Valter Piedade

valter.piedade@tecnico.ulisboa.pt


PhD candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Técnico Lisboa (University of Lisbon), affiliated with the Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR-Lisboa), under the supervision of Dr. Pedro Miraldo and Prof. José Gaspar.

PhD candidate in Computer Vision specializing in SLAM and robust estimation. Dedicated to designing and implementing high-performance algorithms that enable reliable, real-time perception and localization for real-world applications.


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  • 2026

Revisiting Monocular SLAM with Spatio-Temporal Scene Modeling
V. Piedade, L. Manam, M. Yamazaki, P. Miraldo
IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2026
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This work proposes a novel pipeline for real-time monocular V-SLAM, SLAM-MER, that (1) introduces a new spatio-temporal camera localization approach, and (2) achieves real-time performance (>80 FPS). The framework, developed from scratch in C++, is open-source and modular to allow further V-SLAM development.


  • 2025

SAC-GNC: SAmple Consensus for adaptive Graduated Non-Convexity
V. Piedade, C. Sidhartha, J. Gaspar, V. M. Govindu, P. Miraldo
IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2025
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SAC-GNC is a novel adaptive annealing strategy for Graduated Non-Convexity (GNC) that integrates sample consensus into the classical GNC framework. The addition of sample consensus improves robustness and reduces dependence on predefined parameters. The effectiveness of this approach is demonstrated in point cloud registration and pose graph optimization tasks.


  • 2024

A Probability-guided Sampler for Neural Implicit Surface Rendering
G. D. Pais, V. Piedade, M. Chatterjee, M. Greiff, and P. Miraldo
European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), 2024
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We propose a novel pixel sampler for neural implicit rendering that leverages the scene's Signed Distance Function (SDF). This approach achieves sharper reconstructions and improved performance in less-observed regions without requiring additional prior data.


  • 2023

BANSAC: A dynamic BAyesian Network for adaptive SAmple Consensus
V. Piedade, P. Miraldo
IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2023
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BANSAC is a novel sampling strategy for RANSAC. We introduce a dynamic Bayesian network that iteratively updates the inlier probabilities of individual data points. In each iteration, these updated probabilities guide the sampling process. This approach outperforms state-of-the-art baselines in terms of both accuracy and efficiency.

STORESLAM: Accurate Agent Localization and Mapping Methods for Structured Indoor Retail Store Environments

Participated in the development of a custom visual SLAM system designed for autonomous mobile robots navigating retail store environments. Built from scratch in C++, the system leverages a single fisheye stereo camera to achieve robust, real-time localization and mapping in dynamic, real-world settings.

Last updated on May 29, 2026.