Gabriel Fernàndez Ubiergo

Gabriel Fernàndez Ubiergo
E-mail
gabriel.fernandez@salle.url.edu
Telephone
+34 932902428
Building
IOTICAT
Address
C. Quatre Camins 30, 08022, Barcelona
Floor
IOT
Section
Department of Engineering
Office of Academic Affairs for the Undergraduate Animation and VFX Programmes
Animation
Position
Professor

Full Professor at La Salle Campus Barcelona – Ramon Llull University (since 2011)
Academic Director of the Bachelor’s Degrees in Animation and Digital Arts at La Salle Campus Barcelona – Ramon Llull University (2015–present)

Academic Background


  • PhD in Communication Systems, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, 1997
  • MSc in Telecommunications Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), 1993

Teaching Activity


  • Faculty member at the School of Engineering La Salle, Ramon Llull University, since 1997, teaching undergraduate, master’s and doctoral courses in the fields of audiovisual engineering, multimedia communications, and digital image and signal processing.
  • Responsible for the academic management and direction of the Bachelor’s Degrees in Animation and Digital Arts.

Research and Knowledge Transfer Activity


  • Researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) and the University of Lausanne in the field of image processing (1992–1997).
  • Visiting research stay at the University of California, Santa Cruz (1995).
  • Research and leadership at La Salle – URL (2005–2013)
  • Principal Investigator (PI) and researcher in the Audiovisual and Multimedia Technologies Research Group (2005–2008).
  • Principal Investigator (PI) and researcher in the Media Technologies Research Group (2008–2013).
  • Founder and Director of the Digital TV Center (2000–2008), an R&D center officially recognized by the Government of Catalonia.
  • Founder and Director of the Media Technologies Center (2008–2011), an R&D center officially recognized by the Government of Catalonia.

His research focuses on image processing and coding, audiovisual and multimedia technologies, digital platforms and interactive systems, as well as technological innovation applied to animation, VFX, and digital arts. He has produced more than thirty scientific publications in the fields of digital imaging and multimedia, and has participated in or led over fifty R&D and industrial projects, contributing significantly to technological transfer and collaboration with the audiovisual and technology industries. His scientific leadership includes serving as General Co-chair of the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2011), one of the leading international conferences in the multimedia field.

Professional Activity


Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in various technology start-ups since 2012, combining innovation, applied research, and product development.