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Congratulations to Elsa Tsiranidou for having her work Automatic Detection of Podotactile Pavements in Urban Environments Through a Deep Learning‑Based Approach on MLS/HMLS Point Clouds published in the ISPRS International Journal of Geo‑Information.
The paper presents a deep learning method for automatically detecting podotactile pavements from mobile and handheld laser scanning data, improving the mapping of accessibility elements in urban environments.
Posted: 1-Feb-2026
I'm pleased to announce the inaugural edition of the Micro-Degree Python for Data Analysis at the University of Vigo.
This practical programme provides hands-on training in data handling, visualisation and statistical analysis with Python.
More details and registration: University of Vigo CPFP
Posted: 2-Oct-2025
Registration for the sixth edition of the Python for Beginners course (taught in Spanish), part of the e-Skills programme at the University of Vigo, has already opened.
Posted: 15-Sep-2025
I presented my work at the 34th INGEGRAF International Conference, held in Seville, Spain, from 25 to 27 June 2025.
The paper explores the use of Python for automating repetitive tasks in CAD workflows, with a comparative analysis of different libraries and a practical case study.
Companion repository: GitHub
Posted: 8-Jul-2025
The fifth edition of the Python for Beginners course, part of the e-Skills programme at the University of Vigo, has just concluded with great success.
Once again, the course saw strong participation and enthusiastic engagement from learners.
Thank you to all who joined.
Posted: 26-Apr-2025
The website of the Virtualia teaching innovation group has been launched.
Thanks to Alberto Pazó from CIFAL SL for his excellent work in the development of this project. We truly appreciate his expertise, dedication, and attention to detail.
Posted: 10-Jan-2025
Congratulations to Rosa and Patricia, who successfully presented the work A Top-Down Hierarchical Approach for Automatic Indoor Segmentation and Connectivity Detection for Building Reconstruction at the 19th International 3D GeoInfo Conference, which I have co-authored.
Posted: 3-Jul-2024
On 25 October 2024 I delivered a training course on the Moodle platform of the University of Vigo for the teaching staff of the Master's Degree in Law and Public Procurement.
Posted: 25-Oct-2024
On 20 June 2024 I delivered the teacher training course Creation of Digital Educational Resources for the EVA Abalar Platform at the secondary school A Guía.
Posted: 21-Jun-2024
I attended the 12th JCM – 33rd INGEGRAF Joint Conference held in Valencia, where I presented the work Peer Assessment in Engineering Graphics through Moodle Workshop Activity.
Posted: 16-Jun-2024
I participated in the II Conference on Virtual University Teaching to discuss how to encourage participation and motivation in virtual learning through innovative teaching methodologies.
Presentation | Questions and Answers
Posted: 7-Jun-2024
In October 2022 I started teaching the course Python for Beginners within the framework of the University of Vigo's Programme on Digital Skills (e-Destrezas).
Posted: 16-Sep-2022
Invitation from the Department of Engineering of the University of Perugia to teach the course Visual Descriptors for Image Understanding: Basic Concepts and Applications.
Posted: 9-Jan-2022
Registration opened for Basic Python Tools for Data Science and Python for Beginners.
Posted: 9-Jan-2022
Invitation from the International PhD School of the University of Almería to teach the course Python for Agronomy and Engineering Research.
Posted: 16-Sep-2021
Invitation from Tecnológico de Monterrey (Campus León, Mexico) to teach Basic Python for Data Science.
Posted: 2-Sep-2021
Invitation from the University of Guanajuato (Mexico) to teach Basic Tools for Data Analysis with Python.
Posted: 23-Aug-2021
Guest editor of the VETERAN special issue for Pattern Recognition Letters.
Posted: 26-May-2021
In March 2021 I taught the course Python for Beginners within the framework of the University of Vigo's e-Destrezas programme.
Posted: 21-Jan-2021
I taught the online training course Discovering Moodle: Creating a Moodle Course Step by Step.
