Fitxa persona

Biography

Valero Laparra Pérez-Muelas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering at the University of Valencia (UV). He is a researcher at the Image Processing Laboratory (IPL) and a member of the Image and Signal Processing (ISP) group.

He received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Valencia in 2011. His career includes research positions at international institutions such as the University of Tübingen (Germany) and New York University (USA). His research focuses on the development of machine learning and image processing methods, with a special emphasis on statistics, vision science, and applications for Earth observation.

Subjects taught and teaching methods

36441 - Aprendizaje profundo - Degree in Data Science
41053 - Técnicas para el análisis y el procesami - Master's Degree in Environmental and Territorial Management Techniques
46577 - null - Master’s Degree in Data Science
36420 - Señales y sistemas - Degree in Data Science

Tutorials

15/09/2025 - 30/06/2026

LUNES de 09:00 a 12:00 DESPATX 3.2.12 DESPATX 3.2.12 E.T.S. D'ENGINYERIA

Observations

Participate in the e-tutoring programme of the Universitat de València

Journal Publications

Emma Izquierdo-Verdiguier; Valero Laparra; Robert Jenssen; Luis Gómez-Chova; Gustau Camps-Valls (2016) Optimized Kernel Entropy Components. Ieee Transactions On Neural Networks And Learning Systems, 28(6), pp. 1466 - 1472 . ISSN: 2162-237X
Gustau Camps-Valls; Jochem Verrelst; Jordi Munoz-Mari; Valero Laparra; Fernando Mateo-Jimenez; Jose Gomez-Dans (2016) A Survey on Gaussian Processes for Earth Observation Data Analysis. Ieee Geoscience And Remote Sensing Magazine, 4(2), pp. 1 - 16 . ISSN: 2168-6831
Adrián Pérez-Suay; Julia Amorós-López; Luis Gómez-Chova; Valero Laparra; Jordi Muñoz-Marí; Gustau Camps-Valls (2017) Randomized kernels for large scale Earth observation applications. Remote Sensing of Environment, 202, pp. 54 - 63 . ISSN: 0034-4257
Valero Laparra; Jesús Malo (2015) Visual aftereffects and sensory nonlinearities from a single statistical framework. Frontiers In Human Neuroscience. ISSN: 1662-5161
Naoufal Amrani; Joan Serra-Sagristà; Valero Laparra; Michael W. Marcellin; Jesus Malo (2016) Regression Wavelet Analysis for Lossless Coding of Remote-Sensing Data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. ISSN: 0196-2892
Joaquín García-Sobrino; Joan Serra-Sagristà; Valero Laparra; Xavier Calbet; Gustau Camps-Valls (2017) Statistical Atmospheric Parameter Retrieval Largely Benefits from Spatial-Spectral Image Compression. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. ISSN: 0196-2892
Valero Laparra; Alexander Berardino; Johannes Ballé; Eero P. Simoncelli (2017) Perceptually Optimized Image Rendering. Journal of the Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision. ISSN: 1084-7529
Laparra, V.; Malo, J.; Camps-Valls, G. (2015) Dimensionality reduction via regression in hyperspectral imagery. Ieee Journal Of Selected Topics In Signal Processing. ISSN: 1932-4553
Mateo, F.; Muñoz-Marí, J.; Laparra, V.; Verrelst, J.; Camps-Valls, G. (2016) Learning Structures in Earth Observation Data with Gaussian Processes. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 13, pp. 4291 - 4313 . ISSN: 0302-9743
