Publications

56 publications · 1 patent · 4 supervised theses610 citations · h-index 14 (Semantic Scholar, updated Oct 2026)

2026

M²LIC: Democratizing the Creation of Relightable Images using a Targetless, Free-Form, Automated Capture Workflow

Ruggero Pintus, Antonio Zorcolo, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Nicola Pagani, Pietro Francesco Serreli, Giovanna Pietra, Enrico Gobbetti

Journal Paper ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage (presented at Eurographics Workshop on Graphics and Cultural Heritage, GCH'26)

PanoGS: Foundation-Depth-Guided High-Resolution Gaussian Splatting from Sparse Panoramic Images for Interactive Web3D Exploration

Uzair Shah, Giovanni Pintore, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Muhammad Tukur, Wala Elsharif, Mahmood Alzubaidi, Enrico Gobbetti, Marco Agus

Conference Paper Web3D 2026 - 31st International ACM Conference on 3D Web Technology

HGCalVis: Web-Based Importance-Ordered Visualization of CERN's HGCal Particle Showers thumbnail

HGCalVis: Web-Based Importance-Ordered Visualization of CERN's HGCal Particle Showers Scientific Excellence award

Waad F. Alshehri, Matevž Tadel, Alja M. Tadel, Marco Rovere, Markus Hadwiger, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva

Conference Paper Web3D 2026 - 31st International ACM Conference on 3D Web Technology

AI-based and LIDAR-based Image Processing Pipeline for Immersive Editing and Collaborative Design

Muhammad Muhammad Tukur, Marco Agus, Uzair Shah, Jens Schneider, Sara Jashari, Mahmood Al-Zubaidi, Noora Fetais, Yehia Boraey, and Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva

Patent application US 2026/0154782 A1, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar

2025

A Practical Inverse Rendering Strategy for Enhanced Albedo Estimation for Cultural Heritage Model Reconstruction

Ruggero Pintus, Antonio Zorcolo, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Enrico Gobbetti

Conference Paper Digital Heritage 2025

Lactea: Web-Based Spectrum-Preserving Multi-Resolution Visualization of the GAIA Star Catalog

Reem Alghamdi, Markus Hadwiger, Guido Reina, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva

Journal Paper 1 Computer Graphics Forum (presented at EuroVIS 2025)

2024

Virtual Staging Technologies for the Metaverse

Muhammad Tukur, Yehia Boraey, Sara Jashari, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Uzair Shah, Mahmood Alzubaidi, Giovanni Pintore, Enrico Gobbetti, Jens Schneider, and Marco Agus

Conference Paper 4 IEEE iMeta 2024 - The 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Metaverse Technologies & Applications

Evaluating AI-based static stereoscopic rendering of indoor panoramic scenes

Sara Jashari, Muhammad Tukur, Yehia Boraey, Uzair Shah, Mahmood Alzubaidi, Giovanni Pintore, Enrico Gobbetti, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Jens Schneider, Noora Fetais, and Marco Agus

Conference Paper 2 Smart Tools and Applications in Graphics (STAG)

Computers & Graphics: Special Section on Web3D 2023

Aitor Moreno, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, and Imanol Muñoz-Pandiella

Journal Guest Editor 1 Computers & Graphics

Deep synthesis and exploration of omnidirectional stereoscopic environments from a single surround-view panoramic image

Giovanni Pintore, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Markus Hadwiger, Jens Schneider, Marco Agus, Fabio Marton, Fabio Bettio, Enrico Gobbetti

Journal Paper 18 Computers & Graphics

2023

PanoVerse: automatic generation of stereoscopic environments from single indoor panoramic images for Metaverse applications thumbnail

PanoVerse: automatic generation of stereoscopic environments from single indoor panoramic images for Metaverse applications Honorable Mention award

Giovanni Pintore, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Markus Hadwiger, Enrico Gobbetti, Jens Schneider, and Marco Agus

Conference Paper 12 Web3D 2023 - 28th International ACM Conference on 3D Web Technology

Doppler Volume Rendering: A Dynamic, Piecewise Linear Spectral Representation for Visualizing Astrophysics Simulations

Reem Alghamdi, Thomas Müller, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Markus Hadwiger, and Filip Sadlo

Journal Paper 2 Computer Graphics Forum (presented at EuroVIS 2023)

2022

Multivariate Probabilistic Range Queries for Scalable Interactive 3D Visualization

