Alberto Ortiz Rodríguez

Dr. Alberto Ortiz Rodríguez is a Full Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), where he has been a faculty member since 1992. His research focuses on Computer Vision, Mobile Robotics, Pattern Recognition, and Machine Learning.

• PhD in Computer Science (UIB, 2005)
• Member of INTER research group (Intelligent Embedded Systems and Robotics)
• Member of Artificial Intelligence Research Institute of UIB (IAIB)

His work addresses applications in Micro-Aerial Vehicles (MAVs), defect detection for visual inspection, object recognition, and target tracking. He leads European and national R&D projects like FUSIGEMAP (PID2022-139248NB-I00) and BUGWRIGHT2 (H2020 GA 871260).

Recent publications demonstrate expertise in radial basis function neural networks, modular indistinguishability operators, and UWB-based localization. Research spans robotics, industrial inspection, healthcare quality control, and multi-robot coordination.

• Best Paper Award at ESTYLF 2021
• Active reviewer for robotics and AI journals
• Member of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS)
• Member of International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR)

He contributes to autonomous robotic inspection systems for ships, storage tanks, and hospital environments, with over 170 publications in robotics, computer vision, and AI.