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Juan Pablo Vásconez Hurtado

Profesor investigador - Asistente

Universidad Andrés Bello

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, reinforcement learning, robotics, human-robot interaction, human-machine interaction, computer vision, driving assistive technologies, cognitive-based systems, and agriculture robotics.

Educación

  •  Robótica e Inteligencia Artificial, UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA. Chile, 2020
  •  Ingeniero en Electrónica y Control, ESCUELA POLITECNICA NACIONAL. Ecuador, 2014
  •  Planificación y Gestión, ECAE Business School. Ecuador, 2015

Experiencia Académica

  •   Profesor Investigador Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

    Facultad de Ingeniería

    Santiago, Chile

    2022 - A la fecha

  •   Docente Other

    UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA

    Facultad de Ingeniería Electrónica

    Valparaíso, Chile

    2018 - 2018

  •   Técnico Docente Full Time

    ESCUELA POLITECNICA NACIONAL

    Facultad de Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica

    Quito, Ecuador

    2015 - 2016

  •   Asistente de investigación y proyección social Full Time

    ESCUELA POLITECNICA NACIONAL

    Facultad de Ingeniería en Sistemas

    Quito, Ecuador

    2020 - 2022

  •   Investigador visitante Full Time

    CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

    Engineering

    Pittsburgh, Estados Unidos

    2019 - 2020

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Instrumentation and control project engineer Full Time

    Synergie PYD

    Quito, Ecuador

    2013 - 2015

  •   Process supervisor Other

    E.S.P Completion Technologies

    Quito, Chile

    2011 - 2011

  •   Asistente de investigación y proyección social Full Time

    Escuela Politécnica Nacional

    Quito, Ecuador

    2020 - 2022

  •   Técnico docente Full Time

    Escuela Politécnica Nacional

    Quito, Ecuador

    2015 - 2016

  •   Profesor asistente Full Time

    Universidad Andrés Bello

    Santiago, Chile

    2022 - A la fecha

Formación de Capital Humano


Number of students that attended my undergraduate courses: 140
Number of students that attended my master's degree courses: 50
Number of students that attended my online courses: 3490
Number of undergraduate thesis students graduating from the automation and robotics program at Andres Bello University: 10
Number of thesis students who graduated with master's degrees from Andres Bello University: 12
Number of research assistants currently working on research projects: 5


Difusión y Transferencia


- Invited speaker at the Congreso Internacional en Mecatrónica CIME 2021 and the Jornadas Científicas en Investigación, Ciencia, y Tecnilogía. Universidad Internacional del Ecuador (UIDE). Ecuador, 2021.
- Invited speaker at the Metaverse and 4.0 Technologies talk. Corporación Universitaria Comfacauca. Colombia, 2022.
- Invited speaker at the IEEE Day UNAB. Antonio Varas 810. Providencia, Chile, 2022.
- Invited speaker for a 4-hour Human-robot interaction (HRI) workshop sponsored by UNAB, IEEE, RAS Chile Centro. Antonio Varas 810. Providencia, Chile, 2022.
- Invited speaker for a 2-hour talk related to "Introduction to Artificial Intelligence" for students of the PhD in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology at the Andrés Bello University (UNAB), Chile, 2023.
- Invited speaker for a 2-hour talk related to "Human-robot interaction in agricultural processes using artificial intelligence" for teachers and students at the Energy Transformation Center (CTE) of the Andrés Bello University (UNAB), Chile, 2023.
- Invited to be General Secretary of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Chile Centro Professional Chapter, Chile, 2022-2023.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   COURSERA Grant

    UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA

    Canada, 2021

    Grant for the Fundamentals of Reinforcement Learning

  •   PhD Grant Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (USM)

    UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA

    Chile, 2016

    Scholarship for a doctorate in electronic engineering.

  •   PhD Grant - Conicyt

    ANID

    Chile, 2018

    Beca de Doctorado de Vasconez Hurtado, Juan Pablo. N° de proyecto 21180513

  •   Thesis operative expenses Grant

    ANID

    Chile, 2019

    CONICYT-ANID (The National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research). Thesis operative expenses Grant (2019)

  •   Internship Grant to Carnegie Mellon University

    ANID

    Chile, 2019

    CONICYT (The National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research). Internship Grant to Carnegie Mellon University – USA (October 2019 – December 2019).

  •   DGIIP-PIIC-USM-028/2016

    UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA

    Chile, 2016

    DGIIP-PIIC-USM, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Financial award for the realization of a research project, Project number: 028/2016, June 2016.

  •   DGIIP-PIIC-USM-040/2017

    UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA

    Chile, 2017

    ?DGIIP-PIIC-USM, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Financial award for the realization of a research project, Project number: 040/2017, April 2017.

  •   DGIIP-PIIC-USM-002/2018

    UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA

    Chile, 2018

    DGIIP-PIIC-USM, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Financial award for the realization of a research project, Project number: 002/2018, October 2018.

