Escola Politècnica Superior d'Enginyeria de Vilanova i la Geltrú
Recent Submissions
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ENGAGE-DEM : a model of engagement of people with dementia
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-12-21)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessDementia is a neurodegenerative disease that affects cognition, producing a reduction in thinking, problem-solving, and mnemonic abilities, functioning, preventing affected people to care for themselves and carry out ... -
Energy-aware home area networking
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-12-16)
Doctoral thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: Università degli Studi di GenovaA study by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) revealed that about 60% of the office PCs are left powered-up 24/7 only to maintain the network connectivity for remote access, Voice-over-IP (VOIP) clients, Instant ... -
Unifying interaction across distributed controls in a smart environment using anthropology-based computing to make human-computer interaction "Calm"
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-04-04)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessRather than adapt human behavior to suit a life surrounded by computerized systems, is it possible to adapt the systems to suit humans? Mark Weiser called for this fundamental change to the design and engineering of computer ...