Rodrigo Verschae

Rodrigo Verschae

Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Robotics and AI Researcher

Selected Publications & Talks

You can find the full list of my articles on my Google Scholar profile.

Talks & Tutorials

Spotlight at Khipu 2025

March 15, 2025

Talk, London School of Testing, Santiago, Chile

Invited spotlight speaker at Khipu, Santiago, Chile, March 2025

Journal Articles

The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Congratulates Our Elevated Senior Members of June 2025

Published in IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, 2025

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Recommended citation: Sakshi Dubey, Kowsalya Vijayan, Changyong Cao, Bo Cheng, Juan Fuente, Fabrizio Sergi, Gautam Nain, Taher Alhabsi, Michael Gleicher, Nikitha Edulakanti, Huazhen Fang, Ashish Ghatge, Irina Rudenko, Shyam Ravindranathan, Stanislav Markovich, Ehsan Yazdi, Tom Carlson, Aleksandr Gorbov, Abdullah Mutawa, Fabio Puglia, Abdul Rahaman, Hector Arismendi, Oscar Espinosa, Luis Castanon, Thiago Sousa, Rodrigo Verschae, Julio Zambrano, A Shali, C Indhumathi, Lydia Edwin, Sushnigdha Gangireddy, Hann Ho, Ayesha Naaz, Umesh Neettiyath, Jinya Su, "The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Congratulates Our Elevated Senior Members of June 2025." IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, 2025.

Orchard sweet cherry color distribution estimation from wireless sensor networks and video-based fruit detection

Published in Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2025

Orchard sweet cherry color distribution estimation from wireless sensor networks and video-based fruit detection

Recommended citation: Luis Cossio-Montefinale, Cristóbal Quiñinao, Rodrigo Verschae, Orchard sweet cherry color distribution estimation from wireless sensor networks and video-based fruit detection, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Volume 235, 2025, 110334, ISSN 0168-1699
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Event-based optical flow: Method categorisation and review of techniques that leverage deep learning

Published in Neurocomputing, 2025

Event-based optical flow: Method categorisation and review of techniques that leverage deep learning

Recommended citation: Robert Guamán-Rivera, Jose Delpiano, Rodrigo Verschae, Event-based optical flow: Method categorisation and review of techniques that leverage deep learning,Neurocomputing,Volume 635,2025,129899,ISSN 0925-2312
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Deep photovoltaic nowcasting

Published in Solar Energy, 2018

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Recommended citation: Jinsong Zhang, Rodrigo Verschae, Shohei Nobuhara, Jean-Francois Lalonde, "Deep photovoltaic nowcasting." Solar Energy, 2018.

Multi-objective optimization for characterization of optical flow methods

Published in International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP 2014), 2014

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Recommended citation: José Delpiano, Luis Pizarro, Rodrigo Verschae, Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, "Multi-objective optimization for characterization of optical flow methods." International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP 2014), 2014.

Play ball!: Robot detection system in the soccer domain

Published in IEEE robotics & automation magazine / IEEE Robotics & Automation Society, 2010

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Recommended citation: J Ruiz-del-Solar, R Verschae, M Arenas, P Loncomilla, "Play ball!: Robot detection system in the soccer domain." IEEE robotics & automation magazine / IEEE Robotics & Automation Society, 2010.

Fuzzy fusion for skin detection

Published in Fuzzy Sets and Systems. An International Journal in Information Science and Engineering, 2007

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Recommended citation: Aureli Soria-Frisch, Rodrigo Verschae, Aitor Olano, "Fuzzy fusion for skin detection." Fuzzy Sets and Systems. An International Journal in Information Science and Engineering, 2007.

Conference Papers

A Multi-View Photometric Stereo Pipeline for Specular 3D Fruit Reconstruction

Published in WACV 2026 Workshop HARVESTVision, 2026

Ariel Zuñiga-Santana, Gabriele Facciolo, Shohei Nobuhara, Rodrigo Verschae, “A Multi-View Photometric Stereo Pipeline for Specular 3D Fruit Reconstruction”, WACV 2026 Workshop HARVESTVision (accepted)

Recommended citation: Ariel Zuñiga-Santana, Gabriele Facciolo, Shohei Nobuhara, Rodrigo Verschae, “A Multi-View Photometric Stereo Pipeline for Specular 3D Fruit Reconstruction”, WACV 2026 Workshop HARVESTVision

A Hybrid Method for Clinical Text Classification Based on Confident Predictions and Regular Expressions

Published in In the proceedings of 2024 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Information and Communication (ICAIIC), 2024

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Recommended citation: Christopher Flores, Rodrigo Verschae, "A Hybrid Method for Clinical Text Classification Based on Confident Predictions and Regular Expressions." In the proceedings of 2024 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Information and Communication (ICAIIC), 2024.

