publications

2026

1. arXiv

   

   Edged USLAM: Edge-Aware Event-Based SLAM with Learning-Based Depth Priors

   Şahin Sarıözkan, Hüseyin Şahin, Olaya Álvarez-Tuñón, and 1 more author

   arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.08150, 2026

   arXiv Bib HTML Code

   @article{sariozkan2026edged,
     title = {Edged USLAM: Edge-Aware Event-Based SLAM with Learning-Based Depth Priors},
     author = {Sarıözkan, Şahin and Şahin, Hüseyin and Álvarez-Tuñón, Olaya and Kayacan, Erdal},
     journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.08150},
     year = {2026},
   }

2025

1. OCEANS

   Towards End-to-End Underwater vSLAM Using Neural Radiance Fields

   Rytis Mikutavicius, Olaya Álvarez-Tuñón, Yury Brodskiy, and 1 more author

   In OCEANS 2025 - Brest, 2025

   Bib

   @inproceedings{mikutavicius2025towards,
     title = {Towards End-to-End Underwater vSLAM Using Neural Radiance Fields},
     author = {Mikutavicius, Rytis and Álvarez-Tuñón, Olaya and Brodskiy, Yury and Sarabakha, Andriy},
     booktitle = {OCEANS 2025 - Brest},
     year = {2025},
     publisher = {IEEE}
   }

2024

1. OCEANS

   

   SubPipe: A Submarine Pipeline Inspection Dataset for Segmentation and Visual-inertial Localization

   Olaya Álvarez-Tuñón, Luiza Ribeiro Marnet, László Antal, and 3 more authors

   In 2024 OCEANS Conference, 2024

   Abs arXiv Bib HTML Code

   A submarine pipeline inspection dataset for semantic segmentation and visual-inertial localization.

   @inproceedings{alvarez2024subpipe,
     title = {SubPipe: A Submarine Pipeline Inspection Dataset for Segmentation and Visual-inertial Localization},
     author = {Álvarez-Tuñón, Olaya and Ribeiro Marnet, Luiza and Antal, László and Aubard, Martin and Costa, Maria and Brodskiy, Yury},
     booktitle = {2024 OCEANS Conference},
     year = {2024},
     publisher = {IEEE},
   }

2. OCEANS

   

   Mission Planning and Safety Assessment for Pipeline Inspection Using Autonomous Underwater Vehicles: A Framework based on Behavior Trees

   Martin Aubard, Sergio Quijano, Olaya Álvarez-Tuñón, and 3 more authors

   In 2024 OCEANS Conference, 2024

   arXiv Bib HTML Code

   @inproceedings{aubard2024mission,
     title = {Mission Planning and Safety Assessment for Pipeline Inspection Using Autonomous Underwater Vehicles: A Framework based on Behavior Trees},
     author = {Aubard, Martin and Quijano, Sergio and Álvarez-Tuñón, Olaya and Antal, László and Costa, Maria and Brodskiy, Yury},
     booktitle = {2024 OCEANS Conference},
     year = {2024},
     publisher = {IEEE},
   }

2023

1. IEEE TAI

   

   Monocular visual simultaneous localization and mapping: (R)evolution from geometry to deep learning-based pipelines

   Olaya Álvarez-Tuñón, Yury Brodskiy, and Erdal Kayacan

   IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, 2023

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   A survey tracing the evolution of monocular visual SLAM from classical geometry-based methods to modern deep-learning-based pipelines.

   @article{alvarez2023monocular,
     title = {Monocular visual simultaneous localization and mapping: (R)evolution from geometry to deep learning-based pipelines},
     author = {Álvarez-Tuñón, Olaya and Brodskiy, Yury and Kayacan, Erdal},
     journal = {IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence},
     year = {2023},
     publisher = {IEEE},
     doi = {10.1109/TAI.2023.3321032},
   }

2. ISR

   

   Loss it right: Euclidean and Riemannian metrics in learning-based visual odometry

   Olaya Álvarez-Tuñón, Yury Brodskiy, and Erdal Kayacan

   In ISR Europe 2023; 56th International Symposium on Robotics, 2023

   arXiv Bib HTML Code

   @inproceedings{alvarez2023loss,
     title = {Loss it right: Euclidean and Riemannian metrics in learning-based visual odometry},
     author = {Álvarez-Tuñón, Olaya and Brodskiy, Yury and Kayacan, Erdal},
     booktitle = {ISR Europe 2023; 56th International Symposium on Robotics},
     pages = {107--111},
     year = {2023},
     publisher = {VDE},
   }

3. ICAR

   UNav-Sim: A Visually Realistic Underwater Robotics Simulator and Synthetic Data-generation Framework

