Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya: Recent submissions
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A framework to operationalize and automate the data integration lifecycle
(English) Data plays a key role in today’s world. Many organizations collect and store massive amounts of data from many different data sources. As a result, these data collections show a diversity in structure and semantics ...
Post-quantum cryptography acceleration for next generation computers
(English) The security of modern cryptographic schemes relies upon mathematical problems that are assumed to be hard to solve, like the Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA) problem or the discrete logarithm problem over elliptic ...
Numerical analysis of thermally-driven winds in mountain-valley regions
(English) This thesis aims at simulating thermally-driven winds in mountain-valley systems, using the open source computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software OpenFOAM. Thermal-driven winds occur in mountain-valley regions ...
Numerical modelling of unsaturated soils with the material point method
(English) The Material Point Method (MPM) is presented as an advanced numerical method used to simulate geotechnical problems subjected to large deformations and soil-structure interaction problems, such as landslides, ...
Surface impedance characterization of high-temperature superconducting coated conductors for potential application in the future circular collider beam screen
(English) The Future Circular Hadron Collider (FCC-hh) is a proposed hadron-hadron collider, with a center-of-mass collision energy of 100 TeV in an approximately 100-km long circular tunnel, aiming to push the frontiers ...
Contribution to network management of beyond 5G networks: management and orchestration architecture to support microservice-based services
(English) The thesis has contributed to the research on network management for the provisioning of future services, which we refer to as the Future Service Deployment Problem (FSDP). In this thesis, different deployment ...
A study on the implementation of a string-rewriting system for digital modeling of the islamic geometric patterns
(English) Islamic geometric patterns represent a unique and intricate art form within Islamic art and architecture. They use a variety of precise geometric principles to tessellate surfaces. Due to their repetitive ...
Cellular IoT in future non-terrestrial networks
(English) Terrestrial cellular networks cover only 15% of Earth's surface, leaving vast regions without IoT connectivity. While sparse Low Earth Orbit satellite constellations offer global coverage potential, they exhibit ...
Algorithms for high performance computing applied to simulation of ensembles of nanoparticles
(English) The objective of this thesis is to increase the computational efficiency of integral equation based methods for solving the electromagnetic scattering problem by incorporating random computations. Randomization ...
Numerical simulation of methane-hydrogen combustion: validation and applications of reduced chemical mechanisms
(English) This doctoral thesis investigates the combustion of methane-hydrogen mixtures through numerical simulation. It focuses on understanding the effects of hydrogen substitution on methane flames using reduced chemical ...
User-oriented explainable AI (XAI) for decision-making in critical sectors
(English) The increasing integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into critical sectors demands a comprehensive understanding of decision-making processes to ensure trust and accountability. To address these challenges, ...
Improving memory access efficiency for real-time rendering in tile-based GPU architectures
(English) Following the growing demands of applications mobile GPUs have greatly evolved in the past decade with expectations for continued advancement. These developments must address the rising performance demands and ...
Hierarchical PLA platforms for molecular sensing, biomimetic interfaces, and therapeutic delivery
(English) At the intersection of materials science and biomedicine, this thesis explores the development of bioinspired and biodegradable polymeric systems capable of supporting lipid bilayers and enabling functional ...
Acidic mining waters as resource recovery for sustainable supply of raw and critical materials
(English) Over the past years, the treatment of Acidic Mine Waters (AMWs) has gained a new interest as they can be used as a secondary source for Critical and Strategic Raw Materials (CRMs and SRMs, respectively). This, ...
Confounding factors-aware hierarchical deep learning for sustainable edge wildfire detection
(English) Wildfires present a significant threat to ecosystems, property, and human life, underscoring the need for accurate, adaptable, and efficient detection systems. This thesis introduces a novel approach to wildfire ...
Development of accelerated fully focused SAR altimetry algorithms
(English) The capability to measure ocean surface topography from space emerged in the 1970s with satellite radar altimeters. Since then, it has become essential in Earth observation, supporting a range of applications, ...
Impact of mixing-driven precipitation and sharp soil interfaces on solute transport: from laboratory visualization to numerical modeling
(English) Understanding the dynamics of solute transport in highly heterogeneous porous systems represents an inherent challenge for assessing various subsurface activities, such as carbon sequestration and groundwater ...
La incidencia de las actuaciones de pacificación viaria en la consolidación del capital social. La experiencia de la Supermanzana de Sant Antoni en Barcelona
(English) This doctoral thesis explores the intricate relationship between urban design and the formation of social capital (SC), using the traffic calming of public space in the Sant Antoni Superblock in Barcelona as a ...
Recycled polypropylene fibre-reinforced concrete: from recyclability and recoverability to materials and application
(English) In recent decades, fibre-reinforced concrete (FRC) has played a significant role in construction due to its enhanced residual flexural tensile strength in comparison to plain concrete. However, with the increasing ...
Urban freight distribution management and pricing with tradable mobility credits
(English) Cities around the world are still facing increasing congestion problems. Emerging demands of ecommerce and other commercial activities make this situation worse. Congestion pricing schemes gain low public acceptance ...
