"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication". Leonardo da Vinci
Core business
Currently, Belmar is part of the R&D team at ISEN Méditerranée, and one of his main missions is to integrate FPGA embedded systems into current and future projects where this is deemed relevant. On the other hand, his role as a teacher, more than a job or a simple mission, he considers it as a personal satisfaction to be able to help students facilitate the learning of knowledge and, consequently, the satisfaction of knowing that they will be better prepared for the future.
Prospective
With increasingly intelligent software and hardware with ever-greater processing capacity, these two technological elements are strongly linked. Knowing the common ground where the two interact gives us a broader view of the modern world we live in.
360°
The three main axes of my professional life:
- Scientific research to create innovative knowledge.
- Technological development to make our innovative ideas a reality in the service of society.
- Continuous improvement of teaching quality.
About me
I feel lucky because I've had the opportunity to study and work in my native Mexico, as well as in France. I have an engineering background and a master's degree in communications and electronics, during which I acquired knowledge in embedded systems. Later, I decided to do a PhD in image processing applied to video surveillance, as part of a collaborative project between the University of La Rochelle and my Mexican university. All this enabled me not only to acquire technical skills, but also to develop cultural and social openness in different languages, as well as simplicity and humility with the people around me.
Areas of expertise
- FPGA embedded systems: Programming of statistical and intelligence algorithms on FPGA embedded devices in VHDL language.
- Microcontrollers: Programming microcontrollers in C and Assembly language.
- Digital image processing: Artificial Intelligence and DeepLearning algorithms applied to Computer Vision in MATLAB and Python.
Research and development activities
- ISEN-MÉDITERRANÉEToulon-France | 2024 to date
- Programming facial recognition algorithms on FPGA embedded systems,
- Pattern detection in medical imaging,
- ROVDEVELOPPEMENT, La Ciotat-France | 2024
- Design and calibration of measuring equipment (railway and sanitation) and configuration of user software,
- ADELIS, Labège-France | 2023
- Development of computer algorithms for parallel task execution applied to analytical chemistry robotic devices,
- LA ROCHELLE UNIVERSITY, La Rochelle-France | 2021-2022
- Postdoctoral researcher in Deep Learning applied to Covid-19 detection in patients using medical images and its prediction in a city population,
- MARINE DU MEXIQUE (SEMAR), Veracruz-Mexico | 2014
- Design of the acoustic signal processing module on an FPGA device for the detection of suspicious boats and ships in the Gulf of Mexico.
- THALES-MEXICO, Mexico-Mexico | 2011-2013
- Implementation of NTCIP(National Transportation Communications for ITS Protocol) on a local network of devices (Radars, PTZ Video Cameras and LED Displays).
Teaching activities
- FPGA embedded systems in VHDL language
- Microcontroller programming in C language
Publications
International Conference
- B. García, A. Rosales and F. Gallegos, "A Gaussian-Median filter for moving objects segmentation applied for static scenarios", Proceedings of SAI Intelligent Systems Conference, vol. 1, pp. 478-493, 2018.(Oral presentation in London)
Indexed Scientific Journals
- B. García, T. Bouwmans, A. Rosales, "Background subtraction in real applications: Challenges, current models and future directions"Computer Science Review, vol. 35, 2020.
- Jhony H Giraldo, Arif Mahmood, Belmar Garcia-Garcia, Dorina Thanou, Thierry Bouwmans, "Reconstruction of Time-Varying Graph Signals via Sobolev Smoothness".IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing over Networks, vol. 8, pp. 201-214, 2022.
- Belmar Garcia-Garcia, Jhony H Giraldo, Thierry Bouwmans, A. Rosales, "Foreground segmentation through a convolutional neural network with robust fuzzy inference system"(In testing phase)
Book chapters
- T. Bouwmans and B. García (2019). "Visual Surveillance of Human Activities: Background Subtraction Challenges and Methods.". In L. Sharma and P. Garg (Ed.) From Visual Surveillance to Internet of Things (pp.43-66). London: Chapman and Hall/CRC.
- T. Bouwmans and B. García(2019). "Visual Surveillance of Natural Environments: Background Subtraction Challenges and Methods.". In L. Sharma and P. Garg (Ed.) From Visual Surveillance to Internet of Things (pp.67-85). London: Chapman and Hall/CRC.
- B. García-Garcia, T. Bouwmans, K. Sehairi and EH. Zahzah (2022). "Real-Time Implementations of Background Subtraction for IoT Applications.". In L. Sharma and M. Carpenter (Ed.) From Computer Vision and Internet of Things (pp.263-286). London: Chapman and Hall/CRC.