   Abdelhakim Amer, Olaya Álvarez-Tuñón, Halil İbrahim Uğurlu, and 3 more authors

   In 2023 21st International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR), 2023

   arXiv Bib HTML Code

   @inproceedings{amer2023unavsim,
     title = {UNav-Sim: A Visually Realistic Underwater Robotics Simulator and Synthetic Data-generation Framework},
     author = {Amer, Abdelhakim and Álvarez-Tuñón, Olaya and Uğurlu, Halil İbrahim and Le Fevre Sejersen, Jonas and Brodskiy, Yury and Kayacan, Erdal},
     booktitle = {2023 21st International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR)},
     pages = {570--576},
     year = {2023},
     publisher = {IEEE},
   }

4. IROS

   

   MIMIR-UW: A multipurpose synthetic dataset for underwater navigation and inspection

   Olaya Álvarez-Tuñón, Hemanth Kanner, Luiza Ribeiro Marnet, and 4 more authors

   In 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2023

   DOI Bib HTML Code

   @inproceedings{alvarez2023mimir,
     title = {MIMIR-UW: A multipurpose synthetic dataset for underwater navigation and inspection},
     author = {Álvarez-Tuñón, Olaya and Kanner, Hemanth and Ribeiro Marnet, Luiza and Pham, Huy Xuan and Le Fevre Sejersen, Jonas and Brodskiy, Yury and Kayacan, Erdal},
     booktitle = {2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
     pages = {6141--6148},
     year = {2023},
     publisher = {IEEE},
     doi = {10.1109/IROS55552.2023.10341436},
   }

2019

1. Sensors

   Generation and processing of simulated underwater images for infrastructure visual inspection with UUVs

   Olaya Álvarez-Tuñón, Alberto Jardón, and Carlos Balaguer

   Sensors, 2019

   DOI Bib HTML

   @article{alvarez2019generation,
     title = {Generation and processing of simulated underwater images for infrastructure visual inspection with UUVs},
     author = {Álvarez-Tuñón, Olaya and Jardón, Alberto and Balaguer, Carlos},
     journal = {Sensors},
     volume = {19},
     number = {24},
     pages = {5497},
     year = {2019},
     publisher = {MDPI},
     doi = {10.3390/s19245497},
   }

2. Mining Tech.

   Ultrasonic inspection of flooded mineshafts for stability monitoring

   Mark D. Bedford, David Gibson, John Coggan, and 4 more authors

   Mining Technology, 2019

   Bib

   @article{bedford2019ultrasonic,
     title = {Ultrasonic inspection of flooded mineshafts for stability monitoring},
     author = {Bedford, Mark D. and Gibson, David and Coggan, John and Siever, Klaus and Wrana, Andrzej and Sobczak, Dariusz and others},
     journal = {Mining Technology},
     volume = {128},
     number = {3},
     year = {2019},
     publisher = {Taylor \& Francis}
   }

3. Visual Localization of a low-cost Underwater Robot for Inspection of Flooded Mine Shafts

   Olaya Álvarez-Tuñón, Alberto Jardón, and Carlos Balaguer

   2019

   Venue and year to be confirmed.

   Bib

   @misc{alvarez2019visual,
     title = {Visual Localization of a low-cost Underwater Robot for Inspection of Flooded Mine Shafts},
     author = {Álvarez-Tuñón, Olaya and Jardón, Alberto and Balaguer, Carlos},
     year = {2019},
     note = {Venue and year to be confirmed.}
   }

2018

1. IROS

   Underwater robot navigation for maintenance and inspection of flooded mine shafts

   Olaya Álvarez-Tuñón, Ángel Rodríguez, Alberto Jardón, and 1 more author

   In 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018

   Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{alvarez2018underwater,
     title = {Underwater robot navigation for maintenance and inspection of flooded mine shafts},
     author = {Álvarez-Tuñón, Olaya and Rodríguez, Ángel and Jardón, Alberto and Balaguer, Carlos},
     booktitle = {2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
     pages = {1482--1487},
     year = {2018},
     publisher = {IEEE},
   }

2. Mine Closure

   STAMS: New tools for monitoring flooded and nonflooded mine shaft

   Marwan Al Heib, Olaya Álvarez-Tuñón, Mark Bedford, and 4 more authors

   In 12th International Conference on Mine Closure (Mine Closure 2018), 2018

   Bib

   @inproceedings{alheib2018stams,
     title = {STAMS: New tools for monitoring flooded and nonflooded mine shaft},
     author = {Al Heib, Marwan and Álvarez-Tuñón, Olaya and Bedford, Mark and Fernandez, Francisco M. and Jardón, Alberto and Hassen, Farid H. and others},
     booktitle = {12th International Conference on Mine Closure (Mine Closure 2018)},
     year = {2018}
   }