Assigned PhD Theses

Advanced Predictive Modeling for Diabetic Retinopathy Progression based on clinical data and image features
Amal Esmail Qasem Al-Zubairi

Advisors: Dr. Aïda Valls

Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV

Grant: URV Martí Franquès

Applying Machine learning Techniques to Dual Winding Induction Generator of Wind turbine Operation
Mohammed Hossameldine Mohammed Ayad

Advisors: Dr. Aïda Valls

Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV

Grant: None

Enhancing Personal Tourist Experiences with Context-Aware, Explainable and Sustainable Recommendation Strategies
Monir Yahya Ali Salmony

Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno

Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV

Grant: URV Martí Franquès

Experiencias turísticas regenerativas y el fenómeno workcations en la era digital
Eddy Soria Leyva

Advisors: Dr. Aïda Valls, Dr. Ana Beatriz Hernández

Program: Turism and Leisure, URV

Grant: FI AGAUR 2023

Propuesta de formalización para el análisis computacional de mensajes violentos en Twitter
Susana Maria Campillo Muñoz

Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno, Dr. María Dolores Jiménez López

Program: Humanistic Studies, URV

Grant: None

Desarrollo de un sistema inteligente de toma de decisiones multi-criterios en el sector de la energía
Melitsa Judith Torres Torres

Advisors: Dr. Aïda Valls

Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV

Grant: None

Completed PhD Theses

Validació clínica del sistemes d\'ajuda en el diagnòstic de la retinopatia diabètica en els àmbits de prevenció primària
Raquel Vergés Pujol

Advisors: Dr. Aïda Valls

Program: Biomedicine, URV

Grant: IISPV

Distribución de microaneurismas, hemorragias y exudados según la clasificación de retinopatía diabética en pacientes diabéticos.
Eugeni Garcia Curto

Advisors: Dr. Pere Romero, Dr. Marc Baget

Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV

Grant: IISPV

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Sistema multicriterio de recomendación basado en operadores de lógica graduada de preferencias para la orientación segura en un destino turístico.
Andres David Solano Barliza

Advisors: Dr. Aïda Valls

Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV

Grant: Predoctoral of the Ministry of Colombia

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Fuzzy-based machine learning methods for continuous diagnosis and prognosis of Diabetic Reinopathy
Jordi Pascual Fontanilles

Advisors: Dr. Aïda Valls

Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV

Grant: URV

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Development of explainable methods for fuzzy decision support systems
Najlaa Maaroof Wahib Al-Ziyadi

Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno, Dr. Domènec Puig, Dr. Pere Romero

Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV

Grant: URV

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Estudio de las características propias de la retinopatía diabética en los pacientes con diabetes mellitus 1 de nuestra población
Raúl Navarro Gil

Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno, Dr. Pedro Romero, Dr. Antoni Castro

Program: Biomedicine, URV

Grant: URV

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From White-Box Machine Learning to Fuzzy Logic for Automatic Gender Detection in Spanish Texts from Social Networks
Damián Morales Sánchez

Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno, Dr. María Dolores Jiménez López

Program: Humanistic Studies, URV

Grant: URV

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Development of Context-Aware Recommenders of Sequences of Touristic Activities
Jonathan Orama Ayebakuro

Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno, Dr. Joan Borràs

Program: Turism and Leisure, URV

Grant: URV

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Deep Learning-based Methods for Extracting Fundus Image Landmarks and Signs of Eye Diseases
Mohammed Yousef Salem Ali

Advisors: Dr. Aïda Valls, Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Nasser, Dr. Marc Baget

Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV

Grant: URV

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Image Segmentation Methods for Automatic Detection of the Anatomical Structure of the Eye in People with Diabetic Retinopathy
José Rafael Escorcia Gutierrez

Advisors: Dr. Aida Valls, Dr. Domènec Puig, Dr. Pedro Romero

Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV

Grant: URV

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Development of Machine Learning Techniques for Diabetic Retinopathy Risk Estimation
Emran Saleh Ali Ali

Advisors: Dr. Aida Valls, Dr. Antonio Moreno, Dr. Pedro Romero

Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV

Grant: URV

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Sentiment Analysis of Textual Content in Social Networks. From Hand-Crafted to Deep Learning-Based Models
Mohammed Jabreel

Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno

Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV

Grant: URV

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Diabetic Retinopathy classification and interpretation using Deep Learning techniques
Jordi De la Torre Gallart

Advisors: Dr. Aida Valls, Dr. Domènec Puig

Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV

Grant: URV

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Enhancing the ELECTRE decision support method with semantic data
Míriam Martínez García

Advisors: Dr. Aida Valls, Dr. Antonio Moreno

Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV

Grant: URV

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Development of advanced computer methods for breast cancer image interpretation through texture and temporal evolution analysis
Mohamed Abdel-Nasser

Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno, Dr. Domènec Puig

Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV

Grant: URV

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Estudio del cribado y desarrollo de un sistema de ayuda a las decisiones clínicas en la retinopatía diabética
Sofia de la Riva Fernández

Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno, Dr. Pedro Romero

Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV

Grant: URV

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Hierarchical outranking methods for multi-criteria decision aiding
Luis Del Vasto Terrientes

Advisors: Dr. Aïda Valls

Program: Computer Engineering (Enginyeria Informàtica), Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Grant: FI

Defense: June, 2015

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Semantic Recommender Systems. Provision of personalised information about tourist activities
Joan Borràs Nogués

Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno, Dr. Aïda Valls

Program: Computer Engineering (Enginyeria Informàtica), Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Defense: June, 2015

Work developed in cooperation with the Scientific and Technological Park of Tourism and Leisure, Vila Seca

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Moving towards the Semantic Web: enabling new technologies through the semantic annotation of social contents
Carlos Vicient Monllaó

Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno

Program: Computer Engineering (Enginyeria Informàtica), Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Defense: January, 2015

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Dynamic Adaptation of User Profiles in Recommender Systems
Lucas Marin Isern

Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno and Dr. David Isern (ITAKA, URV)

Program: Computer Engineering (Enginyeria Informàtica), Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Grant: Research grant from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Defense: July 9th, 2013

The PhD was successfully completed and defended obtaining the maximum qualification. The evaluating committee was composed by Professor José Luis Verdegay Univ. of Granada), Dr. Patrick Meyer (Telecom Bretagne) and Dr. Domènec puig from URV.

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Ontology-based semantic anonymization of microdata
Sergio Martínez Lluís

Advisors: Dr. Aïda Valls and Dr. David Sánchez (ITAKA, URV)

Program: Computer Engineering (Enginyeria Informàtica), Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Grant: Research grant from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Defense: February, 2013

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Ontology-based Semantic Clustering
Montserrat Batet Sanromà

Advisors: Dra. Aïda Valls (URV) and Dra. Karina Gibert (UPC)

Program: Computer Engineering (Enginyeria Informàtica), Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Grant: Research grant from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Defense: February 2011

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Agent-based management of clinical guidelines
David Isern Alarcón

Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno (ITAKA, URV)

Program: Artificial Intelligence, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC)

Grant: Research grant from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Defense: February 2009

Summary appeared at the Bulletin of the Catalan Association for Artificial Intelligence (Dec. 2009)

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Domain Ontology Learning from the Web
David Sánchez Ruenes

Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno (ITAKA, URV)

Program: Artificial Intelligence, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC)

Grant: Research grant from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Defense: December 2007

Extraordinary Ph.D. Award by the Technical University of Catalonia.

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News

Aug 2026
iTAKA at IJCAI-ECAI 2026

iTAKA was present at IJCAI-ECAI 2026, the 35th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, one of the top conferences on AI. It was held in in Bremen, Germany, on 15-21 of August 2026. Dr. Valls and Dr. Moreno presented a work in the Qualitative Reasoning workshop. Dr. Valls also participated in the ECAI assembly as representative of the Catalan association on AI (ACIA).

IJCAI-ECAI 2026
Apr 2026
ExplainUp receive the Fundació Gresol Award 2026

The Entrepreneuship Talent Award of the Fundació Gresol recognized ExplainUp, a project that uses Artificial Intelligence to transform complex information into easy-to-read text. SRBLab and Inserlab from URV design and validate the tool, while the ITAKA group is involved in its implementation.

Gresol Award 2026
Apr 2026
Poster at TECNATOX workshop 2026

Our group has participated in the workshop. Pol Pujol has presented a poster about our work with the LSTM team about detection of cognitive impairment with sociodemographic and lifestyle variables, within the DEMDETECT project.

TECNATOX Workshop 2026