Head
Head of the Mapir-UMA group
e-mail: javiergonzalez [at] uma.es
Web: http://mapir.isa.uma.es/jgonzalez
Phone:+34 952132724
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Short bio
Javier Gonzalez-Jimenez is the head of the Machine Perception and Intelligence Robotics (MAPIR-UMA group) and a full professor (Catedratico) at the University of Malaga. He has a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Sevilla, and a Ph.D. in Control Systems and Robotics from the University of Malaga. During his PhD he spent one year at the Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University (USA) working on mobile robots. He has been leading Spanish and European projects on mobile robotics and perception for more than 25 years. His research interest includes mobile robot autonomous navigation, computer vision, and robotic olfaction. In these fields, he has co-authored more than 250 scientific works, including three books and more than 110 SCI-JCR journal papers.
Ongoing projects I’m leading
- MINDMAPS: Semantic topometric maps as models of the environment for intelligent robots (1 Sep’24 – 28 Feb28). (Funded by the Spanish Research Agency)
Current PhD Students
- Gregorio Ambrosio-Cestero (co-supervised by JR. Ruiz-Sarmiento)
- Jesus Moncada (co-supervised by JR. Ruiz-Sarmiento)
Former PhD Students
- Jose Luis Matez (Jun 2025) (co-supervised by Javier G.Monroy)
- Jose Ojeda (Feb 2025) (co-supervised by Javier G.Monroy)
- Andres Galeote (May 2024) (co-supervised by JR. Ruiz-Sarmiento)
- Mercedes Garcia-Salguero (April 2024)
- Alberto Jaenal (Sep 2023) (co-supervised by FA Moreno)
- Jesus Briales (Jun 2021)
- Andres Gongora (Jan 2021) (co-supervised by Javier G.Monroy)
- Ruben Gomez-Ojeda (Feb 2020)
- Manuel Lopez-Antequera (Feb 2020) (co-supervised by Nicolai Petkov)
- Mariano Jaimez (2017) (co-supervised with Daniel Cremers)
- Jose Raul Ruiz-Sarmiento (Nov 2016) (co-supervised by C Galindo)
- Francisco Moreno (2015) (co-supervised by JL Blanco)
- Eduardo Fernandez-Moral (Oct 2014) (co-supervised by V. Arevalo)
- Javier G. Monroy (Nov 2013)(co-supervised by JL Blanco)
- José Luis Blanco (Nov 2009) (co-supervised by JA Fernandez-Madrigal)
- Vicente Arévalo (Mar 2008)
- Cipriano Galindo (May 2006) (co-supervised by JA Fernandez-Madrigal)
- Antonio Reina (Mar 2001)
- Juan Antonio Fernandez-Madrigal (2000)
Teaching ( in “Campus Virtual” – restricted access)
- Computer vision (Ingenieria Informática)
- Robotics (Ingenieria Informática)
- Perception Systems (Master in Mechatronics Engineering)
