PhD Ana López Cheda  

Profesora permanente laboral (PPL-LOSU)

Department Mathematics
Knowledgment area Statistics and Operational Research
Research  Research group Modelización, Optimización e Inferencia Estadística
Research lines Análisis de supervivencia, Modelos de curación, Datos censurados.
Keywords Análisis de supervivencia, Modelos de curación, Datos censurados.
Contacto UDC directory
Orcid id0000-0002-3618-3246 ResearcherIDAAL-1343-2020 Scopus57190861232

Teaching

Subjects taught

This section shows the teaching given in degrees, masters and other officers studies in last 6 years.

Subject and involved studies Distance hours Total hours
Final Year Dissertation
Concurrent Programme of Studies for Degree in Biology and Degree in Chemistry
Degree in Biology
0 2
Final Year Dissertation
Degree in Data Science and Engineering
0 6
Final Year Dissertation. Mention in Computer Science
Degree in Computer Engineering
0 1
Final Year Dissertation. Mention in Software Engineering
Degree in Computer Engineering
0 1.5
Master's Dissertation
Master in Bioinformatics for Health Sciences
0 6.5
Subject and involved studies Distance hours Total hours
Advanced Techniques for Data Analysis 0 10.5
Final Year Dissertation 0 3
Final Year Dissertation 0 3
Mathematics 2 0 24
Probability, Statistics and Elements of Biomathematics 0 42
Statistical Analysis of Complex Data 0 12
Statistical Modeling of High Dimensional Data 0 88
Statistics 0 50
Subject and involved studies Distance hours Total hours
Advanced Techniques for Data Analysis
Master in Economics
0 7.5
Final Year Dissertation
Concurrent Programme of Studies for Degree in Biology and Degree in Chemistry
Degree in Biology
0 10
Final Year Dissertation. Mention in Information Technology
Degree in Computer Engineering
0 2
Mathematics 2
Degree in Chemistry by the University of A Coruña
0 24
Probability, Statistics and Elements of Biomathematics
Master in Bioinformatics for Health Sciences
0 42
Statistical Analysis of Complex Data
Degree in Data Science and Engineering
0 12
Statistical Modeling of High Dimensional Data
Degree in Data Science and Engineering
0 109.5
Statistics
Concurrent Programme of Studies for Degree in Biology and Degree in Chemistry
Degree in Biology
0 6
Subject and involved studies Distance hours Total hours
Numerical and Statistical Methods
Degree in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
0 44
Statistical Analysis of Complex Data
Degree in Data Science and Engineering
0 8
Statistical Modeling of High Dimensional Data
Degree in Data Science and Engineering
0 82
Statistics
Concurrent Programme of Studies for Degree in Biology and Degree in Chemistry
Degree in Biology
0 26
Subject and involved studies Distance hours Total hours
Master's Dissertation
Master in Bioinformatics for Health Sciences
0 4
Numerical and Statistical Methods
Degree in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
0 44
Statistical Modeling of High Dimensional Data
Degree in Data Science and Engineering
0 72
Statistics
Concurrent Programme of Studies for Degree in Biology and Degree in Chemistry
Degree in Biology
0 44
Subject and involved studies Distance hours Total hours
Statistical Modeling of High Dimensional Data
Degree in Data Science and Engineering
0 90
Statistics
Concurrent Programme of Studies for Degree in Biology and Degree in Chemistry
Degree in Biology
0 70

Defined tutoring by teacher for 2024/2025 academic course.

Faculty of Science

Quarter Day Site
2nd quarter Monday
09:00 a 11:00
Teams
2nd quarter Wednesday
09:00 a 11:00
Teams

Faculty of Computer Science

Quarter Day Site
1st quarter Tuesday
12:00 a 14:00
Teams
1st quarter Thursday
09:00 a 11:00
Teams

EOG works and final master thesis directed

Directed or codirected by current teacher since 2013 year.

