2026 Edwin R. Hancock: 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	67	2206	2139	125	123	899	16640

Research.com Recognitions

2022 - Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Inteliegence Association
2021 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)
2018 - IAPR Pierre Devijver Award, International Association for Pattern Recognition
2016 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to pattern recognition and computer vision
2016 - Distinguished Fellow of the British Machine Vision Association (BMVA)
2008 - Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK
2006 - IAPR P. Zamperoni Award A Reimannian Weighted Filter for Edge-sensitive Image Smoothing
2000 - Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) For contributions to structural and statistical pattern recognition, and to computer vision

Overview

Edwin R. Hancock is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Computer Science, with extensive work spanning artificial intelligence, computer vision, and pattern recognition among other subfields.

The main fields of study covered by Hancock include:

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Materials Chemistry
Signal Processing

They have contributed to a variety of topics, notably in:

Advanced Graph Neural Networks
Complex Network Analysis Techniques
Graph Theory and Algorithms
Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
Advanced Vision and Imaging
Machine Learning in Materials Science
Mental Health Research Topics

Edwin R. Hancock has published in frequent venues such as:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Pattern Recognition
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence

Recent notable papers include:

"Uncertainty estimation for stereo matching based on evidential deep learning" (2021), published in Pattern Recognition
"Learning Backtrackless Aligned-Spatial Graph Convolutional Networks for Graph Classification" (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
"HAQJSK: Hierarchical-Aligned Quantum Jensen-Shannon Kernels for Graph Classification" (2024), published in IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
"Revisiting Domain Generalized Stereo Matching Networks from a Feature Consistency Perspective" (2022), published in 2022 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)
"Fused lasso for feature selection using structural information" (2021), published in Pattern Recognition

Frequent co-authors in their research work include:

Lixin Cui
Lu Bai
Zhihong Zhang
Yue Wang
Xiao Bai

Hancock also has book publications with Springer Science+Business Media, including titles such as Image Analysis and Processing - ICIAP 2023 (2023).

The scientist has received several awards and honors, including:

Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (2022)
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) (2021)
IAPR Pierre Devijver Award, International Association for Pattern Recognition (2018)
Distinguished Fellow of the British Machine Vision Association (BMVA) (2016)
IEEE Fellow for contributions to pattern recognition and computer vision (2016)
Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK (2008)
IAPR P. Zamperoni Award for work on edge-sensitive image smoothing (2006)
Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) for contributions to structural and statistical pattern recognition and computer vision (2000)

Best Publications

Structural, syntactic, and statistical pattern recognition

Edwin R. Hancock;Richard C. Wilson;Terry Windeatt;Ilkay Ulusoy

688
Citations
Structural graph matching using the EM algorithm and singular value decomposition

Bin Luo;E.R. Hancock

495
Citations
Structural matching by discrete relaxation

R.C. Wilson;E.R. Hancock

431
Citations
Spectral embedding of graphs

Bin Luo;Bin Luo;Richard C. Wilson;Edwin R. Hancock

388
Citations
Graph matching with a dual-step EM algorithm

A.D.J. Cross;E.R. Hancock

315
Citations
Clustering and Embedding Using Commute Times

Huaijun Qiu;E.R. Hancock

312
Citations
Recovery of surface orientation from diffuse polarization

G.A. Atkinson;E.R. Hancock

303
Citations
Pattern vectors from algebraic graph theory

R.C. Wilson;E.R. Hancock;Bin Luo

297
Citations
New constraints on data-closeness and needle map consistency for shape-from-shading

P.L. Worthington;E.R. Hancock

287
Citations
Graph edit distance from spectral seriation

A. Robles-Kelly;E.R. Hancock

285
Citations
Spectral correspondence for point pattern matching

Marco Carcassoni;Edwin R. Hancock

283
Citations
Bayesian graph edit distance

R. Myers;R.C. Wison;E.R. Hancock

242
Citations
Graph spectral image smoothing using the heat kernel

Fan Zhang;Edwin R. Hancock

226
Citations
Inexact graph matching using genetic search

Andrew D.J. Cross;Richard C. Wilson;Edwin R. Hancock

226
Citations
Edge-labeling using dictionary-based relaxation

E.R. Hancock;J. Kittler

215
Citations
COMBINING EVIDENCE IN PROBABILISTIC RELAXATION

Josef Kittler;Edwin R. Hancock

182
Citations
Graph characteristics from the heat kernel trace

Bai Xiao;Edwin R. Hancock;Richard C. Wilson

169
Citations
Discrete relaxation

E. R. Hancock;J. Kittler

157
Citations
Recovering Facial Shape Using a Statistical Model of Surface Normal Direction

W.A.P. Smith;E.R. Hancock

146
Citations
Graph matching and clustering using spectral partitions

Huaijun Qiu;Edwin R. Hancock

134
Citations
Bayesian graph edit distance

R. Myers;R.C. Wilson;E.R. Hancock

10
Citations
Structural, syntactic, and statistical pattern recognition : joint IAPR international workshop, SSPR & SPR 2010 : Cesme, Izmir, Turkey, August 18 - 20, 2010 : proceedings

Edwin R Hancock;Richard C. Wilson;Terry Windeatt;Ilkay Ulusoy

2
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Wilson Harvard University

William A. P. Smith University of York

Andrea Torsello Ca Foscari University of Venice

Bin Luo Anhui University

Marcello Pelillo Ca Foscari University of Venice

R. K. Yamamoto MIT

Josef Kittler University of Surrey

Simone Severini University College London

Jun Zhou Griffith University

Luciano da Fontoura Costa Universidade de São Paulo

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