Posted: 24-Jun-2020
Registration opened for the seventh edition of the course Introduction to Programming in Python.
Registration page | Course leaflet
Posted: 13-May-2020
Guest editor of the Remote Sensing special issue Point Cloud and Image Analysis for the Measurement of the Physical Form of Cities.
Posted: 5-Mar-2020
I became one of the Guest Editors of the special issue Texture and Colour in Image Analysis to be published in Applied Sciences.
Posted: 20-Mar-2019
Registration opened for the sixth edition of the course Introduction to Programming in Python (taught in Spanish).
Registration Page | Course Leaflet
Posted: 22-Feb-2019
Registration opened for the fifth edition of the course Introduction to Programming in Python (taught in Spanish).
Registration Page | Course Leaflet
Posted: 9-Mar-2018
From 24-Apr-2017 through 28-Apr-2017 I visited the Department of Engineering of the University of Perugia in the framework of the ERASMUS+ Staff Mobility Programme.
Posted: 9-Mar-2017
Registration opened for the fourth edition of the course Introduction to Programming in Python (taught in Spanish).
Posted: 9-Mar-2017
Registration opened for the third edition of the course Introduction to Programming in Python (taught in Spanish).
Posted: 12-Feb-2016
From 2-May-2016 through 6-May-2016 I visited the Department of Engineering of the University of Perugia in the framework of the ERASMUS+ Staff Mobility Programme.
Posted: 12-Feb-2016
Guest lecturer in the Advanced Course for Graduate Students and Industrial Research, organized by the IEEE Italy Section.
Posted: 18-May-2015
I joined the Programme Committee for Color in Texture and Material Recognition (CTMR), a workshop held in conjunction with ICIAP 2015.
Posted: 8-Apr-2015
Registration opened for the second edition of the course Introduction to Programming in Python (taught in Spanish).
Posted: 20-Mar-2015
From 4-May-2015 through 8-May-2015 I visited the University of Perugia under the ERASMUS+ Staff Mobility Programme.
Posted: 22-Jan-2015
I spent a two-month research visit in the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Group of the Computer Vision Center (CVC).
Posted: 22-Jan-2015
From 5-May-2014 through 9-May-2014 I visited the Department of Engineering of the University of Perugia within the framework of the ERASMUS Staff Mobility Programme.
Posted: 02-May-2014
I completed my first three courses at Udacity.
Posted: 02-Oct-2013
I spent a two-month research visit in the Integrated Territorial Management and Space Information Technologies Group at the University of Almería.
Posted: 04-Sep-2013
I started my Coursera journey with the Computational Photography course.
Posted: 11-Apr-2013
From 6-May-2013 to 10-May-2013 I visited the University of Perugia under the ERASMUS Staff Mobility Programme.
Posted: 18-Feb-2013
I spent a two-month research visit in the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Group of the Computer Vision Center.
Posted: 18-Feb-2013
From 7-May-2012 to 10-May-2012 I visited the University of Perugia under the ERASMUS Staff Mobility Programme.
Posted: 29-Mar-2012
I spent a two-month research visit in the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Group of the Computer Vision Center.
Posted: 10-Feb-2012
Congratulations to Marcos X. Álvarez, who successfully defended the PhD thesis Unified Framework for Texture Description in Digital Images Through Histograms of Equivalent Patterns, carried out under my supervision.
Posted: 08-Jul-2011
During July, the Image Analysis Lab hosted Dr. Manuel Ángel Aguilar (University of Almería) and Dr. Francesco Bianconi (University of Perugia) for a research stay.
Posted: 08-Jul-2011
I spent a six-week research visit in the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Group of the Computer Vision Center.
Posted: 24-Mar-2011
From 7-Mar-2011 to 11-Mar-2011 I visited the University of Perugia under the ERASMUS Staff Mobility Programme.
Posted: 18-Feb-2011
Today I published the latest version of my personal webpage.
Posted: 17-Feb-2011