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Esteban Mauricio Vera Rojas

Associate Professor

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso

Valparaiso, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


imaging, adaptive optics, computational imaging, compressed sensing, inverse problems, signal processing, image processing, scientific instrumentation, spectral imaging, gigapixel imaging

Educación

  •  Electrical Engineering, Universidad de Concepcion. Chile, 2010
  •  Electrical Engineering, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2003
  •  Electronics Engineer, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 1999

Experiencia Académica

  •   Postdoctoral Research Associate Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

    Engineering

    Tucson, AZ, Estados Unidos

    2010 - 2013

  •   Research Scientist Full Time

    DUKE UNIVERSITY

    Engineering

    Durham, NC, Estados Unidos

    2013 - 2016

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO

    Engineering

    Valparaiso, Chile

    2016 - 2019

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO

    Engineering

    Valparaiso, Chile

    2019 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Electronics Engineering Full Time

    European Southern Observatory

    Chile

    2001 - 2002

  •   Electronics Engineering Full Time

    Gemini Observatory

    Chile

    2003 - 2007

Formación de Capital Humano


Postdoc mentoring:
Dr. Felipe Guzman, 2024- (ANILLO)
Dr. Nelson Diaz, 2021-2026 (AFSOR/FONDECYT)
Dr. Jorge Tapia, 2021-2024 (ALMA/FONDECYT), now Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Universidad Santa Maria
Dr. Guillermo Machuca, 2023-2024 (ALMA/ANILLO), now Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Universidad de Atacama

Phd in Electrical Engineering Students:
Emmanuel Peralta (ongoing, expected graduation 2027)
Bastian Romero (ongoing, expected graduation 2027)
Vicente Westerhout (ongoing, expected graduation 2026)
Alejandro Alvarado (ongoing, expected graduation 2026)
Felipe Guzman (2024), now postdoc at Anillo SEETRUE
Camilo Weinberger (2024), now postdoc at INAF, Florence, Italy.

Msc in Electrical Engineering Students:
Rodrigo Muñoz (ongoing, expected graduation 2026)
Vladimir Cisternas (ongoing, expected graduation 2026)
Arturo Osorio (ongoing, expected graduation 2025)
Benjamin Gonzalez (ongoing, expected graduation 2025)
Sebastian Valdivia (2025)
Nicolas Hernandez (2025)
Bastian Romero (2024)
Vicente Westerhout (2024)
Alejandro Alvarado (2022)
Pablo Olguin (2021)
Santiago Escobar (2021)
Felipe Guzman (2020)

Undergraduate Thesis Students:
Nicolas Martinez, Ingeniero Civil Electronico (2025)
Vladimir Cisternas, Ingeniero Civil Electronico (2024)
Rodrigo Muñoz, Ingeniero Civil Electronico (2024)
Matias Porras, Ingeniero Civil Electrico (2024)
Benjamin Gonzalez, Ingeniero Electronico (2023)
Nicolas Hernandez, Ingeniero Civil Electronico (2022)
Sebastian Valdivia, Ingeniero Civil Electronico (2022)
Alejandro Alvarado, Ingeniero Civil Electronico (2021)
Vicente Westerhout, Ingeniero Civil Electronico (2021)
Bastian Romero, Ingeniero Civil Electronico (2021)
Pablo Olguin, Ingeniero Civil Electronico (2020)
Mauricio Menay, Ingeniero Civil Electronico (2019)
Felipe Guzman, Ingeniero Civil Electronico (2019)
Roberto Tapia, Ingeniero Civil Electronico (2017)
Alan Sánchez, Ingeniero Civil Electronico (2017)


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Best Researcher Award

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO

    Chile, 2024

    Given to the top 5 most active and productive researchers within the university

  •   AURA Team Award

    GEMINI CONSORTIUM AND AURA

    Estados Unidos, 2005

    For participating in the development of the first protected silver coating in large-scale mirrors for telescopes.


 

Article (37)

Deep optics preconditioner for modulation-free pyramid wavefront sensing
Single-shot super-resolution and non-uniformity correction through wavefront modulation in infrared imaging systems
Special Section Guest Editorial: Advanced Infrared Technology and Remote Sensing Applications II
Transformer neural networks for closed-loop adaptive optics using nonmodulated pyramid wavefront sensors
Compressive video via IR-pulsed illumination
Multispectral Filter Array Design by Optimal Sphere Packing
Optics in South America: introduction
Shuffled rolling shutter for snapshot temporal imaging
A Fast and Accurate Similarity-Constrained Subspace Clustering Algorithm for Hyperspectral Image
Adaptive Multisensor Acquisition via Spatial Contextual Information for Compressive Spectral Image Classification
Boosting the deep learning wavefront sensor for real-time applications [Invited]
Compressive temporal imaging using a rolling shutter camera array
Snapshot compressive spectral depth imaging from coded aberrations
Thermal Face Generation Using StyleGAN
Compressive spectral imaging via deformable mirror and colored-mosaic detector
Deep learning wavefront sensing
Rapid simulation of X-ray scatter measurements for threat detection via GPU-based ray-tracing
Compressive hyperspectral imaging recovery by spatial-spectral non-local means regularization
Face Recognition and Drunk Classification Using Infrared Face Images
Joint de-blurring and nonuniformity correction method for infrared microscopy imaging
Particle Swarm Optimization for the Fusion of Thermal and Visible Descriptors in Face Recognition Systems
Rapid simulation of X-ray transmission imaging for baggage inspection via GPU-based ray-tracing
Snapshot compressive imaging using aberrations
Model-Based Multiscale Gigapixel Image Formation Pipeline on GPU
Thermal Face Recognition Under Temporal Variation Conditions
Experimental demonstration of an adaptive architecture for direct spectral imaging classification
Simultaneous digital super-resolution and nonuniformity correction for infrared imaging systems
Characterization of the AWARE 10 two-gigapixel wide-field-of-view visible imager
Iterative image restoration using nonstationary priors
Development of a scalable image formation pipeline for multiscale gigapixel photography
Multiscale gigapixel photography
Static compressive tracking
Total variation approach for adaptive nonuniformity correction in focal-plane arrays
A clustered speckle approach to optical trapping
Superresolution imaging in optical tweezers using high-speed cameras
Protected-silver coatings for the 8-m Gemini telescope mirrors
Fast adaptive nonuniformity correction for infrared focal-plane array detectors