Muñoz-Marí, J.; Izquierdo-Verdiguier, E.; Campos-Taberner, M.; Pérez-Suay, A.; Gómez-Chova, L.; Mateo-García, G.; Ruescas, A. B.; Laparra, V.; Padrón, J. A.; Amorós-López, J.; Camps-Valls, G. (2017) HyperLabelMe: A Web Platform for Benchmarking Remote-Sensing Image Classifiers. Ieee Geoscience And Remote Sensing Magazine, 5(4), pp. 79 - 85 . ISSN: 2168-6831
García-Haro, F.J.; Campos-Taberner, M.; Muñoz-Marí, J.; Laparra, V.; Camacho, F.; Sánchez-Zapero, J.; Camps-Valls, G. (2018) Derivation of global vegetation biophysical parameters from EUMETSAT Polar System. Isprs Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 139, pp. 57 - 74 . ISSN: 0924-2716
Camps-Valls, G.; Martino, L.; Svendsen, D. H; Campos-Taberner, M.; Muñoz-Marí, J.; Laparra, V.;Luengo, D.; García-Haro, F. J. (2018) Physics-aware Gaussian processes in remote sensing. Applied Soft Computing, 68, pp. 69 - 82 . ISSN: 1568-4946
Gonzalo Mateo-García; Valero Laparra; Dan López-Puigdollers; Luis Gómez-Chova (2020) Transferring deep learning models for cloud detection between Landsat-8 and Proba-V. Isprs Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 160, pp. 1 - 17 . ISSN: 0924-2716
José A. Padrón-Hidalgo ; Valero Laparra ; Nathan Longbotham ; Gustau Camps-Valls (2019) Kernel Anomalous Change Detection for Remote Sensing Imagery. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. ISSN: 0196-2892
Joaquín García-Sobrino ; Valero Laparra ; Joan Serra-Sagristà ; Xavier Calbet ; Gustau Camps-Valls (2019) Improved Statistically Based Retrievals via Spatial-Spectral Data Compression for IASI Data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. ISSN: 0196-2892
David Malmgren-Hansen; Valero Laparra; Allan Aasbjerg Nielsen; Gustau Camps-Valls (2019) Statistical retrieval of atmospheric profiles with deep convolutional neural networks. Isprs Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. ISSN: 0924-2716
Johnson, J. E.; Laparra, V.; Camps-Valls, G. (2020) Accounting for Input Noise in Gaussian Process Parameter Retrieval. Ieee Geoscience And Remote Sensing Letters. ISSN: 1545-598X
J. Emmanuel Johnson ;Valero Laparra; Adrián Pérez-Suay; Miguel D. Mahecha; Gustau Camps-Valls (2020) Kernel methods and their derivatives: Concept and perspectives for the Earth system sciences. Plos One. ISSN: 1932-6203
Padr\'on-Hidalgo, J.A; P\'erez-Suay, A.; Nar, F.; Laparra, V.; Camps-Valls, G. (2020) Efficient Kernel Cook's Distance for Remote Sensing Anomalous Change Detection. Ieee Journal Of Selected Topics In Applied Earth Observations And Remote Sensing, 13, pp. 5480 - 5488 . ISSN: 1939-1404
Gonzalo Mateo-García; Valero Laparra; Dan López-Puigdollers; Luis Gómez-Chova (2021) Cross-Sensor Adversarial Domain Adaptation of Landsat-8 and Proba-V Images for Cloud Detection. Ieee Journal Of Selected Topics In Applied Earth Observations And Remote Sensing, 14, pp. 747 - 761 . ISSN: 1939-1404
Van Wittenberghe, S., Laparra, V., García-Plazaola, J.I., Fernandez-Marín, B., Porcar-Castell, A., Moreno, J. (2021) Combined dynamics of the 500-600 nm leaf absorption and chlorophyll fluorescence changes in vivo: Evidence for the multifunctional energy quenching role of xanthophylls. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics, 1862(2), p. 148351 . ISSN: 0005-2728
J.A. Padron-Hidalgo, V. Laparra, and G. Camps-Valls (2021) Unsupervised Anomaly and Change Detection With Multivariate Gaussianization. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. ISSN: 0196-2892
