Maxime Ferrera
Research Scientist, Ifremer, Underwater Robotics Lab
Ifremer, Underwater Robotics Lab
La Seyne-sur-Mer, France
I am a research scientist in the Underwater Robotics Lab at Ifremer, the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea, in La Seyne-sur-Mer. I work on robot perception and computer vision for underwater vehicles.
Before joining Ifremer, I was a postdoctoral researcher at ONERA, the French Aerospace Lab, working on visual SLAM. I did my PhD at ONERA and LIRMM on vision-based localization and 3D mapping for underwater robots.
My research interests are visual SLAM, 3D reconstruction, sensor fusion and machine learning, with a focus on making them work in the turbid, dynamic and poorly lit conditions found underwater.
I am looking for students. I regularly supervise PhD students and interns. Email me if you would like to work with me.
News
| Aug 15, 2021 | Our paper “Hyperspectral 3D Mapping of Underwater Environments” (pdf) has been accepted at the ICCV 2021 Computer Vision in the Ocean workshop. |
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| Mar 01, 2021 | OV²SLAM (pdf, code) has been accepted for presentation at ICRA 2021. |
| Feb 01, 2021 | Our paper “OV²SLAM: A Fully Online and Versatile Visual SLAM for Real-Time Applications” has been accepted in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. |
| Oct 01, 2020 | I joined the Underwater Robotics Lab at Ifremer as a research scientist. |
| Aug 01, 2020 | We ranked 3rd in the CVPR 2020 TartanAir visual SLAM challenge with OV²SLAM. |