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Luis Molina-Tanco is a Lecturer ("Profesor Contratado Doctor") at University of Malaga and a researcher in the DIANA group. He is a Telecommunication Engineer (BSc+MSc) who worked in the telecommunications industry and then went back to academia to undertake a PhD in Human Motion Synthesis from Captured Data at the Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing at University of Surrey (UK). In 2003, Dr Molina-Tanco joined the University of Malaga, working on several projects in the fields of HCI and pattern recognition, spanning applications in telemedicine, computer animation, robotics and virtual reality. He has since supervised or co-supervised 4 doctoral theses. His publications have granted him an h-index of 12. He is fluent in C++ and has been one of the lead developers of the 3D Tune-In Toolkit for Binaural Spatialisation.

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Employment (1)

Universidad de Malaga: Málaga, Andalucía, ES

(Tecnología Electrónica)
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La Universidad de Sevilla

Education and qualifications (2)

University of Surrey: Guildford, Surrey, GB

1998-10 to 2003-03 | PhD (Centre for Vision, Speecha and Signal Processing)
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Universidad Politécnica de Madrid: Madrid, Madrid, ES

1989-09 to 1996-07 | Ingeniero de Telecomunicación
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Professional activities (1)

Asociación Interacción Persona Ordenador: Madrid, ES

Miembro
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Funding (1)

Pluggable Social Platform for Heritage Awareness and Participation

2016-12-01 to 2019-11-30 | Grant
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
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Works (29)

The spheroidal trackball: generalising the fixed trackball for virtual camera navigation

The Visual Computer
2024-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Daniel González-Toledo; María Cuevas-Rodríguez; Luis Molina-Tanco; Arcadio Reyes-Lecuona
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Spatial release from masking in the median plane with non-native speakers using individual and mannequin head related transfer functions

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
2024-01-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Daniel González-Toledo; María Cuevas-Rodríguez; Thibault Vicente; Lorenzo Picinali; Luis Molina-Tanco; Arcadio Reyes-Lecuona
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Hearing loss and hearing aid simulations for accessible user experience

2023-09-04 | Conference paper
Contributors: Arcadio Reyes-Lecuona; María Cuevas-Rodríguez; Daniel González-Toledo; Luis Molina-Tanco; David Poirier-Quinot; Lorenzo Picinali
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Still room for improvement in traditional 3D interaction: selecting the fixed axis in the virtual trackball

The Visual Computer
2023-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Daniel Gonzalez-Toledo; Maria Cuevas-Rodriguez; Luis Molina-Tanco; Arcadio Reyes-Lecuona
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Proceedings of the xxi international conference on human-computer interaction interacción 20/21

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
2021 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85113227562

Contributors: Molina-Tanco, L.; Manresa-Yee, C.; González-González, C.; Montalvo-Gallego, B.; Reyes-Lecuona, A.
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3D tune-in toolkit: An open-source library for real-time binaural spatialisation

PLoS ONE
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85062831111

Part of ISSN: 19326203
Contributors: Cuevas-Rodríguez, M.; Picinali, L.; González-Toledo, D.; Garre, C.; Rubia-Cuestas, E.D.L.; Molina-Tanco, L.; Reyes-Lecuona, A.
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The 3D Tune-In Toolkit: A C++ library for binaural spatialisation, and hearing loss / hearing AIDS emulation

Proceedings of the International Congress on Acoustics
2019 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85099329482

Part of ISSN: 24151599 22267808
Contributors: Reyes-Lecuona, A.; Cuevas-Rodríguez, M.; González-Toledo, D.; Garre, C.; De-La-Rubia-Cuestas, E.; Molina-Tanco, L.; Rodríguez-Rivero, Á.; Picinali, L.
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PLUGGY: A pluggable social platform for cultural heritage awareness and participation

CEUR Workshop Proceedings
2018 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85062416694

Part of ISSN: 16130073
Contributors: Frangakis, N.; Lim, V.; Tanco, L.M.; Smatana, P.; Hreno, J.; Picinali, L.; Simeone, L.; Amditis, A.
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PLUGGY: A Pluggable Social Platform for Cultural Heritage Awareness and Participation

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
2018 | Book
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2-s2.0-85042546657

Part of ISSN: 16113349 03029743
Contributors: Lim, V.; Frangakis, N.; Tanco, L.M.; Picinali, L.
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The 3D Tune-In Toolkit - 3D audio spatialiser, hearing loss and hearing aid simulations

2018 IEEE 4th VR Workshop on Sonic Interactions for Virtual Environments, SIVE 2018
2018 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85060446234

Contributors: Cuevas-Rodriguez, M.; Gonzalez-Toledo, D.; La Rubia-Cuestas, E.D.; Garre, C.; Molina-Tanco, L.; Reyes-Lecuona, A.; Poirier-Quinot, D.; Picinali, L.
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Extending the system model

