Computer Science and Engineering

Computer Science and Engineering is a peer-reviewed journal that deals with all aspects of computer science. It publishes articles which contribute new theoretical results in all areas of the foundations of computer science. Papers reporting original research and innovative applications from all parts of the world are welcome.

Fernando J. Aguilar

Editorial Board Member of Computer Science and Engineering

Assistant Professor, Universidad de Almería, Spain

Research Areas

Advanced Digital Cartographic Production and its Integration and Exploitation Under GIS Environments, Geomatic Engineering, Remote Sensing and Digital Image Segmentation and Classification, Reverse Engineering and Close-Range Photogrammetry, CAD-CAE Techn

Education

1997Ph.DUniversity of Cordoba

Experience

presentAssistant Professor, Universidad de Almería

Membership

Member, Spanish Institution of Chartered Agricultural Engineers, 1993‐present
Member, Spanish Society of Graphic Engineering, 1996‐present. Currently the delegate of this society at Almeria University Campus

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums/Journals/Books

[1]  Aguilar, F.J., Agüera, F., Aguilar, M.A., Carvajal, F., Sánchez, P. Quality of grid Digital Elevation Models. Analisys and mdelling. XIII ADM‐XV INGEGRAF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TOOLS AND METHODS EVOLUTION IN ENGINEERING DESIGN. Napoli, Italy. June 2003.
[2]  Sánchez‐Hermosilla, J., Medina, R., Aguilar, F.J. The measurement of multiple spray deposit y sequential application of food dye tracers. International Conference on Agricultural Engineering. AGENG 2004. Leuven (Belgium), 2004.
[3]  Aguilar, F.J., Agüera, F., Aguilar, M.A., Carvajal, F. Modelling the effect of the number of check points in the accuracy assessment of digital elevation models. XXII International Cartographic Conference (ICC2005). A Coruña (Spain), July 2005.
[4]  Aguilar, F.J., Aguilar, M.A., Carvajal, F., Agüera, F. An integrated model to estimate the accuracy of digital orthoimages from VHRSI. ISPRS Commission I Symposium "From sensor to imagery". International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. VOLUME XXXVI, PART 1. Paris (France), July 2006.
[5]  Aguilar, M.A., Aguilar, F.J., Carvajal, F., Agüera, F. Geometric accuracy of IKONOS Geo Panchromatic Orthoimage products. ISPRS Commission I Symposium "From sensor to imagery". International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. VOLUME XXXVI, PART 1. Paris (France), July 2006.
[6]  Carvajal, F., Crisanto, E., Aguilar, F.J., Aguilar, M.A., Agüera, F. Greenhouses detection using artificial neural network with a very high resolution satellite image. ISPRS Commission II Symposium "Theory and Concepts of Spatio‐Temporal Data Handling and Information". International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. VOLUME XXXVI, PART 2. Vienna (Austria), July 2006.
[7]  Parra, S., Aguilar, F.J., Calatrava, J. Increased producer and consumer preoccupation with environment economic internalization of greenhouse vegetal waste impact in Almerian horticulture. I Mediterranean Conference of agro‐food social scientists. Barcelona (Spain), April 2007.
[8]  Aguilar, F.J., Mills, J.P., Aguilar, M.A., Agüera, F., Carvajal, F. A methodological proposal for the evaluation of LiDAR derived elevation models accuracy. Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society 2007. Newcastle, UK, September 2007.
[9]  Aguilar, M.A., Aguilar, F.A., Agüera, F., Carvajal, F. Comparison of two commercial solutions for generating DSMs from QuickBird stereo. Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society 2007. Newcastle, UK, September 2007.
[10]  Agüera, F., Carvajal, F., Aguilar, F.J., Aguilar, M.A. Optimizing sample size to measure the accuracy of land cover classification. Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society 2007. Newcastle, UK, September 2007.
[11]  Carvajal, F., Agüera, F., Aguilar, F.J., Aguilar, M.A. Influence of atmospheric correction on greenhouse detection from QuickBird images. Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society 2007. Newcastle, UK, September 2007.
