DIEGO CABELLO FERRER

Diego Cabello Ferrer is a Professor at the University of Santiago de Compostela’s Department of Electronics and Computing under the Faculty of Physics. His research focuses on advanced CMOS technologies, embedded vision systems, energy harvesting, and biomedical devices. He holds a PhD from the same university (1984), specializing in cybernetic systems and microprocessor-based analysis of animal behavior.

• Education: PhD in Electronics and Computing, University of Santiago de Compostela (1984).

His work spans artificial vision algorithms, low-power CMOS sensor design, and micro-energy harvesting systems. Key contributions include vision sensors with in-pixel computation, ultra-low power voltage regulators for biomedical implants, and solar energy harvesting integrated circuits. His research emphasizes real-time image processing, edge computing for embedded systems, and hardware acceleration for neural networks.

Publications highlight innovations in CMOS vision sensors for background subtraction, energy-efficient LDO designs, and hyperdimensional computing architectures. His teams have developed perpetual wireless sensor networks for environmental monitoring and Snail pest detection. Current efforts focus on in-memory computing with FeFETs and SRAM-based neural network accelerators.

• Labs/Teams: Center for Research in Intelligent Technologies (CITIUS).
• Grants & Collaborations: Projects include iCaveats (embedded vision architectures) and energy harvesting integration in biomedical devices.

His work bridges theoretical signal processing with practical hardware implementations, addressing challenges in power efficiency, miniaturization, and real-time performance for embedded vision systems.