oscarg@salle.url.edu| Studies |
My name, Oscar García-Panyella. I was born on August 4, 1973.
I got graduated as an Electronics Engineer in 1998 from the La Salle School of Engineering.
During the first semester of 1998 I visited the IMSC (Integrated Media Systems Center) from the University of Southern California (USC, Los Angeles, California, USA). I joined the laboratory as a research assistant working in the development of a physical simulation system for deformable objects.
I finished a PhD (2004) in the "Intelligent Systems and Distributed parallel environments" program at La Salle School of Engineering (Ramon Llull University - URL). I worked on automatic simulation of deformable objects applied to Telemedicine, partially granted by the EPSON Ibérica's "Rosina Ribalta prize" for the best pre-doctoral project (1999).
I visited (June 2005) the VIS Lab at The Henry Samueli School of Engineering (University of California at Irvine - UCI).
I lead the Computer Graphics, Simulation and VR Research Team inside the Audiovisual Technologies and Multimedia Research Group (TAM).
I also teach Algebra, Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality besides directing the Multimedia Degree and the Multimedia Creation & Design Master Program at La Salle School of Engineering (Ramon Llull University - URL).
| Professional Experience |
1993-1997: Formation Engineer at NexTReT.
1997-1998: Professor at university. Teaching Algebra and Techniques of Representation.
1998-1999: Professor at university. Teaching Computer Graphics.
1999-2000: Professor at university. Teaching Computer Graphics.
2000-2001: Professor at university. Teaching Computer Graphics & Virtual Reality.
2001-2004: Professor at university. Teaching Computer Graphics & Algebra.
2004-2006: Professor at university. Teaching Computer Graphics, Algebra & Virtual Reality. Multimedia Project Manager.
2006-2008: Professor at university. Teaching Computer Graphics, Algebra & Virtual Reality. Multimedia Project Manager. Director of the Multimedia Creation & Design Master Program
| Publications |
Doctoral Dissertation
"General Dynamic Surface Reconstruction: Application to the 3D Segmentation of the Left Ventricle"
This thesis describes a contribution to the three-dimensional reconstruction of the internal and external surfaces of the human's left ventricle. The reconstruction is a first process fitting in a complete VR application that will serve as an important diagnosis tool for hospitals. Beginning with the surfaces reconstruction, the application will provide volume and interactive real-time manipulation to the model. We focus on speed, precision and smoothness for the final surfaces. As long as heart diseases diagnosis requires experience, time and professional knowledge, simulation is a key-process that enlarges efficiency. The algorithms and implementations have been applied to both synthetic and real datasets with differences regarding missing data, present in cases where pathologies and abnormalities arise. The datasets include single acquisitions and complete cardiac cycles. The goodness of the reconstructions has been evaluated with medical parameters in order to compare our results with those retrieved by typical software used by physicians. Besides the direct application to medicine diagnosis, our methodology is suitable for generic reconstructions in the field of computer graphics. Our reconstructions can serve for getting 3D models at low cost, in terms of manual interaction and CPU computation overhead. Furthermore, our method is a robust tessellation algorithm that builds surfaces from clouds of points that can be retrieved from laser scanners or magnetic sensors, among other available hardware. The author was granted by an EPSON "Rosina Ribalta" award. This work was also financed by the TIC2000-1009 project. Get the full document here.
Now year after year...
