A Computational Academic Integrity Framework 

    Amigud, Alexander (Date of defense: 2018-01-16)

    L'abast creixent i la naturalesa canviant dels programes acadèmics constitueixen un repte per a la integritat dels protocols tradicionals de proves i exàmens. L'objectiu d'aquesta tesi és introduir una alternativa als ...

    A framework for agile design of personalized gamification services 

    Mora Carreño, Alberto (Date of defense: 2018-06-18)

    L'interès en l'aplicació de les tècniques de ludificació en diferents contextos ha augmentat en els darrers anys i s'ha convertit en una tendència prometedora en diverses àrees, com la interacció home-màquina (human-computer ...

    Ad-hoc formation of edge clouds over heterogeneous non-dedicated resources 

    Juan Ferrer, Ana (Date of defense: 2020-11-30)

    La proliferació de dispositius connectats ha assolit xifres enormes. Avui, els dispositius connectats no tan sols estan disponibles a qualsevol lloc, sinó que, a més, adquireixen ràpidament una gran complexitat en la seva ...

    Anomaly detection in smart city wireless sensor networks 

    Garcia Font, Víctor (Date of defense: 2017-02-08)

    Aquesta tesi proposa una plataforma de detecció d’intrusions per a revelar atacs a les xarxes de sensors sense fils (WSN, per les sigles en anglès) de les ciutats intel·ligents (smart cities). La plataforma està dissenyada ...

    An application framework for the systematic construction of multimedia-based Collaborative Complex Learning Resources 

    Gañán Jiménez, David (Date of defense: 2015-04-27)

    Aquest treball de tesi proposa aportar una infraestructura de programari per donar suport a nous tipus de metodologies i recursos d'aprenentatge col·laboratiu augmentats pedagògicament i a través d'una plataforma d'aplicació ...

    Applications of biased randomised algorithms and simheuristics to asset and liability management 

    Nieto Ranero, Armando Miguel (Date of defense: 2022-07-22)

    Asset and Liability Management (ALM) has captured the attention of academics and financial researchers over the last few decades. On the one hand, we need to try to maximise our wealth by taking advantage of the financial ...

    Applications of simheuristics and horizontal cooperation concepts in rich vehicle routing problems 

    Quintero Araújo, Carlos Leonardo (Date of defense: 2017-09-29)

    En una economia globalitzada, les companyies s’enfronten a nombrosos reptes associats a les complexes tasques de logística i distribució. Gràcies al desenvolupament de les tecnologies de la informació i la comunicació, els ...

    Applications of the Internet of Things and optimization to inventory and distribution management 

    Raba Sánchez, David (Date of defense: 2021-09-17)

    This thesis is part of the IoFEED (EU funded) project, which aims to monitor approximately 325 farm bins and investigates business processes carried out between farmers and animal feed producers. We propose a computer-aided ...

    Engaging learners and facilitating teachers in practice-based learning 

    Iftikhar, Sidra (Date of defense: 2024-03-25)

    This research provides an in-depth understanding of student engagement and its indicators for practice-based learning contexts, specifically for the tools. The analysis of engagement in educational contexts is the basis ...

    Enterprise reference architectures for higher education institutions: Analysis, comparison and practical uses 

    Sanchez Puchol, Felix (Date of defense: 2022-04-29)

    Enterprise Architecture (EA) is currently accepted as one on the major instruments for enabling organisations in their transformation processes to achieve business-technology alignment. Despite that over the last years EA ...

    Forensic imaging and analysis of Apple iOS devices 

    Gomez-Miralles, Luis (Date of defense: 2016-07-26)

    In this thesis we present our research on digital forensics on the iOS platform, structured along three areas: forensic imaging; forensic analysis; and anti-forensic techniques. In the field of forensic imaging, we demonstrate ...

    From metaheuristics to learnheuristics: Applications to logistics, finance, and computing 

    Calvet Liñán, Laura (Date of defense: 2017-07-12)

    Un gran nombre de processos de presa de decisions en sectors estratègics com el transport i la producció representen problemes NP-difícils. Sovint, aquests processos es caracteritzen per alts nivells d'incertesa i dinamisme. ...

    Guided requirements engineering using feature oriented software modeling 

    Sreekumar, Anjali (Date of defense: 2023-05-23)

    A well-defined software requirements specification uniquely describes a functionality or part of a functionality of the software product and is consistent with the definitions and descriptions of the other functionalities ...

    Human body parts segmentation via stacked and multi-task learning 

    Sánchez Abril, Daniel (Date of defense: 2019-10-09)

    La segmentació de persones en imatges RGB ha estat un problema central en el camp de la visió per computador. En aquesta tesi abordem el problema mitjançant hand-crafted features en un pipeline de dues etapes tant per ...

    Image steganalysis and steganography in the spatial domain 

    Lerch-Hostalot, Daniel (Date of defense: 2017-04-23)

    In this dissertation, we propose different novel techniques both to detect hidden information (steganalysis) and to hide information (steganography). These techniques are presented in the form of a collection of five ...

    Integrating secure mobile P2P systems and Wireless Sensor Networks 

    Domingo Prieto, Marc (Date of defense: 2017-03-03)

    Aquesta tesi tracta de les diferents limitacions trobades a WSN per a habilitar-ne el desplegament en nous escenaris i facilitar la difusió de la informació obtinguda. A un nivell baix, ens centrem en el consum d’energia, ...

    IoT@run-time: a model-based approach to support deployment and self-adaptations in IoT systems 

    Alfonso, Ivan (Date of defense: 2022-12-05)

    Today, most Internet of Things (IoT) systems leverage edge and fog computing to meet increasingly restrictive requirements and improve quality of service (QoS). Although these multi-layer architectures can improve system ...

    Leveraging mobile phone-based technologies to provide on-demand adolescent sexual reproductive health information in a resource-limited setting: Kibra, Nairobi County 

    macharia, paul (Date of defense: 2022-12-13)

    Adolescents transitioning from childhood to adulthood need to be equipped with reproductive health (SRH) knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values that empower them. The prevalence of pregnancy and STIs among adolescents ...

    Model-driven round-trip engineering of REST APIs 

    Ed-douibi, Hamza (Date of defense: 2019-05-13)

    Les API web s'han convertit cada vegada més en un actiu clau per a les empreses, que n'han promogut la implementació i la integració en les seves activitats quotidianes. A la pràctica, la majoria d'aquestes API web són ...

    Modeling of emotional subjectivity in affective-based predictive systems 

    Hayat, Hassan (Date of defense: 2023-04-19)

    One of the goals of affective computing is to develop affective technologies that can understand humans emotionally and make their life better. Human emotions are highly subjective in nature. This is why systems that ...