J. Emmanuel Johnson, Valero Laparra, Maria Piles, Gustau Camps-Valls (2021) Gaussianizing the Earth: Multidimensional Information Measures for Earth Data Analysis. Ieee Geoscience And Remote Sensing Magazine. ISSN: 2168-6831
Camps-Valls, G.; Campos-Taberner, M.; Laparra, V. ; Martino, L. ; Munoz-Mari, J. (2022) Retrieval of Physical Parameters with Deep Structured Kernel Regression. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. ISSN: 0196-2892
Sebastia Mijares i Verdu; Johannes Balle; Valero Laparra; Joan Bartrina-Rapesta; Miguel Hernandez-Cabronero; Joan Serra-Sagrista (2023) A Scalable Reduced-Complexity Compression of Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Images Using Deep Learning. Remote Sensing. ISSN: 2072-4292
Pablo Hernández-Cámara; Jorge Vila-Tomás; Valero Laparra; Jesús Malo (2023) Neural networks with divisive normalization for image segmentation. Pattern Recognition Letters, 173, pp. 64 - 71 . ISSN: 0167-8655
J. Muñoz-Marí; E. Izquierdo-Verdiguier; M. Campos-Taberner; A. Pérez-Suay; L. Gómez-Chova; G. Mateo-García; A. B. Ruescas; V. Laparra; J. A. Padrón; J- Amoros; G. Camps-Valls (2019) A Web Platform for Benchmarking Remote-Sensing Image Classifiers. Ieee Geoscience And Remote Sensing Magazine. ISSN: 2168-6831
Svendsen, D.H.; Hernàndez-Lobato, D.; Laparra, V.; Martino, L.; Moreno-Martínez, A.; Camps-Valls, G. (2021) Inference over Radiative Transfer Models using Variational and Expectation Maximization Methods. Machine Learning. ISSN: 0885-6125
Padron, J.; Laparra, V.; Camps-Valls, G. (2022) Unsupervised Anomaly and Change Detection with Multivariate Gaussianization. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. ISSN: 0196-2892
García-Haro, F.J; Campos-Taberner, M; Martínez, B; Sánchez-Ruiz, S; Gilabert, M.A; Camps-Valls, G; Muñoz-Mari, J; Laparra, V; Camacho, F; Sánchez-Zapero, J; Fuster, B. (2018) Generation of global vegetation products from EUMETSAT AVHRR/METOP Satellites. Geoscience and Remote Sensing (IGARSS), IEEE International Symposium, pp. 1826 - 1829 . ISSN: 2153-6996
Laparra, Valero;Pérez-Suay, Adrián;Piles, María;Muñoz-Marí, Jordi;Amorós-López, Julia;Fernandez-Moran, Roberto;Fernández-Torres, Miguel-Ángel;Adsuara, Jose E. (2023) Assessing the Impact of Using Short Videos for Teaching at Higher Education: Empirical evidence from log-files in a Learning Management System. IEEE-RITA: revista Iberoamericana de tecnologías del aprendizaje, 18(3), pp. 233 - 238 . ISSN: 1932-8540
Valero Laparra; Juan Emmanuel Johnson; Gustau Camps-Valls; Raúl Santos-Rodríguez; Jesús Malo (2024) Estimating Information Theoretic Measures via Multidimensional Gaussianization. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 47(2) . ISSN: 0162-8828
Pablo Hernández-Cámara; Paula Daudén-Oliver; Valero Laparra; Jesús Malo (2024) Alignment of Color Discrimination in Humans and Image Segmentation Networks. Frontiers In Psychology, 15 . ISSN: 1664-1078
Pablo Hernández-Cámara; Jorge Vila-Tomás; Valero Laparra; Jesús Malo (2025) Dissecting the effectiveness of deep features as metric of perceptual image quality. Neural Networks, 185 . ISSN: 0893-6080
Pablo Hernandez-Camara, P Dauden-Oliver, Nuria Alabau-Bosque, Jorge Vila-Tomas, Valero Laparra, Jesus Malo (2025) Why Divisive Normalization Works in Image Segmentation?. Neurocomputing. ISSN: 0925-2312

Participations in Conferences

Thesis, minor thesis and research reports