Theses

Doctoral Theses	Masters Theses	Graduation Theses	Internal Projects

PhD Theses

Ongoing

Integration of Ontologies in Dialogue Systems Title: Integration of Ontologies in Dialogue Systems Author: Joana Paulo Advisor: Nuno Mamede Co-Advisors: Helena Sofia Pinto, James F. Allen	Automatic Summarization of Portuguese Texts - A Natural Language Generation-based Approach Title: Automatic Summarization of Portuguese Texts - A Natural Language Generation-based Approach Author: Ricardo Daniel Ribeiro Advisor: David Martins de Matos
Text Analysis for Extracting Characteristics Title: Text Analysis for Extracting Characteristics Author: Paula Cristina Vaz Advisor: Nuno Mamede	Natural Language Interfaces Title: Natural Language Interfaces Author: Porfírio Filipe Advisor: Nuno Mamede
Topic Indexation of Broadcast News Title: Topic Indexation of Broadcast News Author: Rui Amaral Advisor: Isabel Trancoso	Language Models for Automatic Speech Recognition Title: Language Models for Automatic Speech Recognition Author: Ciro Martins Advisor: João Paulo Neto
Audio Pre-Processing and Speech Recogntion for Broadcast News Title: Audio Pre-Processing and Speech Recogntion for Broadcast News Author: Hugo Meinedo Advisor: João Paulo Neto	Corpus-based Speech Synthesis Title: Corpus-based Speech Synthesis Author: Sérgio Paulo Advisor: Luís Caldas de Oliveira
How to keep up with Language Dynamics? A case-study on Named Entity Recognition Title: How to keep up with Language Dynamics? A case-study on Named Entity Recognition Author: Cristina Mota Advisor: Ralph Grishman Co-Advisor: Nuno Mamede

Finished

Construção de Sistemas de Geração Automática de Língua Natural Title: Construção de Sistemas de Geração Automática de Língua Natural Author: David Martins de Matos (2005) Advisor: Nuno Mamede	A interface entre a sintaxe e a representação semântica formal nas linguagens naturais Title: A interface entre a sintaxe e a representação semântica formal nas linguagens naturais Author: Luísa Coheur (2004) Advisors: Nuno Mamede and Gabriel Bès
Determinação Automática de Segmentos para Síntese de Fala por Concatenação Title: Determinação Automática de Segmentos para Síntese de Fala por Concatenação Author: Pedro Carvalho (2004) Advisor: Isabel Trancoso Co-Advisor: Luís Caldas de Oliveira

• Full list of finished doctoral theses (years 1996 through 2003)

Masters Theses

Ongoing

Disfluencies in High-School Oral Presentations Title: Disfluencies in High-School Oral Presentations Author: Helena Moniz (MA) Advisor: Ana Isabel Mata Co-Advisor: Maria do Céu Viana

Finished

A Framework for Integrating Natural Language Tools Title: A Framework for Integrating Natural Language Tools Author: João Graça (MSc) Advisor: Nuno Mamede	Emotive Speech Synthesis Title: Emotive Speech Synthesis Author: João Paulo Cabral (MSc) Advisor: Luís Caldas de Oliveira

• Full list of finished masters theses (years 2000 through 2005)

Graduation Theses

Ongoing

Sistema de aquisição de fala para ambientes virtuais Title: Sistema de aquisição de fala para ambientes virtuais Advisor: João Paulo Neto Co-Advisor: António Serralheiro Student: Gustavo Coelho	Sistema de distribuição de notícias multimédia para dispositivos móveis Title: Sistema de distribuição de notícias multimédia para dispositivos móveis Advisor: João Paulo Neto Co-Advisor: Nuno Mamede Students: José Areia, Carlos Lopes
Transcrição de áudio-conferências Title: Transcrição de áudio-conferências Advisor: Isabel Trancoso Co-Advisor: Diamantino Caseiro Students: Liliana Medina	Acelerador de Escrita com Predição probabilística em J2ME Title: Acelerador de Escrita com Predição probabilística em J2ME Advisor: Luís Caldas de Oliveira Students: André Rodrigues
Construção de Ontologia sobre Literatura, Cinema, Teatro e Música Title: Construção de Ontologia sobre Literatura, Cinema, Teatro e Música Advisor: Helena Sofia Pinto Co-Advisor: Nuno Mamede Students: Filipa ???	Construção de Ontologia sobre Pintura, Monumentos, Arquitectura e Museus Title: Construção de Ontologia sobre Pintura, Monumentos, Arquitectura e Museus Advisor: Helena Sofia Pinto Students:

Finished

• Full list of finished graduation projects (years 2000 through 2005)