Prediction of the appearance of cardiotoxicity in breast cancer patients applying cure models
Tobacco and alcohol: an analysis of the consumer profile in Galicia
Cure models

Research results

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Axuda para a consolidación e estruturación de unidades de investigación competitivas. GRC 2024

Funding entity Consellería de Educación, Ciencia, Universidades e Formación Profesional
Main researches Mario Francisco Fernández
Type Proyecto Programas Autonomicos
Dates From 01/01/2024 to 20/11/2027

Inferencia estadística utilizando métodos flexibles para datos complejos: teoría y applicaciones

Funding entity Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
Main researches Mario Francisco Fernández (IP1) / Ricardo Cao Abad (IP2)
Type Proyecto Programas Nacionales
Dates From 01/09/2024 to 31/08/2027

Métodos estadísticos flexibles en ciencia de datos para datos complejos y de gran volumen: teoría y aplicaciones

Funding entity Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Main researches Ricardo Cao Abad/ Juan Manuel Vilar Fernández
Type Proyecto Programas Nacionales
Dates From 01/09/2021 to 31/08/2024

Axudas para a consolidación e estruturación de unidades de investigación competitivas-GRC

Funding entity Consellería de Educación e Ordenación Universitaria
Main researches Cao Abad, Ricardo
Type Proyecto Programas Autonomicos
Dates From 01/01/2020 to 31/12/2023

Ciencia e Enxeñería de datos para a avaliación, predición poboacional e personalizada da evolución da enfermidade COVID-19 (Ref. COV20/00604)

Funding entity Axencia Galega de Innovación
Main researches Ricardo Cao Abad; Manuel Francisco González Penedo
Type Proyecto Programas Autonomicos
Dates From 01/11/2020 to 31/12/2022

Axudas para acreditación, estructuración e mellora de Centros de Investigación Singulares do Sistema Universitario de Galicia

Funding entity CONSELLERIA DE EDUCACIÓN, UNIVERSIDADE E FORMACIÓN PROFESIONAL
Main researches M.G. Penedo
Type Proyecto Programas Autonomicos
Dates From 01/12/2019 to 30/11/2022

INFERENCIA ESTADISTICA FLEXIBLE PARA DATOS COMPLEJOS DE GRAN VOLUMEN Y DE ALTA DIMENSION

Funding entity Secretaría de Estado de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación (Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad-MEIC)
Main researches Ricardo Cao Abad/Juan Manuel Vilar Fernández
Type Proyecto Programas Nacionales
Dates From 01/01/2018 to 30/09/2021

Axudas para a consolidación e estruturación de unidades de investigación competitivas-GRC

Funding entity Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria
Main researches Ricardo Cao Abad
Type Proyecto Programas Autonomicos
Dates From 01/01/2017 to 31/12/2019

Scientific Research Community of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO): Asymptotic Theory for Multidimensional Statistics

Funding entity Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen
Main researches Gerda Claeskens
Type Proyecto Internacional
Dates From 01/01/2017 to 31/12/2021

Axudas para a acreditación, estruturación e mellora de centros de investigación singulares e agrupacións estratéxicas consolidadas do Sistema universitario de Galicia, cofinanciadas polo Fondo Europeo de Desenvolvemento Rexional (Feder), no marco do programa operativo Feder Galicia 2014-2020

Funding entity Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria
Main researches Manuel F. González Penedo
Type Proyecto Programas Autonomicos
Dates From 01/01/2016 to 30/11/2019

Inferencia estadística compleja y de alta dimensión: en genómica, neurociencia, oncologia, materiales complejos, malherboligía, medio ambiente, energía y aplicaciones industriales

Funding entity Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)
Main researches Ricardo Cao Abad y Juan Manuel Vilar Fernández
Type Proyecto Programas Nacionales
Dates From 01/01/2015 to 31/12/2018

INFERENCIA ESTADÍSTICA PARA DATOS COMPLEJOS Y DE ALTA DIMENSIÓN: APLICACIONES EN ANÁLISIS TÉRMICO, FIABILIDAD NAVAL, GENÓMICA, MALHERBOLOGÍA, NEUROCIENCIA Y ONCOLOGÍA

Funding entity Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
Main researches Ricardo Cao Abad
Type Proyecto Programas Nacionales
Dates From 01/01/2012 to 31/12/2015

AXUDAS DO PROGRAMA DE CONSOLIDACIÓN E ESTRUTURACIÓN DE UNIDADES DE INVESTIGACIÓN COMPETITIVA. MODALIDADE GRUPOS DE REFERENCIA COMPETITIVA

Funding entity Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria - Xunta de Galicia
Main researches Juan M. Vilar Fernández
Type Proyecto Programas Autonomicos
Dates From 01/01/2012 to 30/11/2015

Estimation of patient flow in hospitals using up-to-date data. Application to bed demand prediction during pandemic waves

Authors D. Garcia-Vicuña, A. López-Cheda, M.A. Jácome, F. Mallor
Journal PLOS ONE Vol. 18

