Kebin Andrés Contreras, a physicist and master’s student in Bioengineering at the University of Cauca, had an outstanding participation in the European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV) 2024, the largest and most important event in the field of computer vision worldwide. This prestigious biennial conference brought together experts and researchers from around the globe in Milan, Italy, from September 28 to October 4, to share their latest advancements in Computer Vision and Machine Learning.

In this edition, two of Kebin Contreras’s papers were accepted for presentation in the ECCV workshops. The first, titled “High Dynamic Range Modulo Imaging for Robust Object Detection in Autonomous Driving”, was awarded the prestigious Best Paper Award, recognizing the excellence and impact of his research in the field.

“This work presents the use of modulo sensors for robust object detection. The modulo sensor allows pixels to ‘reset/wrap’ upon reaching saturation by capturing an irradiance-encoded image, which can then be recovered using unwrapping algorithms. The reconstruction techniques applied enable HDR recovery of color intensity and image details, ensuring improved visual quality even under extreme lighting conditions, albeit at the cost of additional processing time,” reads the abstract of the research paper.