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Research interests
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]
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 -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
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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Transi-TEc: 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)
2/01/25 → 31/12/26
Project: Research Projects Internally funded › Basic and applied research
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Vida-TEc: 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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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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VIPro-TEC: Desarrollo de una Tecnología basada en Procesamiento de Video e Imágenes Orientada Para Vehículos Autónomos Bajo Condiciones de Visión No Ideales
Soto-Quiros, P. (Institutional academic coordinator), Chavarría Zamora, L. A. (Institutional academic coordinator), Barboza Artavia, L. A. (Institutional academic coordinator), Leitón Jiménez, J. (Institutional academic coordinator) & Watson Hernández, F. (Institutional academic coordinator)
1/07/22 → 30/06/24
Project: Research Projects Internally funded › Basic and applied research
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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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Proceso de percepción de los alrededores de sistemas UAV en entornos urbanos
Chavarría-Zamora, L. A. & Soto-Quiros, P., 6 Mar 2026, In: Revista Tecnología en Marcha. 39, Especial, p. 310-324 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Anthracnose identification in flowering and not in flowering coffee plantations with self-supervised and supervised learning
Barrios-Campos, I., Richards-Sparks, S., Leiton-Jimenez, J., Barboza-Artavia, L., Chavarria-Zamora, L. & Fernandez-Gonzalez, J., 2025, 2025 7th International Conference on Internet of Things, Automation and Artificial Intelligence, IoTAAI 2025. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 9-14 6 p. (2025 7th International Conference on Internet of Things, Automation and Artificial Intelligence, IoTAAI 2025).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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A proposal for monocular depth estimation in non-ideal viewing conditions for point cloud extraction
Chavarria-Zamora, L., Barboza-Artavia, L., Leitón-Jiménez, J. & Soto-Quirós, P., 2025, 2025 5th International Conference on Innovative Research in Applied Science, Engineering and Technology, IRASET 2025. Benhala, B., Raihani, A., Qbadou, M. & Boukili, B. (eds.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., (2025 5th International Conference on Innovative Research in Applied Science, Engineering and Technology, IRASET 2025).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Automated coffee plant detection and counting system using machine learning
Garcia-Downing, G., Leiton-Jimenez, J., Barboza-Artavia, L. & Chavarria-Zamora, L., 2025, 2025 7th International Conference on Internet of Things, Automation and Artificial Intelligence, IoTAAI 2025. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 15-23 9 p. (2025 7th International Conference on Internet of Things, Automation and Artificial Intelligence, IoTAAI 2025).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review