2026 Daniel C. Robbins: 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	54	4519	4390	2116	2041	86	13378

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

1216
Citations
Recognizing gestures and using gestures for interacting with software applications

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

904
Citations
Data mountain: using spatial memory for document management

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

834
Citations
Systems and methods for personal ubiquitous information retrieval and reuse

Susan Dumais;Eric Horvitz;Edward Cutrell;Jonathan Cadiz

684
Citations
Using physical objects to adjust attributes of an interactive display application

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

563
Citations
Three-dimensional widgets

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

532
Citations
Single-Handed Approach For Navigation of Application Tiles Using Panning and Zooming

John SanGiovanni;Daniel C. Robbins

380
Citations
The Task Gallery: a 3D window manager

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

357
Citations
System and method for managing software applications in a graphical user interface

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

319
Citations
Fast, flexible filtering with phlat

Edward Cutrell;Daniel Robbins;Susan Dumais;Raman Sarin

317
Citations
The large-display user experience

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

309
Citations
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

307
Citations
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

299
Citations
User interface and method to facilitate hierarchical specification of queries using an information taxonomy

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

281
Citations
Local search engine user interface

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

249
Citations
Visualization of multi-dimensional data having an unbounded dimension

Daniel C Robbins

243
Citations
Advanced navigation techniques for portable devices

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

214
Citations
Method and apparatus for providing a three-dimensional task gallery computer interface

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

212
Citations
GroupBar: The TaskBar Evolved

Greg Smith;Patrick Baudisch;George Robertson;Mary Czerwinski

194
Citations
Scope user interface for displaying the priorities and properties of multiple informational items

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

194
Citations
Fast, Flexible Filtering with Phlat — Personal Search and Organization Made Easy

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

139
Citations
Stuff I've seen: a system for personal information retrieval and re-use

Unknown

111
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

George G. Robertson Microsoft (United States)

Mary Czerwinski Microsoft (United States)

Eric Horvitz Microsoft (United States)

Patrick Baudisch Hasso Plattner Institute

Edward Cutrell Microsoft (United States)

Raman K. Sarin Microsoft (United States)

Brian R. Meyers Microsoft (United States)

Ken Hinckley Microsoft (United States)

Desney S. Tan Microsoft (United States)

Andrew D. Wilson Microsoft (United States)

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