Márcia Vagos

Márcia Vagos

Research Engineer

Semcon Norge AS

Biography

I currently work on project with Kongsberg Beam technology on developing Digital Twin solutions for proton radiotherapy planning to enable real-time tumor motion tracking. My work encompasses a broad range of activities including research, software development, systems engineering and tech lead.

In 2020 I obtained a PhD degree from the University of Oslo, undertaken at Simula Research Laboratory (Norway) and within the Marie Curie AfibTrain-Net project, which focused on computational modelling of cardiac electrophysiology.

Previously, I also worked at the Forschungszentrum Informatik, in Germany, where I worked on developing a 3D mesh model of the human eye and simulated thermal damage to the retina driven by laser irradiation.

My background is in Biomedical Engineering, with a masters from the University of Porto.

Interests

  • Mathematical modelling
  • Computer simulation
  • Dynamical systems
  • Uncertainty quantification
  • Sensitivity analysis
  • Machine Learning
  • Digital Health
  • Patient Digital Twins
  • Physiology

Education

  • PhD in Cardiac Modelling, 2020

    Simula Research Laboratory

  • Research visit, 2017

    School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht university

  • Research internship, 2012

    Computer Science Department, Aalto University

  • M.Eng in Biomedical Engineering, 2013

    Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto

  • B.Eng in Bioengineering, 2011

    Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto

Skills

Modelling

Simulation

Data analytics

Cardiac electrophysiology

Biology

Scientific/technical writing

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Data Scientist

Semcon Norge AS

Jan 2021 – present Kongsberg, Norway

Responsibilities include:

  • Research
  • Development
  • Computational modelling
  • Data science
 
 
 
 
 

PhD Candidate

Simula Research Laboratory

March 2016 – September 2020 Lysaker, Norway

PhD student within the Afib-TrainNet project. Responsibilities include:

  • Research
  • Modelling and simulation
  • Writing scientific publications
  • Project management
  • Scientific dissemination
 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant

Forschungszentrum Informatik

February 2014 – June 2015 Karlsruhe

Development of a 3D model of the human eye and performing thermal simulations of laser-induced damage. Responsibilities include:

  • Development
  • Modelling and simulation

Publications

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A Computational Study of the Effects of Tachycardia-Induced Remodeling on Calcium Wave Propagation in Rabbit Atrial Myocytes

Frontiers in Physiology
Márcia R. Vagos, Jordi Heijman, Hermenegild Arevalo, Ulrich Schotten, Joakim Sundnes
Source code Datasets

A novel computational model of the rabbit atrial cell with spatial calcium dynamics

Frontiers in Physiology, 2020
Márcia R. Vagos, Jordi Heijman, Hermenegild Arevalo, Ulrich Schotten, Joakim Sundnes
Source code Datasets

Computational modeling of electrophysiology and pharmacotherapy of atrial fibrillation: recent advances and future challenges

Frontiers in Physiology 9, 2018
Márcia R. Vagos, Ilse M. van Herck, Joakim Sundnes, Hermenegild Arevalo, Andrew G. Edwards, Jussi Koivumäki

A computational framework for testing arrhythmia marker sensitivities to model parameters in functionally calibrated populations of atrial cells

Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science 27, 2017
Márcia R. Vagos, Hermenegild Arevalo, Bernardo Lino de Oliveira, Joakim Sundnes, Molly M. Maleckar

A prediction model for ocular damage – Experimental validation

J. Thermal Biology 52, 2015
Nico Heussner, Márcia R. Vagos, Martin S. Spitzer, Wilhelm Stork

Carbon nanotubes/Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Composites Materials to Reduce Bacterial Adhesion

Antibiotics 9(8), 2020
Márcia R. Vagos, Joana M. Moreira, Olívia S. Soares, Manuel F. Pereira, Filipe Mergulhão

Incorporation of carbon nanotubes in polydimethylsiloxane to control Escherichia coli adhesion

Polymer Composites 40, 2019
Márcia R. Vagos, Joana M. Moreira, Olívia S. Soares, Manuel F. Pereira, Filipe Mergulhão

Presentations and Talks

  • Poster at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, New Orleans, 2017
  • Poster at the Cardiac Arrhythmias Symposium, Copenhagen, 2017(PDF)
  • Talk at Computing in Cardiology, Rennes ,2017(PDF)
  • Invited talk at the Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Cardiac Electrophysiology, Ottawa, 2017 (PDF)
  • Poster at the Cardiac Physiome Workshop, U. Toronto, 2017 (PDF)
  • Poster at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, San Francisco, 2018 (PDF)
  • Poster at Heart by Numbers, Berlin, 2018 (PDF)
  • Talk at Computing in Cardiology, Maastricht, 2018 (PDF)
  • Trial Lecture "In silico assessment of drug cardiac safety and efficacy: state of the art and interaction with the in vitro world" (PDF)

    • Past projects

    Development of a novel rabbit atrial cardiomyocyte model

    PDF Github

    Sensitivity analysis of a human atrial cardiomyocyte model

    PDF Slides

    Uncertainty quantification and sensitivity analysis of multi-parameter models

    Github

    Development of a 3D model of the human eye

    Link

    ProLimb: a wearable system for gait analysis

    PDF

    Fabrication and characterization of novel carbon nanotube-polymer composite materials for reduced bacterial adhesion

    PDF Site

    A control algorithm for noise attenuation

    PDF

    Courses

    MongoDB Data Modeling
    MongoDB June 2021
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    MongoDB Basics
    MongoDB Feb 2021
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    Elements of AI: Introduction to AI
    University of Helsinki Feb 2021
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    Introduction to the Arctic: Climate

    Coursera Nov 2020

    Mountains 101
    Coursera May 2020

    Summer School in Cardiac Arrhythmias
    University of Copenhagen Jun 2017

    RegML: Regularization methods in Machine Learning
    Simula Research Laboratory May 2017

    Geilo Winter School in Mahine Learning
    Sintef Feb 2017

    Image-based Biomedical Modeling Summer School
    Utah State University Jul 2016

    Virtual Human Physiome Institute Summer School
    VPHi Jul 2016

    Volunteering

    Grand Awards Judge at the International Science and Engineering Fair, 2021

    Posts

    A cellular Potts model of cell adhesion (Matlab)

    Uncertainty Quantification and Sensitivity Analysis of Multi-parameter Models

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