This paper analyzes the learning experiences and opinions from a group of undergraduate students in a course about Robotics. The contents of this course were taught as a set of seminars. In each seminar, the student learned interdisciplinary knowledge of…

One of the most difficult problems that humanity currently faces is the sustainable development of our society, i.e. how to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Solving this…

Most Natural Language Processing (NLP) systems traditionally use a sequential architecture that represents the classical linguistic levels (lexical-morphological, syntactical, semantic, etc.), but they claim for huge and monolithic modules, that make the backtracking among such modules difficult. By using a…

Data mining is at the core of the knowledge discovery process. However, an initial preprocessing step is crucial for assuring reliable results within this process. Preprocessing of data is a time-consuming and non-trivial task since data quality issues should be…

Due to the imminent creation of the degree "Building Engineer", it has been thought appropriate to verify if the criteria set by the EHEA is being applied to the subject of "Construction of Non-structural Elements" in the third year of…

The practical difficulties of including students with disabilities and diverse educational needs into regular classrooms are apparent in all countries around the world. Successful implementation of the policy of inclusion depends largely on teachers having the knowledge, skills, and competency…

The Answer Validation Exercise (AVE) is a pilot track within the Cross-Language Evaluation Forum (CLEF) 2006. The AVE competition provides an evaluation frame-
work for answer validations in Question Answering (QA). In our participation in AVE, we propose a system…

We discuss the convenience of an early introduction of undergraduate students to the reading of scientific papers, mostly divulgative or historical. This can encourage them to deeper readings and to search and discover in the scientific writings new sources of…

En esta investigación analizamos, a través de un proceso cualitativo apoyado con el programa informático Aquad Six, la imagen que se ofrece de la institución escolar en veinte spots a la audiencia televisiva española. Inequívocamente, la cultura visual está ejerciendo…

A la fi de l’edat mitjana, el naixement de la burgesia provoca una revisió profunda en diversos àmbits. A grans trets, aquest nou col·lectiu reclama l’accés al saber, fins aleshores reservat a la noblesa. En particular, hi ha un interés…