Diego Gonzalez-Aguilera

Diego González-Aguilera (April 9, 1976, Avila, Spain) 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.

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.

González-Aguilera is the editor-in-chief of the journal Drones, which he founded in 2017. Moreover, he is the founder and president of the GEOCENTER Technology Center. and of ITOS3D Engineering, a USAL spin-off founded in 2014. Together with his colleagues, he demonstrated the potential of geospatial platforms for tackling issues such as wildfires and water quantity management. He also developed a macroscopic method for assessing the quality of welds.

Awards and honors 2006 – Bronze, International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Award 2010 – Technology Transfer Award, The regional government of Castilla y León 2012 – Silver, International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Award 2013 – National Research Award, Spanish Police Foundation. 2014 – International AppCampus Microsoft Award, AppCampus 2015 – Royal Academy of Spain Engineering Award

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