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Luis Alberto Chavarría Zamora received a Licentiate degree in Electronics Engineering from the Costa Rica Institute of Technology, Central Campus, Cartago, Costa Rica, in 2017; an M.Sc. degree in Electronics Engineering with a focus on Digital Signal Processing from the same institution in 2019; and a B.S. degree in Computer Science from Universidad Estatal a Distancia, Costa Rica, in 2022. He is currently pursuing a Dr.Eng. degree at the Costa Rica Institute of Technology, Central Campus, Cartago, Costa Rica. He is an Associate Professor in the Computer Engineering Department at the Costa Rica Institute of Technology, Central Campus. His research interests include monocular depth estimation, swarm algorithms, UAV construction, digital signal processing, and signal integrity.
Email: [email protected]
Area of expertise
Computer Vision and 3D Perception; Monocular Depth Estimation; 3D Point Cloud Reconstruction; Machine Learning and Deep Learning; Vision Transformers and Image Segmentation; Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs); Swarm Intelligence and Multi-Agent Systems; Digital Image and Signal Processing; Sensor Fusion and Autonomous Systems.
Education/Academic qualification
Engineering Academic Doctorate, Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
15 Jul 2021 → 5 Dec 2025
Award Date: 10 Mar 2026
Bachelor In Computer Science, Universidad Estatal a Distancia
1 Oct 2018 → 15 Feb 2022
Award Date: 21 Mar 2022
MSc in Electronic Engineering Specialized in DSP
1 Jan 2017 → 31 Dec 2018
Award Date: 7 Mar 2019
Licentiate in Electronic Engineering, Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
1 Feb 2012 → 31 Dec 2016
Award Date: 10 Mar 2017
External positions
Associate Researcher, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
10 May 2024 → 1 Feb 2025
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Evaluación del riesgo vial en entornos escolares: diagnóstico de seguridad vial para los usuarios más vulnerables
Pizarro Marchena, I. (Institutional academic coordinator), Villalobos Rodríguez, A. (Institutional academic collaborator) & Chavarría Zamora, L. A. (Institutional academic collaborator)
1/01/26 → 31/12/27
Project: Research Projects Internally funded › Basic and applied research
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VIDA-TEC: Inferencia de signos vitales por video
Solano Cordero, J. (Institutional academic coordinator), Chavarría Zamora, L. A. (Institutional academic collaborator) & Villegas Lemus, M. (Institutional academic collaborator)
2/01/25 → 31/12/26
Project: Research Projects Internally funded › Basic and applied research
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Transi-TEC: Extracción de señales tridimensionales en señales de tránsito
Solano Cordero, J. (Institutional academic coordinator), Chavarría Zamora, L. A. (Institutional academic collaborator), Villegas Lemus, M. (Institutional academic collaborator), Leitón Jiménez, J. (Institutional academic collaborator) & Barboza Artavia, L. A. (Institutional academic collaborator)
2/01/25 → 31/12/26
Project: Research Projects Internally funded › Basic and applied research
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Tree-TEC: Conteo de árboles con imágenes satélites en Costa Rica
Cordero, J. S. (Institutional academic coordinator), Chavarría Zamora, L. A. (Institutional academic collaborator) & Leitón Jiménez, J. (Institutional academic coordinator)
1/01/25 → 31/12/26
Project: Research Projects Internally funded › Basic and applied research
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GLRTA: Extensión del problema generalizado de aproximación matricial de rango reducido a tensores tridimensionales con aplicaciones al procesamiento de imágenes y videos
Soto-Quiros, P. (Institutional academic coordinator), Chavarría Molina, J. (Institutional academic coordinator), Fallas-Monge, J. J. (Institutional academic coordinator), Chavarría Zamora, L. A. (Institutional academic coordinator), Segura Ugalde , E. (External collaborating researcher ) & Torokhti, A. (Ad honoren)
1/01/24 → 3/07/26
Project: Research Projects Internally funded › Basic and applied research
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Accessible 3D Gaussian Splatting in Google Colab: A Lightweight and Reproducible Pipeline for Environment Reconstruction
Cob-Beirute, D., Chavarria-Zamora, L. & Soto-Quiros, P., 2026, 2026 6th International Conference on Innovative Research in Applied Science, Engineering and Technology, IRASET 2026. Benhala, B., Raihani, A. & Qbadou, M. (eds.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., (2026 6th International Conference on Innovative Research in Applied Science, Engineering and Technology, IRASET 2026).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Ciudades a la Vista: UAVs Autónomos para Mapas 3D sin LiDAR
Chavarría-Zamora, L. A. & Soto-Quirós, P., 7 Apr 2026, In: Revista Tecnología en Marcha.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Digital tool for counting coffee plants and economic study of alternative crops
Richards-Sparks, S., Leitón-Jiménez, J., Barboza-Artavia, L. & Chavarria-Zamora, L., 13 Feb 2026, International Conference on Computer Vision and Image Computing, CVIC 2025. Gomez, L. & Akhtar, Z. (eds.). SPIE, 1407002. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; vol. 14070).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Performance Analysis and Optimization of Eulerian Video Magnification for Vital Signs Estimation in Resource-Constrained Embedded Systems
Cambronero-Ureña, A., Chavarria-Zamora, L., Artavia, L. A. B. & Jiménez, J. L., 2026, 2026 6th International Conference on Innovative Research in Applied Science, Engineering and Technology, IRASET 2026. Benhala, B., Raihani, A. & Qbadou, M. (eds.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., (2026 6th International Conference on Innovative Research in Applied Science, Engineering and Technology, IRASET 2026).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Pointcloudlib: 3D Modeling from Digital Images in Python
Roda, Y. B., Chavarria-Zamora, L. & Soto-Quiros, P., 2026, 2026 6th International Conference on Innovative Research in Applied Science, Engineering and Technology, IRASET 2026. Benhala, B., Raihani, A. & Qbadou, M. (eds.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., (2026 6th International Conference on Innovative Research in Applied Science, Engineering and Technology, IRASET 2026).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review