RESEARCH TEAMS
UMOpt
The UMOpt team, with members from the Engineering School of the University of Minho and from the University of São Paulo, is dedicated to developing and implementing optimization models and methods (e.g. mathematical programming and meta-heuristics). It also specified and is currently implementing the pyO3F prototype. This prototype includes processing data from the landscape, integrating fire behavior models, and interfacing with GIS.
Abdur Rais
Ana Maria A. C. Rocha
André Bergsten Mendes
David Neto (grantee)
Eduardo Cunha (grantee)
Emanuel Vieira (grantee)
Filipe Alvelos (PI)
Lino Costa
Marco Marto (PosDoc grantee)
Mariana Matos
ISA
The team from the School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, is dedicated to forest management.
Isabel Martins (co-PI)
Mariana Dias (grantee)
Susete Marques
UMFire
The UMFire team, from the School of Engineering of University of Minho, is dedicated to fire behavior models.
Inês Henriques Gonçalves (grantee)
João Luís Prado Marques (grantee)
João Pedro Vasconcelos Silva
José Carlos Fernandes Teixeira
Senhorinha de Fátima Capela Fortunas Teixeira
UMGeo
The UMGeo team, from the Department of Geography of the University of Minho, is dedicated to characterizing the landscape and studyingactual wildfires.
António Avelino Batista Vieira
António José Bento Gonçalves
Sarah Moura dos Santos (PosDoc grantee)
UA
The team from the University of Aveiro, is dedicated to modeling fire spread uncertainty.
UA - From the University of Aveiro dedicated to simulation and statistics.
Ana Raquel Xambre
Catarina Santos (grantee)
Francisco Marques (grantee)
Helena Alvelos