Studio ed implementazione di un servizio di "Sim Authentication" mediante messaggistica online.

In questa tesi si andrà a presentare la realizzazione di un sistema che permette di autenticare la sim di un cellulare, quindi di verificare che un determinato numero di telefono sia realmente nelle mani dell'utente, attraverso servizi di messaggistica online come WhatsApp o Telegram. Il bisogno di questo progetto nasce dal fatto che molte delle attuali applicazioni presenti sul mercato utilizzano sms per autenticare la reale appartenenza di un numero telefonico ad un determinato utente, ma questo comporta un notevole dispendio di soldi, dato che per inviare un gran numero di sms, bisogna sottoscrivere un abbonamento a servizi Gateway Sms che permettono di inviare sms ad un determinato numero dopo aver ricevuto i relativi dati dal mittente.

Analysis of human posterior EEG alpha frequency as a function of implicit learning of probabilistic lateralized stimuli in a visual detection task

Alpha oscillatory activity has long been associated with perceptual and cognitive processes related to attention control. The aim of this study is to explore the task-dependent role of alpha frequency in a lateralized visuo-spatial detection task. Specifically, the thesis focuses on consolidating the scientific literature's knowledge about the role of alpha frequency in perceptual accuracy, and deepening the understanding of what determines trial-by-trial fluctuations of alpha parameters and how these fluctuations influence overall task performance. The hypotheses, confirmed empirically, were that different implicit strategies are put in place based on the task context, in order to maximize performance with optimal resource distribution (namely alpha frequency, associated positively with performance): “Lateralization” of the attentive resources towards one hemifield should be associated with higher alpha frequency difference between contralateral and ipsilateral hemisphere; “Distribution” of the attentive resources across hemifields should be associated with lower alpha frequency difference between hemispheres; These strategies, used by the participants according to their brain capabilities, have proven themselves adaptive or maladaptive depending on the different tasks to which they have been set: "Distribution" of the attentive resources seemed to be the best strategy when the distribution probability between hemifields was balanced: i.e. the neutral condition task. "Lateralization" of the attentive resources seemed to be more effective when the distribution probability between hemifields was biased towards one hemifield: i.e., the biased condition task.