[12]  Parra, S., Aguilar, F.J. Organic Waste Integral Management in the Protected Horticulture of Almería (Spain): Optimal Location for a Treatment Plant Determined by GIS. International Symposium on Strategies towards Sustainability of Protected Cultivation on Mild Winter Climate. Antalya, Turkey, April 2008.
[13]  Negreiros, J., Painho, M., Costa, C., Cabral, P., Aguilar, F.J. The local confidence uncertainty plume of SAKWeb. Sixth International Conference on. Computer Simulation Risk Analysis. and Hazard Mitigation. Cephalonia, Greece, May 2008.
[14]  Aguilar, M.A., Aguilar, F.J., Negreiros, J. Photogrammetric Techniques for the Automatic DEM Generation of the Micro‐relief of Agricultural Soils, 20th International Congress of Computer Graphics, Valencia, Spain, June 2008.
[15]  Negreiros, J., Damásio, M., Painho, M., Oliveira, T., Aguilar, F.J., Aguilar, M.A. Grasshopper Outbreaks in Colorado: A Spatial Decision Support with SAKWeb©, Third Iberia Conference of IT, Manuel Pérez Cota (Ed.), Vol II, pp. 811‐824, ISBN 978‐84‐612‐4474‐4, Ourense, Spain, June 2008.
[16]  Aguilar, M.A., Pozo, J., Aguilar, F.J., Hermosilla, J., Páez, F., Negreiros, J.: 3D Surface Modelling of Tomato Plants Using Close‐Range Photogrammetry. The XXI Congress of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), Commission V (Industrial Vision Metrology and Applications), Beijing, China, July 2008.
[17]  Negreiros, J., Painho, M., Oliveira, T., Aguilar, M.A., Aguilar, F.J. Synopsis of an Internet Spatial (Decision Support) Prototype. International Conference on e‐Learning, e‐Business and e‐Government, Hamid Arabnia and Azita Bahrami (Eds), ISBN 1‐60132‐063‐9, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, July 2008.
[18]  Vaz, M., Aires, S., Negreiros, J., Aguilar, F.J., Aguilar, M.A. X3D for geo‐referenced information. E‐activity and leading technologies 2008 (IASK International Conference). Proceedings of the IASK International Conferences "E‐activity and leading technologies 2008", Mario Muñoz and Pedro Cravo (Eds.), ISBN 978‐989‐95806‐3‐3, Madrid, Spain, December 2008.
[19]  Negreiros, J., Painho, P., Aguilar, M.A., Aguilar, F.J. The blended Kriging version of SAKWeb©. XVI Portuguese Conference of Classification and Data Analysis. JOCLAD Proceedings, pp. 165‐167. Faro, Portugal, 2009.
[20]  Aguilar, F.J., Mills, J.P., Delgado, J., Aguilar, M.A., Negreiros, J.G., Pérez, J.L., Mata, E. Modeling gridding error on LiDAR‐derived digital elevation models. Congreso Internacional Conjunto XXI Ingegraf XVII ADM. Proceedings del Congreso Internacional Conjunto XXI Ingegraf-XVII ADM, Lugo, Spain, 10‐12 June 2009, cd‐rom.
[21]  Negreiros, J., Painho, M., Aguilar, F.J., Aguilar, M.A. Interactivity with static images in a Web environment. IASK International Conference E‐Activity and Leading Technologies. In Proceedings of the IASK International Conferences. E‐Activity and Leading Technologies & InterTIC 2009, P. Soto y P. Cravo (Eds.), pp. 167‐168. Sevilla, Spain, 2009.
[22]  Aguilar, M.A., Pozo, J.L., Aguilar, F.J., García Lorca, A.M., Fernández, I., Negreiros, J.G., Sánchez‐Hermosilla, J. Application of close‐range photogrammetry and digital photography analysis for the estimation of leaf area índex in a greenhouse tomato culture. ISPRS Commission V Symposium ″Close‐Range Sensing: Analysis & Applications″. The International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. Vol. XXXVIII (part 5). Editors: Mills, J. P., Barber, D. M., Miller, P.E. and Newton, I. pp. 5‐10. Newcastle, UK, June 2010.
[23]  Aguilar, F.J., Fernández, I., Pérez, J.L., López, A., Aguilar, M.A., Mozas, A., Cardenal, J. Preliminary results on high accuracy estimation of shoreline change rate based on coastal elevation models. ISPRS TC Commission VIII Symposium ″Remote Sensing Applications and Policies"″ The International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. Vol. XXXVIII (part 8), pp. 986‐991. Kyoto, Japan, August 2010. Note: Best paper award to excellent papers
[24]  Aguilar, F.J., Fernández, I., Aguilar, M.A., Pérez, J.L., Delgado, J., Negreiros, J.G. Shaded‐reliefs matching as an efficient technique for 3D geo‐referencing of historical digital elevation models. ISPRS TC Commission VIII Symposium ″Remote Sensing Applications and Policies". The International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. Vol. XXXVIII (part 8), pp. 1002‐1007. Kyoto, Japan, August 2010.
