On September 27, 2024, at 11:00, José Pedro Machado Costa successfully presented his Master’s thesis in Computer Engineering, entitled “Knowledge Discovery from Urban Mobility Data“. The defense took place in the Meeting Room of the Department of Informatics (DI), in Building 7, on the Gualtar campus, University of Minho.

The dissertation, supervised by Professor José Manuel Ferreira Machado and supervised by me, focused on the analysis and extraction of knowledge from large volumes of urban mobility data, a topic of great relevance for the development of smart cities and the optimization of urban transport infrastructure.

Composition of the Jury:

• President of the Jury: José Francisco Creissac Freitas Campos, Associate Professor with Tenure, Department of Computer Science, School of Engineering, University of Minho.
• Member (Arguente): Luís Miguel Pacheco Mendes Gomes, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Azores.
• Member (Advisor): José Manuel Ferreira Machado, Associate Professor with Habilitation, Department of Computer Science, School of Engineering, University of Minho.

The work carried out by José Pedro proposed innovative methodologies to extract mobility patterns and trends, with the aim of contributing to urban planning and the improvement of transport systems. His research demonstrates the potential of using mobility data to create more effective solutions for the cities of the future.

Congratulations to José Pedro Machado Costa for the successful completion of his dissertation and for his important contribution to the area of ​​urban mobility.