Treballs de fi de grau, de màster o d'alguna assignatura, realitzats per estudiants de la UPF en l'àmbit de les Teconologies de la Informació i les Comunicacions.
Inverse Optimal Control (IOC) deals with the problem of recovering an unknown
cost function in a Markov decision process from expert demonstrations acting optimally.
In this thesis we apply IOC to SARS-CoV-2 data. For ...
Lexical collocations may be identified and categorized in context, which is helpful
for language acquisition, dictionary creation, and many other downstream NLP
tasks. However, the automatic collocation extraction and ...
Microorganisms such as bacteria can be hard to identify correctly. Most current
classification techniques are based on well conserved genes, for instance the 16S ribosomal
RNA (16S rRNA). Nevertheless, achieving a ...
This master thesis contributes to provide planning capabilities to embodied agents so
that they are able to decide what sequence of actions should be taken to solve a given
complex problem, involving coupled reasoning ...
Air pollution in our cities is a very significant cause of death and worsening of
the quality of life in current times. Knowing in depth this phenomenon and its
details and building tools that help us to mitigate its ...
Recent work in Emergent Communication has shown that deep neural networks can develop successful
strategies of referential communication. Arguably, the extent to which they can do so
depends on the properties of the ...
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most prevalent forms of arthritis and one of the
leading causes of disability. The pathological traits consist of articular cartilage
degradation and bone thickening, among other ...
La ciencia ciudadana es un nuevo proceso participativo que se utiliza en ciencia que
permite a cualquier ciudadano participar en proyectos científicos. CS Track es un
proyecto Europeo H2020 que tiene como objetivo ampliar ...
Cancer is not one disease but many, making it very difficult to successfully develop
treatments that effectively end it. Yet, a very promising approach still underde-
veloped is differentiation therapy (DTH). As it has ...
Osteoporotic hip fractures are one of the most severe an individual can suffer due to their high mortality rate. There are pharmacological treatments such as Alen-dronate (AL), Denosumab (DMAB), and Teriparatide (PTH) that ...
The process by which the brain develops from a smooth surface at early weeks of gestation to a
folded surface with sulci and gyri at the neonatal stage is still an unsolved question. Despite the
hypotheses proposed by ...
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has been a significant step forward in the
treatment of patients with arrhythmias leading to heart failure. However, it still
presents two main issues. Firstly, the criteria to be ...
Complex diseases like cancer are one of the most serious sources of suffering and death.
Their multifactorial nature and multiscale effects compromise the patient’s health and
life, so there is a need for new tools for ...
Over 300 million people around the world, mainly women, suffer from Osteoarthritis
(OA), a multifactorial disease affecting joints. It occurs most frequently in hands, hips,
and knees. The most common solution is having ...
Inside Pompeu Fabra University students of Biomedical Engineering, Medicine
and Human Biology bachelor degrees must perform several physiology practices by using
a software. In more detail, the software in question is ...
The body cannot heal bone fractures surpassing 2 cm, so nowadays, graft surgery is the
only available treatment. Nonetheless, this entails serious risks such as immune rejection,
second medical interventions, and ...
Decision-making is a fundamental human behavior. In our day-to-day lives, we are
constantly coming across the problem of choosing among multiple options, which we aim
to solve by maximizing the outcomes. To achieve this, ...
Osteoporotic hip fractures represent a high risk for people over 60 years of age, with a
reduction in life expectancy of 20% and a reduction in functional capacity of 50%.
Currently, dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is ...
Magnetic Resonance imaging is a really important imaging technique distinguished by
the lack of ionizing radiation, great soft-tissue contrast and remarkable resolution. The
main drawback of performing a Magnetic Resonance ...
Optic neuritis is a condition in which the optic nerve is lesioned, provoking visual loss,
and it is one of the first manifestations of multiple sclerosis. A correct evaluation of the
nerve could help in the diagnosis ...