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M.Sc. Theses

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  • João Miguel Leitão Salvado (ist175661), Detection of interaction intention and engagement in HRI using joint gaze and gesture analysis, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2016/2017. More information.
  • Tiago Filipe Figueira Cerveira (ist176932), An Attentional Architecture for CNN-Based Visual Detection and Tracking, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2016/2017. More information.
  • Nuno Laurentino Mendes (ist173716), Probabilistc Planning For Symbiotic Autonomy In Domestic Robots, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2016/2017. More information.
  • Pedro Miguel Neves Barradas (ist163166), 3D surface shape information from fringe projection techniques, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2016/2017. More information.
  • Ana Cláudia Sarmento Ramos Marques (ist172725), Mimic Expression System for iCub, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2016/2017. More information.
  • Ana Filipa Vieira de Jesus Almeida (ist174007), Deep Networks for Human Visual Attention: A hybrid model using foveal vision, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2016/2017. More information.
  • Filipe Manuel Baptista Marques (ist169636), Measurement of imperceptible breathing movements from Kinect Skeleton Data, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2016/2017. More information.
  • Ana Carolina Pisco Solas (ist169383), Adaptive Illumination: Vehicle Tracking in Bridges With Surveilance Cameras, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2016/2017. More information.
  • Paul Rudolph Schydlo (ist176148), Anticipation in Human-Robot Cooperation: A recurrent neural network approach for multiple action sequences prediction, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2016/2017. More information.
  • Isabel Queirós da Silva (ist173169), Estimação de Topologia de uma Rede de Câmaras Usando Métodos Esparsos, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2016/2017. More information.
  • José António Carvalho Mendes (ist423207), Forensic use of Mobile Phone Cameras: Measuring the Height of a Person, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2016/2017. More information.
  • Paulo Filipe Pereira Henriques (ist423132), Gesture Recognition with Microsoft Kinect Tools for Socially Assistive Robotics Scenarios, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2016/2017. More information.
  • Gonçalo Rodrigues Nunes (ist167600), Behavior specification of a socially assistive robot using ROS state machines, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2016/2017. More information.
  • Rui Miguel Ferreira Raposo Martins (ist170061), Self-Organized Artificial Retina With Deep Neural Networks, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2016/2017. More information.
  • José Miguel Silva do Carmo Nogueira (ist167654), Active Learning for Robot Exploration – Bayesian Optimization for Object Grasping, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2016/2017. More information.
  • Miguel Jorge Bastos (ist169276), Modeling Human Gaze Patterns to Improve Visual Search in Autonomous Systems, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2015/2016. More information.
  • Stephano Donato Carrão Pugliese (ist167717), Detection of Sea Surface Artefacts in Airborne Hyperspectral Images, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2015/2016. More information.
  • Jorge Pedro da Silva Matos (ist172970), Robust Tracking of Vessels in Oceanographic Airborne Images, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2015/2016. More information.
  • Abaabu Terno Amina (ist179454), Independently Moving Objects Detection based on Stereo Visual Odometry, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2015/2016. More information.
  • João Manuel Caeiro Avelino (ist170185), Pedestrian detection and tracking for mobile robots, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2015/2016. More information.
  • Pedro Mendes Marques (ist167691), Vision-based Corridor Navigation with Topological Localization, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2015/2016. More information.
  • Carlos Eduardo Sampaio de Freitas Cardoso (ist163050), Robot Skills: From Imitation to Exploration Learning, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2015/2016. More information.
  • João André Leirião Lopes da Cruz (ist163218), Wireless Mobile Camera, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2014/2015. More information.
  • André Ventura Coelho (ist165735), Detecção Precoce do Cancro de Pele com Base na Combinação de Múltiplas Características, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2014/2015. More information.
  • Henrique de Almeida Gonçalves (ist159009), Monitoring Programmable Logic Controllers, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2014/2015. More information.
  • Ricardo Jorge Pires da Rosa Fernandes (ist169332), Point Localization in Surfaces, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2014/2015. More information.
  • Tiago Miguel de Oliveira Marques (ist169438), Cooperating Smart Cameras, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2014/2015. More information.