A color event-based camera emulator for robot vision

Published in In the proceedings of Communications in Computer and Information Science, 2024

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Recommended citation: Ignacio Bugueno-Cordova, Miguel Campusano, Robert Guaman-Rivera, Rodrigo Verschae, "A color event-based camera emulator for robot vision." In the proceedings of Communications in Computer and Information Science, 2024.

An Automated Assessment of Early Math Abilities Based on Digital Games

Published in In the proceedings of 2023 11th International Conference on Information and Education Technology (ICIET), 2023

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Recommended citation: Jairo Navarrete-Ulloa, Llery Ponce, Christopher Flores, Rodrigo Verschae, "An Automated Assessment of Early Math Abilities Based on Digital Games." In the proceedings of 2023 11th International Conference on Information and Education Technology (ICIET), 2023.

Smart Technologies in Agriculture

Published in In the proceedings of Encyclopedia of Smart Agriculture Technologies, 2022

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Recommended citation: Rodrigo Verschae, "Smart Technologies in Agriculture." In the proceedings of Encyclopedia of Smart Agriculture Technologies, 2022.

A Sky Image Analysis System for Sub-minute PV Prediction

Published in In the proceedings of 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 2017

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Recommended citation: Rodrigo Verschae, Li Li, Shohei Nobuhara, Takekazu Kato, "A Sky Image Analysis System for Sub-minute PV Prediction." In the proceedings of 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 2017.

A distributed hierarchical architecture for community-based power balancing

Published in In the proceedings of 2014 IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm), 2014

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Recommended citation: Rodrigo Verschae, Hiroaki Kawashima, Takekazu Kato, Takashi Matsuyama, "A distributed hierarchical architecture for community-based power balancing." In the proceedings of 2014 IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm), 2014.

A distributed coordination framework for on-line scheduling and power demand balancing of households communities

Published in In the proceedings of 2014 European Control Conference (ECC), 2014

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Recommended citation: Rodrigo Verschae, Hiroaki Kawashima, Takekazu Kato, Takashi Matsuyama, "A distributed coordination framework for on-line scheduling and power demand balancing of households communities." In the proceedings of 2014 European Control Conference (ECC), 2014.

A Relational Approach to Collaborative Fairness

Published in In the proceedings of 2012 Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems, 2012

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Recommended citation: Mario Köppen, Rodrigo Verschae, Masato Tsuru, "A Relational Approach to Collaborative Fairness." In the proceedings of 2012 Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems, 2012.

A Benchmark for Evaluating Approximated Algorithms for Fair Wireless Channel Allocation

Published in In the proceedings of 2012 Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems, 2012

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Recommended citation: Rodrigo Verschae, Mario Köppen, Masato Tsuru, "A Benchmark for Evaluating Approximated Algorithms for Fair Wireless Channel Allocation." In the proceedings of 2012 Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems, 2012.

MASP: A Multi-attribute Secretary Problem Approach to Multi-objective Optimization with Fair Decision Maker

Published in In the proceedings of 2012 Sixth International Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computing, 2012

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Recommended citation: Mario Köppen, Rodrigo Verschae, Masato Tsuru, "MASP: A Multi-attribute Secretary Problem Approach to Multi-objective Optimization with Fair Decision Maker." In the proceedings of 2012 Sixth International Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computing, 2012.

Comparative Study on Meta-heuristics for Achieving Parabolic Fairness in Wireless Channel Allocation

Published in In the proceedings of 2012 IEEE/IPSJ 12th International Symposium on Applications and the Internet, 2012

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Recommended citation: Mario Köppen, Kaori Yoshida, Rodrigo Verschae, Masato Tsuru, Yuji Oie, "Comparative Study on Meta-heuristics for Achieving Parabolic Fairness in Wireless Channel Allocation." In the proceedings of 2012 IEEE/IPSJ 12th International Symposium on Applications and the Internet, 2012.

A virtual environment tool for benchmarking face analysis systems

Published in In the proceedings of Computer Vision – ECCV 2012. Workshops and Demonstrations, 2012

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Recommended citation: Mauricio Correa, Correa Mauricio, Ruiz-del-Solar Javier, Verschae Rodrigo, "A virtual environment tool for benchmarking face analysis systems." In the proceedings of Computer Vision – ECCV 2012. Workshops and Demonstrations, 2012.

Heuristic Maxmin Fairness for the Wireless Channel Allocation Problem

Published in In the proceedings of 2010 International Conference on Broadband, Wireless Computing, Communication and Applications, 2010

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Recommended citation: Mario Köppen, Rodrigo Verschae, Kaori Yoshida, Masato Tsuru, "Heuristic Maxmin Fairness for the Wireless Channel Allocation Problem." In the proceedings of 2010 International Conference on Broadband, Wireless Computing, Communication and Applications, 2010.

