iTAKA: Intelligent Technologies for Advanced Knowledge Acquisition

Assigned PhD Thesis

Advanced Predictive Modeling for Diabetic Retinopathy Progression based on clinical data and image features

Amal Esmail Qasem Al-Zubairi

PhD Advisors: Dr. Aïda Valls
PhD 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

PhD Advisors: Dr. Aïda Valls
PhD Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV
Grant: None

Validació clínica del sistemes d'ajuda en el diagnòstic de la retinopatia diabètica en els àmbits de prevenció primària.

Raquel Vergés Pujol

PhD Advisors: Dr. Aïda Valls
PhD Program: Biomedicine, URV
Grant: URV

Explicabilitat de la Intel·ligència Artificial.

Abdullah Mohammed Abdo Ali Hasan

PhD Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno
PhD Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV
Grant: FI_SDUR

Sistemes de reconeixement turístic.

Monir Yahya Ali Salmony

PhD Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno
PhD Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV
Grant: URV Martí Franquès

Explicabilitat dels Fuzzy Random Forests.

Ramón de las Heras

PhD Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno
PhD Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV
Grant: Generalitat

Experiencias turísticas regenerativas y el fenómeno workcations en la era digital

Eddy Soria Leyva

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

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

PhD Advisors: Dr. Aida Valls
PhD Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV
Grant: None

Completed PhD Thesis

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

Eugeni Garcia Curto

PhD Advisors: Dr. Pere Romero, Dr. Marc Baget
PhD Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV
Grant: URV

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

Andres David Solano Barliza

PhD Advisors: Dr. Aïda Valls
PhD Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV
Grant: Predoctoral of the Ministry of Colombia

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

Jordi Pascual Fontanilles

PhD Advisors: Dr. Aïda Valls
PhD Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV
Grant: URV

Thesis Document

Development of explainable methods for fuzzy decision support systems

Najlaa Maaroof Wahib Al-Ziyadi

PhD Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno, Dr. Domènec Puig, Dr. Pere Romero
PhD Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV
Grant: URV

Thesis Document

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

Raúl Navarro Gil

PhD Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno, Dr. Pedro Romero, Dr. Antoni Castro
PhD Program: Biomedicine, URV
Grant: URV

Thesis Document

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

Damián Morales

PhD Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno, Dra. María Dolores Jiménez López
PhD Program: Humanistic Studies, URV
Grant: URV

Thesis Document

Development of Context-Aware Recommenders of Sequences of Touristic Activities

Jonathan Orama Ayebakuro

PhD Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno, Dr. Joan Borràs
PhD Program: Turism and Leisure, URV
Grant: URV

Thesis Document

Deep Learning-based Methods for Extracting Fundus Image Landmarks and Signs of Eye Diseases

Mohammed Yousef Salem Ali

PhD Advisors: Dr. Aïda Valls, Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Nasser, Dr. Marc Baget
PhD Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV
Grant: URV

Thesis Document

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

José Rafael Escorcia Gutierrez

PhD Advisors: Dr. Aida Valls, Dr. Doménec Puig, Dr. Pedro Romero
PhD Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV
Grant: URV

Thesis Document

Development of Machine Learning Techniques for Diabetic Retinopathy Risk Estimation

Emran Saleh Ali Ali

PhD Advisors: Dr. Aida Valls, Dr. Antonio Moreno, Dr. Pedro Romero
PhD Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV
Grant: URV

Thesis Document

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

Mohammed Jabreel

PhD Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno
PhD Progran: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV
Grant: URV

Thesis Document

Diabetic Retinopathy classification and interpretation using Deep Learning techniques

Jordi De la Torre Gallart

PhD Advisors: Dr. Aida Valls, Dr. Doménec Puig
PhD Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV
Grant: URV

Thesis Document

Enhancing the ELECTRE decision support method with semantic data

Miriam Martínez

PhD Advisors: Dr. Aida Valls, Dr. Antonio Moreno
PhD Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV
Grant: URV

Thesis Document

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

Mohamed Abdel-Nasser

PhD Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno, Dr. Domènec Puig
PhD Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV
Grant: URV

Thesis Document

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

Sofia de la Riva

PhD Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno, Dr. Pedro Romero
PhD Program: Computer Engineering and Mathematics of Security, URV
Grant: URV

Thesis Document

Hierarchical outranking methods for multi-criteria decision aiding

Luis Del Vasto

PhD Advisors: Dr. Aïda Valls
PhD Program: Computer Engineering (Enginyeria Informàtica), Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Grant: FI Defense: June, 2015

Thesis Document

Semantic Recommender Systems. Provision of personalised information about tourist activities

Joan Borràs

PhD Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno, Dr. Aïda Valls
PhD Progran: Computer Engineering (Enginyeria Informàtica), Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Work developed in cooperation with the Scientific and Technological Park of Tourism and Leisure, Vila Seca Defense: June, 2015

Thesis Document

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

Carlos Vicient

PhD Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno
PhD Program: Computer Engineering (Enginyeria Informàtica), Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Defense: January, 2015

Thesis Document

Dynamic Adaptation of User Profiles in Recommender Systems

Lucas Marin

PhD Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno and Dr. David Isern (ITAKA, URV)
PhD Progran: Computer Engineering (Enginyeria Informàtica), Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Grant: Research grant from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili
The PhD was successfully completed and defended by Lucas Marín on July 9th, 2013, 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.

Thesis Document

Ontology-based semantic anonymization of microdata

Sergio Martínez

PhD Advisors: Dr. Aïda Valls and Dr. David Sánchez (ITAKA, URV)
PhD Program: Computer Engineering (Enginyeria Informàtica), Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Grant: Research grant from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Defense: February, 2013

Thesis Document

Ontology-based Semantic Clustering

Montserrat Batet

PhD Advisors: Dra. Aïda Valls (URV) and Dra. Karina Gibert (UPC)
PhD Program: Computer Engineering (Enginyeria Informàtica), Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Grant: Research grant from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Defense: February, 2011

Thesis Document

Agent-based management of clinical guidelines

David Isern

PhD Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno (ITAKA, URV)
PhD Program: Artificial Intelligence, Technical University or Catalonia (UPC)
Grant: Research grant from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili
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Defense: February 2009
Summary (in Catalan) appeared at the Bulletin of the Catalan Association for Artificial Intelligence (Dec. 2009)

Thesis Document

Domain Ontology Learning from the Web

David Sánchez

PhD Advisors: Dr. Antonio Moreno (ITAKA, URV)
PhD Program: Artificial Intelligence, Technical University or Catalonia (UPC)
Grant: Research grant from the Generalitat of Catalonia
Defense: Desember, 2007

Thesis Document