Past Projects
SHADE: Semantic and Hierarchical Attributes in DEcision making
SHADE - Semantic and Hierarchical Attributes in DEcision making
Project code: TIN2012-34369
Main contact: Dr. Aïda Valls
Dates: February 2013 - February 2016 (3 years)
Abstract
The main aim of the SHADE project is the development of new techniques to solve some of the current limitations of decision support systems, focusing on these three aspects:
The developed techniques will be tested and refined in three specific domains, for which domain experts and datasets are already available from previous projects:
DAMASK- Data-Mining Algorithms with Semantic Knowledge
DAMASK- Data-Mining Algorithms with Semantic Knowledge
Project code: TIN2009-11005
Main contact: Dr. Antonio Moreno
Dates: September 2009 - August 2012 (3 years)
Abstract
One of the main limitations of traditional data mining methods is the lack
of use of domain knowledge. This project proposes the use of semantic domain
knowledge, represented in the form of ontologies, to define new methods for
extracting and integrating information from heterogeneous Web resources with
varying degrees of structure, performing an automatic classification, and making
a semantic interpretation of the results.
The project will test the practical applicability of the developed methods
in the strategic area of Tourism, with the realization (with the collaboration
of 2 relevant entities in this domain) of a Web application for the personalised
recommendation of touristic destinations. ARES: Advanced Research on Information
Security and Privacy (Spanish project
of the prestigious Consolider-Ingenio-2010 Program, 2007-2012) ARES gathers six of the most dynamic Spanish research groups in the area of information security and
virtually all existing Spanish groups
in the area of information privacy. Some members of ITAKA belong to one of those groups: the IF-PAD Information Fusion for Privacy And Decision.
This group is coordinated by Dr.
Vicenç Torra from the Institute for Research in Artificial Intelligence of CSIC (IIIA-CSIC). Dr. Valls and
Dr. Torra have done research in the last
10 years in topics related to information fusion (in a broad sense) and its applications in privacy and
decision. More information can be found in the web page of the ARES project. Spanish-Tunisian project, funded by AECID (January 2010 - July 2012). This project involves the ITAKA research group at URV and the University of La Manouba (Tunis). Its main aim
is to study the following two aspects: Algoritmes de mineria de dades amb coneixement semàntic June 2009-December 2011. Funded by URV with 6,000 euros. New services for tourists according to their localization and/or tracking. February-July 2009. Funded by URV with 13,000 euros. Tourists tracking permits to analyse tourists mobility and provide them with customised advanced
services. Users mobility information can be used to implement intelligent transportation systems in which users pay
different taxes depending on the characteristics of their
trips (e.g. number of stops) or depending on the road traffic (i.e. road pricing). In addition, tourists tracking information can be used to infer behavioural patterns that lead to the
obtention of user profiles. These profiles are useful to provide
them with new services of their interest, or to adapt existing services to their needs. However, tourists
tracking endangers tourists privacy. Thus, these tracking systems
must properly preserve their privacy (e.g. data must be anonymised before being used). In this project, the state of the art of these tracking systems is going to be thoroughly studied. The
results of this study can lead to identify interesting new research
lines that can benefit the tourism industry. Desarrollo de un modelo de evaluación de exposición y riesgo por la aplicación de fangos de depuradoras en
suelo agrícola, basado en un sistema experto neuro-fuzzy integrado en SIG (Spanish project, 2008-2010) Preliminary research project on the application of Information and Communication Technologies to the
Management of Touristic Destinations. February-July 2008. Funded by URV with 10,800 euros. The Knowledge Society opens new challenges in the Tourism field. It is important to study which are the
current application areas of Communication and Information Technologies in Tourism and which are the open
fields for future research.
This project intends to study the state of the art in three different aspects: the intelligent management of
touristic information, Geographical Information Systems applied to touristic management, and the
interactivity in the web pages of touristic destinations.
The project is also especially interested in analysing the local situation in the Costa Daurada with respect
to those aspects, and in widely spreading the results of the project among the local stakeholders. HYGIA: Diseño y aplicación
de nuevas técnicas de Inteligencia Artificial para la adquisición y uso de conocimiento médico representado
en patrones asistenciales (Spanish project, 2007-08-09) More information can be found in the web page of the HYGIA project. EU Project IST-2004-026968, March 2006-Septmber 2009 K4CARE's main goal has been to design, implement and validate a new ICT knowledge-based
Homecare Model by integrating skills, procedures and experiences of several eastern and western
European countries as a contribution to the new EU society to manage and respond to the needs of
the increasing number of senior population requiring a customised health-care at home. Other more specific objectives: More information can be found in the web page of the K4Care
project.
ARES Consolider-Ingenio 2010
Integration of ontology learning and semantic search
2009AIRE-04
Coordinator: Dr David Sánchez.URV-Turisme-O2 2009
Coordinator: Dr Aida Valls.
It involves
3 research groups at URV (ITAKA, CRISES and GRATET).Decision Making for environmental risk assessment
URV-Turisme-01
Coordinator: Dr Antonio Moreno.
It
involves 3 research groups at URV (ITAKA, ASTERIC and GRATET).AgentCities
HYGIA
Knowledge-based Home Care e-Services for an Ageing Europe (K4Care)
