Ismael Benito Altamirano

Adjunct part-time

ORCID: 0000-0002-2504-6123

Scopus Author ID: 57195151784

Knowledge area: Tecnologia Electrònica

Research group: Micronanotecnologies i nanoscòpies per dispositius electrònics i fotònics (MIND)

Contact Information
Department of Electronic and Biomedical Engineering

ismael.benito(a)ub.edu

Becario colaboración. ATIC - Universitat de Barcelona. 01/11/2011 - 31/07/2016

Prácticas en departamento. OpenSystems - Universitat de Barcelona. 01/05/2014 - 31/01/2015

Prácticas en empresa. INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FOTONICAS. 01/03/2015 - 31/07/2015

Becario colaboración. MIND/IN2UB - Universitat de Barcelona. 19/09/2016 - 13/11/2016

Investigador Predoctoral. FUNDACION BOSCH I GIMPERA. 01/01/2017 - 31/12/2019

Chief Technology Officer. ColorSensing SL. 01/01/2020 - 08/10/2021

Senior Research Engineer. LA RUMBA DE BARCELONA, SL. 01/03/2022 - 30/04/2023

Profesor Asociado. Universitat de Barcelona. 14/11/2016 - 27/09/2023

Profesor Asociado. FUNDACIO PER A LA UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA. 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2023

Personal Investigador (PAS). SIC - Universitat de Barcelona. 02/05/2023

Profesor Sustituto. Universitat de Barcelona. 28/09/2023

Academic training

Graduado en Ingeniería Electrónica de Telecomunicación por la Universitat de Barcelona . Universitat de Barcelona . 23/09/2015 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

Graduado en Física por la Universitat de Barcelona . Universitat de Barcelona . 02/10/2016 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

Doctor por la Universitat de Barcelona . Universitat de Barcelona . 20/05/2022 . (Ph.D.)

Máster Universitario en Fotónica/Photonics por la UPC, UB y UAB . Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Universitat de Barcelona i Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona . 14/09/2016 . (Official Master)

Projects

Micronanotecnologies i nanoscòpies per dispositius electrònics i fotònics (MIND) (Ajuts de Suport als Grups de Recerca de Catalunya (SGR)) . 2017 - 2021 . Ref.2017SGR776 . Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) . PI: Albert Cornet Calveras . (36 Researchers)

Fotónica CMOS
Microscopía electrónica
Microsistemes
Nanotecnología

SaaS per al reconeixement automàtic de colors (ColorChecker) (Sense especificar) . 2017 - 2019 . Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) . PI: Juan Daniel Prades Garcia

Desarrollo y validación en laboratorio de una etiqueta sensora de gases (Projecte competitiu sense programa específic) . 2017 - 2019 . Ref.309472 . Sensotran S.L. . PI: Juan Daniel Prades Garcia . (7 Researchers)

Desarrollo y validación en laboratorio de una etiqueta sensora de gases (HORIZON 2020. PILLAR 2-INNOVATION IN SMEs. SME. Innovation in SMEs.) . 2017 - 2019 . Unió Europea . PI: Juan Daniel Prades Garcia . (7 Researchers)

Digital Security (Sense especificar) . 2018 . Ref.309849 . Arsenal Consulting . PI: Juan Daniel Prades Garcia . (5 Researchers)

Contrato de licencia de tecnología (Contractes d'explotació de know-how. Royalties o derivats de cesió de llicència/patent/know-how.) . 2018 - 2038 . Ref.310164 . ColorSensing, S.L. . PI: Juan Daniel Prades Garcia; Olga Casals Guillen; Ismael Benito Altamirano; Cristian Fabrega Gallego . (4 Researchers)

DermaSnap: turning any smartphone into a dermatologic instrument (Projectes de valorització de tecnologia (VALTEC) ) . 2018 - 2020 . Ref.CI18-00068 . Fundació Caixa de Pensions 'La Caixa' . PI: Juan Daniel Prades Garcia; Maria Eugenia Martin Hidalgo