2000
J.Amatller, O.García, and A. Susin. "Modelo Dinámico para la segmentación automática de imágenes 3D". Proc. CEIG2000, June 28-30 2000 Castellón de la Plana (Spain), p. 355-370. (PDF, 618 kb)
O.García, A. Susin, I.Navazo. "Segmentación Automática mediante un modelo dinámico. Aplicación a la reconstrucción del ventrículo izquierdo ".Segundas jornadas de investigación en Ingeniería Biomédica, Noviembre 2-3 año 2000 Sitges (Spain) (PDF, 426 kb)
Co-worked in:
A. Susín, I. Navazo, A.Vinacua, and P.Brunet. "Dynamic Recognition and Reconstruction of the Human Heart". Proc. 15th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, September 3-8 2000 Barcelona (Spain)
2001
A. Susín, O. García. " Modelo Dinámico para la Reconstrucción del Corazón Humano". XVII Congreso de Ecuaciones Diferenciales y Aplicaciones, VII de Matemática Aplicada. Setiembre 24-28, año 2001. Salamanca (Castilla y León) (PDF, 176 kb)
A. Susín, O. García. " Segmentación Automática del ventrículo izquierdo del corazón mediante un modelo dinámico". Revista INPUT de Ingeniería-Arquitectura La Salle, número 23, Diciembre 2001, páginas 110-113. (PDF, 845 kb)
2002
O. García, A. Susín. "LEFT VENTRICLE'S SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION AND VOLUME ESTIMATION". TERCERES JORNADES DE RECERCA EN ENGINYERIA BIOMEDICA, VIC 13 i 14 DE JUNY DE 2002, Xarxa Temàtica en Enginyeria Biomèdica, Generalitat de Catalunya. (PDF, 900 kb)
O. García, A. Susín. "Surface and Volume Reconstruction of the Left Ventricle from SPECT data". 1st Ibero-American Symposium in Computer Graphics SIACG 2002, July 2-5. Centro de Computação Gráfica, 4800-073, Guimarães, Portugal. (PDF, 666 kb)
O. García, V. García. "IMPLEMENTACIÓN DE UN MOTOR DE REALIDAD VIRTUAL DE BAJO COSTE", Revista autoCAD Magazine, número 78, páginas 28-30, Abril-Mayo 2002.
O. García, A. Susín. "Left Ventricle Volume Values Estimation From 3D SPECT Reconstruction". The 29th Annual Conference of Computers in Cardiology. Memphis, Tennessee, September 22-25, 2002. (PDF, 503 kb)
2003
O. García, A. Susín. "3D reconstruction of the left ventricle". Poster session. Forum ETSEIB 2003, UPC. Barcelona, Spain. March 2003. (JPG, 1156 kb)
J.A.Montero,
F.J. Pajares, N. Escudero, M. Ferrer, O. García. "Aprender a utilizar
conceptos algebraicos ante problemas 'reales', utilizando el AC.". Tercera
Jornada sobre Aprendizaje Cooperativo - JAC'03. (July 2003)
O.
García. "An Easy-to-code Smoothing Algorithm for 3D Reconstructed
surfaces". Published in "Graphics Programming Methods", edited
by Jeff Lander, editorial Charles River Media (July 2003). ISBN: 1-58450-299-1.
Pages 139 to 146. (URL)
O. García, A. Susín. "MLC filtering applied to the 3D reconstruction of the left ventricle". Proc. CEIG2003, July 2-4 2003 La Coruña (Spain) (PDF, 735 kb)
O. García, A. Susín. "Vertical Coherence Applied to Spect Imagery in the 3D Reconstruction of the Left Ventricle". The 30th Annual Conference of Computers in Cardiology. Thessaloniki, Greece, September 21-24, 2003. (PDF, 441 kb)
2004
O. Garcia, A. Susín. "Two Strategies on Border Labeling applied to the Estimation of Ejection Fraction" . IV Jornades de Recerca en Enginyeria Biomèdica (JEBC'04), Barcelona, 8-10 de juny de 2004. (PDF, 363 kb)
J. A. Montero, N. Escudero, F. J. Pajares, O. Garcia, J. A. Morán. "Implantación de una metodología constructivista en la docencia del Álgebra en Ingeniería". Congreso Universitario de Innovación Educativa en las Enseñanzas Técnicas CUIEET 2004. Barcelona, 26-28 Julio 2004.
Antoni Cabello Miguel, Oscar Fernandez Barracel y Oscar García Pañella. "iGlue.v3: An Electronics Metaphor for Multimedia Technologies Integration". ACM Multimedia 2004 (Interactive Art Program). October 10-16, New York (NY USA). (PDF, 391 kb)
Emili Viver, Oscar García. "Creation and production of a VR application". Workshop in Art Futura 2004. October 28, from 11 to 14h. (Mercat de les Flors, Barcelona, Spain).
Maria-CruzVilla-Uriol, Falko Kuester, Oscar Garcia Pañella y Gabriel Fernandez Ubiergo. "Automatic Creation of Virtualized Environments". Graduate Research Poster Session, Balsells Luncheon November 18, 2004. The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, UC Irvine (CA USA).
2005
Andrés Fernandez, Kirian González, Sancho Albano, Oscar González, Maria Alsina, Oscar García, Guillermo González. "Simulador Virtual para Aprendizaje en Técnicas de Soldadura por Arco Voltaico". CARVI 2005 Congreso de Aplicaciones en Realidad Virtual, 3ª edición. Vitoria 9-10 de Junio de 2005.
