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54
Citations
13378
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4519
National Ranking
2117

Daniel C. Robbins publications per year

1991: 1 publications 1992: 6 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 1 publications 1995: 1 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 1 publications 1998: 7 publications 1999: 1 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 1 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 9 publications 2004: 9 publications 2005: 12 publications 2006: 13 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 1 publications 2010: 0 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 2 publications 2013: 0 publications 2014: 1 publications 2015: 0 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 0 publications 2018: 0 publications 2019: 0 publications 2020: 0 publications 2021: 0 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 1 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 1 publications
1991 2025

104 publications in total across all disciplines

Daniel C. Robbins publication distribution in Computer Science in 2027

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2027. The highlighted bar marks where Daniel C. Robbins sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 86 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Daniel C. Robbins D-index placement in Computer Science in 2027

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2027. The highlighted bar marks where Daniel C. Robbins sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1931 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Daniel C. Robbins is affiliated with Microsoft in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their research focuses primarily on atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, covering diverse topics such as meteorological phenomena and simulations, solar radiation and photovoltaics, fire effects on ecosystems, and air quality and health impacts.

Robbins has published work in several academic venues, notably including:

  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Remote Sensing

Frequent coauthors with whom Robbins has collaborated include Caroline Poulsen, Steven T. Siems, Simon Proud, U. Egede, and Barnaby Sandeford.

Some of their recent publications are:

  • Evaluation and comparison of a machine learning cloud identification algorithm for the SLSTR in polar regions, 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Improving discrimination between clouds and optically thick aerosol plumes in geostationary satellite data, 2022, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • AHI-CALIOP Collocated Data for Training and Validation of Cloud Masking Neural Networks, 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geostationary aerosol retrievals of extreme biomass burning plumes during the 2019-2020 Australian bushfires, 2024, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Characterizing Smoke Haze Events in Australia Using a Hybrid Approach of Satellite-Based Aerosol Optical Depth and Chemical Transport Modeling, 2024, Remote Sensing

Their work often employs machine learning techniques and satellite data to analyze and improve the understanding of atmospheric processes. This includes discrimination of clouds and aerosol plumes, as well as retrieval of aerosol data during significant environmental events like biomass burning plumes.

Their main subfields of study include global and planetary change, atmospheric science, artificial intelligence, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

Daniel C. Robbins is also listed as a recipient of the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) award, dating from 1931.

Best Publications

  • Stuff I've Seen: A System for Personal Information Retrieval and Re-Use

    Susan Dumais;Edward Cutrell;J. J. Cadiz;Gavin Jancke

  • Recognizing gestures and using gestures for interacting with software applications

    Joel P. Dehlin;Christina Summer Chen;Andrew D. Wilson;Daniel C. Robbins

  • Data mountain: using spatial memory for document management

    George Robertson;Mary Czerwinski;Kevin Larson;Daniel C. Robbins

  • Systems and methods for personal ubiquitous information retrieval and reuse

    Susan Dumais;Eric Horvitz;Edward Cutrell;Jonathan Cadiz

  • Using physical objects to adjust attributes of an interactive display application

    Daniel C. Robbins;Steven M. Drucker;Andrew D. Wilson;Kristen Nilsen Nye

  • Three-dimensional widgets

    Brookshire D. Conner;Scott S. Snibbe;Kenneth P. Herndon;Daniel C. Robbins

  • Single-Handed Approach For Navigation of Application Tiles Using Panning and Zooming

    John SanGiovanni;Daniel C. Robbins

  • The Task Gallery: a 3D window manager

    George Robertson;Maarten van Dantzich;Daniel Robbins;Mary Czerwinski

  • System and method for managing software applications in a graphical user interface

    Mary Czerwinski;Greg Smith;Brian Meyers;Patrick Markus Baudisch

  • Fast, flexible filtering with phlat

    Edward Cutrell;Daniel Robbins;Susan Dumais;Raman Sarin

  • The large-display user experience

    G. Robertson;M. Czerwinski;P. Baudisch;B. Meyers

  • Methods, apparatus and data structures for providing a user interface, which exploits spatial memory, to objects

    Mary Czerwinski;Susan T. Dumais;Susan E. Dziadosz;Daniel C. Robbins

  • Methods, apparatus and data structures for providing a user interface, which exploits spatial memory in three-dimensions, to objects and which visually groups matching objects

    Mary Czerwinski;Susan T. Dumais;Susan E. Dziadosz;George G. Robertson

  • User interface and method to facilitate hierarchical specification of queries using an information taxonomy

    George G. Robertson;Steven Drucker;Daniel C. Robbins;Kim Cameron

  • Local search engine user interface

    Edward B. Cutrell;Daniel C. Robbins;Raman K. Sarin;Susan T. Dumais

  • Visualization of multi-dimensional data having an unbounded dimension

    Daniel C Robbins

  • Advanced navigation techniques for portable devices

    Daniel C. Robbins;Raman K. Sarin;Eric J. Horvitz;Edward B. Cutrell

  • Method and apparatus for providing a three-dimensional task gallery computer interface

    George G. Robertson;Mary P. Czerwinski;Kenneth P. Hinckley;Kirsten C. Risden

  • GroupBar: The TaskBar Evolved

    Greg Smith;Patrick Baudisch;George Robertson;Mary Czerwinski

  • Scope user interface for displaying the priorities and properties of multiple informational items

    Maarten R. van Dantzich;Daniel C. Robbins;Eric J. Horvitz

  • Fast, Flexible Filtering with Phlat — Personal Search and Organization Made Easy

    Edward Cutrell;Daniel C. Robbins;Susan T. Dumais;Raman Sarin

  • Stuff I've seen: a system for personal information retrieval and re-use

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Frequent Co-Authors

George G. Robertson
George G. Robertson Microsoft (United States)
Mary Czerwinski
Mary Czerwinski Microsoft (United States)
Eric Horvitz
Eric Horvitz Microsoft (United States)
Patrick Baudisch
Patrick Baudisch Hasso Plattner Institute
Edward Cutrell
Edward Cutrell Microsoft (United States)
Raman K. Sarin
Raman K. Sarin Microsoft (United States)
Brian R. Meyers
Brian R. Meyers Microsoft (United States)
Ken Hinckley
Ken Hinckley Microsoft (United States)
Desney S. Tan
Desney S. Tan Microsoft (United States)
Andrew D. Wilson
Andrew D. Wilson Microsoft (United States)

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