Disseny i desenvolupament d'un sistema automàtic de validació d'aigua potable (Sense especificar) . 2019 . Ref.600151 . Distribuciones Esmar S.L. . PI: Cristian Fabrega Gallego . (5 Researchers)

COLORSENSING - PACKAGING INTELIGENTE PARA ALIMENTOS ENVASADOS () . 2020 - 2022 . Ref.EXP - 00123359 / SNEO-201 . Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial (CDTI) . PI: Maria Eugenia Martín Hidalgo; Juan Daniel Prades García; Ismael Benito-Altamirano

Colorsensing, validación de la tecnología () . 2019 - 2022 . Ref.STARTEC19-1-0026 . ACCiÓ-AGAUR . PI: Maria Eugenia Martín; Juan Daniel Prades; Ismael Benito-Altamirano

Journal Publications

Benito-Altamirano, Ismael; Martínez-Carpena, David; Casals, Olga; Fabrega, Cristian; Waag, Andreas; Prades, Joan Daniel (2023). Back-compatible Color QR Codes for colorimetric applications. Pattern Recognition, 133, pp. 1 - 14 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0031-3203

Benito Altamirano, Ismael; Martínez Carpena, David; Casals, Olga; Fabrega, Cristian; Waag, Andreas; Prades García, Juan Danielel (2023). A dataset of color QR codes generated using back-compatible and random colorization algorithms exposed to different illumination-capture channel conditions. Data in Brief, 46, p. 108780 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2352-3409

Schmitt, K.; Tarantik, K.; Pannek, C.; Benito-Altamirano, I.; Casals, O.; Fabrega, C.; Romano-Rodriguez, A.; Woellenstein, J.; Prade, J. D. (2017). Colorimetric sensor for bad odor detection using automated color correction. Proceedings of SPIE, 10246 . https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2265990 . ISSN: 0277-786X

Engel, L.; Benito-Altamirano, B.; Tarantik, K.R.; Pannek, C.; Dold, M.; Prades, J.D.; Wöllenstein, J. (2021). Printed sensor labels for colorimetric detection of ammonia, formaldehyde and hydrogen sulfide from the ambient air. Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical, 330, p. 129281 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2020.129281 . ISSN: 0925-4005

Driau, C.; Fàbrega, C.; Benito-Altamirano, I.; Pfeiffer, P.; Casals, O.; Li, H.; Prades, J.D. (2019). How to implement a selective colorimetric gas sensor with off the shelf components?. Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical, 293, pp. 41 - 44 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0925-4005

Benito Altamirano, Ismael; Pfeiffer, Peter; Cusola, Oriol; Prades García, Juan Daniel (2018). Machine-readable pattern for colorimetric sensor interrogation. MDPI Proceedings, 2(13), p. 906 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2504-3900

Fernández, Luisa; Pons, Alba; Monereo, Oriol; Benito Altamirano, Ismael; Xuriguera Martín, María Elena; Casals, Olga; Fàbrega, Cristian ; Waag, Andreas; Prades García, Juan Daniel (2017). NO2 Measurements with RGB Sensors for Easy In-Field Test. MDPI Proceedings, 1(4), p. 471 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2504-3900

C. Dirau; O. Casals; I. Benito-Altamirano; J.D. Prades; C. Fàbrega (2020). Revisiting Colorimetric Gas Sensors: Compact, Versatile and Cost-Effective. MDPI Proceedings, 56(1), pp. 1 - 4 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2504-3900

Thesis, minor thesis and research reports

Ismael Benito Altamirano . (2016) . Real color calibration and recognition using RGB cameras (Degree work) . Universitat de Barcelona.

Ismael Benito Altamirano . (2016) . Automated real color calibration and recognition using RGB cameras (Master's Thesis) . Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

Ismael Benito-Altamirano . (2022) . Automated color correction for colorimetry applications using barcodes (Ph.D. Thesis) . Universitat de Barcelona. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/674295

Ismael Benito . (2015) . STORM: parallel image processing with ImageJ and OpenCL (Degree work) . Barcelona.