On the reliability of machine learning models for survival analysis when cure is a possibility

Authors A. Ezquerro, Brais Cancela, A. López-Cheda
Journal Mathematics Vol. 11 Num. 19
DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/math11194150

Nonparametric estimation in mixture cure models with covariates

Authors A. López-Cheda, Y. Peng, M.A. Jácome
Journal TEST Vol. 32 (pages 467 to 495)

A cardiotoxicity dataset for breast cancer patient

Authors Beatriz Piñeiro-Lamas, A. López-Cheda, R. Cao, L. Ramos-Alonso, G. González Barbeito, Barbeito-Caamano, C, Bouzas-Mosquera, A
Journal SCIENTIFIC DATA Vol. 10
DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02419-1

Rejoinder on: Nonparametric estimation in mixture cure models with covariates

Authors A. López-Cheda, Y. Peng, M.A. Jácome
Journal TEST Vol. 32 (pages 513 to 520)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11749-023-00871-0

Cure models to estimate time until hospitalization due to COVID-19

Authors M. Pedrosa-Laza, A. López-Cheda, R. Cao
Journal APPLIED INTELLIGENCE Vol. 52 (pages 794 to 807)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10489-021-02311-8

Estimating lengths-of-stay of hospitalised COVID-19 patients using a non-parametric model: a case study in Galicia (Spain)

Authors A. López-Cheda, M.A. Jácome, R. Cao, P. M. De Salazar
Journal EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION Vol. 149 Num. e102 (pages 1 to 8)

npcure: An R Package for Nonparametric Inference in Mixture Cure Models

Authors A. López-Cheda, M.A. Jácome, I. López-de-Ullibarri
Journal The R journal Vol. 13 (pages 21 to 41)
DOI https://doi.org/10.32614/rj-2021-027

Nonparametric covariate hypothesis tests for the cure rate in mixture cure models

Authors A. López-Cheda, M.A. Jácome, I. Van Keilegom, R. Cao
Journal STATISTICS IN MEDICINE Vol. 39 Num. 17 (pages 2291 to 2307)

How do early socioeconomic circumstances impact inflammatory trajectories? Findings from Generation XXI

Authors S. Soares, A. López-Cheda, A. C. Santos, H. Barros, S. Fraga
Journal PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY Vol. 119 Num. 104755

Nonparametric inference in mixture cure models

Authors A. López-Cheda, R. Cao, M.A. Jácome, I. Van Keilegom
Journal Proceedings

Nonparametric incidence estimation and bootstrap bandwidth selection in mixture cure models

Authors A. López-Cheda, Ricardo Cao, Jácome, A., I. Van Keilegom
Journal COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS & DATA ANALYSIS Vol. 105 (pages 144 to 165)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2016.08.002

High dimensional single-index mixture cure models

Autor Beatriz Piñeiro Lamas
Director/s Ricardo José Cao Abad; Ana López Cheda
Scope Facultad de Informática
Qualification Sobresaliente

Single-index mixture cure models: An application to a study of cardiotoxicity in breast cancer patients
6th International Conference on Econometrics and Statistics (EcoSta)
International

Authors R. Cao Abad, A. López-Cheda, Beatriz Piñeiro-Lamas
Place Tokyo (Japón)

Estimation of patient flow in hospitals using up-to-date data. Application to bed demand prediction during pandemic waves
XIX Conferencia Española y VIII Encontro Iberoamericano de Biometría (CEB-EIB 2023)
National

Authors D. Garcia-Vicuña, A. López-Cheda, F. Mallor
Organization Universidade de Vigo
Place Vigo (España)

Mixture cure models with vector and functional covariates
XIX Conferencia Española y VIII Encontro Iberoamericano de Biometría (CEB-EIB 2023)
National

Authors Beatriz Piñeiro-Lamas, A. López-Cheda, R. Cao Abad
Organization Universidade de Vigo
Place Vigo (España)

Single-index mixture cure models: An application to cardiotoxicity in breast cancer patients
Joint Workshop on Functional Data Analysis and Nonparametric Statistics (JW- FDA-NP)
National

Authors R. Cao, Beatriz Piñeiro-Lamas, A. López-Cheda
Place Miraflores de la Sierra (España)

Survival analysis with a cure fraction and multidimensional covariates
VI Congreso de Jóvenes Investigadores de la Real Sociedad Matemática Española
National

