Browsing by Title

Towards an internet of trust: issues and solutions for identification and authentication in the internet of things

Signorini, Matteo (Date of defense: 2015-12-10)

La Internet de las Cosas está avanzando lentamente debido a la falta de confianza en dispositivos que puedan interactuar de manera autónoma. Además, se requieren nuevos enfoques para mitigar o al menos paliar ataques de ...

Towards an Understanding of Ribonucleotide Reduction in Bacteria: a comprehensive study in Streptococcus pyogenes and Escherichia coli

Roca Subirà, Ignasi (Date of defense: 2007-06-18)

Les Ribonucleotidil reductases (RNRs) són un grup d'enzims que catalitzen la reducció de ribonucleòtids (NTPs) a desoxiribonucleòtids (dNTPs), proporcionant a tots els organismes vius la quantitat necessària de monòmers ...

Towards Artificial Photosynthesis: Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction to Solar Fuels

Parra Puerto, Andrés (Date of defense: 2015-11-26)

This thesis is devoted to prove the concept of the CO(2) reduction to CH(4) with a decreasing in the voltage requirements using a photocatalytic mechanism. Subsequently, part of the solar energy is transferred to the ...

Towards assessing information privacy in microblogging online social networks. The IPAM framework

Oukemeni, Samia (Date of defense: 2019-09-13)

Les xarxes socials en línia incorporen diferents formes de comunicació interactiva com serveis de microblogs, compartició de fitxers multimèdia o xarxes de contactes professionals. En els últims anys han augmentat els ...

Towards audio-visual deep learning methods for singing voice separation and lip synchronization

Shenoy Kadandale, Venkatesh (Date of defense: 2022-09-08)

A typical music audio consists of different sounds spread across voices and musical instruments. We propose a low-cost deep learning (DL) method for simultaneously isolating multiple sound sources present in a music ...

Towards Automatic Generation of Performance Models for Dynamic Tuning using Machine Learning

Alcaraz Rodriguez, Jordi (Date of defense: 2021-12-20)

New approaches are necessary to generate performance models in current systems due the het erogeneity found in new systems. An alternative to traditional analytical models could be the use of machine learning algorithms, ...

Towards better management of combined sewer systems. A methodology based on low-cost monitoring

Montserrat Royuela, Albert (Date of defense: 2015-07-03)

In combined sewer systems (CSS) wastewater and stormwater flow through the same pipes. During severe rain episodes, the excess combined flow of untreated wastewater and stormwater is released out from the system through ...

Towards biological and ecological knowledge of Lophius spp. in the NW Mediterranean Sea for a sustainable fishery

Colmenero Ginés, Ana Isabel (Date of defense: 2017-11-10)

In the northwestern Mediterranean Sea, anglerfishes Lophius budegassa Spinola, 1807 and Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758 are among the most valuable demersal species and support an important fishery. Both anglerfishes ...

Towards cognitive in-operation network planning

Morales Alcaide, Fernando (Date of defense: 2018-06-15)

Next-generation internet services such as live TV and video on demand require high bandwidth and ultra-low latency. The ever-increasing volume, dynamicity and stringent requirements of these services’ demands are generating ...

Towards computational modeling of electrohydrodynamics in microfluidics-based manufacturing

Narváez Muñoz, Christian (Date of defense: 2023-05-05)

(English) The high precision controllability and versatility of Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) processes are enabling and accelerating the development of novel microfluidic-based manufacturing techniques. This technology relies ...

Towards data assimilation in the Catalan Continental Shelf From data analysis to optimization methods.

Jordà Sánchez, Gabriel (Date of defense: 2005-06-17)

L'objectiu d'aquesta tesi és implementar un sistema d'assimilació de dades a un model hidrodinàmic de la plataforma continental catalana. Aquest sistema ens permetrà combinar la informació proporcionada per les dades ...

Towards deep content extraction from specialized discourse : the case of verbal relations in patent claims

Ferraro, Gabriela (Date of defense: 2012-07-20)

This thesis addresses the problem of the development of Natural Language Processing techniques for the extraction and generalization of compositional and functional relations from specialized written texts and, in ...

Towards Deep Image Understanding: From pixels to semantics

Gonfaus, Josep M. (Date of defense: 2012-11-23)

Entendre el contingut de les imatges és un dels grans reptes de la visió per computador. Arribar a ser capaços de reconèixer quins objectes apareixen en les imatges, quina acció hi realitzen, i finalment, entendre el per ...

Towards development of novel circular RNA-based antiviral therapies

Alonso, Florencia Evelin (Date of defense: 2024-06-04)

Currently, there are no antiviral strategies to rapidly respond to novel emerging viruses or to mosquito borne viruses. On this thesis we have developed an innovative artificial circular RNA (circRNA) antiviral platform ...

Towards disentangling the genetic complexity and clinical heterogeneity of psychotic disorders: from family-based approaches to gene-environment studies

Soler Garcia, Jordi (Date of defense: 2021-07-13)

Psychotic disorders are psychiatric conditions with a worldwide prevalence of around 4% and a tremendous personal, economic and social burden. As complex phenotypes, psychotic disorders are caused by multiple genetic ...