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Personal reading list of non-fiction books

I love reading and I read as much as I can. Here I list some of non-fiction books that I have read or that I am currently reading. Books I am currently reading AI Engineering: Building Applications with Foundation Models by Chip Huyen. Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value by Teresa Torres. Visual Intelligence: Sharpen Your Perception, Change Your Life by Amy E. Herman.

Sunday, April 20, 2025 Read

Personal news

2024 2024.11 | I finished the training course Introduction to Digital Product Management by OneMonthPM. The syllabus can be found here. 2024.10 | I started collaborating on Data Science for Social Good Portugal as volunteer Data Scientist within the scope of the MyPolis project. 2024.09 | My journal paper Structural response of a concrete cable-stayed bridge under thermal loads published in Engineering Structures journal achieved the mark of 50 citations on Scopus.

Thursday, December 26, 2024 Read

MLOps Zoomcamp

I recently enrolled in the MLOps zoomcamp for the 2024 cohort. On this page, I’ll be documenting my progress and developments throughout the course. You can find my solutions to the course homework in my GitHub repository. Module 1 - Introduction The first module of the course covered the following topics: Introduction to MLOps and why do we need it. Environment setup using GitHub code spaces or a Virtual Machine (VM) in AWS.

Monday, July 8, 2024 Read

LLM Zoomcamp

I recently enrolled in the LLM zoomcamp for the 2024 cohort. On this page, I’ll be documenting my progress and developments throughout the course. You can find my solutions to the course homework in my GitHub repository. Module 1 - Introduction The first module of the LLM zoomcamp introduced what an LLM (Large Language Model) and RAG (Retrievel Augmented Generation) are and how to implement a simple RAG pipeline to answer questions about the FAQ documents from the Zoomcamp courses.

Saturday, June 29, 2024 Read

List of Scientific Publications

Theses Data-Driven Predictive Maintenance for Industry 4.0, MSc in Data Science, University of Porto, Faculty of Sciences. Supervisors: Rita P. Ribeiro and João Gama. Smart Structural Health Monitoring Applied to Management and Conservation of Bridges, PhD in Structural Engineering, University of Porto, Faculty of Engineering. Supervisors: Mário Pimentel and Joaquim Figueiras. Finite Element Modelling of the Constructive Stages of a Cable-Stayed Bridge [in Portuguese], MSc in Civil Engineering, University of Porto, Faculty of Engineering.

Friday, May 19, 2023 Read