Projects

As Principal Investigator

Application of ROV-based Video Technology to Complement Coral Reef Resource Mapping and Monitoring Execution period: 01/01/2008 to 31/12/2009, Contractor: University of Miami, Budget: USD $248,164.00

MarkSim - Implement and test of an approach for the simulation of hydrofacies, using a transition probability model and Markov chains, Execution period: 01/08/2010 to 25/12/2010, Contractor: Nova Southeastern University INC, Budget: 2.476 €

High-resolution Landscape (2-D) Mosaics for Improved Coral Reef Monitoring Capability, Execution period: 1/1/2010 to 1/6/2012, Contractor: University of Miami, Budget: USD $93,212.00

MarkSim II - Develop Methods for Predicting 3D Geobodies from Thickness Data: Reconstructing Subsurface Uncertainty Using 3-D Markov Chain Models, Execution period: 01/12/2011 to 01/09/2012, Contractor: Nova Southeastern University INC, Budget: USD $25,220.00

As Co-Principal Investigator

MORPH: Marine robotic system of self-organizing, logically linked physical nodes 2011-2015. FP7 EU project P.I.(UdG) - Pere Ridao, (895,440 €)

High Resolution Landscape (2-D) Mosaics for Improved Coral Reef Monitoring Capability
US Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) (DoD, DoE and EPA)
Sep 2010 to Dec 2012, P.I. - Pamela Reid, University Of Miami, Budget - $1200K

Application Of ROV-Based Video Technology To Complement Coral Reef Resource Mapping And Monitoring (extention),
US Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) (DoD, DoE and EPA)
Sep 2007 to Dec 2009, P.I. - Pamela Reid, University Of Miami, Budget - $799K

As Independent Researcher within team

PANDORA: Persistent autonomy through learning, adaptation, observation and re-planning 2011-2014. FP7 EU project  (UdG: 706.160 €)

MUMAP: Sistema de construcción de mapas multimodales para la caracterización del fondo marino mediante la utilización de un robot autónomo (CTM2010-15216)
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN), Spain
Jan 2011 to Dec 2013, PI Rafael Garcia, Budget 227KEur

TRIDENT - Marine robots and dexterous manipulation for enabling autonomous underwater multipurpose manipulation (FP7-ICT-2009-248497)
7FP EU – STREP, Budget (UdG) 461KEur

Escáner óptico para la detección precoz del melanoma cutáneo (PI08/90871)
Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria (FIS), Spain
Jan 2007 to Dec 2010, Budget 32KEur

AREM: Robot autónomo para monitorización medioambiental (CTM2007-64751)
Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (MEC), Spain
Nov 2007 to Oct 2010, Budget 174KEur

INSPECSUB: Robotic System for Underwater Inspection, 2009-2011. ACCIO project  (100,000 €)


FREESUBNET: A European research network on key technologies for intervention autonomous underwater vehicles. 2006-2010. EU FP6 project  (Budget UdG 195,695 €)

As Post Doctoral Reseacher

MOMARnet - MOnitoring deep sea floor hydrothermal environments on the Mid Atlantic Ridge - Marie Curie Research Training Network,
European Commission, Marie Curie Actions
Sep 2004 to Sep 2008, Coordinator - M. Cannat, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (France)

FOTOGEO - Desarrollo de un sistema modular de construcción de fotomosaicos georeferenciados del fondo marino,
Spanish Ministry of Education and Science,
Dec 2004 to Dec 2007, P.I. - Rafael Garcia, University of Girona

Application of ROV-Based Video Technology to Complement Coral Reef Resource Mapping and Monitoring,
US Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (DoD, DoE and EPA)
Mar 2003 to Aug 2007, P.I. - Pamela Reid and Shahriar Negahdaripour, University Of Miami

As Research Assistant

NARVAL - Navigation of Autonomous Robots via Active Environmental Perception
European Commission – Esprit Long term research program,
Oct 1998 to Jun 2002,
P.I.- Jose’ Alberto Santos-Victor, ISR/IST, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa

SUMARE –Survey of Marine Resources
European Commission – IST program,
Jan 2000 to Dec 2003,
P.I. - Georges Pichot, Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique

VIRTUOUS - Autonomous Acquisition Of Virtual Reality Models From Real World Scenes
European Commision – Inco-Copernicus program,
1997 to 1999,
P.I.- Prof. Josef Kittler, Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing, University of Surrey, UK