Jorge Pena Queralta
Researcher
jopequ@utu.fi Office: B6021 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3091-3217 |
Multi-Robot Systems; Embedded AI; Embodied Intelligence; Swarm Robotics; Aerial Robotics; Collaborative Autonomy; Distributed Perception; Edge Computing; LPWAN Technology; Edge AI; Collaborative Learning
Researcher at the Turku Intelligent Embedded and Robotic Systems | TIERS Lab (https://tiers.utu.fi). Background in Mathematics and Engineering Physics.
2016-2018: MSc in Information and Communication Technology, University of Turku, Finland
2016-2018: M. Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Fudan University, China
2011-2016: BSc in Mathematics, Technical University of Calaunya -- UPC BarcelonaTech, Spain
2011-2016: BSc in Engineering Physics, Technical University of Catalunya -- UPC BarcelonaTech, Spain
Previously worked as a Junior Multimedia Developer at Psycle, UK (2016.06 - 2016.09), Enterprise Risk Management Consultant Assistant at Deloitte, Spain (2015.09 - 2016.02) and as a Junior Software Developer at BaseTIS, Spain (2014.06 - 2014.09).
Interested in collaborative autonomy, distributed perception and embedded intelligence. Currently working on projects related to all-weather drone logistics, blockchain technologies for multi-robot systems and reconfigurable heterogeneous swarms of robots.
Part of the teaching team of the Smart Systems track, MSc in ICT. Responsible for planning and lecturing in two courses: "Perception and Navigation in Robotics" (2020, 2021) and "Robotics and Autonomous Systems Projects" (2021, 2022). Co-lecturer in "Hardware Accelerators for Robotics and AI" (2019, 2020, 2021) and "HDL Design" (2020, 2021). Project owner in the Capstone Course at the Faculty of Technology (2019, 2020 and 2022).
Previously been teaching assistant in the courses "FPGA Prototyping and Configurable Computing" (2019) and "HDL Design" (2018).
- Evaluating the Performance of Multi-scan Integration for UAV LiDAR-Based Tracking (2024) New Developments and Environmental Applications of Drones: Proceedings of FinDrones 2023 Catalano Iacopo, Peña Queralta Jorge, Westerlund Tomi
(Refereed article in conference proceedings (A4)) - Is Alice Really in Wonderland? UWB-Based Proof of Location for UAVs with Hyperledger Fabric Blockchain (2024) New Developments and Environmental Applications of Drones: Proceedings of FinDrones 2023 Fu Lei, Torrico Morón Paola, Peña Queralta Jorge, Hästbacka David, Edelman Harry, Westerlund Tomi
(Refereed article in conference proceedings (A4)) - New Developments and Environmental Applications of Drones: Proceedings of FinDrones 2023 (2024) Westerlund Tomi, Peña Queralta Jorge
(Editorship of a scientific special issue, book or conference proceedings (C2)) - Simulation Analysis of Exploration Strategies and UAV Planning for Search and Rescue (2024) New Developments and Environmental Applications of Drones: Proceedings of FinDrones 2023 Nguyen Thuan Phuoc, Peña Queralta Jorge, Westerlund Tomi
(Refereed article in conference proceedings (A4)) - A Benchmark for Multi-Modal LiDAR SLAM with Ground Truth in GNSS-Denied Environments (2023)
- Remote Sensing
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Analysis of airport design for introducing infrastructure for autonomous drones (2023)
- Facilities
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Benchmarking UWB-Based Infrastructure-Free Positioning and Multi-Robot Relative Localization: Dataset and Characterization (2023) 2023 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS) Torrico Morón Paola, Salimpour Sahar, Fu Lei, Yu Xianjia, Peña Queralta Jorge, Westerlund Tomi
(Refereed article in conference proceedings (A4)) - Decentralized Vision-Based Byzantine Agent Detection in Multi-robot Systems with IOTA Smart Contracts (2023)
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
(Refereed article in conference proceedings (A4)) - Event-Driven Fabric Blockchain - ROS 2 Interface: Towards Secure and Auditable Teleoperation of Mobile Robots (2023) 2023 20th International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots (UR) Fu Lei, Salimi Salma, Peña Queralta Jorge, Westerlund Tomi
(Refereed article in conference proceedings (A4)) - Exploiting redundancy for UWB anomaly detection in infrastructure-free multi-robot relative localization (2023)
- Frontiers in Robotics and AI
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - General-Purpose Deep Learning Detection and Segmentation Models for Images from a Lidar-Based Camera Sensor (2023)
- Sensors
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Hyperledger Fabric Blockchain and ROS 2 Integration for Autonomous Mobile Robots (2023)
- IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration
(Refereed article in conference proceedings (A4)) - Partition-Tolerant and Byzantine-Tolerant Decision-Making for Distributed Robotic Systems with IOTA and ROS 2 (2023)
- IEEE Internet of Things Journal
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Secure Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Collaboration and Docking with Hyperledger Fabric Blockchain (2023)
- IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things
(Refereed article in conference proceedings (A4)) - Towards Large-Scale Relative Localization in Multi-Robot Systems with Dynamic UWB Role Allocation (2023) 2022 7th International Conference on Robotics and Automation Engineering (ICRAE 2022) Torrico Moron Paola, Peña Queralta Jorge, Westerlund Tomi
(Refereed article in conference proceedings (A4)) - Towards Robust UAV Tracking in GNSS-Denied Environments: A Multi-LiDAR Multi-UAV Dataset (2023) 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO) Catalano Iacopo, Yu Xianjia, Peña Queralta Jorge
(Refereed article in conference proceedings (A4)) - UAV Tracking with Lidar as a Camera Sensor in GNSS-Denied Environments (2023) 2023 International Conference on Localization and GNSS (ICL-GNSS): Conference Proceedings Ha Sier, Yu Xianjia, Catalano Iacopo, Peña Queralta Jorge, Zou Zhuo, Westerlund Tomi
(Refereed article in conference proceedings (A4)) - UAV Tracking with Solid-State Lidars: Dynamic Multi-Frequency Scan Integration (2023) 2023 21st International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR) Catalano Iacopo, Sier Ha, Yu Xianjia, Westerlund Tomi, Peña Queralta Jorge
(Refereed article in conference proceedings (A4)) - Vision-Based GNSS-Free Localization for UAVs in the Wild (2023) International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research Gurgu Marius-Mihail, Peña Queralta Jorge, Westerlund Tomi
(Refereed article in conference proceedings (A4)) - Vision-based safe autonomous UAV docking with panoramic sensors (2023)
- Frontiers in Robotics and AI
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))