Pons Puig, Jordi (Date of defense: 2019-11-15)
Automatic music and audio tagging can help increase the retrieval and re-use possibilities of many audio databases that remain poorly labeled. In this dissertation, we tackle the task of music and audio ...
Aragón, Pablo (Date of defense: 2019-11-22)
This thesis constitutes one of the first investigations focused on characterizing online participation in civic technologies, a type of platform increasingly popular on the Internet that allows citizens ...
Grechuta, Klaudia (Date of defense: 2019-07-05)
Contrary to the classical theory of mind, largely inspired by dualism, the theoretical framework of embodiment emphasizes the constitutive role of the body in the process of cognition. This view also ...
Crowell, Ciera (Date of defense: 2019-09-20)
This thesis is focused on the specific properties and evaluation of full-body interaction design of multi-user mixed reality environments to aid in intervention strategies for children with autism, to ...
Nunes, Cecília (Date of defense: 2019-10-25)
Data mining and machine learning (ML) are increasingly at the core of many aspects of modern life. With growing concerns about the impact of relying on predictions we cannot understand, there is widespread ...
Lyamin, Nikita (Date of defense: 2019-01-30)
Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) are aiming to provide innovative services related to different modes of transport and traffic management, and enable various users to be better informed and make ...
Malvestio, Irene (Date of defense: 2019-02-21)
An important problem in neuroscience is the assessment of the connectivity between neurons from their spike trains. One recent approach developed for the detection of directional couplings between ...
Rezazadeh, Arezou (Date of defense: 2019-09-13)
Due to delay constraints of modern communication systems, studying reliable communication with finite-length codewords is much needed. Error exponents are one approach to study the finite-length regime ...
Albó, Laia (Date of defense: 2019-11-28)
This doctoral thesis focuses on a gap identified in the literature by investigating how visual representations, authoring support, and data analytics can aid teachers in designing for learning in complex ...
Sacco, Federica (Date of defense: 2019-10-07)
In the last decade, computational modelling has been playing an important role as a non-invasive technology that may significantly impact the diagnosis as well as the treatment of cardiac diseases. As ...