ITS Awards organized by the Spanish Chapter of the IEEE ITSS
The Spanish Chapter of the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society has organized two different awards in the field of Intelligent Transportation Systems for the first time since its inception in 2012. On the one hand, three awards were given to the Best PhD Theses in the field of ITS developed in Spanish Universities and Research Centers in the past three years. The Best PhD Thesis Award received a certificate and a 600€ check. The second and third awardees received a certificate. Similarly, another three awards were given to the Best Master Theses in ITS developed in Spain also in the past three years. The Best Master Thesis Award received a certificate and a 300€ check, while the second and third awardees received a certificate. All awards were sponsored by the University of Alcalá.
Two different tribunals were formed in order to evaluate the candidates and make the decisions to select the winners. Both tribunals were populated with members of the Spanish Chapter of the ITSS. The names of the awardees are provided below together with their Theses’ titles and supervisors:
Best PhD Thesis Award – First Prize
David Vázquez Bermúdez. Computer Vision Center. Barcelona
Title: Domain Adaptation of Virtual and Real Worlds for Pedestrian Detection
Supervisor: Antonio López Peña
Best PhD Thesis Award – Second Prize
Sergio Lafuente Arroyo. University of Alcalá. Alcalá de Henares
Title: Road signs detection and recognition using digital image processing techniques and artificial intelligence
Supervisor: Saturnino Maldonado Bascón
Best PhD Thesis Award – Third Prize
Fernando García Fernández. University Carlos III Madrid. Madrid
Title: Data Fusion Architecture for Intelligent Vehicles
Supervisors: Arturo de la Escalera and José María Armingol
Best Master Thesis Award – First Prize
Mario Passani Montero. University of Alcalá. Alcalá de Henares
Title: Conditional Random Fields Applied to Image Understanding
Supervisor: Luis Miguel Bergasa
Best Master Thesis Award – Second Prize
Eduardo Romera Carmena. University of Alcalá. Alcalá de Henares
Title: Driver Behavior Evaluation by Using Smartphones
Supervisor: Luis Miguel Bergasa
Best Master Thesis Award – Third Prize
Gabriel Villalonga Pineda. Computer Vision Center. Barcelona
Title: Online City Maps with Pedestrian Behaviours Statistics
Supervisor: Antonio López Peña
This activity has provided the opportunity for better cooperation among the members of the ITSS Spanish Chapter. Similarly, it has provided endorsement to the winners (awardees and supervisors) and an enormous motivation for current PhD and Master students that will participate in the next edition of these Awards. The activity has been sponsored by the University of Alcalá and organized by Miguel Ángel Sotelo, as President of the Spanish Chapter of the IEEE ITSS.
Miguel Ángel Sotelo
President. Spanish Chapter of the IEEE ITSS
