Silva Velón, Javier (Date of defense: 2021-03-11)
In this thesis, we present some public-key cryptographic schemes. This work is divided in two halves. The rst half deals with zero-knowledge proofs in the classical setting and under falsi able ...
Vujovic, Milica (Date of defense: 2021-06-16)
Research has provided relevant advances in evidence-based design for productive learning. For example, in the field of collaborative learning, there is extensive evidence for some key learning design ...
Beardsley, Marc Yoshimi (Date of defense: 2021-02-04)
Reports from the OECD and the World Economic Forum highlight that rapid technological and social change are demanding much more of students. Yet, research indicates that many students are not developing ...
Barrachina Muñoz, Sergio (Date of defense: 2021-01-19)
In this thesis, we focus on the so-called spectrum management's joint problem: efficient allocation of primary and secondary channels in channel bonding wireless local area networks (WLANs). From IEEE ...
Soto, Daniel (Date of defense: 2021-03-26)
This thesis explores the problem of compatibility between generations in the field of Digital Television, and proposes solutions to this problem. Since its inception, the DTV has been under development ...
Martí Juan, Gerard (Date of defense: 2021-03-22)
Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common form of dementia, is an incurable neurodegenerative disease that affects millions of elderly people worldwide. Detecting the disease in its early stages is the ...
Junyent Barbany, Miquel (Date of defense: 2021-10-15)
Optimal sequential decision making is a fundamental problem to many diverse fields. In recent years, Reinforcement Learning (RL) methods have experienced unprecedented success, largely enabled by the ...
Eladly, Ahmed Fayed (Date of defense: 2021-04-28)
This thesis was conducted within the framework of the eAXON project that is aimed at developing injectable wireless sub-millimetric single-channel addressable microstimulators based on volume conduction ...
Nikbakht Silab, Rasoul (Date of defense: 2021-03-17)
This thesis studies parametric optimization in cellular and cell-free networks, exploring data-based and expert-based paradigms. Power allocation and power control, which adjust the transmit power to ...
Blancas Muñoz, Maria (Date of defense: 2021-01-15)
Students’ metacognition, that is, the ability to accurately assess one’s skill level and to update one’s internal model of those skills, is a crucial educational factor, as it can help students ...