Amani Ageeli, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Ronell Sicat, Florian Mannuss, Peter Rautek, and Markus Hadwiger

Journal Paper 3 IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (presented at IEEE VIS 2022)

Acquiring, exploring and spreading Cultural Heritage with immersive technologies

Prashant Goswami, Ruggero Pintus, and Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva

Journal Guest Editor Frontiers in Virtual Reality

2021

A practical and efficient model for intensity calibration of multi-light image collections Best paper award

Ruggero Pintus, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Antonio Zorcolo, Markus Hadwiger, and Enrico Gobbetti

Journal Paper 5 The Visual Computer (presented at Computer Graphics International, CGI'21)

Web-based Exploration of Annotated Multi-Layered Relightable Image Models

Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Moonisa Ahsan, Ruggero Pintus, Andrea Giachetti, Fabio Marton, and Enrico Gobbetti

Journal Paper 22 Journal of Computing and Cultural Heritage

2019

Web-based Multi-layered Exploration of Annotated Image-based Shape and Material Models thumbnail

Web-based Multi-layered Exploration of Annotated Image-based Shape and Material Models Best paper award

Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Ruggero Pintus, Andrea Giachetti, and Enrico Gobbetti

Conference Paper 7 Eurographics Workshop on Graphics and Cultural Heritage, GCH'19

Crack Detection in Single- and Multi-Light Images of Painted Surfaces using Convolutional Neural Networks

Tinsae Dulecha, Andrea Giachetti, Ruggero Pintus, Irina Ciortan, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, and Enrico Gobbetti

Conference Paper 7 Eurographics Workshop on Graphics and Cultural Heritage, GCH'19

Automatic modeling of cluttered multi-room floor plans from panoramic images

Giovanni Pintore, Fabio Ganovelli, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, and Enrico Gobbetti

Journal Paper 18 Computer Graphics Forum

2018

Objective and Subjective Evaluation of Virtual Relighting from Reflectance Transformation Imaging Data

Ruggero Pintus, Tinsae Dulecha, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Andrea Giachetti, Irina Ciortan, and Enrico Gobbetti

Conference Paper 13 Eurographics Workshop on Graphics and Cultural Heritage, GCH'18

Artworks in the Spotlight: Characterization with a Multispectral Dome

Irina Ciortan, Tinsae Dulecha, Andrea Giachetti, Ruggero Pintus, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, and Enrico Gobbetti

Journal Paper 9 IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering

Voxel DAGs and Multiresolution Hierarchies: From Large-Scale Scenes to Pre-computed Shadows

Ulf Assarsson, Markus Billeter, Dan Dolonius, Elmar Eisemann, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Leonardo Scandolo, and Erik Sintorn

Tutorial 5 EuroGraphics 2018

Scalable Exploration of 3D Massive Models

Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva (supervised by Enrico Gobbetti, CRS4 and Julián Dorado, UDC)

PhD Thesis University of A Coruña, Spain (research carried out at CRS4, Italy)

2017

Symmetry-aware Sparse Voxel DAGs (SSVDAGs) for compression-domain tracing of high-resolution geometric scenes

Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Fabio Marton, and Enrico Gobbetti

Journal Paper 15 Journal of Computer Graphics Techniques

2016

PEEP: Perceptually Enhanced Exploration of Pictures

Marco Agus, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Giovanni Pintore, and Enrico Gobbetti

Conference Paper 3 International Workshop on Vision, Modeling and Visualization, VMV 2016

CRS4 Visual Computing

Enrico Gobbetti, Marco Agus, Fabio Bettio, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Fabio Marton, Ruggero Pintus, Giovanni Pintore, and Antonio Zorcolo

Conference Lab Presentation Smart Tools and Applications for Graphics, STAG'16

Point Cloud Manager: Applications of a Middleware for Managing Huge Point Clouds

Omar A. Mures, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Emilio J. Padrón, and Juan R. Rabuñal

Book Chapter 2 Effective Big Data Management and Opportunities for Implementation

Virtual Reality and Point-based Rendering in Architecture and Heritage

Omar A. Mures, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Emilio J. Padrón, and Juan R. Rabuñal

Book Chapter 14 Handbook of Research on Visual Computing and Emerging Geometrical Design Tools

SSVDAGs: Symmetry-aware Sparse Voxel DAGs thumbnail

SSVDAGs: Symmetry-aware Sparse Voxel DAGs Best Papers Selection

Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Fabio Marton, and Enrico Gobbetti