Comparison of Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms for the utilization of fairness in network control

Published in In the proceedings of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2010

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Recommended citation: Mario Köppen, Rodrigo Verschae, Kaori Yoshida, Masato Tsuru, "Comparison of Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms for the utilization of fairness in network control." In the proceedings of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2010.

Coarse-To-Fine Multiclass Nested Cascades for Object Detection

Published in In the proceedings of 2010 20th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 2010

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Recommended citation: Rodrigo Verschae, Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, "Coarse-To-Fine Multiclass Nested Cascades for Object Detection." In the proceedings of 2010 20th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 2010.

User Modeling for Improving QoS Using Partial User-Supplied Information

Published in In the proceedings of 2009 International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems, 2009

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Recommended citation: Rodrigo Verschae, Mario Koeppen, Kaori Yoshida, "User Modeling for Improving QoS Using Partial User-Supplied Information." In the proceedings of 2009 International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems, 2009.

Face recognition using thermal infrared images for Human-Robot Interaction applications: A comparative study

Published in In the proceedings of 2009 6th Latin American Robotics Symposium (LARS 2009), 2009

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Recommended citation: Gabriel Hermosilla, Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, Rodrigo Verschae, Mauricio Correa, "Face recognition using thermal infrared images for Human-Robot Interaction applications: A comparative study." In the proceedings of 2009 6th Latin American Robotics Symposium (LARS 2009), 2009.

Dynamic gesture recognition for human robot interaction

Published in In the proceedings of 2009 6th Latin American Robotics Symposium (LARS 2009), 2009

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Recommended citation: Jong Lee-Ferng, Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, Rodrigo Verschae, Mauricio Correa, "Dynamic gesture recognition for human robot interaction." In the proceedings of 2009 6th Latin American Robotics Symposium (LARS 2009), 2009.

Real-Time Hand Gesture Recognition for Human Robot Interaction

Published in In the proceedings of RoboCup 2009: Robot Soccer World Cup XIII, 2009

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Recommended citation: Mauricio Correa, Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, Rodrigo Verschae, Jong Lee-Ferng, Nelson Castillo, "Real-Time Hand Gesture Recognition for Human Robot Interaction." In the proceedings of RoboCup 2009: Robot Soccer World Cup XIII, 2009.

Gender Classification of Faces Using Adaboost

Published in In the proceedings of Progress in Pattern Recognition, Image Analysis and Applications, 2006

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Recommended citation: Rodrigo Verschae, Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, Mauricio Correa, "Gender Classification of Faces Using Adaboost." In the proceedings of Progress in Pattern Recognition, Image Analysis and Applications, 2006.

Improvement of a face detection system by evolutionary multi-objective optimization

Published in In the proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems (HIS'05), 2005

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Recommended citation: Rodrigo Verschae, Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, Mario Koeppen, Raul Vicente-Garcia, "Improvement of a face detection system by evolutionary multi-objective optimization." In the proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems (HIS'05), 2005.

Characterizing objectionable image content (pornography and nude images) of specific web segments: Chile as a case study

Published in In the proceedings of Third Latin American Web Congress (LA-WEB'2005), 2005

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Recommended citation: J Ruiz-del-Solar, V Castaneda, R Verschae, R Baeza-Yates, F Ortiz, "Characterizing objectionable image content (pornography and nude images) of specific web segments: Chile as a case study." In the proceedings of Third Latin American Web Congress (LA-WEB'2005), 2005.

Robust skin segmentation using neighborhood information

Published in In the proceedings of 2004 International Conference on Image Processing, 2004. ICIP '04., 2004

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Recommended citation: Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, Rodrigo Verschae, "Robust skin segmentation using neighborhood information." In the proceedings of 2004 International Conference on Image Processing, 2004. ICIP '04., 2004.

Skin detection using neighborhood information

Published in In the proceedings of Sixth IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, 2004. Proceedings., 2004

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Recommended citation: Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, Rodrigo Verschae, "Skin detection using neighborhood information." In the proceedings of Sixth IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, 2004. Proceedings., 2004.

Real-time tracking of multiple persons

Published in In the proceedings of 12th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, 2003.Proceedings., 2003

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Recommended citation: Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, Alon Shats, Rodrigo Verschae, "Real-time tracking of multiple persons." In the proceedings of 12th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, 2003.Proceedings., 2003.

On the image content of the Chilean Web

Published in In the proceedings of Proceedings of the IEEE/LEOS 3rd International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices (IEEE Cat. No.03EX726), 2003

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Recommended citation: A Jaimes, J Ruiz-del-Solar, R Verschae, D Yaksic, R Baeza-Yates, E Davis, C Castillo, "On the image content of the Chilean Web." In the proceedings of Proceedings of the IEEE/LEOS 3rd International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices (IEEE Cat. No.03EX726), 2003.