  •   ISRR 2017

    ISRR 2017 congress

    Estados Unidos, 2017

    ISRR 2017 (The 18th International Symposium on Robotics Research). Grant to be a congress attendant. Puerto Varas, December 2017, Chile.

  •   COURSERA Grant

    STANFORD UNIVERSITY

    Chile, 2017

    Coursera, Stanford University, Grant for the Deep Learning specialization (5 courses), September 2017.

  •   Reconocimiento por destacada contribución al Objetivo de Desarrollo Sostenible 9 - Industria, innovación e infraestructura - 2024

    UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

    Chile, 2024

    Diploma de distinción - La Universidad Andrés Bello, a través de su Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Doctorado y la Dirección General de Vinculación con el Medio y Sostenibilidad, confiere el presente diplima al Dr. Juan Pablo Vásconez por su destacada contribución a la investigación asociada al Objetivo de Desarrollo Sostenible 9 - Industria, innovación e infraestructura


 

Article (16)

An Integrated Route and Path Planning Strategy for Skid–Steer Mobile Robots in Assisted Harvesting Tasks with Terrain Traversability Constraints
Assessment of Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Electric Field Energy Harvesting
Crop Detection and Maturity Classification Using a YOLOv5-Based Image Analysis
Deep Learning based flower detection and counting in highly populated images: A peach grove case study
Smart Delivery Assignment through Machine Learning and the Hungarian Algorithm
A comparison of EMG-based hand gesture recognition systems based on supervised and reinforcement learning
A Deep Q-Network based hand gesture recognition system for control of robotic platforms
Explainable Machine Learning Techniques to Predict Muscle Injuries in Professional Soccer Players through Biomechanical Analysis
Recognition of hand gestures based on emg signals with deep and double-deep q-networks
Hand Gesture Recognition using EMG-IMU signals and Deep Q-Networks
Workload and production assessment in the avocado harvesting process using human-robot collaborative strategies
A methodology for semantic action recognition based on pose and human-object interaction in avocado harvesting processes
A fuzzy-based driver assistance system using human cognitive parameters and driving style information
An Energy-Based Method for Orientation Correction of EMG Bracelet Sensors in Hand Gesture Recognition Systems
Comparison of convolutional neural networks in fruit detection and counting: A comprehensive evaluation
On the design of a human-robot interaction strategy for commercial vehicle driving based on human cognitive parameters

ConferencePaper (14)

A Behavior-Based Fuzzy Control System for Mobile Robot Navigation: Design and Assessment
Characterization and Comparison of Maximum Isometric Strength and Vertical Jump Among Novice Runners, Long Distance Runners, and Ultramarathoners
Comparison of path planning methods for robot navigation in simulated agricultural environments
Ensure the generation and processing of inventory transactions through a web application for ground freight transportation equipment
Proposal For the Recovery of Waste Cold Energy in Liquefied Natural Gas Satellite Regasification Plants
Hand Gesture and Arm Movement Recognition for Multimodal Control of a 3-DOF Helicopter
A Hand Gesture Recognition System Using EMG and Reinforcement Learning: A Q-Learning Approach
A New Methodology For Pattern Recognition Applied To Hand Gestures Recognition Using EMG. Analysis Of Intrapersonal And Interpersonal Variability
Hand Gesture Recognition and Tracking Control for a Virtual UR5 Robot Manipulator
Social robot navigation based on HRI non-verbal communication A case study on avocado harvesting
Toward semantic action recognition for avocado harvesting process based on single shot multibox detector
Finding a Proper Approach to Obtain Cognitive Parameters from Human Faces under Illumination Variations
Sleepiness Detection for Cooperative Vehicle Navigation Strategies
An IoT-Based Prototype for Optimizing Agricultural Irrigation: A Case Study in the Biobío Region of Chile

Proyecto (9)

Improving fruit post-harvest process based on Human-robot interaction and artificial intelligence techniques
Concurso Prueba de Concepto para Propuestas de Innovación basadas en Ciencia – 2022
Reconocimiento de gestos de la mano usando señales electromiográficas e inteligencia artificial y su aplicación para la implementación de interfaces humano—máquina y humano—humano
ENHANCING MOTION PERFORMANCE OF AUTOMATED MACHINERY IN AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS BASED ON BAYESIAN ESTIMATION APPROACHES
Programa incentivo a la iniciación científica 2017
Programa de Iniciación a la Investigación Científica.
Advanced Center for Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Efficient maneuvering of automated agricultural vehicles with ground and environment restrictions.
Rehabilitación del Sistema de Clarificación de la Refinería Estatal de Esmeraldas (Ecuador).

Review (1)

Human-robot interaction in agriculture: A survey and current challenges
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Juan Vásconez

Profesor investigador - Asistente

Departamento de Automatización y Robótica

Universidad Andrés Bello

Santiago, Chile

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Fernando Auat

Associate Professor

DEPARTAMENTO DE ELECTRÓNICA, UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARÍA

Valparaiso, Chile