[25]  Aguilar, F.J., Fernández, I., Aguilar, M.A., Delgado, J., Negreiros, J.G., Pérez, J.L. Robust surface matching as a rapid technique for terrain change detection. International conference on Innovative Methods in Product Design (IMPROVE 2011). Proceedings of the IMProVe International conference on Innovative Methods in Product Design. Venice, Italy, June 2011.
[26]  Fernández, I., Aguilar, F.J., Pérez, J.L., Aguilar, M.A., Mozas, A., López, A. Improvements in the determination of extrapolated shorelines using Elevation Gradient Trend Propagation method. International conference on Innovative Methods in Product Design (IMPROVE 2011). Proceedings of the IMProVe International conference on Innovative Methods in Product Design. Venice, Italy, June 2011. Note: Best Young Researcher paper award
[27]  Aguilar, M.A., Aguilar, F.J., Fernández, A., Fernández, I., Saldaña, M.M., García Lorca, A., Negreiros, J.G., Viciana, A., González, E. Geometric processing of GeoEye‐1 satellite imagery for coastal mapping applications. International conference on Innovative Methods in Product Design (IMPROVE 2011). Proceedings of the IMProVe International conference on Innovative Methods in Product Design. Venice, Italy, June 2011.
[28]  Aguilar, M.A.; Aguilar, F.J.; Agüera, F.; Carvajal, F. 2005. The evaluation of close-range photogrammetry for the modelling of mouldboard plough surfaces. Biosystems Engineering. Vol. 90(4): 397-407.
[29]  Aguilar, F.J.; Agüera, F.; Aguilar, M.A.; Carvajal, F. 2005. Effects of terrain morphology, sampling density and interpolation methods on grid DEM accuracy. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. Vol. 71(7): 805-816.
[30]  Aguilar, M.A.; Aguilar, F.J.; Agüera, F. 2005. Mapping small areas using a low-cost close range photogrammetric software package with aerial photography. Photogrammetric Records. Vol. 20(112): 335-350.
[31]  Agüera, F.; Aguilar, M.A.; Aguilar, F.J. 2006. Detecting greenhouses changes from QuickBird imagery on the Mediterranean coast. International Journal of Remote Sensing. Vol. 27(21): 4751-4767.
[32]  Agüera, F.; Aguilar, F.J.; Aguilar, M.A.; Carvajal, F. 2006. Atomization Characteristics of Hydraulic Nozzles Using Fractal Geometry. Trans. ASABE. Vol. 49(3): 581-587.
[33]  Aguilar, F.J.; Aguilar, M.A.; Agüera, F.; Sánchez, J.A. 2006. The Accuracy of Digital Elevation Models Linearly Constructed from Scattered Sample Data. International Journal of Geographical Information Science. Vol. 20(2): 169-192.
[34]  Carvajal, F., Aguilar, M.A., Agüera, F., Aguilar, F.J., Giráldez, J.V. 2006. Maximum depression storage and surface drainage network in uneven agricultural landforms. Biosystems Engineering. Vol. 95(2): 281-293.
[35]  Aguilar, M.A., Aguilar, F.J., Carvajal, F., Agüera, F., Estrada, L., 2006. Geometric Accuracy of Ikonos Geo Panchromatic Ortoimage Products. Revue française de photogrammétrie et de télédétection. 184 :5-10.
[36]  Aguilar, F.J., Aguilar, M.A., Carvajal, F., Agüera, F., 2006. An Integrated Model to Estimate the Accuracy of Digital Orthoimages from High Resolution Satellite Imagery. Revue française de photogrammétrie et de télédétection. 184 :11-16.
[37]  Agüera, F. ; Aguilar, M.A. ; Aguilar, F.J. ; Carvajal, F., 2006. Estimated error in the calculation of embankments volumes when the concordance of cones is not taken into account. Anales de Ingeniería Gráfica. Vol. 18 : 32-40.
[38]  Agüera, F.; Aguilar, F.J.; Aguilar, M.A.; Carvajal, F., 2007. Minimising the earthwork cost in the construction of irrigation offstream reservoirs. Water Resources Management. Vol. 21(2): 375-397.
[39]  Aguilar, F.J., Carvajal, F., Aguilar, M.A., Aguera, F. 2007. Developing digital cartography in rural planning applications. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. Vol. 55(2): 89-106.
[40]  Aguilar, F.J., Aguera, F., Aguilar, M.A. 2007. Accuracy assessment of digital elevation models using a non-parametric approach. International Journal of Geographical Information Science. Vol. 21(6): 667-686.
[41]  Aguilar, F.J.; Agüera, F.; Aguilar, M.A. 2007. A theoretical approach to modeling the accuracy assessment of digital elevation models. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. Vol. 73(12): 1367-1380.
