The thesis explores architectural form generation through two behavior based artificial intelligence approaches: the communication of agents in an unpredictable simulation system, and the codification of information within an evolutionary process. Both concepts stem from the evaluation of potentially definable…

Con el conjunto de elementos de carácter teórico, que en reflexión son aquí abordados, se enfrenta el reto hacia un nuevo discurso alimentado por la intención de revolucionar las posibilidades para nuestras rutinarias prácticas pedagógicas dirigidas a la formación de…

The undergraduate law curriculum adopted at McGill University in 1998—the transsystemic programme—was born of the unique political, social, and intellectual histories of its Faculty of Law. This essay reviews these contexts and characterizes the programme as an ongoing conversation about…

Este trabalho tem por objetivo apresentar uma visão do papel que as novas tecnologias da informação e telecomunicações tem exercido sobre a sociedade atual. Este estudo demonstra a importância da democratização da informação e conhecimento na atualidade social como forma…

In this thesis, the opportunities and challenges involved in applying natural language processing techniques to the control of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are addressed. The problem of controlling an unmanned aircraft via natural language inputs is formulated as a feedback…

This thesis integrates hardware development, data analysis, and mathematical modeling to facilitate our understanding of brain cognition. Exploration of these brain mechanisms requires both structural and functional knowledge to (i) reconstruct the spatial distribution of the activity, (ii) to estimate…

In the wake of the development of technology to sequence the complete genome of an organism, it has become expedient to generate methodologies to elucidate and characterize the function of all genes constituting the complete genetic makeup of an organism,…

MoKEx (Mobile Knowledge Experience) is an international project in cooperation with universities and industrial partners. The project focuses on didactical, organizational and technical problems with regard to blended learning and knowledge management scenarios. In a project-based learning approach students of…

La biodiversidad es un atractivo para millones de turistas que viajan alrededor del mundo. Sin embargo la presión ejercida sobre la misma puede provocar la desaparición de especies o la interferencia en los procesos ecológicos que la sostienen. En la…

As organizações em rede compreendem um conjunto de organizações cujas atividades visam reduzir custos, facilitar a coordenação e aumentar a flexibilidade. Dentro desse ambiente, o espaço de criação de conhecimento ("ba") proporciona às pequenas e médias empresas um ambiente favorável…