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Name David Pascual-Hernández
Label PhD Student and Research Associate @ URJC | AI | Computer Vision | Autonomous Driving
Email d.pascualhe@urjc.es
Summary I'm a computer vision researcher dedicated to advancing autonomous driving in complex outdoor environments. Since the start of my career, I've been hands-on with every stage of vision-based system development, from image capture to deployment. My experience leading a team through challenging R&D projects has given me the opportunity to work at the intersection of AI and real-world applications—an area that continually challenges and inspires me. Currently pursuing a PhD, I'm always on the lookout for new ways to create impactful technology. Outside of work, you’ll often find me exploring nature or diving into the latest AI trends!

Work

  • 2024.10 - Present
    Research Associate
    Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
    Autonomous driving in unstructured environments.
  • 2023.01 - 2024.10
    Optical Team Lead
    SEDDI
    Responsible for overseeing the daily operations of a small team of R&D engineers, focusing on planning, reviewing, and delivering complex computer vision projects. These projects leveraged advanced, deep learning-based solutions. Alongside my leadership duties, I maintained an active role in the development process, ensuring hands-on involvement from concept to implementation.
  • 2018.08 - 2023.01
    Computer Vision Engineer
    SEDDI
    As a computer vision engineer at SEDDI, I contributed to the development of its flagship product, textura.ai, from its inception. Joining the company at a very early stage allowed me to be involved in every step of the process. I contributed to designing a complex multi-camera and multi-illumination digital material acquisition setup, developed tools to extract textile properties using both classic computer vision and deep learning methods, and implemented solutions for color constancy and calibration across various imaging devices.
  • 2017.10 - 2018.08
    Immersive Video Researcher
    Nokia Bell Labs
    As an immersive video researcher, my internship primarily focused on the field of Human-Computer Interaction, specifically on developing user interfaces based on hand gesture recognition. Additionally, I became familiar with augmented, mixed, and virtual reality concepts and techniques.
  • 2016.08 - 2017.01
    Computer Vision Engineer
    Bosch
    As a machine vision engineer intern, I provided support to the Process Engineering Department by engaging in a variety of tasks. These included studying Data Matrix reading systems and optical lenses, as well as developing an optical calculator. Additionally, I diagnosed and designed computer vision systems and developed computer vision applications with Neurocheck.

Volunteer

Education

Publications

  • 2022.05.12
    Efficient 3D human pose estimation from RGBD sensors
    Displays
    Human pose estimation is a core component in applications for which some level of human–computer interaction is required, such as assistive robotics, ambient assisted living or the motion capture systems used in biomechanics or video games production. In this paper, we propose an end-to-end pipeline for estimating 3D human poses that works in real-time in an off-the-shelf computer, using as input video sequences captured with a commercial RGBD sensor. Our hybrid approach is composed of two stages: 2D pose estimation using deep neural networks and 3D registration, for which a lightweight algorithm based on classic computer vision techniques has been developed. We compare several 2D pose estimators and validate the performance of our proposed method against the state-of-the-art, using as benchmark an international and publicly available dataset. Our 2D to 3D registration module alone can reach frame rates of up to 99 fps, while achieving an average error per joint of 132 mm. Furthermore, the proposed solution is agnostic to the model used for 2D pose estimation and can be upgraded with new upcoming solutions or adapted for different articulated objects.

Skills

Computer Vision
Deep Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Autonomous Driving
Python
Linux
Docker
PyTorch
Robotics
LaTeX
Machine Learning
Open-source
Git
OpenCV

Languages

English
Full Professional
Spanish
Native Speaker