Publications

2026

1. OCEANS

   Photogrammetry-Aware Next-Best-View Planning for Autonomous Underwater 3D Reconstruction

   Louis Jouclas, Maxime Ferrera, Claire Dune, and 2 more authors

   In OCEANS 2026, 2026

   Bib

   @inproceedings{jouclas2026photogrammetry,
     title = {Photogrammetry-Aware Next-Best-View Planning for Autonomous Underwater {3D} Reconstruction},
     author = {Jouclas, Louis and Ferrera, Maxime and Dune, Claire and Creuze, Vincent and Hugel, Vincent},
     booktitle = {OCEANS 2026},
     year = {2026}
   }

2024

1. 3DV

   

   SUCRe: Leveraging Scene Structure for Underwater Color Restoration

   Clémentin Boittiaux, Ricard Marxer, Claire Dune, and 3 more authors

   In International Conference on 3D Vision (3DV), 2024

   arXiv Bib Code Website

   @inproceedings{boittiaux2024sucre,
     title = {{SUCRe}: Leveraging Scene Structure for Underwater Color Restoration},
     author = {Boittiaux, Cl{\'e}mentin and Marxer, Ricard and Dune, Claire and Arnaubec, Aur{\'e}lien and Ferrera, Maxime and Hugel, Vincent},
     booktitle = {International Conference on 3D Vision (3DV)},
     pages = {1488--1497},
     year = {2024},
   }

2023

1. IJRR

   

   Eiffel Tower: A Deep-Sea Underwater Dataset for Long-Term Visual Localization

   Clémentin Boittiaux, Claire Dune, Maxime Ferrera, and 5 more authors

   The International Journal of Robotics Research, 2023

   DOI arXiv Bib Code Website

   @article{boittiaux2023eiffel,
     title = {Eiffel Tower: A Deep-Sea Underwater Dataset for Long-Term Visual Localization},
     author = {Boittiaux, Cl{\'e}mentin and Dune, Claire and Ferrera, Maxime and Arnaubec, Aur{\'e}lien and Marxer, Ricard and Matabos, Marjolaine and Van Audenhaege, Lo{\"i}c and Hugel, Vincent},
     journal = {The International Journal of Robotics Research},
     volume = {42},
     number = {9},
     pages = {689--699},
     year = {2023},
     doi = {10.1177/02783649231177322},
   }

2. JMSE

   

   Underwater 3D Reconstruction from Video or Still Imagery: Matisse and 3DMetrics Processing and Exploitation Software

   Aurélien Arnaubec, Maxime Ferrera, Javier Escartín, and 3 more authors

   Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023

   DOI Bib HTML

   @article{arnaubec2023matisse,
     title = {Underwater {3D} Reconstruction from Video or Still Imagery: {Matisse} and {3DMetrics} Processing and Exploitation Software},
     author = {Arnaubec, Aur{\'e}lien and Ferrera, Maxime and Escart{\'i}n, Javier and Matabos, Marjolaine and Gracias, Nuno and Opderbecke, Jan},
     journal = {Journal of Marine Science and Engineering},
     volume = {11},
     number = {5},
     pages = {985},
     year = {2023},
     doi = {10.3390/jmse11050985},
   }

3. OCEANS

   

   Vision-based 3D Reconstruction for Deep-Sea Environments: Practical Use for Surveys and Inspection

   Maxime Ferrera, Aurélien Arnaubec, Clémentin Boittiaux, and 2 more authors

   In OCEANS 2023 - Limerick, 2023

   Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{ferrera2023oceans,
     title = {Vision-based {3D} Reconstruction for Deep-Sea Environments: Practical Use for Surveys and Inspection},
     author = {Ferrera, Maxime and Arnaubec, Aur{\'e}lien and Boittiaux, Cl{\'e}mentin and Larroche, In{\`e}s and Opderbecke, Jan},
     booktitle = {OCEANS 2023 - Limerick},
     pages = {1--7},
     year = {2023},
   }

2021

1. OCEANS

   

   Combined use of a frame and a linear pushbroom camera for deep-sea 3D hyperspectral mapping

   Peeyush Kumar, Nuno Gracias, Klemen Istenič, and 4 more authors

   In OCEANS 2021: San Diego – Porto, 2021

   Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{kumar2021pushbroom,
     title = {Combined use of a frame and a linear pushbroom camera for deep-sea {3D} hyperspectral mapping},
     author = {Kumar, Peeyush and Gracias, Nuno and Isteni{\v{c}}, Klemen and Garcia, Rafael and Arnaubec, Aur{\'e}lien and Ferrera, Maxime and Bajjouk, Touria},
     booktitle = {OCEANS 2021: San Diego -- Porto},
     pages = {1--9},
     year = {2021},
   }

2. ICCVW

   

   Hyperspectral 3D Mapping of Underwater Environments

   Maxime Ferrera, Aurélien Arnaubec, Klemen Istenič, and 2 more authors

   In Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) Workshops, 2021

   Bib PDF Website

   @inproceedings{ferrera2021hyperspectral,
     title = {Hyperspectral 3D Mapping of Underwater Environments},
     author = {Ferrera, Maxime and Arnaubec, Aur{\'e}lien and Isteni{\v{c}}, Klemen and Gracias, Nuno and Bajjouk, Touria},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) Workshops},
     pages = {3696--3705},
     year = {2021},
   }

3. RA-L

   

   OV²SLAM: A Fully Online and Versatile Visual SLAM for Real-Time Applications

   Maxime Ferrera, Alexandre Eudes, Julien Moras, and 2 more authors

   IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2021

   TartanAir 3rd place DOI arXiv Bib Supp Code

   3rd place at the CVPR 2020 TartanAir visual SLAM challenge. Also presented at ICRA 2021.

