Scalable system software for high performance large-scale applications 

    Morari, Alessadro (Fecha de defensa: 2014-05-27)

    In the last decades, high-performance large-scale systems have been a fundamental tool for scientific discovery and engineering advances. The sustained growth of supercomputing performance and the concurrent reduction in ...

    Scalable techniques for graphene on glass 

    Marchena Martín-Francés, Miriam (Fecha de defensa: 2018-06-14)

    The combination of unique properties -high electrical mobility, thermal conductivity, transparency and mechanical flexibility- make graphene promising for a wide variety of applications, including transparent electrodes, ...

    Scaling deep learning workloads. Applications in computer vision and seismology 

    Cruz de la Cruz, Stalin Leonel (Fecha de defensa: 2023-07-06)

    (English) Deep learning techniques have an enormous impact on the state-of-the-art in many fields, such as computer vision, natural language processing, audio analysis and synthesis, and many others. The increasing computing ...

    Scaling of subsurface processes in heterogeneous aquifers: from hydraulic testing to the use of memory functions 

    Willmann, Matthias (Fecha de defensa: 2008-12-05)

    La heterogeneidad de la conductividad hidráulica es bien conocida, pudiendo cambiar varios órdenes de magnitud en poca distancia. Esto afecta nuestras observaciones de los procesos naturales. Para poder explicar la realidad ...

    Scaling-up methodology : a systematical procedure for qualifying NPP nodalizations. Application to the OECD/NEA ROSA-2 and PKL-2 Counterpart test 

    Martínez Quiroga, Victor (Fecha de defensa: 2014-11-17)

    System codes along with necessary nodalizations are valuable tools for thermal hydraulic safety analysis. Qualifying both codes and nodalizations is an essential step prior to their use in any significant study involving ...

    Scene segmentation using neuromorphic networks 

    Cosp Vilella, Jordi (Fecha de defensa: 2002-07-08)

    Els avanços en neurociència han portat el desenvolupament de models complexes de neurones artificials semblants a les seves contraparts biològiques. Aquests models han millorat la funcionalitat de les xarxes neuronals ...

    Scheduling and resource management solutions for the scalable and efficient design of today's and tomorrow's HPC machines 

    D'Amico, Marco (Fecha de defensa: 2021-06-10)

    In recent years, high-performance computing research became essential in pushing the boundaries of what men can know, predict, achieve, and understand in the experimented reality. HPC Workloads grow in size and complexity ...

    Scheduling policies for multi-period services 

    Núñez del Toro, Alma Cristina (Fecha de defensa: 2016-02-02)

    In many situations, the resources in organizations are employed to satisfy some demand (or services) requirements, which are repeated with some periodicity. These recurrent services appear in a large variety of processes ...

    Sea state determnation using GNSS-R techniques: contributions to the PAU instrument 

    Marchán Hernandez, Juan Fernando (Fecha de defensa: 2009-05-11)

    El inminente lanzamiento de la misión Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS, humedad del terreno y salinidad del mar) de la Agencia Espacial Europea (ESA) permitirá la recuperación sistemática y a escala global de la ...

    Sea surface salinity retrieval error budget within the esa soil moisture and ocean salinity mission 

    Sabia, Roberto (Fecha de defensa: 2008-10-13)

    L’oceanografia per satèl•lit ha esdevingut una integració consolidada de les tècniques convencionals de monitorització in situ dels oceans. Un coneixement precís dels processos oceanogràfics i de la seva interacció és ...

    Sea surface determination using GNSS reflected signals 

    Cardellach Galí, Estel (Fecha de defensa: 2002-03-07)

    (English) The Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are large, stable and calibratecl sets of spaceborne L-band microwave transmitters with very well characterized properties. They provide global and permanent coverage ...

    Searching and tracking of humans in urban environments with humanoid robots 

    Goldhoorn, Alex (Fecha de defensa: 2017-09-21)

    Searching and tracking are important behaviours for a mobile service robot to assist people, to search-and-rescue and, in general, to locate mobile objects, animals or humans. Even though searching might be evident for ...

    Seasonal Arctic sea ice predictability and prediction 

    Cruz García, Rubén (Fecha de defensa: 2020-07-01)

    Arctic sea ice plays a central role in the Earth’s climate. Changes in the sea ice on seasonal-to-interannual timescales impact ecosystems, populations and a growing number of stakeholders. A prerequisite for achieving ...

    Seawater intrusion in complex geological environments 

    Abarca Cameo, Elena (Fecha de defensa: 2006-05-05)

    Modelling seawater intrusion (SWI) has evolved from a tool for understanding to a water management need. Yet, it remains a challenge. Difficulties arise from the assessment of dispersion coefficients and the complexity of ...

    Seawater intrusion, transition zone dynamics and reactive mixing : example of Argentona coastal alluvial aquifer 

    Goyetche, Tybaud (Fecha de defensa: 2021-07-19)

    Freshwater quality and availability in coastal areas are affected by seawater intrusion into coastal aquifers. While coastal water quality and coastal ecosystems can be significantly affected by pollutants discharged into ...

    Sección recta de blancos radar complejos en tiempo real 

    Rius Casals, Juan Manuel (Fecha de defensa: 1991-07-08)

    Este trabajo resuelve el problema de gran interés para la industria aeronáutica: el cálculo de la sección recta (RCS) de blancos radar complejos en tiempo real. Para ello basta una estación de trabajo con un acelerador ...

    Second harmonic generation in disordered nonlinear crystals : application to ultra-short laser pulse characterization 

    Wang, Bingxia (Fecha de defensa: 2017-10-10)

    The PhD project, entitled "Second harmonic generation in disordered nonlinear crystals: application to ultra-short laser pulse characterization", is devoted to the study of second harmonic generation in nonlinear ferroelectric ...

    Second Harmonic Generation in Photonic Crystals 

    Trull Silvestre, José Francisco (Fecha de defensa: 1999-12-21)

    Photonic crystals emerged at the end of the last decade as a new frame to control the interaction between radiation and matter. The potential advances that such structures could report in photonics technology has lead to ...

    Second life batteries of electric vehicles : analysis of use and management models 

    Rallo Tolós, Héctor (Fecha de defensa: 2021-02-09)

    The mobility of the future undoubtedly involves the electrification of vehicles. The increase in social awareness towards a reduction in CO2 emissions, together with the introduction of new laws regulating them, has finally ...

    Secondary air pollutants in urban and rural Catalonia, Spain: characterizing the precursors, source-contributions, and toxicity 

    In 't Veld, Marten (Fecha de defensa: 2023-11-29)

    (English) Air pollutants can be classed as either primary or secondary pollutants. Primary air pollutants are those that are directly emitted into the atmosphere, whereas secondary air pollutants are generated in the ...