Colás Álvarez, Joaquim (Date of defense: 2017-09-20)
Storytelling is one of the oldest models of cultural expression in human history. Thanks to the evolution of information technologies, the Web 2.0 paradigm has impacted in this field: some modern audiences ...
Colombaro, Ivano (Date of defense: 2022-06-17)
This doctoral thesis aims to find a connection between two different disciplines. On the one hand, the electromagnetic theory, one of the most known and most applied theories in physics, properly ...
Oramas Martín, Sergio (Date of defense: 2017-11-29)
In this thesis, we address the problems of classifying and recommending music present in large collections. We focus on the semantic enrichment of descriptions associated to musical items (e.g., artists ...
Derkach, Dmytro (Date of defense: 2018-12-03)
Al llarg de les últimes dècades, l'anàlisi facial ha atret un interès creixent i considerable per part de la comunitat investigadora amb l’objectiu de millorar la interacció i la cooperació entre les ...
Zinemanas Frieti, Pablo (Date of defense: 2023-10-20)
Deep-learning models have revolutionized state-of-the-art technologies in many research areas, but their black-box structure makes it difficult to understand their inner workings and the rationale ...
Zabaleta Razquin, Itziar (Date of defense: 2021-10-01)
The industry of cinema has experienced a radical change in the last decades: the transition from film cinematography to its digital format. As a consequence, several challenges have appeared, but, at ...
Theodoni, Panagiota (Date of defense: 2014-05-09)
Fluctuations in perceptual decisions emerge when our brain confronts with ambiguous sensory stimuli. For instance, our perception alternates between two conflicting images when presented dichoptically ...
Rasouligandomani, Morteza (Date of defense: 2023-10-02)
Adult Spine Deformity (ASD) leads to abnormal spine curvature causing imbalance, pain, and fall risk. Spinal surgery is common but carries the risk of Mechanical Complications (MC), notably Proximal ...
Chiarandini, Luca (Date of defense: 2014-10-13)
This thesis focuses on the analysis and modeling of web sessions, groups of requests made by a single user for a single navigation purpose. Understanding how people browse through websites is important, ...
Chacón Pérez, Jonathan (Date of defense: 2016-02-02)
This PhD Thesis contributes to the domain of Educational Technologies, and more specifically to the Learning Design (LD) research field, which focuses on supporting teachers in the creation of effective ...