ConferencePaper (9)

A new reference-free infrared image quality metric for nonuniformity correction
A Quantitative Evaluation of Fixed-Pattern Noise Reduction Methods in Imaging Systems
Total variation adaptive scene-based nonuniformity correction
BAYESIAN COMPRESSIVE SENSING OF WAVELET COEFFICIENTS USING MULTISCALE LAPLACIAN PRIORS
Superresolution imaging and force characterization of optical tweezers using high-speed cameras
Adaptive color space transform using independent component analysis - art. no. 64970P
Coating the 8-m Gemini telescopes with protected silver
Adaptive scene-based non-uniformity correction method for infrared-focal plane arrays
Ghosting reduction in adaptive non-uniformity correction of infrared focal-plane array image sequences

Proyecto (21)

Optical communication system for current and future space missions
PHoton efficient ultra-fAST Optical Imaging (PHAST)
A tip-tilt mirror for PULPOS AO test bench: enabling advanced wavefront sensing
Artificial Intelligence for Adaptive Optics: Deep Learning Wavefront Sensing for Extremely Large Telescopes (DEALT)
DEep Wavefront Sensing (DEWS): an optical computing approach for rapid, efficient wavefront sensors for extreme adaptive optics
ATE220057 A laboratory as tested bed for novel space technologies: from blueprint to orbit
COmpressive Computational TErapixeL imaging for Space surveillance (COCTELS)
Sharp wavefront sensing for adaptive optics in ground-based satellite communications and space surveillance (SEETRUE)
Artificial Intelligence for Adaptive Optics Chile-France Initiative
MAchine Intelligence based Wavefront Sensing and Reconstruction for Adaptive Optics (MAWSER)
Postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Adaptive Optics of Valparaíso: Artificial Intelligence for Adaptive Optics
Center for Adaptive Optics of Valparaíso (CAOVA)
Extreme Compressive Imaging Systems and Algorithms
International Network on Computational Imaging
A Flexible Architecture for Snapshot Compressive Imaging
Methane Observation Networks with Innovative Technology to Obtain Reductions (MONITOR)
TASK-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF ADVANCED X-RAY EXPLOSIVE THREAT DETECTION
KNOWLEDGE ENHANCED COMPRESSIVE MEASUREMENTS (KECoM)
ADVANCED WIDE FOV ARCHITECTURES FOR IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION AND EXPLOITATION (AWARE)
FILTRADO DE RUIDO ESPACIAL EN ARREGLOS OPTOELECTRONICOS CON SENSORES INFRARROJJOS
ESTIMACION OPTIMA Y RECURSIVA DEL RUIDO ESPACIAL EN SISTEMAS DE IMAGENES CON SENSORES INFRARROJOS
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Esteban Vera

Associate Professor

School of Electrical Engineering

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso

Valparaiso, Chile

11
Pablo Meza

Associate Professor

Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica

UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA

Temuco, Chile

9
Sergio Torres

Profesor Titular

Departamento Electrico

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepcion, Chile

3
Juan Staforelli

Académico

Ciencias Físicas

Universidad de Concepción

concepción, Chile

3
Gabriel Hermosilla

PROFESOR AUXILIAR

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO

Valparaíso, Chile

2
Pablo Solano

Profesor Asistente

Física

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

2
Carlos Saavedra

Full Professor

Physics

Universidad de Concepcion

Concepción, Chile

2
Guillermo Machuca

Académico

Facultad de Ingeniería

Universidad de Atacama

Copiapo, Chile

2
Sebastian Godoy

Associate Professor

Electrical Engineering

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepción, Chile

1
Javier Martínez

Ingeniero de software

Mindlabs

Santiago, Chile

1
Francisco Pizarro

Profesor Auxiliar

Escuela de Ingeniería Eléctrica

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO

Valparaiso, Chile

1
Wagner Ramírez

Postdoctoral Reseacher

Departament of Antennas and Circuits

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Helsinki, Finlandia

1
Anselmo Jara

Investigador en Tecnología de la Información

Ingeniería Eléctrica

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

1
Dario Perez

Profesor Titular

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO

Placilla, Chile