Diego González-Aguilera

Diego González-Aguilera
OccupationsGeodesy and cartography engineer and an academic
Academic background
EducationBSc., Surveying Engineering
BSc., Geodesy and Cartography Engineering
Ph.D., Photogrammetry and Computer Vision
Alma materUniversity of Salamanca
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Salamanca

Diego González-Aguilera (April 9, 1976) is a full professor of the University of Salamanca (Spain), as well as the head of the Department of Cartographic and Land Engineering at the same university and president of the International Center for Geospatial Industry and GeoInformatics.

González-Aguilera's research has focused on democratization and popularization of photogrammetry, computer vision, and geospatial intelligence in different fields and domains of engineering, including security and health applications. He received the 2015 Royal Academy of Engineering award for his contributions in the field of cartography and geodesy, specifically in computer vision, photogrammetry, and 3D reconstruction from images.

Education

González-Aguilera received his education at the University of Salamanca, completing his Bachelor's in Surveying Engineering in 1999 and Geodesy and Cartographic Engineering in 2001. Afterwards, he completed a Ph.D. in Photogrammetry and Computer Vision in 2005.[1]

Career

González-Aguilera has held academic, administrative, and professional appointments throughout his career. He has been a full professor at the University of Salamanca since 2017. He is also the director of the Department of Cartographic and Land Engineering at the Higher Polytechnic School of Ávila and the PhD Program in Geotechnologies at the University of Salamanca.[2]

González-Aguilera is the editor-in-chief of the journal Drones,[3] which he founded in 2017.[2] He also developed Sv3DVISION, a software focusing on 3D reconstruction and dimensional analysis from a single view.[4] Moreover, he is the founder and president of the GEOCENTER Technology Center.[2] He is also the head of the TIDOP research group,[5] and of ITOS3D Engineering, a USAL spin-off founded in 2014.[2]

Research

González-Aguilera's work has primarily focused on photogrammetry and computer vision. In the security field, he ran energy analyses for the necessary expert reports and the reconstruction of road accidents, especially those with serious damage and consequences.[6] He also utilized geospatial techniques to quickly and efficiently allow for the reconstruction of crime scenes using 3D point cloud data.[7] Together with his colleagues, he demonstrated the potential of geospatial platforms for tackling issues such as wildfires[8] and water quantity management.[9] He also developed a macroscopic method for assessing the quality of welds.[10]

Awards and honors

Selected articles

  • González-Aguilera, D.; Rodriguez-Gonzalvez, P.; Armesto, J.; Lagüela, S. (2012). "Novel approach to 3D thermography and energy efficiency evaluation". Energy and Buildings. 54: 436–443. Bibcode:2012EneBu..54..436G. doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.07.023.
  • González-Aguilera, D.; Lagüela, S.; Rodríguez-Gonzálvez, P.; Hernández-López, D. (2013). "Image-based thermographic modeling for assessing energy efficiency of buildings façades". Energy and Buildings. 65: 29–36. Bibcode:2013EneBu..65...29G. doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.05.040.
  • Holgado-Barco, Alberto; González-Aguilera, Diego; Arias-Sanchez, Pedro; Martinez-Sanchez, Joaquin (2015). "Semiautomatic Extraction of Road Horizontal Alignment from a Mobile LiDAR System". Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. 30 (3): 217–228. doi:10.1111/mice.12087.
  • Zancajo-Blazquez, Sandra; Laguela-Lopez, Susana; Gonzalez-Aguilera, Diego; Martinez-Sanchez, Joaquin (2015). "Segmentation of Indoor Mapping Point Clouds Applied to Crime Scenes Reconstruction". IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 10 (7): 1350–1358. Bibcode:2015ITIF...10.1350Z. doi:10.1109/TIFS.2015.2407699.
  • Morales, Alejandro; Gonzalez-Aguilera, Diego; Gutiérrez, Miguel; López, Alfonso (2015). "Energy Analysis of Road Accidents Based on Close-Range Photogrammetry". Remote Sensing. 7 (11): 15161–15178. Bibcode:2015RemS....715161M. doi:10.3390/rs71115161.
  • Holgado-Barco, Alberto; Riveiro, Belén; González-Aguilera, Diego; Arias, Pedro (2017). "Automatic Inventory of Road Cross-Sections from Mobile Laser Scanning System". Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. 32 (1): 3–17. doi:10.1111/mice.12213.
  • Sáez Blázquez, Cristina; Borge-Diez, David; Martín Nieto, Ignacio; Farfán Martín, Arturo; González-Aguilera, Diego (2021). "Multi-parametric evaluation of electrical, biogas and natural gas geothermal source heat pumps". Renewable Energy. 163: 1682–1691. Bibcode:2021REne..163.1682B. doi:10.1016/j.renene.2020.10.080.

