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Imanol Munoz-Pandiella

Hello, I’m Imanol, a computer graphics researcher and professor based in Barcelona, Catalonia.

I'm an assistant professor at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech and member of the ViRVIG research center.

My research interests lie in the intersection between Computer Graphics and Cultural Heritage. Currently, I focus on studying changes in appearance and 3D reconstruction. I've also contributed to research in weathering processes, image synthesis, and realistic rendering.

I received my Ph.D. in 2017 at the Université de Limoges and the Universitat de Girona under a joint supervision program, with Stéphane Mérillou, Xavier Pueyo, Carles Bosch, and Nicolas Mérillou. I did a pre-doctoral state at Yale University under the supervision of Holly Rushmeier

I've been a post-doctoral fellow at Universitat de Girona, collaborating with Xavier Pueyo and Carles Bosch; at Universitat de Barcelona, working with Milagros Guardia; and at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, collaborating with Coloma Ballester.

Interested in working together? imanol.munoz(you know)upc.edu

News

June 2025
I have been interviewed at El Pais to talk about a Science paper that cite us.
June 2025
I will have the honor to serve as Program Chair, jointly with Elena Garces, in CEIG 2026.
June 2025
Our work "Bidirectional Exploration of 3D Cultural Heritage Models and Photo Collections" has been presented, and published, in CEIG 2025.
January 2025
Our work "Revealing the Layers of History: Enriching Medieval Cultural Heritage 4D Models with Interactive Narratives" has been published in ACM JOCCH.
September 2024
Our works "Enriching medieval 4D models with interactive narratives" and "Reconstructing lost altarpieces: a differentiable rendering approach" have been presented, and published, at GCH 2024.
July 2024
Our work "A one-shot model for color detection under varying lighting conditions." has been presented at CEIG 2024.
June 2024
The proposal "European Cloud for Heritage OpEn Science", in which we participate, has been granted.
June 2024
Our work "Digital 3D models for medieval heritage: diachronic analysis and documentation of its architecture and paintings" has been published in Personal and Ubiquitous Computing.
February 2024
Our works "A 3D feature-based approach for mapping scaling effects on stone monuments" and "Digital reconstruction of partially lost altarpieces. The case of the Rosary's altarpiece of Sant Pere Màrtir de Manresa." have been accepted for publication at ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage.
September 2023
I've become guest editor of the Web3D 2023 special issue of the Computers&Graphics journal.
August 2023
Our paper "Automated digital color restitution of mural paintings using minimal art historian input" has been published in Computers&Graphics.
July 2023
I've won an assistant professor position at Computer Science Department in UPC.
July 2023
Our work "Automated digital color restitution of mural paintings using minimal art historian input" has been presented at CEIG 2022.
March 2023
Our poster "Radiance-Based Blender Add-On for Physically Accurate Rendering of Cultural Heritage" has been accepted in EuroGraphics 2023.
February 2023
I'll be member of the Program Committee of CEIG 2023. :)
February 2023
I've become Program Co-Chair of Web3D 2023.
January 2023
I've won a post-doctoral fellow at DTIC department in UPF.
October 2022
Our paper "Digital Twins for Medieval Monuments Requirements from Art Historians and Technical Challenges for Analysis" has been selected for extended version submission to PAUC.
October 2022
Our paper "Digital Twins for Medieval Monuments Requirements from Art Historians and Technical Challenges for Analysis" has been presented at IMET 2022 conference.
September 2022
Our papers "Digital Reintegration of Distributed Mural Paintings at Different Architectural Phases: the Case of St. Quirze de Pedret" and "An annotation tool for digital restoration" have been presented at GCH 2022.
August 2022
Our paper "Gain compensation across LIDAR scans" has been published in Computers&Graphics.
July 2022
Our work "Gain compensation across LIDAR scans" has been presented at CEIG 2022.