Computational science is an ever-expanding research eld. It combines tech- nologies, modern computational methods, and simulations to address prob- lems too complex to be e ectively predicted by theory alone or too ...

Context-Aware Computing describes the development of technologies and applications that can detect data from the surrounding environment and react accordingly with specific actions, reducing and simplifying the human-machine ...

To date, has been the primary driver of global innovation, compet- itiveness and cultural development. It is also a powerful engine for creating new job opportunities, expanding market segments and inspiring new horizons ...

In recent years, deep learning (DL) has obtained numerous successes in analyzing complex data, such as images or audio. A particularly recent area of application is the analysis of videos. This thesis focuses on the ...

Biometrics has been a thriving field of Pattern Recognition forlong. Both Academia and Business have thus focused their at-tention in the practical use of biometrics to advance and pro-mote varying applications in ...

Nowadays, thanks to the digitalization of business processes and public administrations, many significant Big data collections are available. Users are direct suppliers of data when publishing contents on social networks. ...

To identify a person by means of fully automatic systems is still an open problem and a matter of social concern. Many of the approaches coping with this problem are based on the combination of biometrics and computer ...

User expectations, motivations, and feelings when using a system have prompted the need to investigate beyond traditional usability issues by evaluating and designing for the user experience. User eXperience (UX), therefore, ...

Data Profiling represents one of the most crucial processes in data quality assessment. It includes a set of activities to efficiently analyze datasets and provide insights from them. Such activities rely on the identification of ...

The current reality is characterized by a solid technological and pervasive component. These elements are expressed through smart devices, which make the environments we live in pervasive and able to exchange information. ...