Hélder Alves holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics (MAP-PDMA) with a specialisation in statistics from University of Porto (FCUP, FEP, FEUB, ICBAS), has a master's degree in Food Consumption Science (Universidade Aberta - UAb) and a bachelor's degree in Statistics (Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique - UPT). Teaches courses in the field of statistics and statistical data analysis, both in undergraduate and master's programs at the Porto Institute of Social Work (ISSSP). He is also an affiliate researcher at INESC TEC (LIAAD, Porto, Portugal), in the field of social network analysis (SNA).
Research interests:
Ageing, Health, Mathematics, Social Network Analysis (SAN)
Selected publications:
Martins, S., Alves, H. & Guedes, J. (in press). Cycling Without Age intervention: Effects on loneliness, social isolation and life satisfaction of older people. Australasian Journal on Ageing. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.70111
Moura, J., Pinto, C., Freixo, P., Alves, H. et al. (2024). Correlation between neuroimaging, neurological phenotype, and functional outcomes in Wilson’s disease. Neurol Sci. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-024-07371-5
Alves H., Brito P., Campos P. (2023). Community Detection in Interval-Weighted Networks. Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10618-023-00975-z.
Alves H., Brito P., Campos P. (2022). Centrality measures in interval-weighted networks. Journal of Complex Networks, 10(4):1–28. DOI: 10.1093/comnet/cnac031.
Alves, H., Machado, I., Almeida, S., Guedes, J., Zilhão, A., Ribeiro, Ó. (2018). Perfis sociodemográficos da população sénior de Vila Nova de Gaia: de privilegiados, a remediados e excluídos. Sociologia: Revista da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, Vol. XXXV, pp. 11-43, DOI: 10.21747/08723419/soc35a1
Hélder Alves holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics (MAP-PDMA) with a specialisation in statistics from University of Porto (FCUP, FEP, FEUB, ICBAS), has a master's degree in Food Consumption Science (Universidade Aberta - UAb) and a bachelor's degree in Statistics (Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique - UPT). Teaches courses in the field of statistics and statistical data analysis, both in undergraduate and master's programs at the Porto Institute of Social Work (ISSSP). He is also an affiliate researcher at INESC TEC (LIAAD, Porto, Portugal), in the field of social network analysis (SNA).
Ageing, Health, Mathematics, Social Network Analysis (SAN)
Martins, S., Alves, H. & Guedes, J. (in press). Cycling Without Age intervention: Effects on loneliness, social isolation and life satisfaction of older people. Australasian Journal on Ageing. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.70111
Moura, J., Pinto, C., Freixo, P., Alves, H. et al. (2024). Correlation between neuroimaging, neurological phenotype, and functional outcomes in Wilson’s disease. Neurol Sci. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-024-07371-5
Alves H., Brito P., Campos P. (2023). Community Detection in Interval-Weighted Networks. Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10618-023-00975-z.
Alves H., Brito P., Campos P. (2022). Centrality measures in interval-weighted networks. Journal of Complex Networks, 10(4):1–28. DOI: 10.1093/comnet/cnac031.
Alves, H., Machado, I., Almeida, S., Guedes, J., Zilhão, A., Ribeiro, Ó. (2018). Perfis sociodemográficos da população sénior de Vila Nova de Gaia: de privilegiados, a remediados e excluídos. Sociologia: Revista da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, Vol. XXXV, pp. 11-43, DOI: 10.21747/08723419/soc35a1
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