Gloria Bueno Garcia - Learning Image Processing with OpenCV

Gloria Bueno Garca holds a PhD in machine vision from Coventry University, UK. She has experience working as the principal researcher in several research centers, such as UMR 7005 research unit CNRS/ Louis Pasteur Univ. Strasbourg (France), Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon Technology (UK), and CEIT San Sebastian (Spain). She is the author of two patents, one registered type of software, and more than 100 refereed papers. Her interests are in 2D/3D multimodality image processing and artificial intelligence. She leads the VISILAB research group at the University of Castilla-La Mancha. She has coauthored a book on OpenCV programming for mobile devices: OpenCV essentials , Packt Publishing .

This is dedicated to our sons for the time we have not been able to play with them and our parents for their unconditional support during our lifetime. Thanks from Gloria and Oscar.

Oscar Deniz Suarez 's research interests are mainly focused on computer vision and pattern recognition. He is the author of more than 50 refereed papers in journals and conferences. He received the runner-up award for the best PhD work on computer vision and pattern recognition by AERFAI and the Image File and Reformatting Software Challenge Award by Innocentive Inc. He has been a national finalist for the 2009 Cor Baayen award. His work is used by cutting-edge companies, such as Existor, Gliif, Tapmedia, E-Twenty, and others, and has also been added to OpenCV. Currently, he works as an associate professor at the University of Castilla-La Mancha and contributes to VISILAB. He is a senior member of IEEE and is affiliated with AAAI, SIANI, CEA-IFAC, AEPIA, and AERFAI-IAPR. He serves as an academic editor of the PLoS ONE journal. He has been a visiting researcher at Carnegie Mellon University, Imperial College London, and Leica Biosystems. He has coauthored two books on OpenCV previously.

Jos Luis Espinosa Aranda holds a PhD in computer science from the University of Castilla-La Mancha. He has been a finalist for Certamen Universitario Arqumedes de Introduccin a la Investigacin cientfica in 2009 for his final degree project in Spain. His research interests involve computer vision, heuristic algorithms, and operational research. He is currently working at the VISILAB group as an assistant researcher and developer in computer vision topics.

This is dedicated to my parents and my brothers.

Jesus Salido Tercero gained his electrical engineering degree and PhD (1996) from Universidad Politcnica de Madrid (Spain). He then spent 2 years (1997 and 1998) as a visiting scholar at the Robotics Institute (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA), working on cooperative multirobot systems. Since his return to the Spanish University of Castilla-La Mancha, he spends his time teaching courses on robotics and industrial informatics, along with research on vision and intelligent systems. Over the last 3 years, his efforts have been directed to develop vision applications on mobile devices. He has coauthored a book on OpenCV programming for mobile devices.

This is dedicated to those to whom I owe all I am: my parents, Sagrario and Maria.

Ismael Serrano Gracia received his degree in computer science in 2012 from the University of Castilla-La Mancha. He got the highest marks for his final degree project on person detection. This application uses depth cameras with OpenCV libraries. Currently, he is a PhD candidate at the same university, holding a research grant from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Research. He is also working at the VISILAB group as an assistant researcher and developer on different computer vision topics.

This is dedicated to my parents, who have given me the opportunity of education and have supported me throughout my life. It is also dedicated to my supervisor, Dr. Oscar Deniz, who has been a friend, guide, and helper. Finally, it is dedicated to my friends and my girlfriend, who have always helped me and believed that I could do this.

Noelia Vllez Enano has liked computers since her childhood, though she didn't have one before her mid-teens. In 2009, she finished her studies in computer science at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, where she graduated with top honors. She started working at the VISILAB group through a project on mammography CAD systems and electronic health records. Since then, she has obtained a master's degree in physics and mathematics and has enrolled for a PhD degree. Her work involves using image processing and pattern recognition methods. She also likes teaching and working in other areas of artificial intelligence.