Pérez Sala, Xavier (Date of defense: 2015-04-29)
This dissertation formalizes the construction of multi-view 2D shape models from 3D data. We propose several extensions of the well-known Procrustes Analysis (PA) algorithm that allow modeling rigid and ...
Jain, Palkesh (Date of defense: 2017-05-05)
The phenomenal progress of computing devices has been largely made possible by the sustained efforts of semiconductor industry in innovating techniques for extremely large-scale integration. Indeed, ...
Beacco, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2014-12-11)
Nowadays crowd simulation is becoming more important in computer applications such as building evacuation planning, training, videogames, etc., presenting hundreds or thousands of agents navigating in ...
Cortés Martínez, Atia (Date of defense: 2018-07-20)
The ability to walk is typically related to several bio-mechanical components that are involved in the gait cycle (or stride), including free mobility of joints, particularly in the legs; coordination ...
Orduña, Fernando (Date of defense: 2016-02-05)
An optimal performance of a Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) system means, the CBR system must be efficient both in time and in size, and must be optimally competent. The efficiency in time is closely related ...
Esposito, Gennaro (Date of defense: 2015-06-17)
By using Reinforcement Learning (RL), an autonomous agent interacting with the environment can learn how to take adequate actions for every situation in order to optimally achieve its own goal. RL ...
Lau Laynes-Lozada, Gustavo Salvador (Date of defense: 2019-11-29)
The main contribution of this thesis is to deepen and generalize previous work done in the average-case analysis of partial match queries in several types of multidimensional search trees. In particular, ...
Theoktisto, Víctor (Date of defense: 2015-11-25)
The present document exposes a different approach for haptic rendering, defined as the simulation of force interactions to reproduce the sensation of surface relief in dense models. Current research ...
Sevilla Villanueva, Beatriz (Date of defense: 2016-02-09)
Nowadays, it is widely accepted that many of modern lifestyle habits such as diet and exercise, together with genetics, play an important role in the development of many diseases such as cardiovascular ...
Gkatzioura, Anna (Date of defense: 2018-11-23)
Current recommender systems aim mainly to generate accurate item recommendations, without properly evaluating the multiple dimensions of the recommendation problem. However, in many domains, like in ...