Alex Pentland

95.1k citations
652 papers · 68.7k · 30 hit papers · h-index 106

Impact in

    • Face and Expression Recognition
    • Face recognition and analysis
    • Video Surveillance and Tracking Methods
    • Image Retrieval and Classification Techniques
    • Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques
    • Advanced Vision and Imaging
    • Human Pose and Action Recognition

Papers in

Alex Pentland

626 papers receiving 62.9k citations

Alex Pentland's Hit Papers

Art and the science of generative AI 2023 · 391 citations
3910+5+11Years since publication50010001.5k2.0k

Peers

Alex Pentland
Comparison fields: 5 of 226
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 35.1k
  • Human-Computer Interaction 6.1k
  • Transportation 5.0k
  • Signal Processing 7.5k
  • Media Technology 4.1k
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All Works

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Eigenfaces for Recognition
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199110790
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Face recognition using eigenfaces
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20023897
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Pfinder: real-time tracking of the human body
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19973331
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Computational Social Science
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20092422
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Reality mining: sensing complex social systems
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20052089
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Decentralizing Privacy: Using Blockchain to Protect Personal Data
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20151828
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Evidence for a Collective Intelligence Factor in the Performance of Human Groups
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20101737
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Inferring friendship network structure by using mobile phone data
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20091425
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Fractal-Based Description of Natural Scenes
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19841419
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Photobook: Content-based manipulation of image databases
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19961266
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A Bayesian computer vision system for modeling human interactions
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20001240
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Probabilistic visual learning for object representation
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19971150
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Real-time American sign language recognition using desk and wearable computer based video
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19981045
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Big Data and Management
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2014886
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Coupled hidden Markov models for complex action recognition
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2002797
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A New Sense for Depth of Field
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1987789
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Coding, analysis, interpretation, and recognition of facial expressions
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1997731
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DakNet: rethinking connectivity in developing nations
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2004608
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Real-time American Sign Language recognition from video using hidden Markov models
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2002593
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Modelling the impact of testing, contact tracing and household quarantine on second waves of COVID-19
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2020535

About Alex Pentland

Alex Pentland is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Transportation, Artificial Intelligence and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 652 papers that have together received 68.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Complex Network Analysis Techniques (97 papers), Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (90 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (80 papers), Advanced Vision and Imaging (48 papers), Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques (38 papers), Image Retrieval and Classification Techniques (36 papers), Face and Expression Recognition (26 papers) and Human Pose and Action Recognition (25 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (35.1k citations), Human-Computer Interaction (6.1k citations), Transportation (5.0k citations), Signal Processing (7.5k citations) and Media Technology (4.1k citations). Alex Pentland has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Frequent co-authors include Matthew Turk, Nathan Eagle, A. Azarbayejani, Trevor Darrell, Nuria Oliver, Stan Sclaroff, Thad Starner, Christopher R. Wren, B. Moghaddam and Guy Zyskind. Their work appears in journals such as IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, EPJ Data Science, Scientific Reports, PLoS ONE and Science.

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