  • Bruno Miguel Rodrigues Rocha (ist170433), Enhanced Networked Luminaire Controller for Sustainable Ambient Illumination, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2014/2015. More information.
  • Jose Fort Ruiz (ist422838), Nonlinear SISO System Identification Applied to the Series System Power-Driver, DC-Motor and Propeller, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2014/2015. More information.
  • Magda Sofia Carvoeiras Rocha (ist165426), Degradation Analysis of Craters on Mars, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2014/2015. More information.
  • João Afonso Cotrim Oliveira Direita (ist169834), Distributed control of illumination in office-like spaces, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2014/2015. More information.
  • Paulo Miguel Nogueira Moniz (ist156789), Cooperative Coupling Between Car-Like Robots, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2014/2015. More information.
  • David José Lopes de Brito Duarte Ribeiro (ist169283), Pedestrian Detection with Multichannel Convolutional Neural Networks, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2014/2015. More information.
  • Ana Carolina Grilo da Silva Januário (ist164715), Object re-grasping with Dexterous Robotic Hands, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2014/2015. More information.
  • Artur Alves Reis Leite Gonçalves (ist169271), Efficient Contact Detection for Game Engines and Robotics: A non-polygonal approach with smooth convex objects, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2014/2015. More information.
  • Rebeca Pureza Guerra Ferreira Bastos (ist169645), Monitoring of Human Sport Activities at Sea, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2014/2015. More information.
  • Diogo Miguel Correia dos Santos (ist165344), Networking Programmable Logic Controllers: Pneumatic Cylinder Modelling and Control, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2014/2015. More information.
  • Pedro Ribeiro da Silva (ist167699), Vision Based Multi-Target Tracking, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2013/2014. More information.
  • Ricardo Alexandre Garcia Caetano (ist165472), Adaptive Illumination, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2013/2014. More information.
  • Pedro Emanuel Antunes Ouro Vicente (ist163165), Real time graphical simulation for visual based pose estimation self-calibration of a humanoid robotic arm, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2013/2014. More information.
  • Ricardo Manuel Raposo dos Santos (ist163130), Sensorimotor and Neural Networks for Visual Stimuli Prediction, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2013/2014. More information.
  • Miguel António Azevedo Griné (ist176574), Vessel Detection in Oceanographic Airborne Imagery, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2013/2014. More information.
  • José Nuno Laia Mendonça (ist158028), Reconstruction of Lightweight 3D Indoor Representations using Color-Depth Cameras, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2013/2014. More information.
  • David Cruz da Veiga Álvares Pereira (ist158017), Robotic Home Sentinel, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2013/2014. More information.
  • André Neves de Almeida Roque Carreira (ist157997), Volumetrics – Measuring Free Volumes, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2012/2013. More information.
  • Nuno Manuel Martins Ribeiro (ist165447), Nomadic Surveillance Camera, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2012/2013. More information.
  • Tiago Fernando Alves Castanheira (ist157974), Multitasking of Smart Cameras, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2012/2013. More information.
  • Rui Miguel de Moura Antunes e Valejo Coelho (ist165483), Planning Push and Grasp Actions: Experiments on the iCub Robot, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2012/2013. More information.
  • Ricardo Mileu Cavalheiro Lucas (ist156719), Building World Representations using Color-Depth Cameras, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2012/2013. More information.
  • João Pedro Borralho Tomaz (ist158134), Visual Self-Localization and Mapping Using the Inside Texture of a Tubular Structure, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2012/2013. More information.
  • Rui Miguel Horta Pimentel de Figueiredo (ist156742), Simultaneous Recognition and Pose Estimation of Multiple 3D Objects: Real-Time Probabilistic Methods using Kinect Data, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2011/2012. More information.
  • Manuel António Ferreira da Silva (ist148026), Network Cameras Calibration, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2011/2012. More information.
  • Pedro Miguel Maravilha Morgado (ist162698), Automated Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease using PET Images – A study of alternative procedures for feature extraction and selection”, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2011/2012. More information.
  • Marta Gómez de Agüero Calero (ist172179), Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment Exploiting Class Ordering, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2011/2012. More information.
