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Showing 1 to 20 of 318 for “"Settore INF/01 - Informatica"”.
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An Online Peer-Assessment Methodology for Improved Student Engagement and Early Intervention
Student performance is commonly measured using summative assessment methods such as midterms and final exams as well as high-stakes testing. Although not as common, there are other methods of gauging student performance. Formative assessment is a continuous, student-oriented form of assessment, …
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Domain Modeling Theory and Practice
Everyday huge amount of data is being captured and stored. This can either be due to several social initiatives, technological advancement or by smart devices. This involves the release of data which differs in format, language, schema and standards from various types of user communities and …
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Empirical Methods for Evaluating Vulnerability Models
… empirical methodology and a data collection infrastructure are proposed to conduct experiments that evaluate the empirical performance of VDMs. The methodology consists of two quantitative analyses, namely quality and predictability analyses, which enable analysts to study the performance of …
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An Effective End-User Development Approach through Domain-Specific Mashups for Research Impact Evaluation
Over the last decade, there has been growing interest in the assessment of the performance of researchers, research groups, universities and even countries. The assessment of productivity is an instrument to select and promote personnel, assign research grants and measure the results of research …
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On Neighbors, Groups and Application Invariants in Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks
… WSN devices, provide only post-deployment information on the group. Instead, we provide three protocols that cover the solution space. All our protocols empower each node with a run-time global view of the group composition. Finally, we focus on the behavior of the processes monitored by …
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Analysis of users' psycho-physiological parameters in response to affective multimedia - A mutlimodal and implicit approach for user-centric multimedia tagging
… with a computer, is a great source of information for the computer in order to (i) employ the information for adapting an interaction, make the interaction flawless, leading in adaptive affective interfaces. The computer may also use emotional responses of a user to some affective …
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Conversational Agent for Health Coaching
Poor diet and physical inactivity are two of the biggest healthcare challenges we are facing, and are related to individuals lifestyle. In fact, a poor lifestyle is strongly correlated to chronic diseases, the leading causes for morbidity and mortality. Adhering to a healthy diet and following an …
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Inference with Distributional Semantic Models
… it is still unclear how we can use the semantic information contained in these representations to support the natural inferences that we produce in our every day usage of natural language. In this thesis, I explore a selection of challenging relations that exemplify these inferential processes. …
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From Energy Efficient to Energy Neutral Wireless Sensor Networks
Energy autonomy for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) is a key to involve industry stakeholders willing to spend billions on the Internet of Things. By offering the lifetime of only a few years, traditional battery powered WSNs are neither practical nor profitable due to their high maintenance cost. …
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A User Centric Interface for the Management of Past, Present and Future Events [PhD thesis presentation]
Events have been categorized, modeled and recorded by researchers and practitioners for many centuries. Life and events are always being the philosopher's topic of debate. For us, event is any happening worth of remembering. This thesis makes an in-depth philological query of the nature of events …
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ATRIAL COMPLEX NETWORKS IN ENDOCAVITARY RECORDINGS DURING ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
L'incidenza e la prevalenza delle malattie atriali, in particolare della fibrillazione atriale (FA), stanno raggiungendo oggi proporzioni pandemiche. Nonostante i notevoli sforzi di ricerca e i progressi compiuti nella comprensione dei meccanismi alla base della FA, la capacità di trattarla rimane …
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Scalable Exploration of Complex Objects and Environments Beyond Plain Visual Replication
… intrinsically virtual objects. Communicating information on objects requires the ability to explore them under different angles, as well as to mix highly photorealistic or illustrative presentations of the object themselves with additional data that provides additional insights on these …
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Sensor-based artificial intelligence to support people with cognitive and physical disorders
… providing a large amount of spatio-temporal information that needs to be properly exploited to improve recognition accuracy. The investigation of the approach was conducted using a recent real-world dataset consisting of electromyography signals collected from 20 volunteers while performing …
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Knowledge Graphs and Large Language Models for Intelligent Applications in the Tourism Domain
… Analytics Ontology (TAO). Through integrating information from enterprise data lakes with public knowledge graphs, the thesis illustrates the creation of a comprehensive semantic layer built upon the raw data, demonstrating versatility and scalability. Subsequently, we present an in-depth …
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Semantic Reviewer Matching at Conference Scale with LLM-Generated Keywords and Knowledge-Graph Profiles
… representing papers and reviewers using textual information, structured knowledge, and automatically extracted keywords. In particular, it compares traditional text-based similarity approaches with knowledge-graph–enriched representations and keyword-based profiles generated with large language …
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Knowledge Augmentation in Language Models to Overcome Domain Adaptation and Scarce Data Challenges in Clinical Domain
The co-existence of two scenarios, “the massive amount of unstructured text data that humanity produces” and “the scarcity of sufficient training data to train language models,” in the healthcare domain have multifold increased the need for intelligent tools and techniques to process, interpret and …
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Data-driven depth and 3D architectural layout estimation of an interior environment from monocular panoramic input
… the particular subject of extracting geometric information from single panoramic images, using either visual data alone or sparse registered depth information. The appeal of this setup lies in the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of data acquisition using 360o images. The challenge, however, is …
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Characterizing Algorithmic Performance in Machine Learning for Education
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in educational systems has revolutionized the field of education, offering numerous benefits such as personalized learning, intelligent tutoring, and data-driven insights. However, alongside this progress, concerns have arisen about potential …
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Large Scale Acquisition of Complex Environments by Data Fusion from Mobile Visual and Depth Sensors
… monitoring and integration with Building Information Modeling (BIM). Through a combination of technical development, rigorous testing, and practical application, this thesis advances the field of mobile mapping. It opens new avenues for spatial data acquisition and modeling, particularly …
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Towards an Intelligent Built Environment: Digital Building Logbooks and AI Systems for Managing and Reasoning over BIM Data
… heterogeneous building data. Although Building Information Modeling (BIM) and standards such as IFC enable structured data exchange, their complexity still limits accessibility and reuse across disciplines. In parallel, Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers new opportunities to make this …
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