PhD student and researcher in computer vision and deep learning. Experience in collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas, including researchers and experts from Dubai Police, the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, Halliburton, Saudi Aramco, Honeywell, the Air Force Research Laboratory, and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Research interests include:
🛰️ Remote sensing
🌍 Earth observation
🚀 Space exploration
🪐 Planetary science
🧩 Multimodal and multispectral data analysis
🩺 Medical imaging
🔥 News
- May 2026: 🥳 Awarded the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Graduate Student Research Grant.
- Apr 2026: 🚀 Started as Research Collaborator at Fairfield University, USA.
- Mar 2026: 🌟 Nine papers accepted at CVPR Workshops 2026.
- Feb 2026: 🥳 Awarded the “Teresa Mañé” PhD Mobility and Training Grant from the Computer Vision Center, Spain.
- Feb 2026: 🏆 Received the “Research Excellence Recognition” from MSIAU Research Group at Computer Vision Center, Spain.
- Jan 2026: 🌟 Three papers accepted at WACV Workshops 2026.
- Nov 2025: 🎪 Organizing committee member, 22nd IEEE/CVF PBVS Workshop at CVPR 2026.
- Oct 2025: 🏆 Received the “Research Excellence Recognition” from MSIAU Research Group at Computer Vision Center, Spain.
- Jul 2025: 🌟 Featured in the IEEE GRSS Student Member Spotlight.
- Jan 2025: 🚀 Started as Research Associate at the University of Texas at Arlington, USA.
- Dec 2023: 🎓 Arrived in Spain and officially started my PhD!!!
- Sep 2023: 🚀 Started as Research Engineer at Kauel Inc., Silicon Valley, USA.
- Jun 2023: 📜 Earned my B.Sc. degree in Information Technology Engineering!
- Mar 2023: 🚀 Started as Trainee Engineer at Kauel Inc., Silicon Valley, USA.
- Jan 2023: 🚀 Started as Research Assistant at Yachay Tech University, Ecuador.
- Feb 2022: 🚀 Started as Research Intern at TALOV Inc., USA.
- Jan 2018: 🎓 Started my B.Sc. in Information Technology Engineering at Yachay Tech University, Ecuador.
📝 Publications
Journals
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Multi-encoder ConvNeXt Network with Smooth Attentional Feature Fusion for Multispectral Semantic Segmentation. Neurocomputing 2026.
L. T. Ramos, A. D. Sappa.
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A Decade of You Only Look Once (YOLO) for Object Detection: A Review. IEEE Access 2025.
L. T. Ramos, A. D. Sappa.
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Leveraging U-Net and Selective Feature Extraction for Land Cover Classification Using Remote Sensing Imagery. Scientific Reports 2025.
L. T. Ramos, A. D. Sappa.
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A Comprehensive Analysis of YOLO Architectures for Tomato Leaf Disease Identification. Scientific Reports 2025.
L. T. Ramos, A. D. Sappa.
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Multispectral Semantic Segmentation for Land Cover Classification: An Overview. IEEE JSTARS 2024.
L. T. Ramos, A. D. Sappa.
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A Study of ConvNeXt Architectures for Enhanced Image Captioning. IEEE Access 2024.
L. T. Ramos, E. Casas, C. Romero, F. Rivas-Echeverría, M. E. Morocho-Caymacela.
Conferences
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A Parameter-efficient Convolutional Approach for Camouflaged Weed Detection in Multispectral Aerial Imagery. CVPR Workshops 2026.
L. T. Ramos, A. D. Sappa.
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Bi-CamoDiffusion: A Boundary-informed Diffusion Approach for Camouflaged Object Detection. CVPR Workshops 2026.
P. Suárez, L. T. Ramos, A. D. Sappa.
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MMLSv2: A Multimodal Dataset for Martian Landslide Detection in Remote Sensing Imagery. CVPR Workshops 2026.
S. Paheding, A. Reyes-Angulo, L. T. Ramos, A. D. Sappa, A. Rajaneesh, H. P. B., K. S. Kumar, T. Oommen.
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1st Mars Landslide Segmentation Challenge - PBVS 2026. CVPR Workshops 2026.
L. T. Ramos, A. Reyes-Angulo, S. Paheding, A. D. Sappa.
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5th Multi-modal Aerial View Imagery Challenge: Classification - PBVS 2026. CVPR Workshops 2026.
L. T. Ramos, J. Wheelwright, O. Nina, A. D. Sappa.
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4th Multi-modal Aerial View Imagery Challenge: Translation - PBVS 2026. CVPR Workshops 2026.