Dynamics of Long-Life Assets: From Technology Adaptation to Upgrading the Business Model
2017 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85033210801

Contributors: Pasquinelli, M.; Molina-Tanco, L.; Reyes-Lecuona, A.; Cencetti, M.
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The delay mirror: A technological innovation specific to the dance studio

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
2017 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85037697816

Contributors: Molina-Tanco, L.; García-Berdonés, C.; Reyes-Lecuona, A.
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Contributing to VRPN with a new server for haptic devices

Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST
2015 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84980009801

Contributors: Cuevas-Rodriguez, M.; Gonzalez-Toledo, D.; Molina-Tanco, L.; Reyes-Lecuona, A.
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Gesture learning by imitation architecture for a social robot

Robotics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
2013 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-84944893345

Contributors: Bandera, J.P.; Rodríguez, J.A.; Molina-Tanco, L.; Bandera, A.
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A survey of vision-based architectures for robot learning by imitation

International Journal of Humanoid Robotics
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84863806208

Part of ISSN: 02198436
Contributors: Bandera, J.P.; RodrÍguez, J.A.; Molina-Tanco, L.; Bandera, A.
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A VRPN server for haptic devices using OpenHaptics 3.0

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
2012 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84869043137

Contributors: Cuevas-Rodríguez, M.; Poyade, M.; Reyes-Lecuona, A.; Molina-Tanco, L.
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Gesture learning by imitation architecture for a social robot

Robotic Vision: Technologies for Machine Learning and Vision Applications
2012 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-84900599447

Contributors: Bandera, J.P.; Rodríguez, J.A.; Molina-Tanco, L.; Bandera, A.
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Architecture for a robot learning by imitation system

Proceedings of the Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference - MELECON
2010 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-77954285175

Contributors: Bandera, J.P.; Molina-Tanco, L.; Rodríguez, J.A.; Bandera, A.
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Fast gesture recognition based on a two-level representation

Pattern Recognition Letters
2009 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-68149165778

Part of ISSN: 01678655
Contributors: Bandera, J.P.; Marfil, R.; Bandera, A.; Rodríguez, J.A.; Molina-Tanco, L.; Sandoval, F.
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A novel hybrid approach to upper-body human motion capture

Proceedings of the Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference - MELECON
2008 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-53149154506

Contributors: Bandera, J.P.; Marfil, R.; Rodríguez, J.A.; Molina-Tanco, L.; Sandoval, F.
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Online absorption of mediolateral balance disturbances for a small humanoid robot using accelerometer and force-sensor feedback

IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM
2007 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-48649088494

Contributors: Carmona, A.; Molina-Tanco, L.; Azuaga, M.; Rodríguez, J.A.; Sandoval, F.
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Real-time object tracking using bounded irregular pyramids

Pattern Recognition Letters
2007 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-34147183316

Part of ISSN: 01678655
Contributors: Marfil, R.; Molina-Tanco, L.; Rodríguez, J.A.; Sandoval, F.
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The construction of bounded irregular pyramids with a union-find decimation process

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
2007 | Book
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2-s2.0-38149008908

Part of ISSN: 16113349 03029743
Contributors: Marfil, R.; Molina-Tanco, L.; Bandera, A.; Sandoval, F.
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Pyramid segmentation algorithms revisited

Pattern Recognition
2006 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-33747720742

Part of ISSN: 00313203
Contributors: Marfil, R.; Molina-Tanco, L.; Bandera, A.; Rodríguez, J.A.; Sandoval, F.
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Robot learning of upper-body human motion by active imitation

Proceedings of the 2006 6th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, HUMANOIDS
2006 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-48149093160

Contributors: Bandera, J.P.; Marfil, R.; Molina-Tanco, L.; Rodríguez, J.A.; Bandera, A.; Sandoval, F.
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Real-time human motion analysis for human-robot interaction

2005 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS
2005 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-34250655484

Contributors: Molina-Tanco, L.; Bandera, J.P.; Marfil, R.; Sandoval, F.
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A model-based humanoid perception system for real-time human motion imitation

2004 IEEE Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics
2004 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-11244355198

Contributors: Bandera, J.P.; Molina-Tanco, L.; Marfil, R.; Sandoval, F.
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Realistic synthesis of novel human movements from a database of motion capture examples

Proceedings - Workshop on Human Motion, HUMO 2000
2000 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84962171721

Contributors: Tanco, L.M.; Hilton, A.
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The BONAPARTE telemedicine ATM multimedia applications

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
1997 | Book
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2-s2.0-0003863094

Part of ISSN: 16113349 03029743
Contributors: Gómez, E.J.; Cano, P.; del Pozo, F.; Rahms, H.; Molina, L.; Malpica, N.; Quiles, J.A.; Alfonso, J.M.
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