Learning Human Behaviour Patterns by Trajectory and Activity Recognition

Abstract

The accomplishment of this important stage of my academic life would not be possible without the support of several people who were always with me during these past few years. First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to my adviser, Professor Hugo Gamboa, for giving me the opportunity of developing my Master thesis under his guidance and for all his advice and insights. Thank you for introducing me to the wonderfulness of the world of data science and signal processing. I would like to thank Associação Fraunhofer Portugal Research for giving me the opportunity of developing my thesis on their facilities, for the amazing environment and for allowing me to participate in different projects that lead to my professional growth. I will be eternally grateful to the person who followed me up during this journey, Marília Barandas, thank you for being always available to clarify my doubts, for the transmitted knowledge about data science, for all the patience, guidance and for the unconditional support during the most stressful times of this thesis. Thank you! I am also grateful to Ricardo Leonardo for all the availability to clarify my doubts, for all the suggestions and for sharing deep learning knowledge. For everyone at the Lisbon office, thank you, especially to my master thesis colleagues for making this journey much more fun. For those who lived with me at RUFS, thank you for all the great moments, adventures, dinners and parties that we experience together. To the friends that I carry always in my heart from my lovely home, thank you for being always there for me. To the person who always accompanied me during this past 5 years, that always had my back during the bad and good moments of this journey, always ready to cheer me up when I most needed, my study-mate, roommate , cooking-mate, my deepest friendship, Ana Elisa Oliveira, my sincere thanks, without you this would, certainly, not be the same. I would also like to express my gratitude to Sérgio Gonçalves, for being always present in the most important times of my life, for all the support, care and dedication for making me a happier person. To the people responsible for who I am today, my parents, you always did your best for giving me all the opportunities that I had during my whole life, thank you for transmitting me important values such as effort, dedication, respect and modesty. Thank you for all the love. Finally, to my two annoying sisters, thank you for making me the strong person that I am today, for the role-model, for always being there for me when I needed the most and for believing that I was capable of getting here. v Co n t e n t s List of Figures xiii List of Tables xvii Acronyms xix