VICOROB research lines, Underwater Vision and Robotics, Medical Imaging, and Educational Robotics; have renewed their recognition as a consolidated research group from AGAUR, the Catalan Agency for the Management of University and Research Grants. This recognition has a duration of 3 years, from 2022 to 2024, and we are…
By Albert Clèrigues Garcia Supervised by Dr. Xavier Lladó / Dr. Arnau Oliver / Dr. Sergi Valverde Abstract This PhD thesis focuses on improving the extraction of neuroimage markers for the prognosis and outcome prediction of neurological pathologies such as ischemic stroke, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and multiple sclerosis (MS)….
By Miguel Castillón Sánchez Supervised by Dr.Pere Ridao Rodríguez / Dr. Josep Forest Collado Abstract Accurate underwater 3D perception is essential to advance towards the automation of expensive, dangerous and/or time-consuming tasks, such as the inspection, maintenance and repair of off-shore industrial sites. Accurate underwater 3D sensors can potentially have…
Uma Lal was born on September 13th, 1997 in Tremp. Coming from a family of medical doctors and driven by a passion for Physics and Maths, Uma studied Biomedical Engineering at the University of Barcelona. During the last years of her degree, Uma developed an interest in the medical imaging…
Vicorob has secured a project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. The project, titled “Virtual Clinical Trials and Pre-clinical Experiments for Optimizing New Imaging and AI Algorithms in Breast Cancer,” aims to advance breast cancer screening techniques. Breast screening has had a significant impact in reducing…
Eduardo Ochoa, a doctoral student at ViCOROB/UdG, is participating in a four-week research cruise organized by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI, PI Dan Fornari), from January 6th to February 2nd.. The cruise is part of a multi-year project to study and map a submarine volcano that scientists believe will…
Since the beginning of December VICOROB has three more professors in the group: Prof. Pere Ridao, Prof. Jordi Freixenet and Prof. Joan Martí. All three defended with brilliant presentations their opposition as full professors in the Computer Architecture and Technology Area of the Computer Architecture and Technology Department of the…
The project works to reduce the digital gap in the most complex schools that were generated during home confinement. It is an international project in which the Education and Technology research group (UdiGitalEdu) and the Pla de Salt school (Gironès) participate. The research was born out of an initiative that…