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Diana F. Sousa, PhD

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    NLP Researcher at European Commission (JRC)

  • Education

    • University of Lisbon

      2017 - 2019
      Master's degree Bioinformatics and Computacional Biology 19/20 (Dissertation: 20/20)

      Dissertation entitled: Extracting Phenotype-Gene Relations from Biomedical Literature Using Distant Supervision and Deep Learning

    • University of Lisbon

      2019 - 2023
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science Approved with Distinction and Honors

      Thesis entitled: Deep Learning System for Biomedical Relation Extraction Combining External Sources of Knowledge

    • University of Lisbon

      2012 - 2017
      Bachelor's degree Biochemistry

      Extracurricular courses:• Databases• Fundamentals of Bioinformatics• Data Processing

  • Experience

    • Pizza Hut

      Sept 2015 - Jul 2016
      Waitress

    • Junta de Freguesia de Avenidas Novas

      Jul 2016 - Jul 2016
      Summer Camp Counselor

    • Explicolândia, Centro de Estudos Sociedade Unipessoal LDA

      Oct 2016 - Jun 2018
      Tutor

      • Mathematics• Physics• Chemistry

    • LASIGE

      Nov 2016 - Nov 2023

      PhD research scholarship by FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Research scholarship by FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, inserted in the project DeST: Deep Semantic Tagger Research scholarship by FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, in Unbabel, developing a methodology for translation of biomedical texts (Jan 2018 - Mar 2018)

      • PhD Candidate

        Oct 2019 - Nov 2023

      • Graduate Researcher

        Jul 2019 - Sept 2019

      • Undergraduate Researcher

        Nov 2016 - Jun 2019

    • Unbabel

      May 2017 - Mar 2018
      Research Intern

      Development of deep learning algorithms and general Natural Language Processing (NLP) solutions for the automatic translation of medical documents, with an emphasis on radiology reports

    • Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa

      Sept 2018 - Feb 2019
      Graduate Teaching Assistant

      Programming I (Python)

    • Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa

      Sept 2021 - Feb 2023
      Invited Teaching Assistant

      • Big Data• Ontologies Applied to Science (Bash)• Programming I (Python)

    • University of Glasgow School of Computing Science

      Feb 2023 - Apr 2023
      Invited Researcher

      Using structured and free-text data from the MIMIC dataset, I identified diseases and medications associated with patient events to improve graph-based disease prediction systems

    • European Commission

      Dec 2023 - now
      Research Project Officer

      Research on Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)• Europe Media Monitor (EMM) (2023-Present)• Text Mining & Analysis Competence Centre (TMA-CC) (2023-2024)

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Professional Training in Creative Writing II

      Escrever Escrever
      Jul 2024

    • EPSO Test - FGIV

      European Commission
      Oct 2023

    • Professional Training in Creative Writing I

      Escrever Escrever
      Dec 2023

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Diana F. Sousa, PhD
      FCiências.ID Prize for Excellent PhD Thesis in Computer Science and Engineering FCiências.ID Apr 2024
    • Awarded to Diana F. Sousa, PhD
      Huawei Academic Excelency Award Huawei/.PT Apr 2022
    • Awarded to Diana F. Sousa, PhD
      NASA Litcoin NLP Competition NCBI | NCATS | NIH Apr 2022 I was a member of the Lasige-Unicage team that secured the 7th position in the LitCoin Challenge. As a result, we were awarded a cash prize. The LitCoin Challenge was organized by NASA Tournament Lab and hosted by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
    • Awarded to Diana F. Sousa, PhD
      Best PhD Student LASIGE May 2021
    • Awarded to Diana F. Sousa, PhD
      Merit Scholarship Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior (DGES) 2019 Grade average: 19.8/20

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Meal Server

      Issued by CASA - Centro de Apoio ao Sem Abrigo on Jan 2014
      CASA - Centro de Apoio ao Sem AbrigoAssociated with Diana F. Sousa, PhD

    • Student's Union

      Issued by Associação dos Estudantes da Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa on Jan 2013
      Associação dos Estudantes da Faculdade de Ciências de LisboaAssociated with Diana F. Sousa, PhD