L. T. Ramos, J. Wheelwright, O. Nina, A. D. Sappa.
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1st Hyperspectral Image Super-Resolution Challenge - PBVS 2026. CVPR Workshops 2026.
T. De Kerf, R. E. Rivadeneira, L. T. Ramos, A. D. Sappa, S. Vanlanduit.
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2nd Thermal Pedestrian Multiple Object Tracking Challenge - PBVS 2026. CVPR Workshops 2026.
W. El Ahmar, L. T. Ramos, A. D. Sappa, R. Hammoud.
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7th Thermal Image Super-Resolution Challenge - PBVS 2026. CVPR Workshops 2026.
R. E. Rivadeneira, A. D. Sappa, L. T. Ramos, R. Hammoud, S. Wu, H. Zhong, Y. Wang, S. Zhao, D. Fan, Z. Li, X. Tang.
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Exploring Diffusion-generated Guidance for Thermal Image Super-resolution. WACV Workshops 2026.
L. T. Ramos, A. D. Sappa.
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K-Vehicles: A Remote Sensing Dataset for Vehicle Detection in Aerial Imagery. WACV Workshops 2026.
L. T. Ramos, E. Casas, C. Romero, F. Rivas-Echeverría.
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CARLA-Haze: A Synthetic Benchmark for Outdoor Image Dehazing. WACV Workshops 2026.
H. O. Velesaca, L. T. Ramos, A. D. Sappa.
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Dual-Branch ConvNeXt-Based Network with Attentional Fusion Decoding for Land Cover Classification Using Multispectral Imagery. IEEE SoutheastCon 2025.
L. T. Ramos, A. D. Sappa.
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Success Cases and Lessons Learned After 20 Years of Oilfield Digitalization Efforts. SPE ATCE 2024.
L. Saputelli, J. Duran, F. Rivas, E. Casas, L. T. Ramos, C. Bravo, A. Chacon, C. Temizel, S. Mubarak, J. Chacon, A. Escorcia, M. Elred, S. Diaz, A. Yrigoyen, G. Moricca, M. Querales, C. Lopez.
🎖 Honors and Awards
- 2026: Research Excellence Recognition, Computer Vision Center, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
- 2025: Research Excellence Recognition, Kauel Inc., Silicon Valley, USA
- 2025: Research Excellence Recognition, Computer Vision Center, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
- 2025: Research Excellence Recognition, Yachay Tech University, Ecuador
- 2019-2023: Undergraduate Scholarship, Yachay Tech University, Ecuador
💼 Experience
- Apr 2026 - Present, Fairfield University (USA), Research Collaborator. Supervisor: Sidike Paheding, PhD
- Sep 2023 - Present, Kauel Inc. (USA), Research Engineer (part-time).
- Jan 2025 - Dec 2025, University of Texas at Arlington (USA), Research Associate. Supervisor: Francklin Rivas-Echeverría, PhD
- Mar 2023 - Aug 2023, Kauel Inc. (USA), Trainee Engineer. Supervisor: Edmundo Casas, CEO, Kauel
- Jan 2023 - Mar 2023, Yachay Tech University (Ecuador), Research Assistant. Supervisors: Francklin Rivas-Echeverría, PhD and Eugenio Morocho, PhD
- Feb 2022 - Sep 2022, TALOV Inc. (USA), Research Intern. Supervisor: Hugo Jácome-Andrade, CEO, TALOV
📖 Education
- Dec 2023 - Present, PhD in Computer Science, Computer Vision Center, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. Advisor: Angel D. Sappa, PhD
- Jan 2018 - Jun 2023, B.Sc. in Information Technology Engineering, Yachay Tech University, Ecuador
💰 Grants and Funded Projects
- May 2026 - Present, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Graduate Student Research Grant, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, USA
- Mar 2026 - Present, “Teresa Mañé” PhD Mobility and Training Grant, Computer Vision Center, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
- Sep 2025 - Sep 2028, Scene-aware Processing and Integration for Digital Environment Representations (SPI-DER), Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain
- Jul 2024 - Jul 2028, Advancing Camouflaged Object Detection with a Cost-Effective Cross-Spectral Vision System (ACOD-CS), Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), USA
📋 Academic Service
- Workshop organization: 22nd IEEE/CVF PBVS Workshop (CVPR 2026) – Organizing Committee Member, Challenge Co-chair
- Conference reviewer: CVPR (2025, 2026), NeurIPS (2024)
- Journal reviewer: IEEE TGRS, ISPRS P&RS, IEEE OJ-CS, Pattern Recognition, Pattern Recognition Letters, Medical Image Analysis, Neurocomputing, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, IEEE TSMC
🌐 Languages
- Spanish: Native
- English: Advanced
- Italian: Elementary
- Catalan: Beginner