  • Ana María Mazo Alarza (ist172178), Detecting Conversion of Mild Cognitive Impairment to Alzheimer, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2011/2012. More information.
  • Filipe Fernandes Veiga (ist155062), Robotic Grasp Optimization from Contact Force Analysis, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2011/2012. More information.
  • Bruno Alexandre Esteves Ribeiro (ist156669), A Robotic player of Six Men’s Morris with a redundant Manipulator, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2011/2012. More information.
  • Sérgio Miguel dos Santos Copeto (ist156674), Detecção de Objectos Activos em Ambientes Dinâmicos, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2011/2012. More information.
  • João Pedro Lourenço Silvério (ist156633), Using Sensory Feedback to Improve Locomotion Performance of the Salamander Robot in Different Environments, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2010/2011. More information.
  • André Ricardo Lopes Marçal Grilo (ist156660), Fast Image and Video Segmentation using sparse Mean Shift, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2010/2011. More information.
  • Diogo Filipe Cabral de Sousa Leite (ist158094), Target Tracking with Pan-Tilt-Zoom Cameras, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2010/2011. More information.
  • Ricardo Manuel Florindo Galego (ist152118), Geometric and Radiometric Calibration for Pan-Tilt Surveillance Cameras, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2010/2011. More information.
  • João Pedro Saraiva Cabral Fernandes (ist153635), Análise de actividades humanas: interacção entre pessoas, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2010/2011. More information.
  • João Paulo Maurício Pimentel (ist156615), Machine Vision for Casino Game Monitoring, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2009/2010. More information.
  • Martim Cristina de Serpa Brandão (ist156754), Generating pose hypotheses for 3D tracking: a bottom-up approach, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2009/2010. More information.
  • Tayebeh Razmi (ist164425), Eye Gaze Detection for Close Human-Robot Interactions, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2009/2010. More information.
  • Nuno Miguel Pinto Leite (ist150801), Calibração de uma Rede de Câmaras baseada em Odometria Visual, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2008/2009. More information.
  • Fábio Joel Vieira da Silva (ist163740), Reconhecimento de Padrões da Doença de Alzheimer em Imagem PET, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2008/2009. More information.
  • André Dionísio Falcão (ist153724), Controlo Adaptativo do nível de Hipnose em Anestesia, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2008/2009. More information.
  • Marco Gonçalo de Sousa Neves (ist150776), Auto-tuning de Controladores PID pelo método Relay: Optimização de Controlo em Automação Industrial, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2008/2009. More information.
  • Ricardo Jorge Baptista Carona (ist152114), Controlo Visual de Robots Tipo Uniciclo, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2008/2009. More information.
  • Diogo André Pires Vicente (ist150699), Event Detection with Pan-Tilt Cameras, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2007/2008. More information.
  • Nuno Filipe Maia Lucas (ist148046), Ekit – Kit de Apoio à Aprendizagem de Sinais, Circuitos e Sistemas Electrónicos, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2007/2008. More information.
  • Bruno Filipe Simão Dias (ist153740), Automatic Transcription of Musical Whistling, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2007/2008. More information.
  • Samuel António Tojal Ferreira (ist152191), PREDTRACK – Predição de Trajectórias de Alvos Móveis: Aplicação ao Controlo de uma Cabeça Robótica, MSc Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IST – 2007/2008. More information.

Final Year Theses

  • Técnicas de segmentação de cor para seguimento de alvos – aplicação à aprendizagem de tarefas em Robots humanóides, Julio Perez, Alexandre Bernardino, José Santos–Victor, Tech. Report, March 2005 (in Portuguese), PDF file (580 Kbytes)
  • Appearance–based Landmark Selection and Reliability Evaluation for Topological Navigation of an Aerial Vehicle, Lorenz Gerstmayr, Alexandre Bernardino, José Santos–Victor, Tech. Report, March 2004 (in English), PDF file (14 Mbytes)
  • Vision Based control of an Autonomous Blimp (VIDEOBLIMP), Filipe Manuel da Silva Metelo, Luís Ricardo Garcia Campos, Final Year Project, September 2003 (in English), PDF file (1.6 Mbytes)