David Mera Perez

David Mera Perez is a Professor at the Department of Electronics and Computing, affiliated with the Higher Technical School of Engineering at the University of Santiago de Compostela. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the same institution, completed in 2013 with a thesis on virtual oceanographic laboratories leveraging Grid computing. His research focuses on machine learning applications in environmental monitoring, geospatial data systems, and smart infrastructure. He leads the COGRADE research group (Computer Graphics and Data Engineering).

Key areas include oil spill detection via SAR imagery, inverse problem solutions in medical imaging, and smart building temperature forecasting. He has contributed to frameworks like GeoHbbTV for interactive geographic TV content and Retelab, a geospatial Grid laboratory for oceanographic research. His work bridges computational methods with real-world challenges in environmental science and engineering.