Authors Beatriz Piñeiro-Lamas, A. López-Cheda, R. Cao Abad
Place León (España)

Single-index mixture cure models: vector, functional and image covariates
XL Congreso Nacional de Estadística e Investigación Operativa. SEIO 2023.
National

Authors Beatriz Piñeiro-Lamas, R. Cao Abad, A. López-Cheda
Place Elche/Elx (España)

Single-index mixture cure models. An application to a study of cardiotoxicity in breast cancer patients
International Symposium on Nonparametroc Statistics (ISNPS)
International

Authors Beatriz Piñeiro-Lamas, R. Cao, A. López-Cheda
Place Paphos (Chipre)

Maximum likelihood estimation in single-index mixture cure models in the presence of a vector covariate
JSM 2022 JOINT STATISTICAL MEETINGS
International

Authors Beatriz Piñeiro-Lamas, A. López-Cheda, R. Cao
Place Washington DC (Estados Unidos)

A new nonparametric approach for the latency: an applica¿¿on to the financial field
3rd Spanish Young Statisticians and Operational Researchers Meeting (SYSORM 2022)
National

Authors A. López-Cheda, M.A. Jácome, Y. Peng
Organization Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche (UMH)
Place Elche/Elx (España)

Mixture cure models with biomedical applications
III Jornada PhDay-EIO
National

Authors Beatriz Piñeiro-Lamas, R. Cao Abad, A. López-Cheda
Organization Universidade de Vigo
Place Vigo (España)

Tissue Doppler Imaging (TDI) as a predictor of cardiotoxicity in breast cancer patients
V Congreso XoveTIC
Autonomous

Authors Beatriz Piñeiro-Lamas, A. López-Cheda, R. Cao Abad
Organization Universidade da Coruña
Place Coruña, A (España)

Introduction to single-index mixture cure models
PhDay-EIO. Segunda edición.
Autonomous

Authors Beatriz Piñeiro-Lamas, Ricardo Cao, Ana López Cheda
Place Santiago de Compostela (España)

Single-index mixture cure models. Image preprocessing to obtain a functional covariate
IV Congreso XoveTIC 2021
National

Authors Beatriz Piñeiro-Lamas, Ricardo Cao, Ana López Cheda
Organization Centro de Investigación en Tecnoloxías da Información e as Comunicacións (CITIC)
Place Coruña, A (España)

A nonparametric estimation method based on the EM algorithm for the latency
XXV CONGRESS OF THE PORTUGUESE STATISTICAL SOCIETY
National

Authors A. López-Cheda, Y. Peng, M.A. Jácome
Organization SOCIEDAD PORTUGUESA DE ESTADÍSTICA
Place Evora (Portugal)

Maximum likelihood estimation in single-index mixture cure models
XV Congreso Gallego de Estadística e Investigación de Operaciones
Autonomous

Authors Beatriz Piñeiro-Lamas, Ana López Cheda, Ricardo Cao
Organization Sociedade Galega para a Promoción da Estatística e a Investigación de Operacións (SGAPEIO)
Place Santiago de Compostela (España)

A nonparametric estimation method based on the EM algorithm for the latency
XV SGAPEIO- CONGRESO GALEGO DE ESTATÍSTICA E INVESTIGACIÓN DE OPERACIÓNS
Autonomous

Authors A. López-Cheda, Y. Peng, Jácome. M.A.
Place Santiago de Compostela (España)

An EM algorithm based estimator for the latency in mixture cure models
XV SGAPEIO- CONGRESO GALEGO DE ESTATÍSTICA E INVESTIGACIÓN DE OPERACIÓNS
Autonomous

Authors Ana López Cheda, Y. Peng, M.A. Jácome
Place Santiago de Compostela (España)

Sobre a etapa posdoutoral
II PhDay - EIO
Autonomous

Authors A. López-Cheda
Place Santiago de Compostela (España)

Nonparametric Latency Estimation for Mixture Cure Models
Joint Statistical Meeting, JSM 2019
International

Authors R. Cao, M.A. Jácome, A. López-Cheda
Place Denver (Estados Unidos)

Which variables have any influence on the cure rate?
X Reunión de Jóvenes Investigador@s en el Extranjero
International

Authors A. López-Cheda, R. Cao, M.A. Jácome, I. Van Keilegom
Place Coruña, A (España)

Nonparametric inference and covariate significance tests in mixture cure models
III Encontro Luso-Galaico de Biometría.
International

