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Basics
Name | Pablo García Fernández |
Label | PhD Student |
pablo.garcia.fernandez.at@gmail.com | |
Url | https://pagf188.github.io |
Education
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2022 - 2025 -
2021 - 2022 International Master in Computer Vision
🏛️ University of Santiago de Compostela, Vigo, Coruña, and Porto
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2017 - 2021
Research Experience
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2024 - 2025 Visiting Ph.D. student🏛️ University of Trento (Italy)
Open-Vocabulary object detection on X-ray images
- At Multimedia and Human Understanding Group (MHUG)
- Supervised by Elisa Ricci
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2021 - NOW Research Fellow🏛️ University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Object Detection with Minimal Supervision: From Few-Shot to Open-Vocabulary
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2020 - 2020 Intern🏛️ University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Few-shot object detection
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2020 - 2020
Scholarships and Awards
- 2022FPU Predoctoral Fellowship (Highly Competitive, Spanish Ministry of Universities)
Spanish Ministry of Universities
Awarded to outstanding predoctoral candidates in Spain through a highly competitive national selection process, recognizing exceptional academic and research potential. Total gross amount over 4 years: €62,905.08.
- 2022Extraordinary Master’s Award
University of Santiago de Compostela, Vigo, Coruña, and Porto
Awarded to the top-performing students of the Master's program for outstanding academic achievement and excellence in their field of study.
- 2022Best Master's Thesis Award
University of Santiago de Compostela
Recognizes the best Master's thesis in the university for excellence in research, methodology, and academic contribution.
- 2021Best Bachelor's Thesis Award
University of Santiago de Compostela
Recognizes the best Bachelor's thesis in the university for exceptional research quality and originality.
Publications
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2025 Superpowering Open-Vocabulary Object Detectors for X-ray Vision
In IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2025
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2025 Enhancing few-shot object detection through pseudo-label mining
Image and Vision Computing 154, 105379
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2025 Exploring Open-Vocabulary Models for Category-Free Detection
International Conference on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns (CAIP), 2025
Projects
- 2024 - 2026
AZOR: Search, Location and Rescue of People on Land, and Fire Fighting and Prevention
The project addresses the development of an object detection system with RGB and thermal camera to be run on an FPGA on board a UAV for two use cases: (i) search, location and rescue of people on land; (ii) fire prevention and firefighting.
Teaching
- Automata Theory and Formal Languages
🏛️ University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
- Object-Oriented Programming
🏛️ University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)