   @article{ferrera2021ov2slam,
     title = {{OV²SLAM}: A Fully Online and Versatile Visual {SLAM} for Real-Time Applications},
     author = {Ferrera, Maxime and Eudes, Alexandre and Moras, Julien and Sanfourche, Martial and Le Besnerais, Guy},
     journal = {IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},
     volume = {6},
     number = {2},
     pages = {1399--1406},
     year = {2021},
     doi = {10.1109/LRA.2021.3058069},
   }

2019

1. PhD

   

   Monocular Visual-Inertial-Pressure Fusion for Underwater Localization and 3D Mapping

   Maxime Ferrera

   Université de Montpellier, 2019

   Best thesis award Bib HTML PDF Slides

   ONERA best PhD thesis award

   @phdthesis{ferrera2019phd,
     title = {Monocular Visual-Inertial-Pressure Fusion for Underwater Localization and 3D Mapping},
     author = {Ferrera, Maxime},
     school = {Universit{\'e} de Montpellier},
     year = {2019},
   }

2. IJRR

   

   AQUALOC: An Underwater Dataset for Visual-Inertial-Pressure Localization

   Maxime Ferrera, Vincent Creuze, Julien Moras, and 1 more author

   The International Journal of Robotics Research, 2019

   arXiv Bib Website

   @article{ferrera2019aqualoc,
     title = {{AQUALOC}: An Underwater Dataset for Visual-Inertial-Pressure Localization},
     author = {Ferrera, Maxime and Creuze, Vincent and Moras, Julien and Trouv{\'e}-Peloux, Pauline},
     journal = {The International Journal of Robotics Research},
     year = {2019},
   }

3. 3DV

   

   Fast Stereo Disparity Maps Refinement By Fusion of Data-Based And Model-Based Estimations

   Maxime Ferrera, Alexandre Boulch, and Julien Moras

   In International Conference on 3D Vision (3DV), 2019

   Oral Bib HTML Code

   Selected for oral presentation.

   @inproceedings{ferrera2019deeprefinement,
     title = {Fast Stereo Disparity Maps Refinement By Fusion of Data-Based And Model-Based Estimations},
     author = {Ferrera, Maxime and Boulch, Alexandre and Moras, Julien},
     booktitle = {International Conference on 3D Vision (3DV)},
     year = {2019},
   }

4. Sensors

   

   Real-Time Monocular Visual Odometry for Turbid and Dynamic Underwater Environments

   Maxime Ferrera, Julien Moras, Pauline Trouvé-Peloux, and 1 more author

   Sensors, 2019

   DOI Bib HTML Video Website

   @article{ferrera2019uwvo,
     title = {Real-Time Monocular Visual Odometry for Turbid and Dynamic Underwater Environments},
     author = {Ferrera, Maxime and Moras, Julien and Trouv{\'e}-Peloux, Pauline and Creuze, Vincent},
     journal = {Sensors},
     volume = {19},
     number = {3},
     pages = {687},
     year = {2019},
     doi = {10.3390/s19030687},
   }

2018

1. IROSW

   

   The Aqualoc Dataset: Towards Real-Time Underwater Localization from a Visual-Inertial-Pressure Acquisition System

   Maxime Ferrera, Julien Moras, Pauline Trouvé-Peloux, and 2 more authors

   In IROS Workshop - New Horizons for Underwater Intervention Missions: from Current Technologies to Future Applications, 2018

   arXiv Bib Website

   @inproceedings{ferrera2018aqualoc,
     title = {The {Aqualoc} Dataset: Towards Real-Time Underwater Localization from a Visual-Inertial-Pressure Acquisition System},
     author = {Ferrera, Maxime and Moras, Julien and Trouv{\'e}-Peloux, Pauline and Creuze, Vincent and D{\'e}gez, Denis},
     booktitle = {IROS Workshop - New Horizons for Underwater Intervention Missions: from Current Technologies to Future Applications},
     year = {2018},
   }

2. RFIAP

   

   Odométrie Visuelle Monoculaire en Environnement Sous-Marin

   Maxime Ferrera, Julien Moras, Pauline Trouvé-Peloux, and 1 more author

   In Reconnaissance des Formes, Image, Apprentissage et Perception (RFIAP), 2018

   Bib PDF Slides

   @inproceedings{ferrera2018rfiap,
     title = {Odom{\'e}trie Visuelle Monoculaire en Environnement Sous-Marin},
     author = {Ferrera, Maxime and Moras, Julien and Trouv{\'e}-Peloux, Pauline and Creuze, Vincent},
     booktitle = {Reconnaissance des Formes, Image, Apprentissage et Perception (RFIAP)},
     year = {2018},
   }

2017

1. ORASIS

   

   Localisation autonome basée vision d’un robot sous-marin et cartographie de précision

   Maxime Ferrera, Julien Moras, Pauline Trouvé-Peloux, and 1 more author

   In ORASIS, 2017

   Bib PDF

   @inproceedings{ferrera2017orasis,
     title = {Localisation autonome bas{\'e}e vision d'un robot sous-marin et cartographie de pr{\'e}cision},
     author = {Ferrera, Maxime and Moras, Julien and Trouv{\'e}-Peloux, Pauline and Creuze, Vincent},
     booktitle = {ORASIS},
     year = {2017},
   }