José María Cañas Plaza Associate Professor

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phone:+34 914 888 755 Office 114, Dept-III Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Camino del Molino S/N 28943 Fuenlabrada (Spain)

Member of the GSyC department, leading the Robotics Group at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. MS and PhD in Telecommunication Engineering by Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. I've done research in robotics at Carnegie Mellon University (USA), Georgia Institute of Technology (USA), Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (México) and Instituto de Automática Industrial (CSIC). Research: Architecture: sensors, actuators and intelligent software. We have developed the JdeRobot software development kit, a component based middleware for robotics, computer vision and home automation applications. Robot navigation, maps and localization Robot vision and visual attention Computer vision: state estimation, tracking, particle filters. Students Publications Funded research projects Teaching: Software de Sistemas (Grado Ing. Sistemas Telecomunicación) Arquitectura de Computadores (Grados Ing. Telemática, Ing. Sistemas Telecomunicación, Ing. Tecnologías Telecomunicación) Laboratorio de Tecnologías Audiovisuales en Web (Grado Sistemas Audiovisuales y Multimedia) Robótica (Grado Ingeniería Telemática) Visión en robótica (máster Visión Artificial)

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Updated December 26th, 2013