Catarina Barata
Barata earned a 2017 electrical and computer-engineering PhD at Técnico on detecting melanomas in dermoscopy images. She studied methods that could be explained to dermatologists. She held a research appointment from April 2019 to August 2023 and worked on clinically inspired skin-cancer detection systems. She became a Técnico assistant professor in September 2023. Her research focuses on explainable and human-centered AI, with few-shot, weakly supervised, multimodal and continual learning. The methods support medical-image analysis and personalized healthcare.
- Works
- 90
- Citations
- 2,471
- h-index
- 22
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.
Timeline
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2017
Learning for melanoma diagnosis
Barata earned a 2017 electrical and computer-engineering PhD at Técnico on detecting melanomas in dermoscopy images. She studied methods that could be explained to dermatologists.
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2019–2023
Clinical AI and university work
She held a research appointment from April 2019 to August 2023 and worked on clinically inspired skin-cancer detection systems. She became a Técnico assistant professor in September 2023.
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As of October 2026
Learning with limited and varied data
Her research focuses on explainable and human-centered AI, with few-shot, weakly supervised, multimodal and continual learning. The methods support medical-image analysis and personalized healthcare.
Sources and credits
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