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Education

• Ph.D. Student in Electronics Engineering, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia (in progress)
  • Advisor: Prof. Henry Arguello
  • Research areas: computational imaging, signal processing, imaging inverse problems, and integrated sensing and communications.
• M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics, Universidad Industrial de Santander, February 2022 - March 2024
  • Advisor: Prof. Henry Arguello
  • GPA: 4.54 / 5.0
  • Thesis: Optimization of a Computational Imaging System by Statistical Regularization Based on a Deep Learning Method
  • Distinction: Laureate Master Thesis
• B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering, Universidad Industrial de Santander, September 2016 - September 2021
  • Mentors: Jorge Bacca and Henry Arguello
  • GPA: 4.07 / 5.0

Research Areas

• Computational imaging
• Signal processing
• Imaging inverse problems
• Integrated sensing and communications

Acknowledgments & Awards

• Laureate Master Thesis, Universidad Industrial de Santander
• IEEE ICASSP 2025 Student Travel Grant
• Outstanding Reviewer (top 5%), CVPR 2026

Teaching Experience

• Numerical Methods, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia - undergraduate course, 2024-II and 2025-I.
• Digital Signal Processing, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia - graduate teaching team, 2024-II.

Reviewing Service

• IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing
• Optics Express
• IEEE Transactions on Communications
• Transactions on Machine Learning Research
• 2025-2026 Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (Outstanding Reviewer in 2026, top 5%)
• International Conference on Computer Vision
• 2026 The British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC)
• 2026 Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)

Journal Papers

Optically Authenticated Hyperspectral Imaging: Detection and Restoration of Manipulated Data

P Gomez, R Jacome, H Garcia, I Esnaola, H Arguello. Optically Authenticated Hyperspectral Imaging: Detection and Restoration of Manipulated Data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2025.

Distilling Knowledge for Designing Computational Imaging Systems

L Suarez-Rodriguez, R Jacome, H Arguello. Distilling Knowledge for Designing Computational Imaging Systems. arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.17898, 2025.

Multi-Antenna Dual-Blind Deconvolution for Joint Radar-Communications via SoMAN Minimization

R Jacome, E Vargas, KV Mishra, BM Sadler, H Arguello. Multi-antenna dual-blind deconvolution for joint radar-communications via soman minimization. arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.13609, 2023.

An Invitation to Hypercomplex Phase Retrieval: Theory and Applications

R Jacome, KV Mishra, BM Sadler, H Arguello. An invitation to hypercomplex phase retrieval: Theory and applications [hypercomplex signal and image processing]. IEEE Signal Processing Magazine 41 (3), 22-32, 2024.

DoDo: Double DOE Optical System for Multishot Spectral Imaging

S Urrea, R Jacome, MS Asif, H Arguello, H Garcia. DoDo: Double DOE optical system for multishot spectral imaging. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing 18 (4), 704-713, 2024.

Octonion Phase Retrieval

R Jacome, KV Mishra, BM Sadler, H Arguello. Octonion phase retrieval. IEEE Signal Processing Letters 31, 1615-1619, 2024.

Middle Output Regularized End-to-End Optimization for Computational Imaging

R Jacome, P Gomez, H Arguello. Middle output regularized end-to-end optimization for computational imaging. Optica 10 (11), 1421-1431, 2023.

Dual-Blind Deconvolution for Overlaid Radar-Communications Systems

E Vargas, KV Mishra, R Jacome, BM Sadler, H Arguello. Dual-blind deconvolution for overlaid radar-communications systems. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory 4, 75-93, 2023.

D2UF: Deep Coded Aperture Design and Unrolling Algorithm for Compressive Spectral Image Fusion

R Jacome, J Bacca, H Arguello. DUF: Deep Coded Aperture Design and Unrolling Algorithm for Compressive Spectral Image Fusion. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing 17 (2), 502-512, 2022.

Conference Papers

GSNR: Graph Smooth Null-Space Representation for Inverse Problems

Romario Gualdron, Roman Jacome, Rafael S. Suarez, Henry Arguello. "GSNR: Graph Smooth Null-Space Representation for Inverse Problems." CVPR 2026.

