Full Professor at FEUP. Member of Scientific Council of the Faculty and Director of the Industrial Engineering and Management Department. Member of the General Council of the Porto Business School. Pro-Rector of the University of Porto (1999 – 2014). Member of the Board of Directors of Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education. He was co-founder of the Portuguese Association of Industrial Engineering and Management and Vice-President of the Portuguese Association for Quality (APQ). Honorary member of APQ and senior fellow of the American Society for Quality. His research interests are in the areas of applied statistics and quality management.

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Title: Behind the decisions of a wine tasting panel

Abstract: The evaluation of the “quality” of the decisions of a wine tasting panel is not a trivial task. In fact, the individual decision processes and the reliability of the panellists can change considerably over time. Under these circumstances, it is necessary to figure out appropriate methods and indicators to monitor the individual and collective performance of the assessors.

Based on the long IVDP experience in the sensory evaluation of wines, some methods for assessing the stability and reliability of the decisions produced by a tasting panel will be presented and discussed in this presentation.