Handbook of Research on Technological Developments for Cultural Heritage and Etourism Applications (Advances in Hospitality, Tourism, and the Services Industry) - Hardcover

Célia M. Q. Ramos graduated in computer engineering from the University of Coimbra, obtained her Master in Electrical and Computers Engineering from the Higher Technical Institute, Lisbon University, and her PhD in Econometrics at the University of the Algarve (UALG), Faculty of Economics, Portugal. She is an adjunct professor in the School for Management, Hospitality and Tourism, also in the UALG, where she lectures computer science. Areas of research and special interests include conception and development of information systems, tourism information systems, big data, etourism, econometric modeling, and panel-data models. Célia Ramos has published in the fields of information systems and tourism; namely, she has authored a book, two book chapters, conference papers, and journal articles. At the level of applied research, she has participated in several funded projects.

Pedro Cardoso holds a PhD in the field of Operational Research from the University of Seville (Spain), a Master in Computational Mathematics from the University of Minho (Portugal) and a Degree in Mathematics - Computer Science from the University of Coimbra (Portugal). He teaches Computer Science and Mathematics at the Instituto Superior de Engenharia of the Universidade do Algarve (UAlg) and is a member of LARSys/UAlg. He has high knowledge in the fields of databases, algorithms and data structures, and Operational Research. Over the past few years Pedro Cardoso has been involved in 7 national and international scientific and development projects and is the co-author of about 50 scientific publications.

Cláudia Henriques has a PhD in Economics (Algarve University, 2002), thesis under the subject of Management and Planning of Sustainable Tourism in cities and historic city quarters. The case of Lisbon. She is a lecturer of Tourism Economics, Cultural and Creative Sector and Tourism Planning and Managing at Algarve University (ESGHT_UALG) from 1993 until present. Her research interests are in cultural tourism, tourism planning and management; cultural and tourism policies and cultural heritage (historic centres). She is also a member of CIEO (Centre for Spatial and Organizational Dynamics).