Pablo San Segundo

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Pablo San Segundo is a leading researcher in combinatorial optimization and robotics, whose work bridges the gap between theoretical algorithms and practical autonomous systems. His primary research areas include maximum clique problems (MCP), simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), and GPU-accelerated robotics. San Segundo’s most significant contribution is the development of a new branch-and-bound algorithm for the maximum edge-weighted clique problem (2019, 29 citations), which advanced the state of the art in solving complex graph-based optimization tasks. He also pioneered robust data association methods for mobile robotics, introducing a sparse bit-optimized maximum clique algorithm (2013, 26 citations) that efficiently handles correspondence graphs in real-time localization. His earlier work on bit-parallel MCP solvers (2008, 25 citations) provided fast exact feature-based data correspondence search, while his Dual FastSLAM framework (2008, 13 citations) offered a novel factorization of particle filters for SLAM. Notably, San Segundo explored the use of graphical processing units (GPUs) for robotic map building (2013, 8 citations), demonstrating how massively parallel computing can accelerate 2-D mapping. His research has earned over 100 citations, reflecting its impact on both algorithmic theory and practical robotics applications.

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1. 1
   A new branch-and-bound algorithm for the maximum edge-weighted clique problem

   29 citations · 2019
2. 2
   Robust Global Feature Based Data Association With a Sparse Bit Optimized Maximum Clique Algorithm

   26 citations · 2013
3. 3
   Fast exact feature based data correspondence search with an efficient bit-parallel MCP solver

   25 citations · 2008
4. 4
   Dual FastSLAM: Dual Factorization of the Particle Filter Based Solution of the Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Problem

   13 citations · 2008
5. 5
   GPU-Mapping: Robotic Map Building with Graphical Multiprocessors

   8 citations · 2013
6. 6
   DUAL OF THE FACTORED SOLUTION TO THE SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING PROBLEM

   3 citations · 2007
7. 7
   EFFICIENT GLOBAL LOCALIZATION BY SEARCHING A BIT-ENCODED GRAPH

   3 citations · 2007
8. 8
   Arquitectura de integración basada en Servicios Web para sistemas heterogéneos y distribuidos: aplicación a robots móviles interactivos

   2 citations · 2012
9. 9
   Fast Processing of Grid Maps using Graphical Multiprocessors

   2 citations · 2010

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