2026 Benjamin W. Wah: 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	48	6109	5935	805	800	308	11266

Research.com Recognitions

2006 - W. Wallace McDowell Award, IEEE Computer Society For fundamental contributions to the theory and applications of nonlinear and resource-constrained optimization.
2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2004 - ACM Fellow For leadership in the computer science community and contributions to system optimization.
1998 - Edward J. McCluskey Technical Achievement Award, IEEE Computer Society For outstanding and pioneering contributions to search optimization with parallel and neural networks approaches.
1991 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the field of parallel processing.

Overview

Benjamin W. Wah is affiliated with the Chinese University of Hong Kong in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Computer Science and Engineering, with notable focus areas including Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computational Mechanics, Computer Science Applications, and Aerospace Engineering.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, such as:

Online Learning and Analytics
Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning
Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
Advanced Vision and Imaging
Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques
Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
3D Shape Modeling and Analysis

Benjamin W. Wah has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed papers, including:

"Using Kernels to Harness the Complexity of Big Data Applications," 2022, International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Tools
"Optimizing Multidimensional Perceptual Quality in Online Interactive Multimedia," 2023, IEEE Multimedia
"Dominance Pruning in Machine Learning for Solving Financial Trading and Real-Time Multimedia Applications," 2023, American Journal of Artificial Intelligence

Although not the primary author for all, a paper associated with their recent network includes "Vision, challenges, roles and research issues of Artificial Intelligence in Education," 2020, published in Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence.

Frequent publication venues for Benjamin W. Wah include:

Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Tools
IEEE Multimedia
American Journal of Artificial Intelligence

Benjamin collaborates often with other researchers including Feihu Zhang, Gwo-Jen Hwang, Haoran Xie, Dragan Gašević, and Xiaojuan Qi.

The following recognitions have been awarded to Benjamin W. Wah:

W. Wallace McDowell Award, IEEE Computer Society, 2006, for fundamental contributions to the theory and applications of nonlinear and resource-constrained optimization
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2004
ACM Fellow, 2004, for leadership in the computer science community and contributions to system optimization
Edward J. McCluskey Technical Achievement Award, IEEE Computer Society, 1998, for outstanding and pioneering contributions to search optimization with parallel and neural networks approaches
IEEE Fellow, 1991, for contributions to the field of parallel processing

Best Publications

Vision, challenges, roles and research issues of Artificial Intelligence in Education

Gwo-Jen Hwang;Haoran Xie;Benjamin W. Wah;Dragan Gašević

1087
Citations
Knowledge and data engineering

C.V. Ramamoorthy;B.W. Wah

1071
Citations
Significance and Challenges of Big Data Research

Xiaolong Jin;Benjamin W. Wah;Xueqi Cheng;Yuanzhuo Wang

1066
Citations
Algorithms for the Satisfiability (SAT) Problem: A Survey,

Jun Gu;Paul W. Purdom;John Franco;Benjamin W. Wah

501
Citations
Multi-dimensional regression analysis of time-series data streams

Yixin Chen;Guozhu Dong;Jiawei Han;Benjamin W. Wah

471
Citations
Global optimization for neural network training

Yi Shang;B.W. Wah

283
Citations
A survey of error-concealment schemes for real-time audio and video transmissions over the Internet

B.W. Wah;Xiao Su;Dong Lin

262
Citations
Stream Cube: An Architecture for Multi-Dimensional Analysis of Data Streams

Jiawei Han;Yixin Chen;Guozhu Dong;Jian Pei

245
Citations
Temporal planning using subgoal partitioning and resolution in SGPlan

Yixin Chen;Benjamin W. Wah;Chih-Wei Hsu

242
Citations
Star-cubing: computing iceberg cubes by top-down and bottom-up integration

Dong Xin;Jiawei Han;Xiaolei Li;Benjamin W. Wah

235
Citations
A Discrete Lagrangian-Based Global-SearchMethod for Solving Satisfiability Problems

Yi Shang;Benjamin W. Wah

217
Citations
Artificial Neural Networks: Concepts and Theory

Pankaj Mehra;Benjamin W. Wah

189
Citations
Domain-invariant stereo matching networks

Feihu Zhang;Xiaojuan Qi;Ruigang Yang;Victor Prisacariu

168
Citations
Scheduling of genetic algorithms in a noisy environment

Akiko N. Aizawa;Benjamin W. Wah

164
Citations
Coping with Anomalies in Parallel Branch-and-Bound Algorithms

Guo-Jie Li;Benjamin W. Wah

156
Citations
Deep FusionNet for Point Cloud Semantic Segmentation

Feihu Zhang;Jin Fang;Benjamin W. Wah;Philip H. S. Torr

156
Citations
A Unix-Based Local Computer Network with Load Balancing

Kai Hwang;Croft;Goble;Wah

148
Citations
Systematic approaches to the design of algorithmically specified systolic arrays

J. Fortes;K. Fu;B. Wah

144
Citations
Recent development in multimedia e-learning technologies

Rynson W. Lau;Neil Y. Yen;Frederick Li;Benjamin Wah

144
Citations
Wiley Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Engineering

Benjamin W. Wah

117
Citations
Design of optimal systolic arrays

G.J. Li;B.W. Wah

8
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Yixin Chen Washington University in St. Louis

Yi Shang University of Missouri

Rynson W. H. Lau City University of Hong Kong

Jiawei Han University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Guozhu Dong Wright State University

Qing Li Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Jianyong Wang Tsinghua University

Jian Pei Duke University

Cha Zhang Microsoft (United States)

Philip H. S. Torr University of Oxford

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