Camara Rey, Oscar

Biography

Oscar Camara is an Associate Professor in our Department. He obtained a degree in Telecommunications Engineering from UPC (1999), and a Master and Ph.D. in Image Processing in the École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, Paris (2000 and 2003, respectively). From 2004 to 2007, he did a postdoctoral stay, first at King´s College London and then at University College London. In July 2007, he joined UPF as "Ramón y Cajal" Fellow, where he is coordinating a research group called PhySense, that he founded in 2011. He is also coordinator of the Biomedical Engineering degree at the UPF. His research is focused on methodologies at the crossroad of computational imaging and computational modelling areas that can be effectively used in a clinical environment, including oncology, neurology and cardiology applications, among others. This work has lead to numerous scientific publications and presentations in conferences in both methodological and clinical fields (> 25 journals; > 69 contributions at ISI, > 650 citations; h-index: 14). He is actively involved in competitive national and European research project including strong collaborations with industrial and clinical partners.

Research Interest

Image processing, animation, digital media