Gabriel Oliver holds a PhD in Physics by the Barcelona Tech (UPC). He is Full Professor in Computer Architecture at the UIB where he is the director of the Systems, Robotics and Vision Group. Since 1987 he has participated in more than 25 R&D funded research projects and contracts, leading more than 20 of them. He has authored more than 125 research publications in computer vision and mobile robotics, and supervised 5 PhD theses (+2 in progress). His current research interests comprise Mobile robot visual guidance; 3D vision, laser and sonar-based motion estimation, localization and mapping. He has taught courses on analog and digital electronics, microcomputer systems, automatic control, industrial and mobile robotics computer vision, perception systems, among others