Conference Paper 47 ACM i3D 2016

2015

CHC+RT: Coherent Hierarchical Culling for Ray Tracing

Oliver Mattausch, Jiri Bittner, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Enrico Gobbetti, Michael Wimmer, and Renato Pajarola

Journal Paper 23 Computer Graphics Forum (presented at EuroGraphics 2015)

Mont'e Scan: Effective Shape and Color Digitization of Cluttered 3D Artworks

Fabio Bettio, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Emilio Merella, Fabio Marton, Enrico Gobbetti, and Ruggero Pintus

Journal Paper 16 ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage

2014

Automatic Room Detection and Reconstruction in Cluttered Indoor Environments with Complex Room Layouts

Claudio Mura, Oliver Mattausch, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Enrico Gobbetti, and Renato Pajarola

Journal Paper 177 Computers & Graphics

SOAR: Stochastic Optimization for Affine global point set Registration

Marco Agus, Enrico Gobbetti, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Claudio Mura, and Renato Pajarola

Conference Paper 7 Workshop on Vision, Modeling and Visualization, VMV'14

Practical line rasterization for multi-resolution textures

Javier Taibo, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Antonio Seoane, Marco Agus, and Luis Hernandez

Conference Paper 5 Smart Tools and Applications for Graphics, STAG'14

IsoCam: Interactive Visual Exploration of Massive Cultural Heritage Models on Large Projection Setups

Fabio Marton, Marcos Balsa Rodriguez, Fabio Bettio, Marco Agus, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, and Enrico Gobbetti

Journal Paper 37 ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage

Reconstructing Complex Indoor Environments with Arbitrary Wall Orientations

Claudio Mura, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Oliver Mattausch, Enrico Gobbetti, and Renato Pajarola

Conference Poster 12 EuroGraphics 2014

ExploreMaps: Efficient Construction and Ubiquitous Exploration of Panoramic View Graphs of Complex 3D Environments

Marco Di Benedetto, Fabio Ganovelli, Marcos Balsa Rodriguez, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Roberto Scopigno, and Enrico Gobbetti

Journal Paper 37 Computer Graphics Forum (presented at Eurographics 2014)

2013

Robust Reconstruction of Interior Building Structures with Multiple Rooms under Clutter and Occlusions Best papers selection

Claudio Mura, Oliver Mattausch, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Enrico Gobbetti, and Renato Pajarola

Conference Paper 33 IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design and Computer Graphics, CAD'13

Automatic Geometric Calibration of Projector-based Light-field Displays

Marco Agus, Enrico Gobbetti, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Giovanni Pintore, and Ruggero Pintus

Conference Short Paper 5 EuroVis 2013

2012

Aplicación para la inspección espacial, volumétrica y seccional interactiva de la Catedral de Santiago de Compostela CGarchitect 3D Awards 2011, Real-Time category

Viana Barneche, Luis Hernández, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, and Gustavo Fariña

Journal Paper Virtual Archaeology Review

Point Cloud Manager: a Multiresolution System for Managing Massive Point Cloud Datasets AMD Best Master Thesis Award and Best Graduate Thesis Award

Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva (supervised by Emilio J. Padrón and Javier Taibo, UDC)

Master's Thesis University of A Coruña, Spain

2011

Aplicación para la inspección espacial, volumétrica y seccional interactiva de la Catedral de Santiago de Compostela

Viviana Barneche, Luis A. Hernández, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, and Gustavo Fariña

Conference Paper Arqueológica 2.0, III Congreso Internacional de Arqueología, Informática Gráfica, Patrimonio e Innovación (Seville, June 2011)

Superficies multitáctiles interactivas: desarrollo de prototipo, software de control y paradigmas de aplicación a la visualización 3D

Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva (supervised by Julián Dorado de la Calle (director) and Juan Ramón Rabuñal Dopico (tutor), UDC)

Final Degree Project University of A Coruña, Spain

Space perception in Architectural Visualization through Immersive Virtual Reality

Luis Hernández, Javier Taibo, Antonio Seoane, and Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva

Journal Paper 6 Journal of Architectural Graphic Expression (EGA: Revista de expresión gráfica arquitectónica)

2009

Acceleration of AI algorithms using GPUs

Antonio Seoane and Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva

Book Chapter 2 Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence

2008

Aplicación de técnicas de iluminación para obtención de cuencas visuales en estudios de impacto ambiental