Joel Vizcaíno Santiago . (2018) . Diseño e implementación de un sistema remoto para jugar con gatos (Degree work) . Universitat de Barcelona.

Ismael Benito Altamirano . (2020) . Sensors colorimetrics de molt baix cost i lectura digital (en curs) (Ph.D. Thesis) . Universitat de Barcelona.

Albert Tuset Viola . (2019) . Design and construction of a standard gases portable measurement setup (Degree work) . . http://hdl.handle.net/2445/141736

Xavier Allepuz Rico . (2020) . A low-cost multispectral camera (Degree work) . . http://hdl.handle.net/2445/176389

David Martínez Carpena . (2020) . Reading QR codes on challenging surfaces (Degree work) . . http://hdl.handle.net/2445/180942

Hamid Latif Martínez . (2020) . Detection and segmentation of QR codes with arbitrary deformations (Master's Thesis) . . http://hdl.handle.net/2117/328927

Alexandre Casajuana . (2020) . A subpixel perspective sweeping miscroscopy implementation (Degree work) . .

Elena Ortega . (2023) . Avaluació de models de reconeixement d'emocions a partir de fenòmens paralingüístics (Master's Thesis) . Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.

Jordi Aceiton Cardona . (2023) . Segmentació de tumors renals en tomografies amb el model de Deep Learning YOLACT (Master's Thesis) . Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.

Nuria Alabau Bosque . (2023) . Mejora de modelos de Deep Learning mediante invarianzas y equivarianzas traslacionales (Master's Thesis) . Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.

Lectures

QR Codes: let us make some GIFs . (Python Barcelona Meetup). 20/09/2022. Barcelona. SPAIN

Python and ChatGPT: (chuckles) I'm in danger . (Python Barcelona Meetup). 23/02/2023. Barcelona. SPAIN

Un doctorat a Càpsula Corp . (Encontres amb el Tercer Cicle - E3C 2019). 19/02/2019. Barcelona. SPAIN

Avoid food waste with QR codes and computer vision . (Python Barcelona Meetup). 21/11/2019. Barcelona. SPAIN

Participations in Conferences

I. Benito-Altamirano; P. Pfeiffer; O. Cusola; J. D. Prades (2018). Machine-Readable Pattern for Colorimetric Sensor Interrogation. (Presentation of communication) . Eurosensors XXXII 2018 . Graz . AUSTRIA

I. Benito-Altamirano; A. Gàmez-Montolio (2018). Hacking Tokens: a Massive proof-of-concept. (Speech) . RootedCON 2018 . Madrid . SPAIN

I. Benito-Altamirano (2018). Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all? (Introduction to OpenCV). (Speech) . PyDay BCN 2018 . SPAIN

I. Benito-Altamirano; D. Pacheco; M. Montalà; X. Hoffman; J. Bonilla; M. Coto; C. Riera (2018). . (Participation in scientific/organizer committee) . Jornada d'Investigadors Predoctorals Interdisciplinària (JIPI) . SPAIN

I. Benito-Altamirano; M. Montalà; X. Hoffman; D. Barrientos; C. Riera (2019). . (Participation in scientific/organizer committee) . Jornada d'Investigadors Predoctorals Interdisciplinària (JIPI) . SPAIN

Fàbrega, C.; Driau, C.; Casals, O.; Benito, I.; Prades, J.D. (2019). Compact, versatile and cost-effective colorimetric gas sensors. (Presentation of communication) . ISOEN 2019 . Fukuoka . JAPAN

J. Daniel Prades, Christian Driau, Olga Casals, Ismael Benito and Cristian Fabrega (2019). Compact, Versatile and Cost-Effective Colorimetric Gas Sensors. (Presentation of communication) . MRS Boston Fall Meeting . Boston . UNITED STATES