Performance Bounds On Parameter Estimation for Relative Phases In Multi-Agent Wireless Systems

Sergio Urrea, Roman Jacome, Edwin Vargas, Kumar Vijay Mishra, Henry Arguello. "Performance Bounds On Parameter Estimation for Relative Phases In Multi-Agent Wireless Systems." ICASSP 2026.

NPN: Non-Linear Projections of the Null-Space for Imaging Inverse Problems

R Jacome, R Gualdrón-Hurtado, L Suarez, H Arguello. NPN: Non-Linear Projections of the Null-Space for Imaging Inverse Problems. The Thirty-ninth Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems.

Deep Distillation Gradient Preconditioning for Inverse Problems

Romario Gualdron-Hurtado, Roman Jacome, Leon Suarez, Laura Galvis, Henry Arguello. "Deep Distillation Gradient Preconditioning for Inverse Problems." CAMSAP 2025.

UTOPY: Unrolling Algorithm Learning via Fidelity Homotopy for Inverse Problems

Roman Jacome, Romario Gualdron-Hurtado, Leon Suarez-Rodriguez, Henry Arguello. "UTOPY: Unrolling Algorithm Learning via Fidelity Homotopy for Inverse Problems." CAMSAP 2025.

DICE: Diffusion Consensus Equilibrium for Sparse-view CT Reconstruction

Leon Suarez-Rodriguez, Roman Jacome, Romario Gualdron-Hurtado, Ana Mantilla-Dulcey, Henry Arguello. "DICE: Diffusion Consensus Equilibrium for Sparse-view CT Reconstruction." CAMSAP 2025.

DistillPool: Knowledge Distillation Techniques for Single-Pixel Imaging

Julio Gutierrez-Rengifo, Laura C. Diaz-Delgado, Paula Arguello, Roman Jacome, Henry Arguello. "DistillPool: Knowledge Distillation Techniques for Single-Pixel Imaging." STSIVA 2025.

Compressive sensing with augmented measurements via generative self-distillation

Emmanuel Martinez, Roman Jacome, Romario Gualdron-Hurtado, Inaki Esnaola, Henry Arguello. "Compressive sensing with augmented measurements via generative self-distillation." SSP 2025.

Optical Authenticity in Pushbroom System for Spectral Information Protection

P Gomez, R Jacome, E Martinez, H Garcia, H Arguello. Optical Authenticity in Pushbroom System for Spectral Information Protection. ICASSP 2025-2025 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and …, 2025.

Compressive Imaging Reconstruction via Conditional Diffusion Model with Augmented Measurements

E Martinez, L Suarez, R Gualdrón-Hurtado, R Jacome, H Arguello. Compressive Imaging Reconstruction via Conditional Diffusion Model With Augmented Measurements. ICASSP 2025-2025 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and …, 2025.

Learning to Reconstruct Signals with Inexact Sensing Operator via Knowledge Distillation

R Jacome, L Suarez, R Gualdrón-Hurtado, L Gonzalez, H Arguello. Learning to reconstruct signals with inexact sensing operator via knowledge distillation. ICASSP 2025-2025 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and …, 2025.

Improving Compressive Imaging Recovery via Measurement Augmentation

R Gualdrón-Hurtado, R Jacome, L Suarez, E Martinez, H Arguello. Improving Compressive Imaging Recovery via Measurement Augmentation. ICASSP 2025-2025 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and …, 2025.

Highly Constrained Coded Aperture Imaging Systems Design Via a Knowledge Distillation Approach

L Suarez-Rodriguez, R Jacome, H Arguello. Highly constrained coded aperture imaging systems design via a knowledge distillation approach. 2024 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 3993-3999, 2024.

RGB-Guided Spectral Image Generation through GANs with Implicit Spectral Learning

E Martinez, R Jacome, A Jerez, H Arguello. RGB-Guided Spectral Image Generation through GANs with Implicit Spectral Learning. 2024 32nd European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), 511-515, 2024.

