Classification and Data Science in the Digital Age

The contributions gathered in this open access book focus on modern methods for data science and classification and present a series of real-world applications. Numerous research topics are covered, ranging from statistical inference and modeling to clustering and dimension reduction, from functional data analysis to time series analysis, and network analysis. The applications reflect new analyses in a variety of fields, including medicine, marketing, genetics, engineering, and education.

The book comprises selected and peer-reviewed papers presented at the 17th Conference of the International Federation of Classification Societies (IFCS 2022), held in Porto, Portugal, July 19–23, 2022. The IFCS federates the classification societies and the IFCS biennial conference brings together researchers and stakeholders in the areas of Data Science, Classification, and Machine Learning. It provides a forum for presenting high-quality theoretical and applied works, and promoting and fostering interdisciplinary research and international cooperation. The intended audience is researchers and practitioners who seek the latest developments and applications in the field of data science and classification.

Paula Brito is a Professor at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Porto, and a member of the Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Research Group (LIAAD) of INESC TEC, Portugal. She holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University Paris Dauphine, and a Habilitation in Applied Mathematics from the University of Porto. Her research focuses on the analysis of multidimensional complex data, known as symbolic data, for which she develops statistical approaches and multivariate analysis methodologies.

José G. Dias is an Associate Professor with habilitation at the University Institute of Lisbon (Iscte), Portugal. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Groningen. At the Iscte, he is currently Deputy Director of the Department of Quantitative Methods and the coordinator of the research group in Data Analytics. He was President of the Portuguese Association for Classification and Data Analysis (CLAD). He has been an active researcher inthe field of clustering.