Ph.D. Theses
- Non-verbal Communication between Humans and Robots: Imitation, Mutual Understanding and Inferring Object Properties, Nuno Ferreira Duarte, Ph.D. Thesis, within the IST-EPFL Joint Doctoral Initiative, April 2023 – PDF file (45.89 Mbytes)
- Real-Time Gesture and Action Recognition System Based on Computer Vision, Clebeson Canuto, Ph.D. Thesis, December 2020, (Universidade Federal Espírito Santo, Brazil, co-supervised at IST/ISR) – PDF file (12.8 Mbytes)
- Space-Variant Vision Mechanisms for Resource-Constrained Humanoid Robot Applications, Rui Figueiredo, Ph.D. Thesis, December 2020, – PDF file (21.7 Mbytes)
- Leveraging Context for Multi-Label Action Recognition and Detection in Video, João Antunes, Ph.D. Thesis, within the IST-CMU Joint Doctoral Initiative, July 2020, – PDF file (2.9 Mbytes)
- Fixed-Wing UAV Tracking in Outdoor Scenarios for Autonomous Landing, Nuno Pessanha Santos, Ph.D. Thesis, June 2020, – PDF file (48.6 Mbytes)
- Gestures and Object Affordances for Human–Robot Interaction, Giovanni Saponaro, Ph.D. Thesis, September 2019 – PDF file (9.2 Mbytes)
- Perception, Control and Planning for (Self-)Reconfigurable Modular Robots, Mehmet Mutlu, Ph.D. Thesis, within the IST-EPFL Joint Doctoral Initiative, August 2019 – PDF file (47.1 Mbytes)
- Quantitative movement analysis in the rehabilitation of neurological disorders using vision and wearable sensors, Sofija Spasojević, Ph.D. Thesis, March 2018, (Instituto Superior Técnico, co-supervised at the School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade) – PDF file (3 Mbytes)
- Towards automatic long term Person Re-identification System in video surveillance, Athira Nambiar, Ph.D. Thesis, September 2017 – PDF file (4 Mbytes)
- Humanoid Robot Head Continuous Calibration for Active Stereo Vision, using Non-Linear Filtering Techniques, Nuno Moutinho, Ph.D. Thesis, July 2017 – PDF file (14 Mbytes)
- Hardware, software and control design considerations towards low-cost compliant quadruped robots, Alexandre Tuleu, Ph.D. Thesis, within the IST-EPFL Joint Doctoral Initiative, June 2017 – PDF file (6 Mbytes).
- Automatic Detection of Melanomas Using Dermoscopy Images, Catarina Barata, Ph.D. Thesis, April 2017 – PDF file (5 Mbytes)
- Visual planning of humanoid robot locomotion considering world geometry and friction, Martim Brandão, Ph.D. Thesis, February 2017, (Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, co-supervised at IST/ISR) – PDF file (16 Mbytes)
- Automatic Person Re-Identification for Video Surveillance Application, Dario Figueira, Ph.D. Thesis, June 2016 – PDF file (9 Mbytes)
- Grasping for the Task — Human Principles for Robot Hands, Ravin de Sousa, Ph.D. Thesis, within the IST-EPFL Joint Doctoral Initiative, January 2016 – PDF file (10 Mbytes)
- A methodology for training and evaluating Pedestrian Detectors: towards practical applications, Matteo Taiana, Ph.D. Thesis, December 2015 – PDF file (20 Mbytes)
- Visuomotor Coordination in Reach-to-Grasp Tasks: From Humans to Humanoids and Vice Versa, Luka Lukic, Ph.D. Thesis, within the IST-EPFL Joint Doctoral Initiative, June 2015 – PDF file (25 Mbytes).
- Unifying Low-rank Models for Visual Learning, Ricardo Cabral, Ph.D. Thesis, within the IST-CMU Joint Doctoral Initiative, 2015 – PDF file (15.4 Mbytes). Prémio Científico IBM 2014.
- Learning and Sensorimotor Coordination of Anthropomorphic Robotic Systems, Bruno Duarte Damas, Ph.D. Thesis, 2014 – PDF file (5.6 Mbytes). Best PhD Thesis Award by the Portuguese Robotics Society.
- A Probabilistic Approach for Stereo Visual Egomotion, Hugo Miguel Gomes da Silva, Ph.D. Thesis, 2014 – PDF file (6 Mbytes).
- Visual Control of Legged Robots for Locomotion in Complex Environments using Central Pattern Generators, Sébastien Gay, Ph.D. Thesis, within the IST-EPFL Joint Doctoral Initiative, January 2014 – PDF file (42 Mbytes).
- High-level planning of dexterous in-hand manipulation using a robotic hand, Urbain Prieur, Ph.D. Thesis, September 2013 – PDF file (14 Mbytes).
- Dexterous Mechanical Systems for Intuitive Telemanipulation in Minimally Invasive Surgery, Ricardo Beira, Ph.D. Thesis, within the IST-EPFL Joint Doctoral Initiative, February 2013 – PDF file (5.6 Mbytes).
- Developmental approach to early language learning in humanoid robots, Jonas Hornstein, Ph.D. Thesis, March 2013 – PDF file (3.8 Mbytes).
- A Computational Approach on the Co-Development of Visual Sensorimotor Structure, Jonas Ruesch, Ph.D. Thesis, April 2013 – PDF file (8.9 Mbytes).
- Object component models using Gabor filters for visual recognition, Plinio Moreno López, Ph.D. Thesis, September 2008 – PDF file (1.8Mbytes).
- A Developmental Roadmap for Learning by Imitation in Robots, Manuel Cabido Lopes, Ph.D. Thesis, May 2006 – PDF file (4.3 Mbytes).
- Binocular Head Control with Foveal Vision: Methods and Applications, Alexandre Bernardino, Ph.D. Thesis, April 2004 – PDF file (4.1 Mbytes).
- Mosaic-based Visual Navigation for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, Nuno Gracias, Ph.D. Thesis, June 2003 – PDF file (5.1 Mbytes).
- Omnidirectional Vision for Mobile Robot Navigation, José Gaspar, Ph.D. Thesis, May 2003 – PDF file (7.6 Mbytes).
- Maximum Likelihood 3D Reconstruction From One or More Uncalibrated Views Under Geometric Constraints, Etienne Grossmann, Ph.D. Thesis, October 2002 – PDF file (1.9 Mbytes).
- A Holistic Approach to Mobile Robot Navigation using Omnidirectional Vision, Niall Winters, Ph.D. Thesis, (University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland, co-supervised at IST/ISR) – October 2001 – PDF file (4.5 Mbytes).
- Global Matching: optimal solution to correspondence problems, João Lourenço Teixeira Lopes de Sousa Maciel, Ph.D. Thesis – August 2001 – PDF file (2.7 Mbytes).
- 3D Motion and Dense Structure Estimation: Representations for Visual Perception and the Interpretation of Occlusions, César Augusto dos Santos Silva, PhD Thesis – May 2001 – PDF file (2 Mbytes).
- Visual Perception for Mobile Robots: From Percepts to Behaviours, José Santos-Victor, Ph.D. Thesis – November 1994 (in English) PDF file (1.8 Mbytes).