Ricardo Pizarro

PhD Student

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ricardo.pizarroc@edu.uah.es

Madrid, Spain

I am a PhD student at the Robotics and eSafety Research Group at the University of Alcalá, Spain. My research interests include computer vision, deep learning, and HMI. Currently, I am focused on developing vision models for distracted driver activity classification. I am working under the guidance of Prof. Luis M. Bergasa and Prof. Luis Baumela.

Research Interests

  • Computer Vision
  • Deep Learning
  • Human-Machine Interaction

news

May 5, 2023 Starting my PhD at the Robotics and eSafety Research Group at the University of Alcalá, Spain.

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selected publications

  1. SV-TAD: Native Sparse Convolutions for Efficient Multitask Video Understanding
    Ricardo Pizarro, Roberto Valle, José M. Buenaposada, and 2 more authors
    In European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), 2026
  2. ADA-SEL: Unifying Efficient Training and Inference for Video Temporal Action Detection
    Ricardo Pizarro, Roberto Valle, José M. Buenaposada, and 2 more authors
    Image and Vision Computing, 2026
    Under review
  3. PO-GUISE+: Pose and Object Guided Transformer Token Selection for Efficient Driver Action Recognition
    Ricardo Pizarro, Roberto Valle, Rafael Barea, and 3 more authors
    IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2026
  4. Pose-guided token selection for the recognition of activities of daily living
    Ricardo Pizarro, Roberto Valle, José M. Buenaposada, and 2 more authors
    Image and Vision Computing, 2025
  5. DRVMon-VM: Distracted driver recognition using large pre-trained video transformers
    Ricardo Pizarro, Luis M. Bergasa, Luis Baumela, and 2 more authors
    In Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 2024