[42]  Aguilar, M.A.; Aguilar, F.J.; Agüera, F.; Sánchez, J.A. 2007. Geometric accuracy assessment of QuickBird Basic Imagery using different operational approaches. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. Vol. 73(12): 1321-1332.
[43]  Parra, S., Aguilar, F.J., Calatrava, J. 2008. Decision modelling for environmental protection: the contingent valuation method applied to greenhouse waste management. Biosystems Engineering, Vol. 99(4):469-477.
[44]  Aguilar, F.J., Mills, J.P. 2008. Accuracy assessment of LiDAR-derived digital elevation models. The Photogrammetric Record. Vol. 23(122): 148-169.
[45]  Negreiros, J.G., Painho, M., Aguilar, F.J. 2008. Principles of deterministic interpolators. Tékhne: Polythecnical Studies Review. Vol. 6(9): 281-290.
[46]  Negreiros, J.G., Painho, M., Aguilar, M.A., Aguilar, F.J., 2008. Spatial error and interpolation uncertainty appraisal within Geographic Information Systems. Research Journal of Applied Sciences. Vol. 2(3): 471-479.
[47]  Aguera, F., Aguilar, F.J., Aguilar, M.A., 2008. Using texture analysis to improve per-pixel classification of very high resolution images. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Vol. 63(6): 635-646.
[48]  Aguilar, M.A., Agüera, F., Aguilar, F.J., Carvajal, F., 2008. Geometric accuracy assessment of the orthorectification process from very high resolution satellite imagery for Common Agricultural Policy purposes. International Journal of Remote Sensing. Vol. 29(24): 7181-7197.
[49]  Aguilar, M.A., Aguilar, F.J., Aguera, F., 2008. Assessing geometric reliability of corrected images from very high resolution satellites. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. Vol. 74(12): 1551-1560.
[50]  Negreiros, J.G., Painho, M., Costa, C., Cabral, F., Aguilar, F.J., 2008. The local confidence uncertainty plume of SAKWEB. In: Risk analysis VI: simulation and hazard mitigation, C.A. Brebbia and E. Beriatos (Eds.). WIT Press, Southamptom, UK, ISBN: 978-1-84564-104-7. pp. 81-90.
[51]  Negreiros, J.G., Painho, M., Aguilar, M.A., Aguilar, F.J., 2008. Spatial error and interpolation uncertainty appraisal within Geographic Information Systems. Research Journal of Applied Sciences. Vol. 2(3): 471‐479.
[52]  Negreiros, J.G., Painho, M., Aguilar, F.J., 2008. Principles of deterministic spatial interpolators. Tékhne: polytechnical studies review. Vol. 6(9): 281‐290.
[53]  Negreiros, J.G., Painho, M., Aguilar, F.J., Aguilar, M.A., 2009. Handbook of Research on Social Dimensions of Semantic Technologies and Web Services (2 Volumes). Chapter 46 "Technical outline of a W3 spatial (decision support) prototype". ISBN: 978‐1‐60566‐650‐1. Vol. 2: pp.1‐22. IGI Publishing, Hershey, Pennsylvania, US
[54]  Aguilar, M.A., Aguilar, F.J., Negreiros, J.G., 2009. Off‐the‐shelf laser scanning and close‐range digital photogrammetry for measuring agricultural soils microrelief. Biosystems Engineering. Vol. 103: 504‐517.
[55]  Aguilar, F.J., Mills, J., Delgado, J., Aguilar, M.A., Negreiros, J.G., Pérez, J.L., 2010. Modelling vertical error in LiDAR‐derived digital elevation models. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Vol. 65(1): 103‐110.
[56]  Carvajal, F., Agüera, F., Aguilar, F.J., Aguilar, M.A., 2010. Relationship between atmospheric correction and training site strategy with respect to accuracy of greenhouse detection process from very high resolution imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 31(11): 2977‐2994.
[57]  Negreiros, J.G., Painho, M., Aguilar, F.J., Aguilar, M.A., 2010. A comprehensive framework for exploratory spatial data analysis: Moran location and variance scatterplots. International Journal of Digital Earth, Vol. 3(2): 157‐186.
[58]  Aguilar, M.A., Aguilar, F.J., Negreiros, J.G., 2010. Self‐calibration methods for using historical aerial photographs with photogrammetric purposes. Anales de Ingeniería Gráfica, Vol. 21: 33‐40.
[59]  Álvarez, M., Fernández, A., González, E., Bianconi, F., Aguilar, F.J., Armesto, J., 2010. Image segmentation using rotation‐invariant multilayer coordinated clusters representation. Anales de Ingeniería Gráfica, Vol. 21: 23‐31.
[60]  Negreiros, J.G., Painho, M., Aguilar, F.J., Aguilar, M.A., 2010. Geographical information systems principles of ordinary kriging interpolation. Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol.10(11): 852‐867.