Authors R. Cao, Ana López Cheda, Amalia Jácome Pumar, I Van Keilegom
Place Aveiro (Portugal)

Nonparametric covariate significance tests for mixture cure models applied to medical data
Three-day ATMS Workshop
International

Authors Ana López Cheda, R. Cao, Jácome Pumar, MA, I Van Keilegom
Place Lovaina (Bélgica)

Nonparametric inference in mixture cure models
XoveTIC 2018
Autonomous

Authors A. López-Cheda, R. Cao, M.A. Jácome, I Van Keilegom
Organization Universidade da Coruña (UDC)
Place Coruña, A (España)

Nonparametric covariate signicance tests in mixture cure models
XIII Congreso Galego de Estatística e Investigación de Operacións (XIII SGAPEIO)
National

Authors A. López-Cheda, R. Cao, M.A. Jácome
Place Ferrol (España)

Selección de covariables significativas en la incidencia de un modelo de curación no paramétrico
II Encontro Galaico-Portugués de Biometría, con aplicación ás Ciencias da Saúde, á Ecoloxía e ás Ciencias do Medio Ambiente (BIOAPP2016)
International

Authors Ana López Cheda, Jácome Pumar, MA, R. Cao
Organization Sociedade Galega para a Promoción da Estatística e da Investigación de Operacións (SGAPEIO)
Place Santiago de Compostela (España)

Nonparametric estimation in mixture cure models applied to colorectal cancer patients
I "Julio Palacios" interntational Symposium
International

Authors A. López-Cheda, M.A. Jácome, R. Cao
Organization Fundación Ramón Areces
Place Coruña, A (España)

Contrastes de significación en modelos de curación no paramétricos de tipo mixtura
XXXVI Congreso Nacional de Estadística e Investigación Operativa. X Jornadas de Estadística Pública (SEIO 2016)
National

Authors A. López-Cheda, M.A. Jácome, R. Cao
Place Toledo (España)

NONPARAMETRIC INCIDENCE AND LATENCY ESTIMATION IN MIXTURE CURE MODELS
XII Congreso Galego de Estatística e Investigación Operativa (SGAPEIO)
National

Authors Ana López Cheda, R. Cao, Jácome Pumar, MA, I. Van Keilegom
Organization Sociedade Galega Para a Promoción da Estatística e Investigación Operativa (SGAPEIO)
Place Lugo (España)

Modelos de curación de tipo mixtura: un enfoque no paramétrico
II Edición. Investigación Biomédica del Cáncer en Galicia.
Local

Authors A. López-Cheda, R. Cao, Jácome Pumar, MA
Place Coruña, A (España)

Nonparametric mixture cure models: a bootstrap bandwidth selection method
ISNPS (International Society of NonParametric Statistics) Meeting 2015
International

Authors A. López-Cheda, R. Cao, M.A. Jácome
Organization ISNPS (International Society of NonParametric Statistics)
Place Graz (Austria)

Nonparametric estimator of the latency in a mixture cure model: A bootstrap bandwidth selection method
8th International Conference of the ERCIM WG on Computational and Methodological Statistics (CFE-CMStatistics 2015)
International

Authors A. López-Cheda, R. Cao, M.A. Jácome
Organization University College London
Place London (Reino Unido)

Mixture cure models: a completely nonparametric approach
7th International Conference of the ERCIM WG on Computational and Methodological Statistics (ERCIM 2014)
International

Authors A. López-Cheda, Jácome Pumar, MA, Ricardo Cao
Organization European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM)
Place Pisa (Italia)

Modelos de curación de tipo mixtura no paramétricos
III Congreso-Escuela de Verano de jóvenes investigadores en estadística: diseño de experimentos y bioestadística (JEDE III)
National

Authors A. López-Cheda, Ricardo Cao, Jácome Pumar, MA
Organization Universidad Pública de Navarra (UNAVARRA)
Place Pamplona/Iruña (España)

Nonparametric mixture cure models
22nd meeting of the Belgian Statistical Society
International

Authors Ana López Cheda, R. Cao, Jácome Pumar, MA
Organization UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE LOUVAIN
Place Louvain-la-Neuve (Bélgica)

Positions

Academic or management positions held by teacher.

Xunta da Facultade de Informática

PDI (Membros Natos)

From 18/10/2023.

Consello do Departamento Matemáticas

PDI (Membros Natos)

From 15/03/2023.

Consello do Departamento Matemáticas

PDI (Membros Natos)