Christian Driau, Olga Casals, Ismael Benito, J. Daniel Prades, Cristian Fabrega (2020). Revisiting Colorimetric Gas Sensors: Compact, Versatile and Cost-Effective. (Presentation of communication) . 4th International conference on Functional Integrated nanoSystems (nanoFIS) . Graz . AUSTRIA

Engel, L.; Tarantik, K.; Benito-Altamirano, I.; Pannek, C.; Prades, J.D.; Wöllenstein, J. (2019). Screen Printable Colorimetric Sensors for the Monitoring of Toxic Gases in Ambient Air. (Presentation of communication) . 1st IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (IEEE-FLEPS 2019) . Glasgow . UNITED KINGDOM

Fernandez-Romero, L.; Pons, A.; Monereo, O.; Benito-Altamirano, I.; Xuriguera, E.; Casals, O.; Fabrega, C.; Waag, A.; Prades, J.D. (2016). Automated Color Calibration for Handheld Spectroscopy ¿ Applications to Chemical Sensing. (Presentation of communication) . Material Research Society Fall Meeting 2016 . Boston . UNITED STATES

Patents, Software and Database

Ismael Benito Altamirano, Olga Casals Guillen, Cristian Fàbrega Gallego, Juan Daniel Prades García i Andreas Hans Wilhelm Waag Ref. EP18382043.0. Colour correction (European Patent Convention Countries, 26/01/2018 ) . Universitat de Barcelona

Ismael Benito Altamirano, Olga Casals Guillen, Cristian Fàbrega Gallego, Juan Daniel Prades García i Andreas Hans Wilhelm Waag Ref. EP18382044.8. Colour correction (European Patent Convention Countries, 26/01/2018 ) . Universitat de Barcelona

Ismael Benito Altamirano, Olga Casals Guillen, Cristian Fàbrega Gallego, Juan Daniel Prades García i Andreas Hans Wilhelm Waag Ref. PCT/EP2019/051696. Colour correction (Patent Cooperation Treaty Countries, 24/01/2019 ) . Universitat de Barcelona

Ismael Benito Altamirano, Olga Casals Guillen, Cristian Fàbrega Gallego, Juan Daniel Prades García i Andreas Hans Wilhelm Waag Ref. CA3089330. Colour correction (CANADA, 22/07/2020 ) . Universitat de Barcelona

Ismael Benito Altamirano, Olga Casals Guillen, Cristian Fàbrega Gallego, Juan Daniel Prades García i Andreas Hans Wilhelm Waag Ref. JP2020560579. Colour correction (JAPAN, 22/07/2020 ) . Universitat de Barcelona

Ismael Benito Altamirano, Olga Casals Guillen, Cristian Fàbrega Gallego, Juan Daniel Prades García i Andreas Hans Wilhelm Waag Ref. IL276259. Colour correction (ISRAEL, 23/07/2020 ) . Universitat de Barcelona

Ismael Benito Altamirano, Olga Casals Guillen, Cristian Fàbrega Gallego, Juan Daniel Prades García i Andreas Hans Wilhelm Waag Ref. BR112020015129-7. Colour correction (BRAZIL, 24/07/2020 ) . Universitat de Barcelona

Ismael Benito Altamirano, Olga Casals Guillen, Cristian Fàbrega Gallego, Juan Daniel Prades García i Andreas Hans Wilhelm Waag Ref. US16/964946. Colour correction (UNITED STATES, 24/07/2020 ) . Universitat de Barcelona

Ismael Benito Altamirano, Olga Casals Guillen, Cristian Fàbrega Gallego, Juan Daniel Prades García i Andreas Hans Wilhelm Waag Ref. MX/a/2020/007865. Colour correction (MEXICO, 24/07/2020 ) . Universitat de Barcelona

Ismael Benito Altamirano, Olga Casals Guillen, Cristian Fàbrega Gallego, Juan Daniel Prades García i Andreas Hans Wilhelm Waag Ref. IN202017035170. Colour correction (INDIA, 14/08/2020 ) . Universitat de Barcelona