Sebastian Ramos

ContactInformation

Computer Vision CenterEdifici O, Campus UAB08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, SpainE-mail: sramosp@cvc.uab.esHomepage: http://www.cvc.uab.es/∼sramosp

ResearchInterests

Computer Vision: Visual Scene Understanding, 2D/3D Semantic Segmentation,Object Detection, 3D Reasoning and Reconstruction.Machine Learning: Probabilistic Graphical Models, On-line and Active Learning,Domain Adaptation.

CurrentPosition

Computer Vision Center (CVC), Barcelona - SpainPh.D. Candidate / Research AssistantAdvisor: Prof. Antonio M. Lopez

Education Ph.D. in Computer Vision 2013 - PresentAutonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Spain

M.Sc. in Computer Vision 2013 - (Expected) 2014Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB)Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC)Pompeu Fabra University (UPF)Open University of Catalonia (UOC)

Visiting Student Sep 2010 - Mar 2012Technical University Munich (TUM), GermanyM.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and Information TechnologyMajor: Robotics - Advisor: Dr. Kolja Kuhnlenz

B.Sc. with honors in Electronic Engineering 2007 - 2013National University of Colombia (UNAL), ColombiaGPA: 4.4/5.0 (First ranked student)Master Thesis: Efficient Temporal Semantic Segmentation (Prof. M. Buss)Done at Institute of Automatic Control Engineering at TU Munich (Germany)

ResearchExperience

Computer Vision Center, Barcelona - Spain Jan 2013 - PresentResearch AssistantAdvisor: Prof. Antonio M. Lopez- Semantic Scene Understanding and Domain Adaptation

Automation Group at National University of Colombia May - Nov 2012Research AssistantAdvisor: Prof. Flavio A. Prieto- Vision-based Robot Control Algorithms for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Institute of Automatic Control Engineering at TU Munich andComputer Vision Laboratory at ETH Zurich Aug 2011 - Mar 2012

Research AssistantAdvisors: Roderick de Nijs (TUM) and Xavier Boix (ETHZ)- Semantic Segmentation of Urban Scenarios for Mobile Robotic Platforms

Siemens AG, Corporate Research and Technologies, MunichRobotics Technologies Group Mar - Jul 2011

Research InternAdvisor: Dr. Martin Soika- Perception Algorithms using 2D/3D Laser Scanners for Mobile Robots

Dept. of Mechanic and Mechatronics Engineering Feb - Jul 2010at National University of Colombia

Research AssistantAdvisor: Prof. Flavio Augusto Prieto Ortiz- Machine Vision Applications using Neuronal Networks and Pattern RecognitionTechniques

Training International Computer Vision Summer School (ICVSS) July 2013Computer Vision and Machine Learning

School Directors: Roberto Cipolla, Sebastiano Battiato, Giovanni FarinellaCalabria - Italy

6th International Engineering Seminar July 2012Computational Electromagnetics

National University of Colombia

4th International Engineering Seminar July 2010Digital Signal Processing and Processors: Principles and Applications

National University of Colombia

Publications (*) indicates equal contribution

G. Roig*, X. Boix*, S. Ramos, R. de Nijs, L. Van Gool.Active MAP Inference in CRFs for Efficient Semantic Segmentation.In ICCV 2013 Oral presentation (acceptance rate 2,52 %).

S. Ramos*, Y. Socarras*, D. Vazquez, A. M. Lopez, T. GeversAdapting Pedestrian Detection from Synthetic to Far Infrared Images.In ICCV Workshop 2013.

J. Xu, D. Vazquez, S. Ramos, A. M. Lopez, D. Ponsa.Adapting a Pedestrian Detector by Boosting LDA Exemplar Classifiers.In CVPR Workshop 2013.

D. Vazquez, J. Xu, S. Ramos, A. M. Lopez, D. Ponsa.Weakly Supervised Automatic Annotation of Pedestrian Bounding Boxes.In CVPR Workshop 2013.

S. Ramos*, R. de Nijs*, G. Roig, X. Boix, L. Van Gool, K. Kuehnlenz.On-line Semantic Perception Using Uncertainty. In IROS 2012.

Mentoring Andrea Alvarez, B.Sc. Student UAB, Ongoing Thesis 2013

Gabriel Villalonga, B.Sc. Student UAB, Ongoing Thesis 2013

Jeronimo Fernandez and Laura Martınez, B.Sc. Students UAB 2013Ongoing Project

Xavier Riu, B.Sc. Student UAB, Ongoing Project 2013

Fernando Moya, B.Sc. Student UNAL, Ongoing Project 2013

Manuel Granados, M.Sc. Student, UAB 2013Thesis: Semantic Scene Understanding for Urban Scenarios

Sergi Canyameres, B.Sc. Student, UAB 2013Project: Virtual World for ADAS

Awards • Finalist in the Colombian National Contest ”Otto de Greiff” for the bestUndergraduate Thesis in the area of Appropriate Technologies 2013

• Best Undergraduate Thesis Award of B.Sc. Electronic Engineering 2013National University of Colombia

• Awarded as the best student of B.Sc. Electronic Engineering 2013National University of Colombia

• Awarded as one of the best students at the School of Engineering 2013(Ranked 2/294) National University of Colombia

• Awarded as one of the ”Highest GPA” students 2009School of Engineering National University of Colombia

• Best students semi-annual honourable mention 2007 - 2012B.Sc. Electronic Engineering National University of Colombia

Fellowships • Training of Research Personnel FPI Fellowship, 2013- PresentSpanish Government.

• Young Researchers Colciencias Fellowship May - Nov 2012Colombian Government.

• Sponsored Research at TU Munich Aug 2011 - Mar 2012BAYLAT Grant

• Sponsored student at TU Munich Oct 2010 - Feb 2011Scholarship for the best exchange students.

• Sponsored student at National University of Colombia 2007 - 2012Scholarship for the best students of the School of Engineering.

Participationin ResearchProjects

Spanish Project TRA2011-29454-C03-00-00 Jan 2013 - PresentEcologic Cooperative Driver and Road Intelligent Visual (eCo-DRIVERS)http://www.cvc.uab.es/adas/projects/eco-drivers

European Project FP7-ICT-248314 Aug 2011 - Mar 2012Interactive Urban Robot (IURO)http://www.iuro-project.eu

Invited Talks ICCV Workshop Dic 2013Computer Vision in Vehicle Technology: From Earth to Mars, Sydney (Australia)

NICTA Nov 2013Computer Vision Research Group, Canberra (Australia)

University of Zaragoza Nov 2013Robotics and Real Time Group, Spain

Daimler AG, Research & Development Sept 2013Environment Perception Group, Sindelfingen (Germany)

SelectedPress

National University of Colombia NewsEfficient Temporal Semantic Segmentation

RCN Radio (Main Radio Network in Colombia)Colombian Young Researcher in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

Languages Spanish: Native LanguageEnglish: Fluent proficiencyGerman: Fluent proficiency

References Kindly provided under request.