Tomas Rodriguez Garcia

I was born in Madrid in 1961. PHD in Informatics, BSC in Physics and Master in Electronics by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, I started my career in the private R&D sector in CTC Servicios Electromecanicos in 1987, where I specialized in computer vision and infrared imaging. In the early nineties I joined ELIOP SA where I become specialist in computer vision, parallel processing, real time control and traffic monitoring. I also took a relevant role in the EVA project; one of the most outstanding traffic monitoring systems of the time.

For more than ten years, I have been involved in international research projects within the ambit of EUREKA, ESPRIT, V and VI Framework programmes. During this time, I coordinated ten international projects (CAMELOT, CITRONE, ON-LIVE, SAID, VISIRE, EVENTS, ITALES, HOLONICS, VITAL, INTERACT) and acted as principal investigator in two additional ones (CITRUS and VICTORIA). Since the early days, I had the opportunity to collaborate with some of the most prestigious research institutions in Europe: Franhoufer Inst., INRIA, CNRS, University of Oxford, University of Lund, DFKI, Siemens C-Lab, Philips Research Labs, etc.

Evaluator of R&D projects for the Spanish Ministry for Science and reviewer of international scientific journals, I currently act as R&D manager and coordinator for European projects at Eptron SA. My recent interests include: computer vision, real time software, industrial control, parallel processing, traffic monitoring, iTV and mobile technologies. Some of my hobbies are: science reading, travelling, physics and astrophysics, architecture and urbanism, clasical art, collection of antiques, etc.