Learning Point Spread Function Invertibility Assessment for Image Deconvolution

R Gualdrón-Hurtado, R Jacome, S Urrea, H Arguello, L Gonzalez. Learning point spread function invertibility assessment for image deconvolution. 2024 32nd European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), 501-505, 2024.

Data-Driven Based Preconditioning for One-Bit MIMO Detection

S Solano, R Jacome, E Vargas, H Arguello. Data-driven based preconditioning for one-bit mimo detection. 2024 XXIV Symposium of Image, Signal Processing, and Artificial Vision …, 2024.

Multi-Antenna ISAC Receiver with n-Tuple Blind Deconvolution

R Jacome, E Vargas, KV Mishra, BM Sadler, H Arguello. Multi-antenna isac receiver with n-tuple blind deconvolution. ICASSP 2024-2024 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and …, 2024.

Factor Graph Processing for Dual-Blind Deconvolution at ISAC Receiver

R Jacome, E Vargas, KV Mishra, BM Sadler, H Arguello. Factor graph processing for dual-blind deconvolution at ISAC receiver. 2023 IEEE 9th International Workshop on Computational Advances in Multi …, 2023.

Optical Solutions for Spectral Imaging Inverse Problems with a Shift-Variant System

S Urrea, R Jacome, MS Asif, H Arguello, H Garcia. Optical Solutions for Spectral Imaging Inverse Problems with a Shift-Variant System. Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision …, 2023.

LD-GAN: Low-Dimensional Generative Adversarial Network for Spectral Image Generation with Variance Regularization

E Martinez, R Jacome, A Hernandez-Rojas, H Arguello. Ld-gan: Low-dimensional generative adversarial network for spectral image generation with variance regularization. Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern …, 2023.

Stochastic Deep Image Prior for Multishot Compressive Spectral Image Fusion

R Jacome, B Monroy, J Bacca, H Arguello. Stochastic Deep Image Prior for Multishot Compressive Spectral Image Fusion. 2023 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal …, 2023.

Divergence-Based Regularization for End-to-End Sensing Matrix Optimization in Compressive Sampling Systems

R Jacome, H Arguello, A Hernandez-Rojas, P Goyes-Penafiel. Divergence-based regularization for end-to-end sensing matrix optimization in compressive sampling systems. SIGNAL 2023 Editors, 79, 2023.

Probabilistic Regularization for End-to-End Optimization in Compressive Imaging

R Jacome, A Hernandez-Rojas, H Arguello. Probabilistic regularization for end-to-end optimization in compressive imaging. Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging, CW1B. 1, 2022.

Multi-Dimensional Dual-Blind Deconvolution Approach toward Joint Radar-Communications

R Jacome, KV Mishra, E Vargas, BM Sadler, H Arguello. Multi-dimensional dual-blind deconvolution approach toward joint radar-communications. 2022 IEEE 23rd International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in …, 2022.

Joint Radar-Communications Processing from a Dual-Blind Deconvolution Perspective

E Vargas, KV Mishra, R Jacome, BM Sadler, H Arguello. Joint radar-communications processing from a dual-blind deconvolution perspective. ICASSP 2022-2022 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and …, 2022.

Deep-Fusion: An End-to-End Approach for Compressive Spectral Image Fusion

R Jacome, J Bacca, H Arguello. Deep-fusion: An end-to-end approach for compressive spectral image fusion. 2021 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2903-2907, 2021.

Compressive Spectral Imaging Fusion Implementation Based on an End-to-End Optimization Design

R Jacome, J Escobar, J Bacca, H Arguello. Compressive Spectral Imaging Fusion Implementation Based on an End-to-End Optimization Design. 2021 XXIII Symposium on Image, Signal Processing and Artificial Vision …, 2021.

Deep Learning-Based Object Classification for Spectral Images

R Jácome, C López, H Garcia, H Arguello. Deep Learning-Based Object Classification for Spectral Images. Applications of Computational Intelligence: Third IEEE Colombian Conference …, 2021.

Object Classification Using Spectral Images and Deep Learning

C López, R Jácome, H Garcia, H Arguello. Object classification using spectral images and deep learning. 2020 IEEE Colombian Conference on Applications of Computational Intelligence …, 2020.