Alex Arañó, Richard H. Cuello, Oscar García. "Visión Artificial para la Interacción Natural", Interacción 2005 (AIPO belonging to the CEDI Conference).
Andres Fernandez, Maria Cruz Villa, Oscar García, Falko Kuester. "Avatar-centric Risk Evaluation". IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia, December 12-14, 2005 Irvine, California, USA.
2006
Oscar García y Emili Viver. "Realidad Virtual, un nuevo paradigma tecnológico de formación, cultura, espectáculo y ocio". Certamen soluciones tecnológicas al alcance de las PYMES, de la Fundació Catalana per la Recerca i la Innovació (FCRI). Cerdanyola, Barcelona (19/10/2005).
O. García, A. Fernández. "Plataforma de Realidad Virtual
para la simulación de respuestas a posibles desastres y riesgos".
Revista autoCAD Magazine, Octubre-Noviembre de 2005 (número 99). Páginas
38-39.
Oscar García. "Realidad Virtual a diario". Revista online MOSAIC, tecnologías y comunicación multimedia. Número 46. Enero de 2006.
Berta Roig y entrevistados, entre ellos Oscar García. "Joves firmes catalanes de Videojocs irrompen en el mercat mundial". Revista Dossier Econòmic de Catalunya. Enero de 2006.
A. Fernandez, M.C. Villa, O. García, F. Kuester. "Plataforma de RV para la prevención de riesgos y desastres". Internet Global Congress (IGC). Barcelona.
P. Jeremias, O. Chavarria, O. Garcia, X. Carrillo & A. Cuñado."Solving Local Reflections: a Direct Methodology". Eurographics 2006. Viena, Austria.
A. Fernandez, O. García."L'Ahir…i l'Avui". Revista Innova. Barcelona.
2007
Oscar García. "Smash Ball: Realidad Virtual aplicada al Deporte". Fòrum digital Caixaforum/Movistar (Campus Party). Marzo/Abril de 2007.
A. Fernandez, G. Gonzalez, Oscar García et al. "Simusold: a VR-Based platform for Welding Knowledge". Poster in Maquitec'07, March, 20-24.
O. Garcia. "Realidad Virtual Accesible". Ponencia en las Jornadas en Ocio Electrónico y Nuevas Tecnologías. Salamanca, Junio.
O. Garcia. "Realidad Virtual y Simulación" en Comunicación, Educación e Investigación 2007, Simposio de Divulgación Social: El Enfermo y las Terapias Mínimamente Invasivas. Barcelona, 15 de Junio.
D. Fonseca, A. Fernandez y O. Garcia. "Commendable Behaviour of Virtual Agents". 6ta Conferencia Iberoamericana en Sistemas, Cibernética e Informática CISCI 2007. Orlando, Florida, USA, 12 al 15 de Julio.
O. Garcia. "La Realidad Virtual, cada vez más cerca". Certamen Campus Party 2007. Valencia, Julio.
2008
J. Andrés Fernández Munuera, Oscar Garcia Pañella, Richard H. Cuello Aljanati. "La Realidad Virtual: Accesibilidad para todos". Séptima Conferencia Iberoamericana en Sistemas, Cibernética e Informática: CISCI 2008 29 de Junio al 2 de Julio de 2008, Orlando, Florida (USA) (awaiting confirmation).
David
Fonseca, Andrés Fernandez and Oscar Garcia. "Photographic image
categorization according to the quality and the emotions" in Communicating
for Social Impact, The 58th Annual Conference of the International Communication
Association at Le Centre Sheraton Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada May 22-26,
2008 (already accepted).
| Languages |
Spanish (all levels).
Catalan (all levels).
English (all levels).
| Departments |
1993-1994: Member of the Communications & Signal Processing department at ETSEEI (La Salle-URL).
1995-1998: Member of the Multimedia section integrated at the MicroElectronics department (ETSEEI). Researcher at the Science Museum of Barcelona.
1998-2008: Professor at the Multimedia section of DTA (Department of Audiovisual Technologies). In charge of the 3D Graphics & VR section (UNESCO codes: 120326, 120317, 120602 and 320501). Multimedia Degree and Multimedia Creation & Design Master Program Academic Coordinator.
| Professional Address |
Oscar García i Panyella, PhD
Multimedia Engineering Academic Coordinator (Audiovisual
Tech Department)
La Salle School of Engineering
Ramon Llull University
Quatre Camins,2 - 08022 Barcelona, Spain, Europe
Phone: 34-93.290.24.30 Fax: 34-93.290.24.20
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