Luis Hernández, Antonio Seoane, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, and Javier Taibo

Conference Paper Congreso Sociedad Iberoamericana de Gráfica Digital, SIGraDi 2008

Interactive installations and virtual reality in the museum. The Galicia Dixital experience

Luis Hernández, Javier Taibo, Antonio Seoane, Rocío Mihura-Lopez, and Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva

Conference Paper International Symposium on Information and Communication Technologies in Cultural Heritage 2008

Mapping Large Textures for Outdoor Terrain Rendering

Antonio Seoane, Javier Taibo, Luis Hernández, and Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva

Book Chapter Game Programming Gems 7

Interfaces naturales para contenidos digitales interactivos en museos. La experiencia de Galicia Dixital

Luis Hernández, Javier Taibo, Antonio Seoane, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, and Rocío Mihura-Lopez

Journal Paper 4 Revista del Centro de Investigación, Universidad La Salle

2007

Physically Walking in Digital Spaces-A Virtual Reality Installation for Exploration of Historical Heritage

Luis Hernández, Javier Taibo, David Blanco, José Iglesias, Antonio Seoane, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, and Rocío Mihura-Lopez

Journal Paper 15 International Journal of Architectural Computing

VideaLAB. Grupo de Visualización Avanzada en Arquitectura, Ingeniería Civil y Urbanismo

Luis A. Hernández, Manuel Meijide, Javier Taibo, Antonio Seoane, Rocío López, David Blanco, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Juan Nieto, and Natalia Carregal

Conference Paper Simposium de Informática Gráfica y Patrimonio Histórico, SIGPHI 2007

El Museo Vacío y el Camino de Santiago. Una instalación de Realidad Virtual para la exploración del Patrimonio Cultural

Luis Hernández, Javier Taibo, David Blanco, José Iglesias, Antonio Seoane, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, and Rocío Mihura-Lopez

Conference Paper Simposium de Informática Gráfica y Patrimonio Histórico, SIGPHI 2007

Hardware-independent clipmapping

Antonio Seoane, Javier Taibo, Luis Hernández, Rubén López, and Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva

Conference Paper 16 International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics (WSCG)

2006

El Museo Vacío. Uso de una instalación transitable de Realidad Virtual para la experimentación espacial de una unidad habitacional en un asentamiento prerromano Best Conference Paper award

Luis Hernández, David Blanco, José Iglesias, Javier Taibo, Antonio Seoane, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, and Rocío Mihura-Lopez

Conference Paper Conferencia Sociedad Iberoamericana de Gráfica Digital, SIGraDi 2006

2005

Real-time visualization of geospatial features through integration of GID with a realistic 3D terrain dynamic visualization system

Luis Hernández, Alberto Varela, Javier Taibo, Antonio Seoane, Rubén López, and Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva

Conference Paper 5 International Cartographic Conference, ICC'05

The Creativity Space: An Immersive VR Framework for 3D Creation

Luis Hernández, Javier Taibo, Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, Rocío Mihura-Lopez, David Blanco, Rubén López, and Antonio Seoane

Conference Paper Japan-Korea CAD/CAM Workshop 2005

Gestión de tráfico mediante la integración de un GIS con un sistema de navegación realista en 3D sobre el territorio

Alberto Varela, Luis Hernández, Javier Taibo, Antonio Seoane, Rubén López, and Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva

Conference Paper Congreso Iberoamericano de Sistemas Inteligentes de Transporte 2005

Supervised academic theses

Theses and final projects I have supervised or co-supervised.

2024

Automatic 3D Modeling and Editing of Immersive Indoor Environments from a Single Omnidirectional Image

Giovanni Pintore (supervised by Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, KAUST and Julián Dorado, UDC)

PhD Thesis University of A Coruña, Spain

2014

Realtime Management Tool for Massive 3D Point Clouds

Luis Omar Álvarez Mures (supervised by Emilio J. Padrón and Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, UDC)

Bachelor's Thesis University of A Coruña, Spain

2013

Sistema cliente-servidor para la visualización de nubes de puntos con WebGL

Javier Rey Neira (supervised by Emilio J. Padrón and Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva, UDC)

Final Degree Project University of A Coruña, Spain

2012

Global Illumination for Point-Based Rendering

Luis Omar Álvarez Mures (supervised by Alberto Jaspe-Villanueva and Emilio J. Padrón, UDC)

Final Degree Project University of A Coruña, Spain