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24 October

In News, Vicorob's people by ViCOROB

An interview with Soumya Ghose

Soumya Ghose, Senior Research Associate, Case Western Reserve University I am a senior research associate in the biomedical engineering group at Case Western Reserve University. My research primarily involves risk stratification, diagnosis and prognosis prediction of prostate cancer patients from medical images and other clinical information using machine learning, segmentation and registration methods Can you tell us what do you do in your daily work? I am primarily…

22 October

In Image Analysis, News by ViCOROB

ECTRIMS 2018 have been an opportunity to understand better the clinical expert needs

European Committee for treatment and research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS) that was held in Berlin, Germany, from October 10th to 12th, 2018. During the last 25 years, ECTRIMS has served as Europe’s and the world’s largest professional organization dedicated to the understanding and treatment of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The conference includes three days of oral presentations authored by the world-top scientists and clinical experts on the field. Furthermore, the conference…

18 October

In News, Thesis by ViCOROB

DOCTORAL THESIS: Underwater Navigation and Mapping with an Omnidirectional Optical Sensor

Underwater Navigation and Mapping with an Omnidirectional Optical Sensor By Josep Bosch Alay Supervised by Dr. Nuno Gràcias / Dr. Pere Ridao Abstract Omnidirectional vision has received increasing interest during the last decade from the computer vision community. A large number of camera models have reached the market to meet the increasing demand for panoramic imagery. However, the use of omnidirectional cameras underwater is still very limited. In this thesis...

15 October

In News, Underwater Robotics, Underwater Vision by ViCOROB

ViCOROB team at IROS Madrid 2018

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018) took place from the 1st to the 5th of October in Madrid (Spain). It is the most important scientific event on robotics worldwide. The event counted on the participation of more than 4,000 people and was organized by Universidad Carlos III. ViCOROB participated in the event with the keynote speech of Pere Ridao (PI of the underwater robotics lab)…

11 October

In News, Underwater Robotics, Underwater Vision by ViCOROB

Breaking the Surface -10th year celebration

By Guillem Vallicrosa Photos: BTS organization We attended the 10th International interdisciplinary field workshop of maritime robotics and applications – Breaking the Surface – BTS 2018. The conference was held on 30 Sep – 7 Oct, in Biograd na Moru, Croatia. “BTS is a conference not only focused on marine robotics, but also in its applications like marine biology, marine geology, and underwater archaeology. It was the…

08 October

In News, Underwater Robotics by ViCOROB

Plenary meeting of the EUMarineRobots project in Croatia

EU Marine Robots (EUMR) is an H2020 infrastructures project coordinated by the University of Porto. The main objective of the EUMR project is to open up key national and regional marine robotics research infrastructures (RIs) to all European researchers, from both academia and industry, ensuring their optimal use and joint development to establish a world-class marine robotics integrated infrastructure. The EUMR team gathered in a plenary meeting in Biograd…

28 September

In Image Analysis, News by ViCOROB

We participated in MICCAI 2018

MICCAI 2018, the 21st international conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, was held in Granada, Spain, from September 16th to 20th, 2018. The MICCAI conference attracts world-leading biomedical scientists, engineers and clinicians from a wide range of disciplines associated with medical imaging and computer-assisted intervention. The series of lectures includes three days of oral presentations and poster sessions. Besides, the day before and the day after is full…

24 September

In News, Underwater Robotics by ViCOROB

We attended the 11th IFAC – CAMS 2018

We attended 11th IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems, Robotics, and Vehicles – CAMS 2018 Khadidja Himri had the opportunity to attend The 11th IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems, Robotics, and Vehicles – CAMS 2018, that was held on 10th-12th September 2018, in Opatija, Croatia; a Mediterranean town reflecting Central European charm. “CAMS 2018 is the 11th Conference on Control Applications in Marine…