References

  1. ^ "Diego González-Aguilera". ieee.org. Retrieved October 24, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d "Diego González-Aguilera" (PDF). tidop.usal.es. Retrieved November 12, 2025.
  3. ^ "Editorial Board – Drones". MDPI Drones. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
  4. ^ Gonzalez-Aguilera, Diego; Gomez-Lahoz, Javier (June 2008). "From 2D TO 3D Through Modelling Based On A Single Image". The Photogrammetric Record. 23 (122): 208–227. Bibcode:2008PgRec..23..208G. doi:10.1111/j.1477-9730.2008.00482.x.
  5. ^ "GIR TECNOLOGÍAS DE LA INFORMACIÓN PARA LA DOCUMENTACIÓN DEL PATRIMONIO (TIDOP): Grupos de investigación - Universidad de Salamanca". produccioncientifica.usal.es. Retrieved October 24, 2025.
  6. ^ Oniga, Valeria; Loghin, Ana-Maria; Păun, Daniela (2016). "Crashed Vehicle Profile Creation Based on Digital Close-Range Photogrametry". World Journal of Engineering Research and Technology. 2 (4): 16–29 – via ResearchGate.
  7. ^ Benevento, Marcello; Ambrosi, Laura (2023). "Establishing the Manner of Death: A 3D Reconstruction of a Case of Hanging". Forensic Sciences. 3 (4): 582–591. doi:10.3390/forensicsci3040042.
  8. ^ Mowla, Md. Najmul; Asadi, Davood; Masum, Shamsul; Rabie, Khaled (2025). "Adaptive Hierarchical Multi-Headed Convolutional Neural Network With Modified Convolutional Block Attention for Aerial Forest Fire Detection". IEEE Access. 13: 3412–3433. Bibcode:2025IEEEA..13.3412M. doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3524320.
  9. ^ Taramelli, Andrea; Tornato, Antonella; Magliozzi, Maria Lucia; Mariani, Stefano; Valentini, Emiliana; Zavagli, Massimo; Costantini, Mario; Nieke, Jens; Adams, Jennifer; Rast, Michael (18 April 2020). "An Interaction Methodology to Collect and Assess User-Driven Requirements to Define Potential Opportunities of Future Hyperspectral Imaging Sentinel Mission". Remote Sensing. 12 (8): 1286. Bibcode:2020RemS...12.1286T. doi:10.3390/rs12081286.
  10. ^ Kahmen, Oliver; Luhmann, Thomas (March 2022). "Monocular Photogrammetric System for 3D Reconstruction of Welds in Turbid Water". PFG – Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science. 90 (1): 19–35. Bibcode:2022JPRSG..90...19K. doi:10.1007/s41064-022-00191-2.
  11. ^ "ISPRS - CATCON". International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS). Retrieved October 24, 2025.
  12. ^ "Premio Transferencia de Tecnología de Castilla y León". TIDOP – University of Salamanca. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
  13. ^ "CATCON 6 – ISPRS Computer Assisted Teaching Contest at the 2012 Melbourne Congress". International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS). Retrieved October 24, 2025.
  14. ^ "RESOLUCIÓN DE LOS PREMIOS DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE LA POLICÍA ESPAÑOLA 2012 – 2013 – FUNDACIÓN POLICÍA ESPAÑOLA". fundacionpoliciaespañola.es. Retrieved October 24, 2025.
  15. ^ "USAL's TIDOP Research Group and the Mobility Innovation Center Receive an International Award within the Microsoft-AppCampus Competition". TIDOP – University of Salamanca. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
  16. ^ "Premios Jóvenes Investigadores 2015". Real Academia de Ingeniería de España. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
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