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D-Index
87
Citations
36629
World Ranking
342
National Ranking
163

Carver A. Mead publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carver A. Mead sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 301 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

Carver A. Mead D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carver A. Mead sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 1997 - ACM AAAI Allen Newell Award Carver Mead has made a large number of diverse and seminal contributions to computing through the development of semiconductors, their design, and specific, archetypal chip designs including an artificial retina and cochlea through pioneering digital, analog, and neural computing techniques. He has played a key role in technology transfer as an entrepreneurial founder of companies to utilize the technology he created.
  • 1996 - IEEE John von Neumann Medal "For leadership and innovative contributions to VLSI and creative microelectronic structures."
  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1989 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1984 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For great insight into the problems and potentialities of VLSI, and for helping to advance the art.

Overview

Carver A. Mead is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields primarily within engineering and physics, with specific focus on electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, astronomy and astrophysics, artificial intelligence, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's main research topics include advanced memory and neural computing, engineering applied research, ferroelectric and negative capacitance devices, neural networks and reservoir computing, cosmology and gravitation theories, relativity and gravitational theory, and gamma-ray bursts and supernovae.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Nature Electronics
  • Symmetry
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Neural Computation

Notable recent papers authored by Carver A. Mead are:

  • How we created neuromorphic engineering, 2020, Nature Electronics
  • Neuromorphic Engineering: In Memory of Misha Mahowald, 2022, Neural Computation
  • A Simple Cosmology in G4v, 2023, Symmetry
  • Author Correction: How we created neuromorphic engineering, 2020, Nature Electronics

Frequent co-authors working alongside this scientist include Callum Chhokar, Milad Ebadi, Mahyar Ashouri, David Ross, and Chris Mosher.

The scientist has received several awards recognizing contributions to technology and engineering. These include:

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2014)
  • ACM AAAI Allen Newell Award (1997) for contributions to computing and semiconductor design, including pioneering digital, analog, and neural computing techniques
  • IEEE John von Neumann Medal (1996) for leadership and innovative contributions to VLSI and microelectronic structures
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1991)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1989)
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1984) for insights into VLSI challenges and advancements

Best Publications

  • Introduction to VLSI systems

    Carver Mead;Lynn Conway

  • Analog VLSI and Neural Systems

    Carver Mead

  • Neuromorphic electronic systems

    C. Mead

  • Paintbrush stylus for capacitive touch sensor pad

    Carver A. Mead;Ralph Wolf;Timothy P. Allen

  • Winner-Take-All Networks of O(N) Complexity

    J. Lazzaro;S. Ryckebusch;Mahowald;C. A. Mead

  • A silicon model of early visual processing

    Carver A. Mead;Misha Mahowald

  • An analog electronic cochlea

    Richard F. Lyon;Carver Mead

  • Operation of Tunnel‐Emission Devices

    C. A. Mead

  • Metal-semiconductor surface barriers

    C. A. Mead

  • Fermi Level Position at Metal-Semiconductor Interfaces

    C. A. Mead;W. G. Spitzer

  • Fundamental limitations in microelectronics—I. MOS technology

    B. Hoeneisen;C. A. Mead

  • Analog VLSI implementation of neural systems

    Carver Mead;Mohammed Ismail

  • Permittivity of Strontium Titanate

    R. C. Neville;B. Hoeneisen;C. A. Mead

  • Computing motion using analog and binary resistive networks

    J. Hutchinson;C. Koch;J. Luo;C. Mead

  • The nature of the voltage-dependent conductance induced by alamethicin in black lipid membranes.

    Moisés Eisenberg;James E. Hall;C. A. Mead

  • A single-transistor silicon synapse

    C. Diorio;P. Hasler;A. Minch;C.A. Mead

  • White noise in MOS transistors and resistors

    R. Sarpeshkar;T. Delbruck;C.A. Mead

  • Electron transport mechanisms in thin insulating films

    C. A. Mead

  • NEUROMORPHIC ANALOGUE VLSI

    Rodney Douglas;Misha Mahowald;Carver Mead

  • Fundamental Transition in the Electronic Nature of Solids

    S. Kurtin;T. C. McGill;C. A. Mead

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard F. Lyon
Richard F. Lyon Google (United States)
Christopher J. Diorio
Christopher J. Diorio University of Washington
Paul Hasler
Paul Hasler Georgia Institute of Technology
T. C. McGill
T. C. McGill California Institute of Technology
Shih-Chii Liu
Shih-Chii Liu University of Zurich
Giacomo Indiveri
Giacomo Indiveri University of Zurich
Rahul Sarpeshkar
Rahul Sarpeshkar Dartmouth College
Tobi Delbruck
Tobi Delbruck ETH Zurich
Stephen P. DeWeerth
Stephen P. DeWeerth Lehigh University

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