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This website serves as my personal academic homepage, where I share information about my research, publications, teaching, and other professional activities. From time to time, I will also post updates and news related to my work, and occasionally share a few blog posts with my thoughts or experiences.
Short bio
Hi! My name is Alfonso L贸pez-Ruiz. I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Zaragoza (Spain), where I conduct my research within the Graphics and Imaging Lab of the Department of Computer Science and Systems Engineering. Previously, I carried out my PhD at the University of Ja茅n under a predoctoral FPU fellowship, and later held a Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral contract at the University of Zaragoza.
I received my Bachelor鈥檚 (2019), Master鈥檚 (2020), and PhD (2023) degrees in Computer Science from the University of Ja茅n, graduating with international distinction and cum laude. My Bachelor鈥檚 and Master鈥檚 theses were recognized with several awards, including the Ada Lovelace awards and the international Francisco Coello award.
My research interests focus on point cloud visualization and modeling, LiDAR sensor simulation and optimization, multisensor data processing, GPU-accelerated computing, and efficient geometric algorithms. As a result of my PhD and postdoctoral work, I have published in high-impact journals such as IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Applied Energy, and Automation in Construction, and presented my work at international conferences including Eurographics and IGARSS.
I have also participated in several competitive national and regional research projects on multisensor digitization, rural digital twins, and 3D simulation, and regularly serve as a reviewer for leading journals and conferences in computer graphics, remote sensing, and applied artificial intelligence.
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News
September 2025: Started a position as Assistant Professor at the University of Zaragoza, within the Graphics and Imaging Lab.
January 2025: Began a Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral contract at the University of Zaragoza, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation.
2025: New journal publication: Virtualized Point Cloud Rendering in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Q1).
2025: New journal publication: Enhancing LiDAR point cloud generation with BRDF-based appearance modelling in ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (Q1).
2024: New journal publication: Automated detection and tracking of photovoltaic modules from 3D remote sensing data in Applied Energy (Q1).
2024: New journal publication: Eye-tracking on virtual reality: A survey in Virtual Reality (Q1).
2024: New journal publication: Generating implicit object fragment datasets for machine learning in Computer & Graphics (Q2).
2024: Paper published and presented at EUPVSEC 2024: Automatic Agrivoltaic Site Selection: a User-Friendly Interface powered by AHP Multicriteria Decision-Making, Vienna (Austria).