, 81-87.
Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (1982). Affinité et analyse classificatoire. Actes des Journées de Classification Toulouse / Nancy / Bruxelles, 71-80.
Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (1981). O coeficiente de Afinidade em Análise Classificatória. Actas VIII Jornadas Luso-Espanholas de Matemática, Coimbra, vol. II, 379-383.
Nicolau, F.C., Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (1981). Novos aspectos da Análise Classificat6ria. Actas do II Colóquio de Estatística e Investigação Operacional, 322-341, Fundão / Covilhã.
M. Paes de Sousa, J. Souto Lopes, M.L. Figueira, M.H. Nicolau, C. Roldao Vieira (1981). Utilisation des méthodes d'analyse mathématique taxonomique dans la classification des dépressions (aspects nosologiques et thérapeutiques). Tome 13, nº13, 2113-2131.Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (1980). Equivalence distributionnelle de coefficients de comparaison pour des données binaires. Actes des Journées de Vannes / Nice / Paris, Société Française de Classification, 1-9.
J. Simões da Fonseca. M. L.. Figueira, M. T. Gil, J. G. Barata, H. Bacelar Nicolau, M. F. Pacheco (1980). Profiles and singularities of adaptation in different diagnostic groups in a simple problem solving task. Acta Psiquiátrica Portuguesa, vol. 26, nº2, 77-92.M. Paes de Sousa, J. Souto-Lopes, M. L. Figueira, M. H. Nicolau, C. Roldão Vieira (1980). Cluster Analysis in the study of Depressive Classification (Therapeutic Aspects). Acta Psiquiátrica Portuguesa, vol. 26, nº1, 21-35.
J.Fragoso Mendes, M.L.Figueira, H. Bacelar-Nicolau, (1979). O comportamento suicida na esquizofrenia - Jornal "O Médico", nº1439, 563-580.
This work was award with Psychiatry Sandoz Prize 1979, by the Portuguese Society of Neurology and Psychiatry
Bacelar-Nicolau, H., Pité, M.T. (1978). L'étude des rythmes d'activité des populations naturelles des Drosophilae dans la région de Sintra-Colares (Portugal) par l'analyse factorielle des correspondences. Archives of Bocage Museum, Lisbon.
Figueira, M.L., Bacelar-Nicolau, H. (1977). A prova da reacção psicossomática à isquémia. Análise matemática dos dados experimentais. Revista Portuguesa de Psicologia, nº12/13, 7-29.Bacelar-Nicolau, H., Nicolau, F.C. (1977). Algumas notas sobre os métodos de Análise de Dados Multidimensionais. Actas do I Colóquio de Estatística e Aplicações CEAUL (INIC), 1-13.