Hello, there! I'm Santi Montiel đŸ§™đŸ»â€â™‚ïž

I'm Santi Montiel, a PhD student at the University of AlcalĂĄ, Madrid, Spain. Currently focused on crafting Camera-RADAR fusion Deep Learning models as part of my research.

With a former background in Industrial Engineering and Robotics, I decided to pursue a PhD in the intersection of Autonomous Driving and Deep Learning, entitled Deep Learning based on Camera-RADAR Fusion for Perception in Autonomous Driving, under the supervision of Prof. Luis M. Bergasa and Dr. Ángel Llamazares, at the RobeSafe Research Group of University of Alcalå. I carried out a research internship at the Intelligent Vehicles Lab of Delft University of Technology, under the supervision of Dr. Holger Caesar.

Some more about me:

  • đŸ€– Former team member of UAH Robotics Team, speaker at ROSCon Spain.
  • đŸ€ Always open to research collaborations! Feel free to get in touch with ideas.
  • đŸŽŸ Outside research and coding, I enjoy video games, running, and pĂĄdel.
đŸ“© Contact: santiago.montiel@uah.es
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📰 News

Mar. 2025
Started an internship at the Intelligent Vehicles Lab at TU Delft, under the supervision of Dr. Holger Caesar.
Feb. 2024
New journal paper accepted at Sensors MDPI! Check it out in the Research section below.
Nov. 2023
Started my Ph.D. at the RobeSafe Research Group of University of AlcalĂĄ, under the supervision of Prof. Luis M. Bergasa and Dr. Angel Llamazares.

📊 Research

Here is a selection of my publications. For a full list, please check Google Scholar.

SalsaNext+: A Multimodal-Based Point Cloud Semantic Segmentation With Range and RGB Images
IEEE Access · Journal

SalsaNext+: A Multimodal-Based Point Cloud Semantic Segmentation With Range and RGB Images

Fabio Sånchez-García, Santiago Montiel-Marín, Miguel Antunes-García, Rodrigo Gutiérrez-Moreno, Ángel Llamazares Llamazares, and Luis M. Bergasa

Fast and Efficient Transformer-based Method for Bird's Eye View Instance Prediction
27th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems · Edmonton, Canada

Fast and Efficient Transformer-based Method for Bird's Eye View Instance Prediction

Miguel Antunes-García, Luis M. Bergasa, Santiago Montiel-Marín, Rafael Barea, Fabio Sånchez-García, and Ángel Llamazares

Point Cloud Painting for 3D Object Detection with Camera and Automotive 3+1D RADAR Fusion
Sensors MDPI · Journal

Point Cloud Painting for 3D Object Detection with Camera and Automotive 3+1D RADAR Fusion

Santiago Montiel-Marín, Ángel Llamazares, Miguel Antunes-García, Pedro A. Revenga, and Luis M. Bergasa

Towards LiDAR and RADAR Fusion for Object Detection and Multi-Object Tracking in CARLA Simulator
ROBOT2022: Fifth Iberian Robotics Conference · Zaragoza, Spain

Towards LiDAR and RADAR Fusion for Object Detection and Multi-Object Tracking in CARLA Simulator

Santiago Montiel-Marín, Carlos Gómez-Huélamo, Javier de la Peña, Miguel Antunes, Elena López-Guillén, and Luis M. Bergasa

đŸ—Łïž Talks

Deploying Computer Vision Algorithms in Embedded Devices with ROS2
ROSCon ES 2024 · Sevilla, Spain · đŸŽ„ Watch

Deploying Computer Vision Algorithms in Embedded Devices with ROS2

Back again to ROSCon Spain!

Autonomous Driving Research with Open Source
The ROS Developers Podcast · YouTube · đŸŽ„ Watch

Autonomous Driving Research with Open Source

Hosted by Ricardo Tellez, CEO of The Construct Robotics Institute

Developing an Electric Autonomous Vehicle in ROS/ROS2
ROSCon Madrid 2023 · Madrid, Spain · đŸŽ„ Watch

Developing an Electric Autonomous Vehicle in ROS/ROS2

First Madrid/Spanish regional conference for ROS developers!

📝 Teaching

I have taught the following courses as part of the curriculum of my Ph.D. program as Teaching Assistant, supervised by Prof. Luis M. Bergasa.

Title Level Quarters
Perception Systems M.Sc. Q2 24-25 / Q2 25-26
Computer Vision / Computer Vision Systems B.Sc. Q2 23-24 / Q1 24-25 / Q1 25-26
Introduction to Autonomous Vehicles with CARLA Simulator Workshop Summer 2023

I have acted as co-supervisor of the following academic works jointly with Prof. Luis M. Bergasa, guiding the students in their research projects:

Name Level Year
Esteban GĂłmez GarcĂ­a B.Sc. 2024-25
Fabio SĂĄnchez GarcĂ­a M.Sc. 2023-24