2026 Arnon Amir: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	47	6342	6158	2830	2726	122	13404

Overview

Arnon Amir is affiliated with IBM in the United States and has contributed to research spanning engineering and medicine, with a focus on interdisciplinary applications.

Their recent scholarly output includes publications in various respected venues. Notable papers by Arnon Amir include:

Neural inference at the frontier of energy, space, and time (2023, Science)
The Performance Analysis of Transfer Learning for Steel Defect Detection by Using Deep Learning (2021, Journal of Physics Conference Series)
Automated Detection of Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) Defects by Using Machine Learning in Electronic Manufacturing: Current Approaches (2020, IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering)
Real-Time Drowsiness Detection System for Driver Monitoring (2020, IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering)
Determining Artificial Ageing Methods and Evaluating Properties of Universal Composite Resin: A Review and Proposed Protocol (2023, Compendium of Oral Science)

The scientist's work frequently appears in these publication venues:

IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering
Journal of Physics Conference Series
PUPIL International Journal of Teaching Education and Learning
Science
Compendium of Oral Science

Co-authorship collaborations include repeated partnerships with:

Masyitah Abu
Nik Adilah Hanin Zahri
Filipp Akopyan
John V. Arthur
Pallab Datta

Arnon Amir's research primarily relates to the following fields and subfields of study:

Engineering
Medicine
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Surgery
Mechanical Engineering
Orthodontics

The core topics in their research portfolio address several areas, including:

Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection
Retinal Imaging and Analysis
Digital Imaging for Blood Diseases
Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors
Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring

Best Publications

A million spiking-neuron integrated circuit with a scalable communication network and interface

Paul A. Merolla;John V. Arthur;Rodrigo Alvarez-Icaza;Andrew S. Cassidy

4322
Citations
Convolutional networks for fast, energy-efficient neuromorphic computing

Steven K. Esser;Paul A. Merolla;John V. Arthur;Andrew S. Cassidy

907
Citations
A Low Power, Fully Event-Based Gesture Recognition System

Arnon Amir;Brian Taba;David Berg;Timothy Melano

897
Citations
PUPIL DETECTION AND TRACKING USING MULTIPLE LIGHT SOURCES

Carlos Hitoshi Morimoto;David Koons;Arnon Amir;Myron Flickner

618
Citations
Finding shortest paths on surfaces using level sets propagation

R. Kimmel;A. Amir;A.M. Bruckstein

387
Citations
IBM Research TRECVID-2003 Video Retrieval System.

Arnon Amir;Marco Berg;Shih-Fu Chang;Winston H. Hsu

358
Citations
IBM Research TRECVID-2005 Video Retrieval System

Arnon Amir;Janne Argillander;Murray Campbell;Alexander Haubold

352
Citations
Cognitive computing building block: A versatile and efficient digital neuron model for neurosynaptic cores

Andrew S. Cassidy;Paul Merolla;John V. Arthur;Steve K. Esser

332
Citations
TrueNorth: Accelerating From Zero to 64 Million Neurons in 10 Years

Michael V. DeBole;Brian Taba;Arnon Amir;Filipp Akopyan

230
Citations
Cognitive computing programming paradigm: A Corelet Language for composing networks of neurosynaptic cores

Arnon Amir;Pallab Datta;William P. Risk;Andrew S. Cassidy

206
Citations
System and method for linking an audio stream with accompanying text material

Arnon Amir;Carlton Wayne Niblack;Norman Jerome Pass;Dragutin Petkovic

202
Citations
Cognitive computing systems: Algorithms and applications for networks of neurosynaptic cores

Steve K. Esser;Alexander Andreopoulos;Rathinakumar Appuswamy;Pallab Datta

198
Citations
System and method for detecting proximity between mobile device users

Arnon Amir;Alon Efrat

196
Citations
Calibration-free eye gaze tracking

Arnon Amir;Myron Dale Flickner;David Bruce Koons;Gregory Fraser Russell

172
Citations
Video and multimedia browsing while switching between views

Arnon Amir;Dulce Beatriz Ponceleon;Savitha Srinivasan

165
Citations
System and method for eye gaze tracking using corneal image mapping

Arnon Amir;Myron Dale Flickner;David Bruce Koons;Carlos Hitoshi Morimoto

157
Citations
Detecting eye position and gaze from a single camera and 2 light sources

C.H. Morimoto;A. Amir;M. Flickner

156
Citations
Key to effective video retrieval: effective cataloging and browsing

Dulce Ponceleon;Savitha Srinivasan;Arnon Amir;Dragutin Petkovic

154
Citations
Automated video program summarization using speech transcripts

C.M. Taskiran;Z. Pizlo;A. Amir;D. Ponceleon

146
Citations
A generic grouping algorithm and its quantitative analysis

A. Amir;M. Lindenbaum

144
Citations
IBM Research TRECVID 2004 Video Retrieval System.

Arnon Amir;Janne Argillander;Marco Berg;Shih-Fu Chang

56
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Myron D. Flickner IBM (United States)

Dharmendra S. Modha IBM (United States)

Alon Efrat University of Arizona

Tanveer Syeda-Mahmood IBM (United States)

Milind R. Naphade Nvidia (United States)

Kobus Barnard University of Arizona

Michael Lindenbaum Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Ching-Yung Lin National Chi Nan University

Nimrod Megiddo IBM (United States)

Apostol Natsev Google (United States)

External Links

Personal website of Arnon Amir Google Scholar page

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