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- Desenvolvimento Widgets para internet bankingPublication . Ferreira, Maria Joselyn dos Ramos; Fermé, Eduardo Leopoldo; Camacho, Pedro Miguel SantosThis abstract emerges to expose the complete experience for the project developed during the curricular internship included in the conclusion plan for the Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Madeira. The internship took place in EXICTOS, a company specialised in the development of software for the financial sector. Technology is being commonly used to facilitate everyday tasks, one of those tasks being banking operations which are a perfect fit for adaptation and usage with the Internet using Web applications or mobile devices. Given the complexity of the financial sector the end result can easily be an application that is hard for a user to interact so, this project is focused on the development of widgets for the company’s Internet Banking, called eBanka, with intent to simplify the interaction and execution of certain tasks. This report will be describing the development process and technology used for the conclusion of this project including, a comparison analysis of some popular technologies and tools in contrast to the ones used in the company. During the internship project development the software engineering processes were followed so, requirements were defined and promptly chased by the prototyping of the graphical interface for the widgets which were then tested by users and iterated numerous times. Afterwards the widgets functionalities development started which divided the project in two versions, for the desktop and for mobile devices. Lastly, the usability tests were done and the results evaluated, which allowed to conclude that the widgets work correctly and have a friendly interface corresponding to the initial project prospects.
- Keepers of Intheris: uma produção audiovisual de animação em 3D: modelação 3D, captura de movimento e efeitos visuaisPublication . Silva, Erika Carmen Fernandes da; Badia, Sergi Bermúdez i; Fermé, Eduardo Leopoldo; Galbis, Pau PascualA indústria cinematográfica habituou as pessoas a grandes produções 3D, com várias técnicas inovadoras para a captura de movimentos juntamente com a utilização de vários softwares pagos, que envolvem grandes investimentos a nível financeiro. Atualmente, no mercado, existem alguns sistemas de captura de movimentos a preços acessíveis como também pacotes de software, alguns gratuitos e outros com preços mais acessíveis, que em conjunto são capazes de criar soluções de vídeo 3D com captura de movimentos a um valor bastante aliciante. Este projeto consistiu na utilização de uma solução mais económica para a produção de um filme de animação 3D, mais propriamente um trailer para o jogo “Keepers of Intheris”. Seguindo uma pipeline de produção, atravessámos várias fases. Na fase inicial, denominada de pré-produção, foi idealizado todo o projeto e o enredo a adotar, seguindo pela criação do storyboard e acabando no design dos conceitos. Na fase de produção, todos os conceitos foram concretizados por modelação e texturização. Ainda nesta fase, as personagens, além da modelação e texturização, passaram pelas fases de rigging e animação, onde depois foram inseridas nos cenários, tendo sido realizados também os efeitos visuais. Na ultima fase, a pós-produção do projeto, foram realizados os vários efeitos visuais 2D e edição de vídeo e de som. No fim da produção deste projeto obtivemos como resultado um trailer para o jogo referido. Este projeto segue uma pipeline que poderá ser útil para qualquer pessoa que queira realizar qualquer tipo de filme ou vídeo 3D aliado a um baixo custo quando comparado com as soluções existentes na indústria cinematográfica.
- Biodiversity monitoring using smart acoustic sensors: application to mosquitosPublication . Vasconcelos, Dinarte Gonçalves; Nunes, Duarte Nuno JardimAnimals generate sounds for many biological functions from mating to finding food. The ability to use inexpensive, non-intrusive sensors to gain valuable insights about the biology of animals is a promising application area for information and communication (ICT) research. In this thesis, we focus on the acoustic classification of flying insects in support of entomological research related to public health monitoring and control. This thesis describes how we can develop smart sensors capable of monitoring insects to control their development as well as to analyze their habitat and identify which areas are most affected. The focus of this work was on mosquito detection, although we are interested in the general problem of flying insect detection, and identification. Mosquitos are the most common vector for disease-causing viruses and parasites. They are estimated to transmit various types of diseases to more than 700 million people annually in all continents. A prototype acoustic insect flight detector was built from an analog microphone coupled to a digital sound recorder capable of recording and providing real-time data as well as some environmental parameters over common wireless networks. The system was placed in several points of interest identified by the public health administration institute of Madeira Islands and already monitored using traditional mechanical traps. The sensors collected several hours of ambient sound recordings that were further analyzed to detect the feasibility of the acoustic sensing approach to detect and identify mosquitos. Our results show the practical feasibility of this low-cost, non-intrusive approach for monitoring mosquitos in places requiring vector monitoring aimed at mosquito control or eradication.